Holly Tea: Updates and Surprise Donations

As I sit at my desk, I’m watching preparations underway for this Saturday’s Holly Tea and sale. It’s going to be a good one! There are a couple of updates to the information we’ve been giving out: First, the doors will open at 11:00, and you should come then to get a look at the Silent Auction items and get to the Bake Table before it’s devastated. The lunch will be available at noon and it will cost $7 for the full menu, not the $5 advertised elsewhere. You can still get soup and a sandwich for under $5, but if you want coffee and dessert, it’ll run you $7. Still a great deal, you have to admit.

Here’s an interesting tidbit: among the items for sale on the craft table will be a number of things made by Myrtle Buchanan. Yes, it’s true we lost Myrtle back in 2013, but the crafts stayed in the house with Bill until he passed this last September. Knowing we had a sale coming up, Craig Buchanan, who with his brothers is settling Bill’s estate, brought them by this week. As he points out, some things already have price tags on them, so they must have been meant for a SouthWest sale! Thank you Craig, and thank you, Myrtle.

We also have some lovely Christmas items that belonged to Linda Kotovich, which her good friend Sabina donated for the sale. There’s a couple of creches and some beautiful ornaments. Thank you, Sabina, and thank you, Linda.

Linda Kotovich is in pink here at a UCW event in 1995. The others are: Doris Quartz, Marilyn “Rosie” Johnston, Dru MacMillan, Marilyn Ross, Mim Halfyard.

Bill and Myrtle Buchanan at SouthWest around Christmas, 2010.