The Buckland Bicentennial Quilt

1979 

The Quilt Committee began its work in the fall of 1977, using the Bicentennial's first appropriation, $5, for the purpose of cloth and sewing supplies.  The Committee was headed by Imogene Litchfield, Judy Turner, Florence Haeberle, and Sally LaBelle, with Pat Hinds as Steering Committee representative.

The quilt was designed with 42 squares, each one made by a different resident, and each one depicting a scene or event from Buckland's  history.  The women who contributed squares to the quilt were:   Nina Anderson, Polly Anderson, Pauline Atherton,  Polly Bartlett, Laurie Benoit, Darlene Billiel, Carrie Cass, Susan Chadwick, Alta Clark, Beulah Cross, Helen Delaney, Edith Gerry, Jane Griswold, Roberta Griswold, Dorothy Guganig, Florence Haeberle, Gertrude Hale, Lena Hartwell, Patsy-Jill Hinds, Antoinette Kendrick, Sally LaBelle, Imogene Litchfield, Mary Hershberger, Hannah Neville, Michele Novak, Rose Mollison, Lola Billiel, Jean Pike, Cynthia Plesnar, Christine  Purinton, Roxanne Racz, Anna Jean Rice, Susan Rainville, Phyllis Reddy, Ruth Roberts, Dorothy Shippee, Dorothy Smead, Carolyn Taylor, Judy Turner, Jude VandeGeer, Kathy Wall, Elsie Warfield, and Lillian Williams.

The quilt was unveiled and officially presented to the Town at the Birthday Dinner in 1979.  It was then on display at the Town Hall until the recent reconstruction and  since then has been stored in the Buckland town office vault.  Eventually it is planned to be on permanent exhibit, probably at the Buckland Historical Society Museum.  

      (courtesy of The History of Buckland, Cross)

The square of especial interest to this web site is the one contributed by Darlene Billiel   

       Darlene Arabia Billiel    

The square of interest is one she made representing a Robert Strong Woodward window oil painting..  

The North Window, quilt  

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The North  Window,  oil