The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1987 Page: 6 of 6
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PAGE SIX—THE ALTO HERALD OF ALTO, TEXAS—THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1987
Barbara Montgomery presents history
of dolls to Heritage Assn. members
Wells U. I. I students and sponsors
A delightful program on '‘Dolls
and History of Doll Making” was
presented by Barbara Montgomery
at the Nov. 2 meeting of the
Cherokee County Heritage
Association.
Mrs. Montgomery was introduced
by Suzann McCarty, program
chairman. The speaker was born in
Texas, moved to Louisiana and then
back to Texas. She has worked at a
variety of fields.
She took up dollmaking several
years ago while living in Houston.
‘‘As the early settlers came to
America, they left behind a number
of luxuries. Toys were one of the first
things that were left. However,
many children were allowed to bring
one item. Most brought a cloth doll.
‘‘After the family arrived in this
country, parents would try to piece
together cloth dolls for their
children. They later began to carve
doll faces from walnuts, dried ap-
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At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, a
group of 19 students and five
teachers traveled to Huntsville to at-
tend a student activity supercon-
ference being held at Sam Houston
State University.
Attending the conference were
Ginger Bailey, Bobbie Bean, Sheryl
Bean, Sharon Brown, Vickie Brown,
Tamela Calhoun, Janna Gulledge,
Kevin Hartless and Donna Ligon.
Also attending were Greg Mc-
Clain, Jed Morris, Steven Monday,
Bryan Neal, Cathy Pronge, Stacy
Rogers, Teresa Tarver, Cynthia
Thompson, James Wagnone and
Sonya Williams,
Sponsors attending the conference
were Mrs. Braden, Mrs. Burkett,
Mrs. Harris, Ms. Nixdorf and Mr.
Duran.
The feeling of exhilaration could
be felt among the students. Words of
encouragement were passed from
person to person as the destination
was neared.
Upon arrival the students found
they were not the only ones it-
terested in preparing for the Spring
UIL meet. Many schools from
surrounding and distant areas were
present.
Everyone attended the classes
and received the information about
the upcoming UIL events.
The day ended with dinner at
Casa Tomas. Everyone enjoyed
both the conversation and the meal.
The students hope that this trip
will result in our receiving high
scores during the 1988 Spring UIL
meeting.
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Funeral for John Edd Session, 70,
of Dallas, formerly of the Elm Grove
community near Rusk, will be at 2
p.m. Thursday in Elm Grove Baptist
Church with Davit Bowens, the Rev.
James Wickware, the Rev. Travis
McGowan and the Rev. George Mc-
Duff officiating.
Burial will be in Plainview
Cemetery at Ponta under direction
of Mercy Funeral Home of Jackson-
ville.
Mr. Session died Friday evening
in a Dallas hospital after a sudden
illness. He was a native of Elm
Grove, a member of the Elm Grove
church and a veteran of World War
II.
He is survived by his wife, Felma
Session of Rusk; three sons, Chester
Session of Nacogdoches, Clyde
Session of Alto, and Clarence
Session of Rusk; two daughters,
Billie Session and Joeann Taylor,
both of Dallas; his mother, Mrs. Ida
Anderson of Dallas; eight gran-
dchildren; 17 great grandchildren;
nieces; twoaunts; andtwouncles.
Pallbearers will be James Turner,
Emmitt Johnson, Jimmy Cox,
Preston Tilley, Charlie Session and
Ruby Christopher.
George E. Burrows
Funeral for George E. Burrows,
79, of Rusk, was held Monday, Oct.
26 at the O.T. Allen and Son Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack
Edwards and the Rev. Gene Tomlin
officiating. Burial was in Lynches
Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Burrows died Oct. 24 at a
Jacksonville hospital after an ex-
tended illness. He was born May 13,
1908, in Fulton County, Ark. He was
self-employed farmer and rancher
and lived most of his life in this area.
He was a Baptist.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Bonnie Burrows.
Survivors are five sons, Billy D.
Burrows of Alto, Bobby G. Burrows
of McAllen, George C. Burrows of
Dallas, Jackie E. Burrows of Por-
tland and Jerry D. Burrows of
Highland; one daughter, Dimple
Jean Taylor of Alto; one brother,
Pat Burrows of Frankston; three
sisters, Effie Lewis of Blytheville,
Ark.; Mae Dunsmore of Rusk and
Anna Salmon of Diboll; 18 gran-
dchildren and 10 great gran-
dchildren.
Pallbearers were Lloyd Davis,
Truitt Brooks, Shut Reid, Carlton
Jones, H. E. Click and Jessie
Wallace.
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pies or corn husks. Each product
was just a make-shift doll. The set-
tlers tried to use everything. They
even made dolls from bed posts,”
shesaid.
Dolls for the white children were
playthings only. But there were two
other societies in America. The In-
dians used the dolls as a teaching
tool. Children learned to make
clothes for their dolls, to dress the
dolls and later to cook for their
dolls. Mrs. Montgomery said some
of the Indian dolls had beaded work
on the bottom of the doll’s shoes.
Black children would get the hand-
me-down dolls from their master’s
children. However, the time came
when the black male slaves would
carve the dolls and their wives
would sew doll clothing. However,
black antique dolls are very rare,
she said.
After a while things began to get
better and porcelain doll heads were
shipped from Germany.
Following her discussion of the
history of dolls, she explained doll
making to her audience. She showed
how her porcelain dolls bear a
signature and date. She compared
the factory made dolls with the hand
made ones
Several reproductions of old dolls
were shown. She explained how she
buys black and other colors of por-
celain to make dolls of different
races.
On display was one of her official
Texas Sesquicentennial Dolls. She
said she made 450 of the dolls and one
is on display at the State Archives.
There was a reproduction of Scarlet
O’Hara, a reproduction of the Bilo
dolls, a three day old baby doll. She
said she makes some dolls with por-
celain bodies, but most have por-
celain heads, arms and legs and
cloth bodies.
There are dolls made in the United
States, French and German dolls, as
well as those from Thailand.
Persons collecting dolls should be
careful to make sure they are get-
ting good dolls. After a doll is pur-
chased, Mrs. Montgomery en-
couraged her audience to keep the
box and wrapping paper. These will
date the doll, too.
She noted that many of the older
dolls were stuffed with sawdust,
pellets, newspapers and old cloths.
The value of porcelain dolls is about
five times more than the ceramic
dolls. The very old dolls had kid
bodies.
Following the meeting, the
audience inspected the dolls that
Mrs. Montgomery Drought to the
meeting.
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Funeral for Edgar L. Gibbins, 72,
of Alto, was held at 2 p.m. Saturday
in O. T. Allen & Son Funeral Home
Chapel in Alto with the Rev. Bill
Morgan officiating
Burial was in Old Palestine
Cemetery near Alto.
Mr. Gibbins died Thursday in a
Rusk nursing home. He had lived in
the Alto area all of his life, worked
for the highway department and was
a member of the Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Fannie Mae Gibbins of Alto;
three sons, Robert Gibbins of
Tullahoma, Tenn., and James Gib-
bins and Charles Gibbins, both of
Alto; two daughters, Judy Faye
Fannin of Rusk, and Carolyn King of
Kennard; six grandchildren; and
several nieces and nephews
Cherokee Medical Center
Patient List
ADMITTED:
Charlie King, Rusk, Kimberly
Kellis, Rusk; Robert Ball, Rusk;
Cynthia Payne, Alto; Marvin An-
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Rusk; Benita Taylor, Rusk; A. J
Harwell, Alto; Marie Sinclair,
Rusk; Olga Linnartz, Rusk; Corry
Phillips, Rusk; Cabelo Sanchez,
Rusk
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thia Jarratt, Rusk, Kimberly Kellis,
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