Sylvia Gerster
← People of the Society · on record 1958–1972
The Society’s records
Everything the Society’s own records say of Sylvia Gerster: the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won. Where the records are silent, so is this part of the page.
In memoriam · reported Winter 1984
Of London, Ontario, and a prize-winner at the Western Fair of 1963 in gloves, belts and small articles, where the prize list named her as Mrs. Carl Gerster. The Winter 1984 newsletter (p. 3) reported the deaths of “two of our leathercrafters. Sylvia Gherster of London, and Emma Rothenburger of Ingersoll. They will be missed by all their friends in the Society.” No date is given. The scan of that page spells her surname Gherster; the archive keeps the Gerster of the earlier notices, which the Society printed for her four times between 1963 and 1969.
From Winter 1984–85, page 3.
Also recorded as Mrs. Carl Gerster, Mrs. S. Gerster, Mrs. Sylvia Gerster, Sylvia Gherster
Branch
London · recorded holding office in 1963
Certification
- Associate of the CSCL 1960
Held the Society's professional stamp No. XXXII, issued in 1960, returned in 1985.
From Register of professional stamps, May 2012.
Served the Society as
- London Branch President 1958–1971
- Executive Council 1963–1965
- London Branch Secretary 1963
- 15th Assembly Demonstrator 1969
- London Branch Vice-President 1969
Awards
- Canadian National Exhibition Second Prize 1966
- Canadian National Exhibition Third Prize 1966
- Craftsman Ribbon 1969, 1970
- International Assembly Salon Ribbon 1963
- Western Fair First Prize 1963, 1964, 1972
- Western Fair Second Prize 1963
- Western Fair Third Prize 1963, 1964, 1972
Demonstrations given
- Mongol Pencil Colouring 1961
11th AnnualFrom Spring 1961, page 3.
- Slides of the Annual Meeting and the International Assembly 1964
London Branch meetings, 1963-64 seasonFrom Spring 1964, page 6.