September 06, 1941

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser

Detroit, Michigan, United States

A Quilt Club Corner Column including a birthday list.

​State Fair Crochet Contest Winners
Left to right: Miss Sally Dickson, presdient of the National Needlecraft Bureua of New York, is shown presenting checks to Mrs. Stanley Pietrzkiewcz, Mrs. Louise Pastoria and Mrs. Valeria Kortas who won $50, $25 and $10 respectively in the crochet contest held on the porch of the Women's Building at the Michigan State Fair Friday afternoon.
Women in Stitches at Contest
By Edith B. Crumb

How to keep several hundred women silent for an hour without the use of cholorform, has been discovered by Miss Mary Humphrey, Director of the Woman's Department of the Michigan State Fair.

She achieved this unheard of feat yesterday by staging the Michigan section of the nation-wide crochet contest on the porch of the Woman's Building at the Fair.

At 1:30 p. m. each of the several hundred contestants was handed a new crochet hook and ball of crochet cotton and on the count of "one, two, three - ready set - Go!" mouths shut tightly and determinedly and fingers began to fly, twist and turn to fashion the scalloped edging which was selected for competition. This kept up for an hour and at the end of that time, the three women having the largest number of scallops were Mrs. Stanley Pietrzkiewcz, 5757 Dubois avenue; Mrs. Louise Pastoria, 4874 Newport avenue, and Mrs. Valariea Kortas, 1970 Superior avenue, winners of $50, $25 and $10, respectively.

Mrs. Pietrzkiewcz is saving for a new home, so her money will fill a big chink. Mrs. Pastoria is going to be ready for the first snow flurries with a brand new coat and Mrs. Kortas will probably decide upon a new dress.

Cornerites' Birthdays
Sept. 11 - Mrs. Ruth M. Bush, 512 Magnolia avenue, Royal Oak, Mich.; Mrs. Charles Kemp, 4761 Holcomb avenue; Mrs. Orville Cubiac, 14484 Rosemary; Mrs. Barbara Schniers, 5515 Bruch street; Mrs. Katherine MacDonald, 15096 Holmur avenue.

Sept. 12 - Mrs. Ella Matthews, R. No. 2, Box 92, Ann Arbor; Mrs. Volney Miller, 55 S. Burdick street, Oxford, Mich.; Mrs. Ellen Mathewson, 536 Canyon street, Ogden, Mich.; Mrs. M. J. Partlo, care Helen Van Place, Washington, Mich.; Miss Martha McGinnies, 3544 Gladwin avenue.

Sept. 13 - Mrs. Elaine Clair, 1571 Lafayette street, Lincoln Park; Mrs. Ben Bucks, 14586 Winthrop avenue.

Sept. 14 - Mrs. Sophia Tent, 5078 Seminole avenue; Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, 2702 Pardee avenue, Dearborn; Mrs.Lydia Battheuer, 9644 Manor avenue; Mrs. William Reeder, 17276 Goulbourn avenue; Mrs. William H. Smith, 14263 Northlawn.

Sept. 15 - Mrs. Martha E. Soelz, 6223 Regular street; Mrs. Constance K. Murphy, 12450 Loretto avenue, Detroit; Mrs. Martha Valliere, 13939 Monte Vista avenue, Detroit; Mrs. G. Herbon, 4151 Lenox avenue; Mrs. Ernest Borst, R. R. No. 1, La Chine, Mich.
Mrs. Elizabeth Blatchford, 14142 Ilene street, Detroit; Mrs. Anna Siacotos, 11092 Sanford avenue.

Sept. 16 - Mrs. Alpha Forshee, Box 17, Twining Mich.; Mrs. Esther Herring, 885 Ninth street, Wyandotte; Mrs. Nellie Doughty, 15074 White street, R. No. 2, Dearborn; Mrs. Bertha Weiss, 12710 Wark avenue; Mrs. Martha Bixler, 15530 Wormer, R. NO. 2, Box 4?30; Mrs. Edward Forth, 4439 Gladwin avenue; Mrs. Beth Treuter, 12527 Strassburg avenue.

September 17 - Miss Mary Guerrero, 23432 Reynolds avenue, Hazel Park; Mrs. Mary Strobilius, 17457 Lumpkin avenue; Mrs. Louisa Shamburger, 18253 Beech road, R. No. 3, Box No 1792, Redford; Mrs. Treasa Bradley, 18641 Centralia avenue, Redford; Mrs. Elizabeth Fiumano, 5439 Baldwin.

Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.