Club News

Martha Washington Questers 1032 met on Oct. 23, 2015, at the home of Jane Fehr, with 10 members and one guest attending. Co-hostess was Janet Peterson, and the program was given by Shirley Pfeifer. Minutes were read and approved, as was the treasurer?s report. In October the club contributed funds to the state president?s program on Music Man tapes.

Members were reminded of the theme for the International Questers Convention in Des Moines on May 20-22, 2016, ?The Ethnic Heritage of Iowa.? They looked through the plans for the convention, which were listed in the Questers Quarterly for Fall 2015. Many activities looked interesting, but members hope to see more scheduling details and costs. The next meeting will be on Nov. 20 at the home of Vicki Ealy. Co-hostess will be Pat Johnson, and Vicki Ealy will present the program on doll houses.

Shirley Pfeifer presented a very interesting program on her collection of beautiful pop-up books. Each book was wonderfully engineered to show pictures popping up out of the pages of the books. Pop-up books are created by paper folding, cutting carefully and gluing. Some books are simple, with flaps to pull; others have circular shapes which flip the pictures. An interesting pop-up was the tunnel book, which pulled out like a long tube. Early pop-ups were not made for children, but rather to show scientific information such as body parts and astronomy. Later they became popular for children. Many well-known examples are Bennett Cerf?s Riddle Book, Sesame Street books, and Walt Disney stories. Shirley showed many of her favorites, including those of a prolific author named Robert Sabuda. With wonder, club members admired the cutting and creative skills of these authors.