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A hy V- i Hi' 'v --Jm i i THIS MIXED-MEDIA ASSEMBLAGE tells triumphant ascent to the moon. Mum i) Heritage Home Now jQwned i IThe Wallace charming old stone house Richmond Road near Fallowfield belonging to the Wallace family for more than 100 yaars, is a fascinating study in early architecture, iuilt in the 1830's, the Muse, although typical of the Upper Canada homes of the time, has a few unique features. In "The Ancestral Roof" by Marlon Macrae and Anthony Adamson, this type of house is described: "The little vernacular house, stubbornly Georgian In form and wearing its-" little gable with brace gaiety, became the abiding image of Ontario and the Ontario Classic styler." A dry sink of stone construction is found in the former kitohen, now the sitting room. Rare "Bible doors" (panelling in the shape of a cross) on every door in the bouse are typically United Empire Loyalist and more likely to be fdjbd along the St. Lawrence region than in this part of the country.

The staircase is enclosed, ascending to the upstairs hall with a large half-moon window at the top set into a curved wall, which is most un-uEgal. The centre hall on the second floor has four bedrooms opening off it and a niche fl ticking the chimney towards 4 fv tvv- The Ottawa Journal Saturday, June 26, 1971 -7 by Isaac Newton the front of the house, which an old melodeon, now converted into a desk. The downstairs rooms, 'all of ample size, include the present living room, once the parlor, recessed windows and the. now-familiar main floor bedroom on one side and on the other, the sitting room and dining room, which were originally the kitchen. Here the old fireplace, used In the earty days as a cooking hearth, now has a mantle-piece.

The kitchen addition is later than the main house and opens onto a glassed-in porch. The front doorway, which had a fanlight and sidelights in the past, Is deeply recessed with side panels. "eyebrow" windows visible from outside and set in the end gables, are In the attic, unused except for storage purposes. John Tierney was the original owner of the farm and the house is shown on the 1863 map in his name. It then passed to the Chapman family, then Grahams and finally was sold to Robert Wallace in 1S70, missing the great fire which swept through this part of the country of that year.

Isaac Newton the present owner, has a family Bible in which the first entry 'lists "Robert Wallace, Amelia the story of man's 1 Wallace (Photo by M. E. Burns) By Gladys Blair Farm and children, Dec. 5, 1849." This was Amelia Morphy, daughter of the founder of Carleton Place, Edmond Morphy and the first white child born there, was then known as Morphy 's Falls. Mr.

Wallace has some relics which he cherishes including his grandmother's cradle; A Victorian baby carriage of wicker; a high chair with spool posts and rungs and a galvanized iron hip bath, aM kept in the upstairs hallway among many other interesting artifacts. Mr. Wallace is a bachelor and his brother, who was his partner in the seed business or many years, live9 next door in a new bungalow. They started1 showing at seed fairs in 1928 and were registered seed growers for 43 years only losing one crop certificate in all that time. Among other prizes, 21 silver trays ware won.

Another interesting point is that their grandfather, Robert, was born to his Irish parents on the boat coming to Canada when the family emigrated, making him "Atlantic Irish!" The farm as such, was sold last year, the brothers only retaining three lots. Their equipment, formerly housed in the large barns still on the property, Is now on display in the Museum of Science and Technology. fir i 1 S- 5 -( True Love Unusual Birthday Party At National Gallery Canadian artist Joyce Wie-land has been working on a giant birthday cake 'prepared specially for her exhibition 'True Patriot Love" The National Gallery 6f Canada is mounting the dis--play in honor of Festival Canada. The exhibition opens at .6 p.m. July 1 and continues-until August 8.

The title of the exihbit was taken from Che national anthem Canada." The diversified exhibition includes quitted doth assem-blages, drawings, bronze sculptures, embroidery, knitt- big, vftims i and a cake, all by, the versatile artist. The executive chef of the Parliamentary Restaurant is baking the three-by-six-foot Arctic Passion Cake from a Wieland design. The artist has also created a Canadian perfume for Hhe exhibition caUed Sweet Beaver. At the opening of the exhibition, the LaSaile Cadets drum and bugle coups wiU play lively music on the terrace outside the National GaHery. Nine of the Wieland films made between 1964 and 1969, will be shown as part of the exhibition.

They are Water ft Sww I 1 I'M. j.Mii usi dered the "0 Canada" sequence as well as the Wolfe and Mortteahn letters. Valerie McMillinthe wife of a naval 1 officer at Dartmouth knitted the flags. 1 The words of an Eskimo are hooked in soft colors on burlap by Acadian women of Chettaamp, Cape Breton. The Water Report on display is a quilt joining 70 little white cotton pillows, each with a sheer cotton overlay embroidered with different Arctic flowers of grass.

The embroidery is by Joan Stewart of Scarboro, the artist's Arctic Day, a large quilt of 160 individual drawings of the flora, fauna, animal and in--sect life of the Arctic is described as the major piece of the exhibition. These are Wieland color pencil drawings appliqued on circular cotton pillows joined to create the quilt. It is explained that the back of each pillow is a different color to give the effect of Arctic light and shadow reflecting on snow (the white of Che gallery). 4- Mtss Wieland is the first living Canadian woman to have iWin; Sry 'ill ihtii V-f 's'r 1 'v 1 4f? m-tjrw! i Cia 3 s-R feiu'i i slit, THIS WATER QUILT "Arctic Flower" brings home to the viewer the delicacy and precision of the magic Wieland touch. I 0 Ht.ii -A Patriot By W.

Q. Ketchum Sark, Sailboat, Hand Tinting, Catfood, Dripping Waterr co-directed by Joyce Wieland's -artist Michael Snow; Rat Life, and Diet in North" America, and La Raison avant la Passion. Miss Wieland created for Prime Minister- Trudeau a blanket on which is appliqued Dhe phrase by which he described his philosophy as a writer: "La raison avant la passion." The' blanket which will be on View is an English version, "Reason Over -Passion." -V" 1 A red, purple and white embroidery on white cotton of Joyce Wieland's lips, mouthing each of the words of the' Canadian national anthem Canada" was sewn in Halifax. The red embroidered scripts of probably the last letters written by General James Wolfe (13 September, 1759) and Louis Joseph, the Marquis de Montcalm were also embroidered in Halifax on specially prepared linen. Four versions of the Canadian flag were knitted in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Joan McGregor embroi I ILLY I THIS WINTER SCENE is from the film "Reason Over Passion" by Miss Wieland deriving inspiration from a Rocky Mountain landscape. Of Jf I if I CAKE-MAKER WIELAND working on her creation which will be a focal point of her exhibition, a three-by-six-foot Arctic Passion Cake. The chef of the Parliamentary Restaurant does the basic work. With Miss Wieland here is Pierre Theberge, National Gallery curator of contemporary Canadian art. mm i yy mmJSt)m PORTRAIT OF JOYCE WIELAND in one of her thoughtful moods.

She is in the vanguard of the avant-garde movement in all its most favorable aspects. her own exhibition at the National Gallery. Pierre Theberge, the gallery's curator of Canadian contemporary art, has co-ordinated the exhibition. The exhibition is described as "part of a mammoth exercise in participatory art," with Joyce Wieland as the key figure. t5 In visually telling Canada's story, Miss Wieland shows the spirit of Laura Secord.

It is a fantasy map of Mrs. Secord's walk through the U.S lines during the War of 1812. With the collage there wiH be photographs of Joyce Wieland in Laura Secord costume beginning her historic walk with a cow. OO 6 JOYCE WIELAND'S LIPS are pursed in the lilting sequence of syllables from Canada," perhaps the height of patriotic osculation. 1 THE CARIBOU is centred in this Arctic day quilt with its circular patterns..