Saturday, November 16, 2013, will be a day to enjoy at the annual Morrison United Methodist Church “Home for the Holidays” Bazaar. You will find a great variety of crafters, both local and from away, along with homemade jams and jellies, cookies and candies, and the famous homemade pies made by the church ladies.
It is a sure thing that you will enjoy the homes on the home tour this year. Each host and the Home for the Holidays Bazaar committee are excited to invite you to this portion of the bazaar. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the bazaar or in advance at the church office by calling 815-772-4030.
What a great way to spend part of your Saturday. Come join all the church ladies at the United Methodist Church, 200 W. Lincolnway, Morrison, IL, on Saturday, November 16. It will be a great addition to all your holiday events.
The Craft Show begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 1:00 p.m. Breakfast will be served from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m., and lunch will be served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Both menus will offer items at a nominal cost.
Once again, there will be the Theme Basket Silent Auction that will be great for your holiday shopping or just treating yourself. There will be 27 baskets, all part of a very nice selection. Some items up for auction are a Farm Basket, a Chicago Bears item, a Blue Ribbon Quilt by Mary Vos, a kitchen basket, a custom-crafted nativity set, and an antique pitcher and glasses.
Highlighting our bazaar will be our annual Home Tour. There are four wonderful homes on the tour.
Ron and Mary Pilgrim – 10974 Prairie Center Road – This home was formerly known as the Prairie Center School. It was built in 1879 as a one-room school house. Several years later, Green Valley School was moved approximately 2.5 miles south from Bunker Hill Road and was connected to Prairie Center School, extending west. The school was closed around 1976 when schools consolidated, and it then became a single-family home. In 2007, the Pilgrims purchased it and remodeled it to a three bedroom, 1.5 bath home, with a large kitchen/dining area and large living room. Many of the original doors and woodwork were used, and most of the flooring is the original hardwood floors. They hope you enjoy their home as much as they do.
Jack and Pam Jones – 18292 Noble Road – This old farmhouse built by Pete Snyder in 1918 was “Home Sweet Home” to the Snyder’s and several of their descendants’ families over the years, including Jack, who is a great-grandson of Pete and Josie (Vogel.) Jack fulfilled one of his dreams when he purchased his boyhood home in 1988 and returned to country living. He and Pam saw a need to expand the homestead with their ever-growing family. In 2008, the Great Room was built as a place for family and friends to gather. Jack and Pam enjoy decorating their home with antiques and primitives. You will find almost every piece has a story of how it found its way into their home. They welcome you in to take a step back to a simpler time, where you can sit for a spell, relax, and reminisce about the good old days. This home will be decorated for fall/Thanksgiving.
Jon and Martha Kophamer – 19065 Ward Road – The Kophamers welcome you to their newly-constructed ranch home with an open floor plan. Their home will be decorated for Christmas.
Stephanie Vavra – 15683 Hazel Road (N. Jackson Street) – Stephanie invites you to experience 11 rooms on two levels decorated in traditional Christmas motifs. The home was redecorated over the last two years and now is ready for visitors. It is both eclectic and traditonal, with oriental touches and embellished with artwork. In the living room, notice the antique wood and iron sled from the Czech Republic used as a coffee table; a silk hand-knotted persian rug, with 400 tiny knots per square inch; the dramatic, post-WW II carved Asian blanket chest. Stephanie collects Christmas ornaments, so one tree is insufficient! Take a self-guided scavenger hunt to find 15 holiday trees with various themes. Two goose feather trees are of note. The smaller, white one displays blown glass ornamente from Czechoslovakia. A few are 50+ years old, but most are new and shiny bright. The larger, green tree is from Leipzig, Germany, as are the charming elf stand and handcrafted ornaments–antiques from the early 1900’s.
