It's easier to work from life than a photograph. But she's willing to draw from a photograph if the building is long gone, artist Anita Reed said last week. "It was gone before my time," Reed said last week. Her drawing of the Wentz Mill and Cocoonery is the cover art of the Southern Lancaster County Historical Society's calendar for 2015. The mill was along Muddy Run in Martic Township. It closed in 1927 and the site is now under the Muddy Run reservoir. The cocoonery raised silk worms that produced the fiber that was woven into silk cloth. "This one was hard for me because I like to see the building. I drew it in pen and ink, although there is a little pencil work in this one," Reed said last week. In addition to the cover, Reed's work illustrates the calendar for April, 2015. Reed is one of the three artists who has contributed to all 31 of the society's calendars. Novelda Ferguson drew the illustration for October. Doris Hough completed the drawing for March before she died in August. The society tries to find different scenes each year. That can be difficult, society president Stan White said. "Sometimes we have to repeat a building, but it's always a fresh image from a different perspective," he said. Occasionally, the drawing does not depict a building. That's the case for July's illustration. Mark Phillips worked from a photograph to draw the Earnhart family band practicing in the yard of their home near Liberty Square. That's unusual, artist Jane McCardell said. "This is something different," McCardell said of Phillips' work. Also contributing to this year's calendar are: Ruth Lefever teaches art and is past president of the Octoraro Art Association. She contributed the house at Bossler's Mill, a home east of Camargo that dates back to the 1880s. The drawing illustrates the calendar for January. Colleen Shoemaker is a member of the Octoraro Art Association and a longtime contributor to the society's calendar. She contributed a drawing of her home in Kirkwood. The house was sold from a catalogue by Sears Roebuck; when the kit arrived, the house was built on site. The drawing illustrates the calendar for February. Doris Hough was a member of local art associations who exhibited in Lancaster and Chester counties. Hough completed work on her drawing before her death this past August. She contributed a drawing of a stone and stucco springhouse on Windy Top Rd. in Sadsbury Township. The drawing illustrates the calendar for March. Jane McCardell is a member of the Octoraro Art Association. The Peach Bottom resident works as a Realtor. She contributed a drawing of the Dorsey Mill House, the home of the family that operated a mill on Puddle Duck Creek. The drawing illustrates the calendar for May. Jessie Crotti is an active member of the Soroptimist Club of Solanco and a longtime contributor to the society's calendar. She contributed a drawing of the Richard Bradley home on Nottingham Rd. (Rt. 272) just west of the village of Oak Hill. The drawing illustrates the calendar for June. Mark W. Phillips is an art teacher at George Smith Middle School, is an active volunteer with the Solanco Fair Association. He contributed a drawing of the Earnhart family band. The family members lived near Liberty Square and probably performed local concerts in the days before electronic entertainment. The drawing illustrates the calendar for July. Christiean Sensenig is a Solanco graduate who owns Headquarters Family Haircare in Willow Street. She contributed a drawing of the one-room school on Providence Township's Clearfield Rd. The drawing illustrates the calendar for August. Steve Roka is a retired art teacher who is a past president of the Octoraro Art Association. He contributed a drawing of the village of Unicorn in East Drumore Township. The village had a general store, hotel, blacksmith and wheelwright shop, and even its own oil well. The drawing illustrates the calendar for September. Novelda Ferguson is a retired teacher who works in oils, watercolors, ceramics, and painting on tin. She contributed a drawing of the brick house built by Albert Fritz in Quarryville. The home, at the corner of S. Hess St. and Second St., is now owned by Chris and Beth Marsh. The drawing illustrates the calendar for October. John Esworthy is a member of the Octoraro and the Lancaster County art associations who teaches private classes and at the Tel Hai and Garden Spot retirement communities. He contributed a drawing of the Wilkie Livery Stable that once stood at the corner of State and N. Hess streets in Quarryville. The building was torn down in 1919 to make room for a new trolley station. The drawing illustrates the calendar for November. Linda A. White is a painter who specializes in oils and is a member of several art associations. She contributed a drawing of the bank barn on what was the Neal Hambleton farm on Robert Fulton Highway. The farm is now the property of the Jim Nolt family. The drawing illustrates the calendar for December. The calendars are $7 each and are available at Ferguson & Hassler Supermarket and Wiley's Pharmacy, both in the TownsEdge Shopping Village; Headquarters Family Hair Care in Willow Street; and Musser's Market at the Buck.
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