Show t r i z wit M li r t oa 1 i. i r I ll q R r 1 i 1 I t th ANTIQUE MARBLES paperweights bottles boltes etc are on display at the Uintah ah County Library They are the collections of a. VI Johnson and Wiley Stewart The colle collections will be on display through November Antique collections i i on display at cut library A se series les of interesting monthly monthly exhibits by local collectors and craftsmen has been scheduled for or the enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment en en- of the general public inthe in inthe inthe the Uintah Public Library according to Doris Burton librarian A collection of antique bottles and marbles are are on on display during the month of November The bottle collection belongs to VI Johnson and the marble collection to Wiley Stewart MRS JOHNSON N w wife e of M.D. M.D. M. M D D. Johnson Vernal has has' been collecting bottles for the past ten years Th They y include everything from fruit and medicine jars to ink wells wine bottles a and d ke ketchup tup jars To compliment the collection she is also adding antique wooden items such as butter molds carnival val glass and other interesting interesting interesting in in- artif artifacts found in such diverse places as a's s Dr Dragon gon Utah Missouri K Kansas C Colorado and ri the site of f th the old r Jensen 4 Bottle u t toe toe- e. e C o k Amex America ca he began ganin in too toe man many y years ago but now how this h hobby has claimed several thousand bottle collectors antique and folk art buffs Mrs Johnson not only collects collects' isan Isan is isan an artist and also refinishes old furniture She goes out with her metal detector to find other ther o interesting items WILEY STEWARTS STEWART'S marble collection began when his only son Lloyd first showed an interest in id the There still were a f few w. w of Wileys Wiley's s and his brothers brother's old clay and crockery I marbles around their p parents rents ranch in Jensen then To these thes they add added d German spiral or or candy strip st stone ne agate gate china golds goldstone tone marbles and to crown the c collection one one one sulphide e marble and loo year old crystal beauty from Japan n and a a very verr old moonstone marble from Mexico Once the fhe he collection was was started Mr St Stewart wart f found und as other collectors collectors' have that people began helping him with his hobby Mrs Seth Perry gave him a moonstone marble which had belonged to to her husband when lie he- t taught in the LAS Church College at Colonia ol nia Jaurez one term ferm u I Ung for his sister sister crystal marble w was s given him by byan an aunt in Salt Lake City Mrs Perle Clarke whose Clarke wh whose se hu husband band Amacy Clarke had brought it back while on one of f the earliest IDS missions to Japan To compliment his collection paperweights and rock spheres were added Mr Stewart looks in ghost towns towns' attics and nd on on the ground while n near near ar old old dumps His family shares in his enthusiasm and daughter Roslyn and husband who have an antique shop in Park City gave him the prized s sulphide m marble and and one of the antique paperweights as well as others' others in the collection Marbles is one of the oldest g games mes of man be ing g a very old game played by Egyptians and Roman children before Christ Ch waS was born It has its own own wn u unique terminology Some bo boys s' s and girls call c lJ their shooters shooters' taw law or The marbles in in the ring are called mibs mib ducks c commies or This ter terminology varies from state to state as Mr t. t f found U l in collecting all the the way from Idaho to Michigan Mrs B t i the exhibit during December r will fe feature ture a a collection of miniature dolls by Colleen Martin |