Hilda Chynoweth
← People of the Society · on record 1979–2008
The Society’s records
Everything the Society’s own records say of Hilda Chynoweth: the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won. Where the records are silent, so is this part of the page.
In memoriam · 1 March 2010 (b. 13 February 1910)
The Fall 2011 newsletter (p6, "Update from the Norland Guild" by Tracey Howard) gives the exact date of death, 1 March 2010, and adds that she was instrumental in starting the Norland Guild in the late 1970s.
From Autumn 2011, page 6; and Spring 2010, page 9.
Also recorded as Hilda Cheynoweth, Hilda Chynoueth
Standing
Society Member 1988 · Honourary Life Member 1997
Branch
Norland · first recorded in the papers in 1978
Made a square for the CSCL Leather Quilt. She showed two pieces at Leather 2004, the Society's biennial juried exhibition at the Hamilton Public Library, 55 York Boulevard, 2-30 November 2004, with the Norland guild.
From Fall 1998, page 2; and Leather 2004: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Hamilton Public Library, page 2.
Served the Society as
- Norland Branch President 1979–1991
- Executive Council 1980
- Director 1981–1983
- Chairman Membership Committee 1983–1987
- Membership 1985
- Council 1988
- Norland Branch Program Coordinator 1992
- Norland Branch Craft Convenor 1995
- Norland Branch Instructor 1997
Honours
- Ontario Volunteer Service Award 2001
Named on the Society's roll of Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients. Presented at the 51st Annual (2001): Kehoe and Chynoweth in attendance; Corbett, Riddell, Kemp named among "four others" honoured the same year. - Honourary Life Membership 1995
Presented by Madeleine Mitchell at the 1995 Annual.
Awards
- Craftsman Ribbon 1980, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000
- Michigan Leather Award for Best Soft Leather 1994
- Salon Award 1992
- Salon Ribbon 1994, 1996, 1997
Demonstrations given
- Carving 1981
31st AnnualFrom 31st Annual Meeting 1981: programme, Beacon Motor Inn, Jordan Station (Vineland).
- Bluebird Pins 1986
36th AnnualFrom 36th Annual Meeting 1986: programme, Beacon Motor Inn, Jordan Station (Vineland).
- Weed pots from Splits 1993
44th AnnualFrom 43rd Annual Meeting 1993: programme, Royal Resort, Fenelon Falls.
- Braided wristbands workshop 1998
48th AnnualFrom Summer 1998, page 9.
- Mystery Braid Wrist Band Workshop (Hilda was 98 years old) 2008
58th AnnualFrom Spring 2008, page 2.
Where this comes from
- Spring 1980
- Autumn 1980
- Summer 1982
- Summer 1983
- Fall 1983
- Spring 1984
- Winter 1984–85
- Spring 1985
- Summer 1985
- Summer 1986
- Fall 1986
- Winter 1986–87
- Summer/Fall 1987
- Winter 1987–88
- Spring 1989
- Winter 1989–90
- Spring 1990
- Fall 1990
- Summer 1992
- Spring/Summer 1994
- Winter/Spring 1995
- Summer 1995
- Fall 1995
- Summer 1996
- Summer 1997
- Fall 1998
- Spring/Summer 2000
- Spring 2001
- Spring 2010
- Autumn 2011
- 47th Annual: Convention Programme and Annual Report
- 30th Annual Meeting 1980: programme, Sun Valley Motor Inn, Belleville
- 32nd Annual Meeting 1982: programme, Holiday Inn West, Toronto
- 35th Annual Meeting 1985: programme, The Continental Inn, Barrie
- 38th Annual Meeting 1988: programme, The Royal Resort, Rosedale
- 41st Annual Meeting 1991: programme, Beacon Motor Inn, Jordan Station (Vineland)
- 42nd Annual Meeting 1992: programme, Beacon Motor Inn, Jordan Station (Vineland)
- Leather 2004: Juried Biennial Exhibition, Hamilton Public Library
- Society membership list, 1989
- Society membership list, 1997
Life and work
From the Society's newsletter: the notice of her 100th birthday (2010) and the Norland Guild's update (2011). Other lines come from the sources named under each.
- Family
- She was the matriarch of the Chynoweth family of Norland, and reached her 100th birthday on 13 February 2010.
From Spring 2010, page 9.
- Community
- A granddaughter wrote that she demonstrated leathercraft at the Kinmount, Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls fairs, and was still doing leatherwork up to the end.
From Autumn 2011, page 6.
- Honours
- The Governor General's honours records list her Caring Canadian Award, now the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers, awarded on 22 February 2001: for her volunteer work with the Norland and Coboconk seniors' clubs, the Coboconk Little Jailhouse craft shop and the Kinmount Fall Fair, and for teaching leathercraft to people of all ages for many years, the sales of her and her students' leather work raising funds for the seniors' club.
From Governor General of Canada, honours recipients, https://gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/342-75184.