Pediatric Dentistry Allison Eggleston, DDS, MS Now Open in Mayfaire! 910-795-2511 • www.DrEggDental.com 250 & 260 Racine Drive, Wilmington www.ShopRacineCommons.com — Retail ShopS — Froggy Pond • Lula Balou • Toad Hollow Permanent Vacation Skate & Surf Shop — SeRviceS — Asian Relaxation Center • Beautiful Flowers by June Essence Nails & Spa • Momentum Cycle • Passion Salon Timeless Tans • Wilmington Wellness Studio — ReStauRantS — The Fuzzy Peach Frozen Yogurt Bar Islands Fresh Mex Grill • Might as Well Bar & Grill Nikki’s Restaurant & Sushi Bar Blue Surf Café Clockwise from above: From the chair behind her sewing table, Hattie Schmidt can swing around and pull fabric from an array of colorful textiles. In memory of her father, Cleo Williamson, she created the Greenleaf Café quilt, bottom right. She measures a fabric panel that will wend its way into a quilt. “The culture keeper thing kicked in when my mother was 80-something. She worked in the com-munity 24 WBM march 2014 hospital — the black hospital — behind my grandmother’s house at Eleventh and Castle,” Hattie says. “I started thinking about the history then. I never could get any information as to my history, my back-ground. We sort of breezed over it in school, but then I thought, ‘Nobody’s going to teach me. Why can’t I learn for myself?’ That’s when I decided to start asking questions.” Her mother was Gullah Geechee from Santee in Georgetown County, South Carolina. “As a child they used to take us there on Sundays, that was our ride out,” Hattie says. “ T h e c u l t u r e k e e p e r
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