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and” ‘stayed 33 years) she

gan.to paint, first on a
window blind then on
cardboard and- finally on

_-. beaverboard, which today,

“gaining,
* Clementine Hunter is being

. at 91, she still prefers. *

They taught: her to print
her intitials but she didn’t

‘like the look of them so

reversed the C and placed it

_against the H. She still does.

Her primitive works are
recognition and

referred _to- -as—the—- ‘black
Grandma Moses.

The second storey walls of

the Plantation’s African -

House are covered with a
mural she painted in the
fifties. Many of the scenes,
depicting field work, Sunday
meeting, Saturday night

shoot-outs and Melrose, -

have been repeated in her
smaller works.

‘The African House, built
by Marie Therese’s sons at
her direction has attracted
attention for years. With its
overhanging second storey,
it has such a definite look of
early African architecture
that many feel the freed
slave was recalling tales of
her ancestry when she

Moses’ started here

planned | ‘it. The style was
certainly not familiar i in 18th
century Louisiana.

Yucca House, the ‘big’

house, built about 1780, is _

constructed of bousillage, a
mixture of. mud, hair and
Spanish moss.

Miss Cammie, an eclectic
collector, anxious to
preserve Cane River history,
frequented demolitions and
brought. home a variety of
dormers and doors which
she then had attached to

-cabins. Although these- .
somewhat ludicrous ad- _
ditions bother the

restoration architect, who is
striving for purity, the
Society is adamant about
keeping them because they
add character.

Plans are for Melrose
Plantation to once again
become an artists’ colony.

Cammie Henry kept a
diary from the age of 16 and
it is now housed, (along with
an outstanding collection of
southern history that attracts
researchers from around the
world) at Northwestern State
University at Natchitoches.

Natchitoches, Louisiana is
71 miles south of Shreveport
and 241 miles north of New
Orleans. Y’all will love it.

New president named

Audrey W. Sayle, owner of
Audrey Sayle Realty Ltd.,
has been named President of
the West Vancouver Division
of the Real Estate Board of
Greater Vancouver.

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separate Geographical Divi-
sions operating within the
structure of the Real Estate
Board of Greater Vancouver,
concentrating on educational

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