The Society’s Records

Jean Newton

← People of the Society · on record 1952–1979

Everything the Society’s own records say of Jean Newton — the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won — gathered on one page. Where the records are silent, so is this one.

In memoriam · Christmas Eve, 24 December (the newsletter gives no year; the notice appears in the Winter 1985 issue, which follows Fall 1985 in the same volume, so most probably 1985)

One of the Toronto Branch’s original members — an Associate of the Society from 1954 and a Fellow from 1957 (Spring 1957 newsletter, p. 11) — and, over the years, a presenter at Annual Meetings of some of its senior honours, including Reta Larmour’s Honorary Life Fellow Membership in 1965 and Bea Austin’s Life Membership. The Winter 1985 In Memoriam notice (p. 4) is hand-written and hard to read ("memhenrns" for members, "Baanch" for Branch), but the name itself is clear. The same short notice extends sympathy, not a further death, to May Corbett on the loss of her husband and to Gladys Riddell on the death of her aunt, Dorenda Durey — bereavements, not members.

From Winter 1985–86, page 4.

Branch

Toronto · first recorded holding office in 1952

Certification

Associate of the CSCL 1954
Fellow of the CSCL 1957
The election notice prints the town as “Toronto”.

One of the Toronto Branch's original members, she was its Vice-President at its founding in 1952. An Associate from 1954, she became the Society's President from 1956 to 1957 and a Fellow from 1957. Her work won prizes at the Canadian Handicrafts Guild competition and the Canadian National Exhibition through the 1950s and 1960s. She presented Reta Larmour's Honorary Life Fellow Membership in 1965. Two of her pieces were chosen for “Ontario Crafts – Leather Today”, the Society’s Centennial travelling exhibition: a shoe horn and a carved belt; the Canadian Guild of Crafts (Ontario) selected the articles, and the exhibition opened at the Guild Shop on 2 October 1967 and was to travel across Canada during 1968. She was made an Honourary Life Member in 1979, and presented Bea Austin's Life Membership in 1983.

From Winter 1985–86, page 4; and Fall 1967, page 9.

Served the Society as

President 1956–57; 1956–1957
Past President 1957–1960
Toronto Branch Vice-President 1952
Executive Council 1955–1967
Council 1961
C.N.E. Demonstrator 1962
Toronto Branch Chairman 1962
Programme Convener 1963
Toronto Branch President 1963–1964
10th Assembly Committee - General Chairman 1964
15th Assembly Demonstrator 1969

Honours

Honourary Life Membership 1979
Announced for the 1979 Annual Meeting, continuing the same notice begun on p4. A member from the Society's formative years, Associate 1954 and Fellow 1957; Toronto Branch Vice-President at its 1952 founding and its third President from 1956.

Awards

C.N.E. Class 223, Non-tooled leather article — 3rd 1961
Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition First Prize 1959–1960
Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Honourable Mention 1956–1963
Canadian National Exhibition Third Prize 1963–1964
Craftsman Ribbon 1970
International Assembly Salon Exhibit 1961
International Assembly Salon Ribbon 1966
Pacific National Exhibition Third Prize 1964

Demonstrations given

Spatter dyeing and the technique of masking 1956
Peterboro group meeting, 1956
From Autumn 1956, page 11.
Covering a Shoe Horn 1961
11th Annual
From Spring 1961, page 3.
Bottle Covering 1964
14th Annual
From Spring 1964, page 2.
Shoe horns (Hamilton Branch, October) 1964
Branch meetings, autumn 1964
From Autumn 1964.
Belts and buckles, and fasteners for purses 1965
Toronto Branch meetings, 1964-65 season
From Spring 1965, page 4.
Bottle covering 1965
Barrie Branch meetings, 1964-65 season
From Spring 1965, page 3.
Round Braiding 1971
21st Annual
From Summer 1971, page 2.

Where this comes from

This name in the index of people →