Stanwood puts fashions of yesteryear on display
Published 10:36 pm Thursday, April 16, 2009
When farmers tethered horses at the general store hitching post in the late 1800s, they were not tempted inside by Snickers bars at aisle ends. Snickers came around in 1930.
I believe folks 100 years ago ate carrots and beef jerky. The trend was slim builds.
Thus it takes petite models to walk the runway at a Vintage Fashion Show and Tea on Saturday in Stanwood.
Vintage clothing expert Vicki Tanner will provide authentic old-time fashions from several decades for the 2 p.m. event at Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27108 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. It costs $12 at the door.
Karen Prasse, volunteer with the Stanwood Area Historical Society, said she has seen a Tanner fashion show, and loved a pale-cream voile dress with a ribbon belt.
“I was amazed at the tiny size of the waist,” Prasse said. “I think I realized that people of 100 years ago were smaller than we are today, but I just hadn’t quite translated that into waist size until I saw these fashions.”
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Get involved feeding the hungry in Marysville.
Folks at the Marysville Community Food Bank are collecting garden seeds as part of a Giving Gardens and Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign. They hope to get enough seeds to give to gardeners who can grow produce for the food bank. Seed packets and donations can be dropped of at the food bank between 8 and 11 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday at 4150 88th St. NE, Marysville.
Director Joyce Zeigen says last year, Sunnyside Nursery sponsored a garden for Marysville-Pilchuck High School students to plant, harvest and deliver produce to the food bank.
“They are doing the same this year and our hope is that the whole community will get involved by planting extra for the food bank,” Zeigen says. “A farmer in Arlington has even agreed to have two acres available for garden plots if food bank clients want to maintain it.”
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Children in traumatic situations find some comfort in cuddling a stuffed animal. Marysville firefighters try to meet this need, but they could use help.
Becky Hader at Marysville Chiropractic says the business supports the 11th annual Dalmatian Drive.
“The Marysville Fire District Foundation will use the funds to purchase stuffed animal Dalmatians,” she said. “These Dalmatians are then kept on the fire trucks and ambulances and given to children to comfort them on various traumatic calls.”
The goal is to raise $3,000 to buy 500 stuffed dogs.
For more information, call 360-659-6241. Mail donations by the end of April to the Marysville Chiropractic office at 1617 Grove St., Marysville, WA 98270. Make checks payable to the Marysville Fire District Foundation.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
