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Terrilyn Wendling Assistant Director Friendship Quilt Donated in 2004, this small friendship quilt has a unique story. Friendship quilts were often made by a quilt group or members of the same homemakers club, but they could also be made by a group of friends or family members. Each lady would stitch a block. Once there were enough blocks for a quilt, the group as a whole or a single member would then assemble the pieces together and quilt it. It appears that this group never finished the quilt, as the individual blocks were found at an antique store in Livermore, Calif., by Sue Caraway. She assembled the quilt herself and researched the names on the blocks, finding that the women were all from Benton County, mainly the Maysville area. The names on the blocks are: S.E. (Sarah) Abercrombie, Doriece Aldridge, Della Crone, Jimmie Crone, Polena Holland, Hazel B. Johnson, Minnie O. Johnson, Mary Locke, Mary Lott, [unknown] McPalmer, Callie Payne, R.H. (Robert) Payne, Lissa (Melissa) Shields, Marie Story and Birdie Payne White. Ms. Caraway sent the quilt from California to the museum, "where it could be shared with friends and descendants of the makers," as the donor stated in her email. MAY 17-23, 2020 WHAT'S UP! 9 Jennifer Sweet Operations Manager Painting of Dixieland House Dixieland Farm was located on what is today Dixieland Road, north of Walnut Street, where CVS and 10Box are now. According to a pamphlet advertising the farm's Jersey cows from 1925, at that time it was considered one mile west of Rogers. The farm extended one half mile north of Walnut, with the dairy and breeding barns located at the north end. The farm also included a 40-acre apple orchard and a vineyard. The house was on the south side of the farm near Walnut. This painting was done by Vera Hill, who moved to Rogers in 1935 with her husband, Vance. Mrs. Hill passed away in 2005 at the age of 101. The painting was found rolled up in a house on Cherry Street where Mr. and Mrs. Hill formerly lived and was donated to the museum in 2011. When the painting came to the museum, it needed to be relaxed after being rolled for so long. It also needed to be cleaned and to have some of the paint restored. The museum called Rick Parker of Parker Conservation in Gentry to work on restoring the painting. The Happy Rackensackers Chapter of the Questers, a group dedicated to historic preservation, donated the money for the conservation work. I like this painting because it shows a time when Rogers was very different. This beautiful farm house was located in what today is a busy commercial area. Jennifer Kick Collections Manager Humpty Dumpty Doll The Humpty Dumpty Doll is a bit of an infamous item among museum staff. With his oversized face and stubby appendages, he is offputting to some. But this is one of my go-to items when people ask me about my favorite items in the museum's collections. I can't exactly answer why, probably because so many people dislike him that I have now taken on a protective attitude towards him. Also, because working in the museum collections field, trust me, you see much scarier dolls and toys than this Humpty Dumpty. We don't know a lot about our Humpty Dumpty doll, unfortunately. He dates to the early 1940s, and he belonged to the aunt of the person who donated him. He has no maker's marks, yet he is also not unique; there are other Humpty Dumpty dolls like ours out there. The exact name of this style of doll, who was making them, where they originated from — these are mysteries for now. This is probably another reason I'm drawn to this doll. I want to know more, yet research to date has yet to provide any answers. He is a mystery I'd like to solve someday. See Pieces Page 10