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PRESS-NEWS JOURNAL, CANTON, MO. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2009 - PAGE 16
PNJ Photo by Jennifer Pegler
PNJ Photo by Jennifer Pegler PROM KING AND QUEEN - Luke Barton and Ashleigh
Prom Royalty Court. Left to right are the selected seniors: Luke Barton, Maria Otts were named the 2009 Canton R-V Prom King
King and Queen Clark, Grant Lay, Lindsey Lilard, Eric Ports, Ashleigh Otts, Nathan Uhlmeyer, and Queen.
Candidates Kara Uhlmeyer, and the 2008 King and Queen Joe Wilson and Brogan Uhlmeyer.
Little Prince and Princess are Brady Hoewing and Tegan Burbridge.
Quilt shows baseball player signatures l00000000-News
m Cox r Paper Edition ~ On Line Edition
PNJ StaffReporter or both are available
Baseball fans will want
to attend the quilt show at The PNJ will continue the free
LaGrangc Appreciation
Days on Saturday, May 16 home page on its web site
at the Youth Center from newsjournal.com, but now people
noon to 4:00 p.m. will have several subscription
Over 135 authentic au-
tographs of major league options.
baseball players during the
late 1970's are incorporated
on the quilt. The on-line version includes
Colleen Brown of La- every page in the print edition.
Grange wrote to famous
major league baseball play-
ers over thirty years ago i
and sent quilt blocks and There is also options for sub-
asked them to sign it and mitring wedding, engagement,
send them back to her. She
received over 135 respons- birth announcements, and armi-
es and made the autographs versary notes to us, and a listing
into a quilt for her son. of books being sold by the PNJ.
An amazing collection
of autographs are on the ., PNJ Photo by Rita Cox
quilt. Pete Rose,Billy Mar- Player Colleen Brown, LaGrange, displays quilt with over ii
tin, Johnny Bench, Tommy 135 Major League Baseball player autographs. Some r p4 I'L "" .r L " '" LI '$--
Lasorda ThurmanMunson, Patchwork of those on the quilt pictured below are Pete Rose,
George Brett, Jack Clark, George Brett, and Tommy- Lasoda. ]PrlelN(lll Jo
Joe Torre, Whitey Herzog, years and her quilts are 573-288-5668
Sparky Anderson and Mike hand-stitched and many
Schmidt are just a few of tell astory. 110 N. 4th Street
the players and managers She started sewing doll Canton, Mo.
whose autographs are fea- clothes at age six and was
tured.
sewing on a machine by
One of her favorite press newsj0urnal.c0m
players, A1 Hrabosky "The age nine. Diagnosed with
MS in 1976, she began
Mad Hungarian signed his quilting as a way to relax ...... : "' [ -- :. :: : :i'::' "
block and wrote Psyche and keepbusy.
Up! on it. I-Irabosky was She also has a quilt she
with the Kansas City Roy- made after being a victim
als at the time. of a violent crime in 1992.
Brown also kept a She worked on the quilt
scrapbook documenting her during two long trials. This
search for the autographs, quilt features 15,722 hexa-
the player's responses, and
gons and is the only quilt
articles pertaining to the she has made with dark heirs to pass it on. The Hantlibal Rggtomd
players that she received colors instead of bright quilt and the story of its Medical Group
autographs from.. Almost cheerful fabrics. She had survival had been passed
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such as Pete Rose signing from the courts in Florida tions to him. Molammad Akhtaruzzaman, M.D.
his block in the middle of to work on the quilt while Mrs. Brown also has a £anton/LaGrange Family Practice ......................................... 573-288-5360
a 144 game hitting streak; in the courtroom, beautiful Hawaiian quilt,
Bill Veeck, owner of the For Civil War buffs, a made while at her late hus- John Greying, D.O.
Chicago White Sox, found quilt from Lawrence Kan- band's bedside during his Connie Dochterman, A.P.N.
the quilt block in the lock- sas, saved during a raid on terminal illness.
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been traded, signed it and Raiders who during the also feature many other Mark A.Shima, M.D.
sent it to Mrs. Brown. War led a force of 450 men beautiful quilts from other
Some players sent let- to Lawrence and terrorized donors and will be on dis- Pervez Alvi, M.D.
ters along with their au- the town by burning it and play at the Youth Center Richard Valuck, M.D.
tographs. The scrapbook killing 183 men and boys. during the LaGrange in Intemal Medicin, .................................................................... 573-629-3400
will also be on display and A custodian from Kan- Pictures show.
available for baseball fans sas gave the quilt to Mrs. Anyone who would like John Greying, D.O.
to view. Brown knowing she would to display a quilt can call Amy Lee, M.D.
Mrs. Brown has been preserve it and he had no Rita Cox, Edith Schmuck.
quilting for a number of or Colleen Brown. Andrea Hawkins, EN.P
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Dale Zimmerman, D.O.
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Tc st:ucJer, ks o c Canton I-lie School's National Honor - Gregory Henry, D.O.
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