| BRIGHTON MICHIGAN MASONIC LODGE F. & AM #247 ANTIQUE SHOW
Proceeds from admission will sponsor scholarships for local graduating Seniors. Food and beverage available. Please call with any questions or to reserve a booth. Advance tickets are available. Hunting and fishing items; depressions glass; coins; pocket ans wristwatches; furniture; antique clocks; paper and advertising items; vintage clothing; vintage records; art glass; porcelain and china items; primatives; Beleek; other unique and hard to find antiques. This is not a flea market, so expect to see only quality items. Brighton Masonic Lodge F. & A. M. #247 is a fraternal organization, dedicated to community service in the area. This is our primary fundraiser for the annual scholarship program. OUr members currently is over 200 and we are actively involved with many community organizations.
Princely prints at the Morse Museum
WINTER PARK -- The superb new exhibit at the Morse Museum of American Art is certainly at home in its softly lighted gallery. But, given its charmingly antique quality, the dozens of works in "Dickens to Benton: Rare Books and Works on Paper" would seem just as suited for a quaint library. An 1835 edition of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House" is displayed in one case, its richly marbleized cover enhanced by the nearby example of American art pottery, a turn-of-the-century Weller "Dickensware" vase that depicts Mr. Peckinsniff. Just down the gallery wall is a treasure-trove of prints, paintings and sketches by some of the 19th century's greatest artists. The boldly patterned fan design Paul Gauguin made with gouache and pastel between 1887 and 1888 shows exotic ladies lounging, while a Mary Cassatt etching from about 1905 reveals the fine lines in the American impressionist's tender studies of mothers and babies.
Your County Journal
An intruder broke into a home in the 600 block of Greenwald Street on July 6, 2006. Thirty videotapes, about 400 music CDs and two dolls were reported missing from the home. Police ask anyone with information about this or other crimes to call Crime Stoppers at 419-238-7867. Civic theater seeking cast members The Van Wert Civic Theatre will have auditions next month for a performance of "Over the Tavern." Auditions will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 and 7 at the theater, 118 S. Race St., Van Wert. The 1950s family comedy will open March 22. For information, call 419-238-3958 or 419-238-9689. DEFIANCE COUNTY Two blood drives planned in Defiance The Defiance County American Red Cross will have a blood drive from 8 a.m.
HOT BOX by Jim Bawden Television to talk about
Shhh! Ghost Whisperer starts off with our gal, Jennifer Love Hewitt, giving a speech at her old alma mater on how today's students can get into the antique business, too, which must really set the coeds on fire. But she does notice the ghost of an evil, old cheerleader. Guest is Grammy nominee Mary J. Blige (CBS , CTV at 8). Mummy Dearest: First ghosts, then a mummy wanders off on Las Vegas. It was a real mummy used for an exhibit. Police are stymied. Time for tough guy Jimmy Caan to show Josh Duhamel how it used to be done (NBC, Global at 9). SATURDAY Returning: Two Canadian shows: Robson Arms with new episodes with the likes of Leslie Nielsen, Linda Kash, Joe Flaherty and Colin James (CTV at 9). Then comes the second season of Jeff Ltd., starring Jeff Seymour (CTV at 9:30).
Treasure, in plain sight
GENEVA -- Bob Fry walked into Geneva's Scentimental Gardens shop with a family treasure carefully wrapped in tissue paper. Inside was a gold pocket watch, gray with age yet still keeping time. Fry inherited it from his Uncle Lafayette, an intelligent, independent farmer who could build anything and kept his homemade honey on relatives' tables for decades. Fry often visited Lafayette on his family's Pennsylvania farm, the same farm granted to relatives back in 1760, the deed of which was signed by William Penn's son. By comparison, Lafayette's Civil War-era pocket watch is relatively new. And as Fry found out, it's not worth all that much, at least not to anyone outside the family. "It's gold-filled, so it's only worth about $150," Fry said, "But it means a lot to me." .
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