Anyone who grew up here – especially anyone who was involved in the arts - might remember Beth Naylor.

She was the type of woman you’d remember. Always perfectly turned out in the best of clothing with a sparkling sense of humor and fantastic community spirit.

Miss Naylor was best known for her collection of vintage clothing which dated back to the late 1880’s and legend has it, started when a black wedding dress from that period was placed with her for safe keeping by the family of one of our founding fathers. The Beth Naylor Historic Clothing Collection has recently received the wonderful gift of 435 hats from Jayne Andres of MacNutt, Saskatchewan – which is a perfect addition of prairie history. She has two full binders of how she catalogued all the hats. And most of the pictures are worn by her grandchildren and her sister. She has little stories about who they belonged to, when they were worn and how they were acquired – all in these wonderful binders.

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