I had a very busy weekend- with back to back doll club meetings- The Dorothy Coleman Doll club meeting on Saturday, June 13th at the Legion , and we celebrated World Doll day by swapping dolls that day. I and my good friend, Allison Jewel, who is also a member of the Va Fashion doll club, were going to have dinner after the meeting, and we also went shopping at Oddballs' Collectibles. Allison found a cute vintage bubble cut raven haired Barbie in a sheath and I found a 1968 vintage cookbook for Chris and a Little Tykes trolley that will fit Kelly and Tommy perfectly. They had the Barbies more organized and I really wanted a few but held off buying any- they had a few wedding ones I wanted. I do not have photos from this club meeting, as we mostly worked on club business and if we are going to have our club luncheon in 2027. Allison and I after shopping at Oddball's then went on to Arianna's for dinner in Lakeside. The restuarant seems to have changed hands but the food is still really good.
Yesterday on Sunday, June 14th was Flag day as well as our Va Fashion doll club meeting and we were celebrating America's 250th celebration. Most of our members in July will be going to Barbie Convention and we will again have our mini Convention for those members who do not attend. So this meeting we had a theme of a diorama presentation for something that celebrates the history of America. My diorama involved the research on my 4x great grandfather, Christian Eckert Mauney who was in the Colonial Militia and his home is the historic site of the Tryon County Courthouse in Gastonia North Carolina, and the site where the Tryon Resolve signing took place on August 23, `1775, 11 months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Chrisitan and his three brothers, Valentine, Peter and Jacob Jr. were all present at his farm when the signing took place, and he was considered a patriarch and pioneer. I did not get photos of all the dioramas, unfortunately, since they took up alot of space. The above was our display table we do of dolls in red, white and blue with Jodie's gazebo and I also brought my Jim Beam model T car which Debbie, the club president asked me to bring.
Linda's mantel decorated with her dolls
Our food and refreshments I brought the salad and dressings and homemade croutons
Some of the diorama presentations
Show and Tell items
