Lexington, Illinois Our Home Town Quilt
(September 2006)
This article was given to me in August of 2006 by Dorothy Myers.
It was written before the Bi-Centennial in 1976
Our Home Town
Lexington, Illinois headlines the Bi-Centennial Wall Hanging now ready to go to the quilting frame. The Wall Hanging has been made by the Lexington Home Extension Unit with the assistance of the Sundowners and Money Creek Units. It is composed of thirty-five squares with five rows across and seven down. Each square is about twelve inches square. The squares are surrounded by red printed dividers and border. The overall size is approximately six feet by nine feet.
The four persons who drew the scenes are: Marge Brucker, Rich Brown, John Michael, and George Arnold. The twenty-nine women who appliqued or embroidered the scenes are Pauline Arnold, Dorothy Bose, Marge Brucker, Clara Burrows, Dorothy Cheevers, Marilyn Donnell, Beverly Dunahee, Annie Elder, Janice Elder, Donna Fasking, Ada Findley, Evelyn Gleeson, Jane Harrison, Marie Hefner, Violet Hefner, Sandra Jenkins, Lula Jones, Georgia Killian, Verna Lauher, Clara Leuchtenberg, Alice Mohr, Ruth Morris, Dorothy Myers, Virginia Payne, Eileen Pulliam, Blanche Raber, Ellen Reimer, Eloyce Slown, and Irma Ward. Each square is identified by the name or initials of the person doing the block.
The thirty-five scenes are Patton Cabin, Fort Bartholomew, Trimmer House, Lexington Park, Main Street 1885, Horney Farm 1887, Castle, Sand Pipe and Water Tower, Livery Stable, Smith Library, Original Lindsay Store, W. J. Kauth Horse Shoe, Beehive, Lexington Depot, Old High School, Trimmer School, Baptist Church, Catholic Church, Clarksville Church, COCU Church, Former Christian Church, Lutheran Church, Pleasant Hill Church, United Methodist Church, EUB Church, Rainbow Bridge, Fernwood Fells, Sunset on Turkey Creek, Horse race track, Car Races, Golf Course, Fire Station, Remodeled Bank, Lexington Minuteman, and Elite Eight. The ladies plan to finish the quilt and display it in Lexington.
At the time of this article Xeroxed copies of the above thirty-five drawings were available for ten cents each by contacting Myers, Inc.
The beautiful quilt written about in the story above now hangs in the south stairwell between the 1st and 2nd floor of the Lexington Public Library.