Verona Winters receives quilt from Centra! School students AO: J '"! r v . ' ' f, - ' .' ) . . HU s J h Vtfk it W W v ill Y ,."'- .. " '" ' V ,, , ; , . s i y f fcSk ,V , , . Third frade students in Mr. Freeman's class at Central School presented a quilt last week to Verona Winters who lives across the street from the school. Mrs. Winters, 84, was a school teacher in Vineyard before she was married. She sits-on her front porch when the weather is good and can see the children going and coming from school. The children made the quilt and tied it for Mrs. Winters. They also gave her an enormous card which had been made and signed by the students. They sang carols for her. Mrs. Winters plays the piano each day for the Pleasant Grove Senior Citizens She expressed her pleasure and delight at receiving the quilt and promised the children she would put it to good use. It would be just right to go over her lap and legs when she sits out on the porch, she said. The children each made a quilt of their own, too. The quilts were displayed in Christensens window in November. Each year Mr. Freeman's class makes quilts. The project is part of their study unit on the pioneers. Over the past six years the classes of Mr. Freeman have made 77 tied quilts. The children have learned that in the pioneer days, the young boys and girls had the responsibility to help their mothers in the many domestic duties of the home. Some of these duties were feeding the livestock, carrying water for the many different purposes of washing, drinking, bathing and cooking; making candles; and making clothing and bedding. VERONA WINTERS, 8 J, accepts quilt and gigantic card from third grade students in Mr. Freeman's class ii Central School. The children made the quilt and the card for the former school teacher. In the area of making tie quilts the pioneers couldn't always go to the dry goods store to purchase the needed materials. The Central students learn that flax was often used to make thread and later to make cloth. From this, clothes and quilts were made to help sustain the family. Mr. Freeman said that it has been a tradition for his classes to have the experience of making the tie quilts much in the same way their pioneer ancestors may have done many years ago. The students have taken pride in their accomplishment, Mr. Freeman noted. He expressed his appreciato : Christensens Store for allowing children to display their quiJUj the window.