Della Chynoweth
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This page is a biography of Della Chynoweth. The Society’s own record of Della Chynoweth — the offices held, the standings conferred and the awards won — is on the register page.
Della’s mother started leathercrafting in 1957, when she attended night school at Fenelon Falls High School. Her mother would get orders for wallets for Christmas and have her daughters help with the lacing — and, needless to say, with all the leather and leather tools in the home, Della started doing leatherwork herself.
She joined the Norland Leather Guild when it was formed, and joined the CSCL on 31 October 1978 — making her, at the Society’s close, its longest-standing member. Over the years she has belonged to the Norland Guild, the Toronto Guild, been a Member-at-Large, and returned to the Norland Guild; she has attended many workshops and helped with others throughout her membership.
Della became the CSCL Treasurer in 2006 and has held that position ever since, keeping out money in order. She was made an Honourary Life Member in 2024.
[The citation prints “keeping out money in order”; the word out is the paper’s own and is kept as printed. The citation also prints 2006; the Fall 2004 newsletter already lists her as Treasurer on its masthead, the same issue reporting on page 4 that she “kindly volunteered to take over the Treasurer’s position”.]
From the citation read when Della Bryant Chynoweth received her Honourary Life Membership. The original is in the Document Archive.