Maggie's Journal

1 - Maggie and all, I am not sure of a way to get this out to everyone, so I hope this is a good forum. Yesterday was the auction at West Bay, where all the money raised goes to the West Bay Pastoral Charge. Folks brought in all kinds of things that were no longer needed, and many crafters, brought in quilts, wool blankets, socks, art work, etc to be auctioned off. It wasn't at all like the auction in Glendale (where the auctioneer was the money maker), so it was really nice. They had hot dogs for $1.00 and sodas and water for $1.00. I met a nice man that I am sure you all know by the name of David Gunn, who taught me quite a bit about antiques and I was lucky enough to win a sterling silver gravy boat that belonged to his mother. I wasn't lucky enough to get one of his kerosine lamps, perhaps next year. The reason for my post, is that David said that they do these twice a year and its quite a fundraiser for the church, making upwards of $5,000.00 each time. Could it be that we have one of these for the Marble Mountain Community Center and host it at the West Bay Community Center? They do rent the space out and it gives an opportunity for us to speak about our cause and learn some of the locals and the local talent in the area. I managed to win a sculpture made out of elk and a man carved out of whale bone, for a fraction of what it would be new. Also a man in the area carves out of wood, these scenes each year and is in his 80s and it was the big auction item going for over $400.00. I didn't win it someone from West Bay did. My winnings were the sterling silver gravy boat, a wool blanket belonging to David Gunn from PEI when all wool was sent to PEI, another wool blanket of David's, a TFal deep fryer (self contained), dragonfly lights for Jenny, some Royal Daulton plates also in David's collection, a tote bag, a ream of copy paper, perfume for Jenny from NYC (I wanted to buy some for her and it was expensive and the set was $5.00 at auction). Some other people won some fabulous prints from a lady that does watercolor in Cleveland, they were numbered, etc. Plants were sold. So if you can think of anything and everything, it was auctioned off, including cheese. LOL. They have one of these in the summer and one in the Fall.

By the way, tonight is the Potluck Dinner at the West Bay Community Center, I think the price was $15 and kids were $5 if anyone is interested. What a nice group of people to meet and what a nice day it was to fellowship and buy some things for my home that I put off buying.