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Commemorative Quilt - 1944

This quilt was made in 1944 to record the names of the staff, students, and trustees of Thornhill Public School. Penny (Reid) Moxon acquired the quilt from her uncle, Floyd Davies, about 1985. It is thought that it was made by his mother Alma Davies, or his mother-in-law Mable Echlin. The quilt was donated to the Thornhill Archives in May, 2004.

The reason for the making of the quilt is uncertain, since 1944 was not an anniversary year for the school. Since the quilt remained in the same family for 60 years, it seems unlikely that the quilt was made as a fundraising effort. However, it is entirely possible that it was created as a collective war-time project, perhaps to lift the spirits of students and teachers alike. There must certainly have been collective participation in the making of the quilt, since each name on the quilt appears in the handwriting of each person named. 		Thornhill Public School Quilt

The Quilt Squares
Quilt
Billy Cripps
Howard Wolfreys
Janice Bragar
Henry Wolfreys
Leonard Campbell
Yvonne Mackintosh
George Oristan
Quilt
Eddie Hooper
Stanley Bateman
Margaret Lefler
Joan Sanderson
Daniel Ryckman
James Hooper
Carol Law
 Quilt
Bobby McCammon
Douglas Brown
Peter Watson
Maurice Code
Eleanor Dobson
Louise Broderick
Joan Sanderson
Quilt
Louis Bertha
Alice Gifkins
John Sanderson
Glen Jamieson
Evelyn Byer
Jackie Jans
Mary Garnet

Quilt
D. E. Dyer
Quilt
G. Wesley
Quilt
A. Thompson
Quilt
Michael Rochester
Gordon Coghill
Barbara Lovell
Robert Hodge
Ronald Griffin
Bill Broderick
Clifford Garnet
Quilt
Natalie Hooke
Maisie Code
Greta Jacques
Sandra Adam
Jeanine Mackintosh
Margaret Ellacott
Joan Torp
 Quilt
Yvonne Swabey
Mabel Baker
Audrey Goodchild
Bruce Stephenson
Irene Banas
Dorothy Sholdice
Keith Jamieson
Quilt
Peter Kinnear
Nora Berta
Elaine Goodchild
Marilyn Mackintosh
Doreen Lougheed
Gerald Billerman
Bobby Grainger

Quilt
R. Neil
Quilt
Thornhill Public School
1944
Quilt
Barton Edwards
Quilt
Louise Chalmers
Ernest Wolfreys
Murray Campbell
Terry Sumner
Hal Hooke
Lloyd Wolfreys
Carl Morgan
Quilt
Kenneth Mackintosh
Marilyn Wesley
John Cripps
Billy Arescan
Geoffrey Jackson
Roy Cripps
Florence Sparrow
 Quilt
Ronald Croutch
Leigh Bishton
Annie Hrasce
Joan Wade
Janice Smith
Elizabeth Lubchynski
Wayne Mollet
Quilt
Jean Sim
Billy Lindsay
David Jackson
John Wesley
Virginia Jones
Walter Lubchynski
Milton Code

Quilt
Percy Simpkins
Quilt
Harry Simpkins
Quilt
H. Hickson
Quilt
Rose Marie Roberts
Jack Edwards
Ronald Anderson
Robert St. Andrews
Sylvia Garnet
George Anderson
Veronica Hrasce
Quilt
Elizabeth Neil
Susan Swabey
Nancy Wilson
Eugenie Gomez
Betty Mackay
Louise Baker
Betty Clapham
 Quilt
Marguerite Campbell
Betty Rouxel
Mickey Lefler
Arlene Harding
Colin Sim
Donnie Sommerville
Richard Neil
Quilt
Billy Simpkins
Tomy Nicholson
John Edwards
Coral Croutch
Paul Carruthers
Billy Sim
Larry Croutch

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