We gathered at Joyce’s this week for our regular Thursday hooking, and Deb asked Joyce if she could show us her medal….well that got us intrigued:
The University of Toronto sent her a medal in recognition of the 75th anniversary since she graduated with a degree in Fine Art in 1948. Congrats to her! Her take on the award: “I didn’t do anything special for it I just outlived a bunch of folks.”
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| From the U of T yearbook for 1948 |
Upon graduation Joyce worked at the U of T library as a page for 3 years, until she married in 1951. She went on to tell us a story about her early married life in Little Current, on Manitoulin Island.
It wasn’t until almost 20 years later that she took up rug hooking, when her youngest child no longer came home for lunch from school
This medal is just a further recognition that Joyce is a very special, talented lady. Joyce is such a wonderful member of our group
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