Garden Party

	Come to a Garden Party! Gardner House Museum 509 S. Superior St. June 22, 2002 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.

Schedule for 6th Annual Garden Party - 2002

Gardner House Museum, 509 South Superior Street, Albion
           owned and operated by the Albion Historical Society

  June 22,2002

   10a.m. - 4p.m.

    Theme - America The Beautiful

    10 a.m.- Posting of Colors-
             VFW Branch from Albion

    10:15 a.m.- Pledge of Allegiance- Brian Downey

    10:30 a.m.- Welcoming- President Albion Historical Society -Marjorie Ulbrich

10:45 a.m.- Speaker: Retired Army Lt. Col. Tim Williams

    11:00 a.m.- Live Music by Bitter Sweet Band

    12:30 a.m.- Albion Veterans Oral History Project- Bob Geyer

     1:00 p.m.- Parade of Uniforms- Uniforms and artifacts from:
                Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI,WWII,
                Korean War, Vietnam War, Lebanon Conflict and Desert
                Storm

     3:00 p.m.- Hat Contest- Three categories with prizes for each
                1. Authentic Vintage Hat
                2. Newly Created Adults Garden Hat
                3. Newly Created Children's Garden Hat

     All day activities:

     Antiques car show
     Antique fire fighting equipment, and Albion's new Fire Truck
     National Guard Armory howitzer and truck

     Venders row- Plants, Herbs, crafts, antiques, bird houses,
                  stain glass, candles, photography, jewelry, wreaths
                  twig furniture, cards, wind chimes

     Children's flower puppet craft project 11a.m.-2 p.m.

     Demonstrators- wood Carving, chair caning, Russian egg dying,
                    Forge and fire, needlework, spinning, Swedish
                    Weaving, basket weaving

     Display of war artifacts by Albion residents and John Liebrandt
     Display of antique phonographs by John Hauger

     Food and Drinks available on grounds

     Hand dipped ice cream

Garden Party 2002 Committee

The Garden Party Committee, under the direction of board member Jean Voncina and Judy Maynard, both of Brick Alley Country Store, has been hard at work getting ready for the June 22nd event. This year’s Garden Party will take place on the fourth Saturday of June (one week later than in previous years) from 10 am to 4 pm.

The highlight of the Garden Party will be a parade of United States military uniforms from wars and conflicts since the Civil War. Bryan Downey is loaning us the uniforms and other war memorabilia for display.

The committee plans to have the National Guard post the colors with a gun salute followed by speeches by local dignitaries.

Elm Street, on the south side of the Museum, will be closed for a vendor’s marketplace of arts, crafts, and garden-related items. Antique cars will be on display, and for the first time, there will be an antique fire engine. Demonstrations of crafts from the Victorian period, an old time calliope, and a monkey grinder can be enjoyed throughout the day.

Now is the time to begin working on your handmade garden hat to enter the Garden Hat Contest, now in its fourth year. There is a children’s category too. Prizes will be awarded. For more information on the Garden Hat Contest, call 629-4994. For more on the Hat contest, see below.

VENDOR LIST

Holly Wolf - jewelry
Robina Quale-Leach - antique linens
Grams Gardens - annuals, perennials, herbs
Brick Alley - Creators Own- gardening and gift items
Julie Harmon - plants, crafts and yard item
Ilene Moss - Herbs, baskets, wreaths and bird houses
Jackie Smith - Stain glass, wind chimes, birdhouses
Holly Sibol - wooden crafts
Sandee Mac George - soy candles, cards, and photograph
Jayne Reed - twig furniture, herbs
Dave Murray - nature photographs
Mary Krudwig - Bird houses
Jolly Green Junction - Plants

FIREFIGHTING EXHIBIT

Firefighting enthusiasts of all ages will have a rare opportunity to see a
unique century old firefighting invention at this year's Gardner House
Museum Garden Party. This unique invention, developed in 1885, and built
in Memphis, Michigan, will be on display on June 22nd from 10 a.m. until
4 p.m. at 509 South Superior Street, Albion, Michigan. The Garden Party
is free and open to the public.

The city of Hanover, Michigan, purchased the machine from Memphis, Michigan
in 1904 for $35.00. This new fangled machine promised a high pressure water
spray to help put out fires. Today's visitors will find this interesting
because the method used is chemical not mechanical. It had an 80-gallon
tank that held water and soda. On top of the tank was a glass container
that held chemicals. When firefighters set up the novel invention at a
fire they turned it upside down, mixing the two ingredients. This built up
pressure forcing the water to spray out onto the fire.

Eventually better fire fighting equipment was developed and this
apparatus fell into disuse, disintegrating in a field until Dick Greiner
and two friends from Hanover, decided to refurbish it in 1997. Don't miss
this once in a century opportunity!

HAT CONTEST

Plan Now for Albion Historical Society's Garden Party Hat Contest!

Garden Hat entrants should sign up between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at the Sixth Annual Gardner House Museum Garden Party located at 509 South Superior Street in Albion on June 22nd . The Garden Hat Contest begins at 3:00 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for two categories: Newly Created Garden Hats and for the best Children's Garden Hat. In addition, guests are encouraged to wear vintage garden hats to the party as well.

People have commented that they were looking forward to seeing the vintage hats and missed seeing them last year when that category was dropped. All hats entered into the hat contest must be handmade. The garden party and hat contest are free and open to the public.