The Friendship QuiltThis quilt was sold on Ebay and donated to the Barry County Museum. Pictured is the quilt that was purchased at an auction in Republic, Missouri by Shelly Horned. The quilt was evidently made by employees of the Barry County Creamery Company and has hundreds of employee names embroidered on its' blocks. Though little history of the creamery can be found we do know that it was operating in 1911 according to a brief article in the Cassville newspaper. According to "The First 150 Years in Cassville, Missouri" by Senator Emory Melton the creamery proprietor was George E. Joslin. In 1915 Mr. Joslin added an ice plant adjacent to the creamery. The photograph at the bottom shows the entire quilt. The smaller photos show sections of the quilt so that names can be read. |
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 Creamery 1  Creamery 2  Creamery 3  Creamery 4 |
 Creamery 5  Creamery 6  Creamery 7  Creamery 8 |
 Creamery 9  Creamery 10  Creamery 11  Creamery 12  Creamery 13 |
 Creamery 14  Creamery 16  Creamery 17  Creamery 18  Creamery 19 |
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| The Friendship Quilt pictured
below was recently purchased at an auction in Republic, Missouri
by Shelly Horned.
The quilt was evidently made by employees of the Barry County Creamery Company and has hundreds of employee names embroidered on its' blocks. Though little history of the creamery can be found we do know that it was operating in 1911 according to a brief article in the Cassville newspaper. According to "The First 150 Years in Cassville, Missouri" by Senator Emory Melton the creamery proprietor was George E. Joslin. In 1915 Mr. Joslin added an ice plant adjacent to the creamery. The bottom photograph shows the entire quilt. The smaller photos show sections of the quilt so that names can be read. |
| Submitted in 2005 by: Shelly Horned - addressed removed. She no longer is the owner of the quilt. It can be viewed at the Barry County Museum. |
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