UMW Rummage Sale – During

Sunday I showed various stages of setting up the First United Methodist Church’s spring Rummage Sale.

Today, let’s take a look at the sale in progress.

I went to the wrong door and missed a picture of the line before the 9 AM door opening of the United Methodist Women’s sale.

Look how crowded the main room above is.

Shoppers everywhere.

And the community room was packed, too.

Shoppers were crowded around the round tables looking for just the right knickknack or kitchen item.

They paid on the way out.

And, as throughout the church the prices set by the United Methodist Women were quite tempting.

The Linen Room was not as crowded, but there were serious shoppers.

Outside mothers and dads looked for that plastic yard toy that would be just right for their little tykes.

There was a jungle gym, slides, sand boxes, picnic tables, you name it.

I even saw an aircraft carrier that my son would have gone straight for about five years ago.

In fact, we bought a smaller one at a yard sale on the way home from kindergarten one day.

The book room was crowded early.

This must have been a bonanza of week for book lovers, with both the Congregational and the Methodist Churches having rummage sales.

I had stacked the few classics in one corner of the adult fiction table.

I was pretty amazed that all of them were sold.

And kids were playing with the toys in the toy room.

It was like one big playpen.

Ladies took payment for both the book room and the toy room out in the hall near the church’s front door.

As I was leaving a little girl came out of the toy room carrying a stuffed pony almost as big as she was.

I didn’t get the perfect shot, but, if you look closely, you can see her new pony’s legs as she and her mother and baby sister or brother head downstairs.

She was delighted and Mom didn’t spend an arm and a let like she would have at a department or toy store.

Wesley Hall was where most of the clothing was.

Serious shopping was occurring.

This year, copying Jewel, there was an express line for those purchasing just a few items.

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All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them.

Top right is a photograph right after the Rummage Sale opened its doors at 9 AM on Friday morning. This is the main room, Wesley Hall, where most of the clothing had been arranged, folded or hung on racks.

Next, down a bit and to the left, are the shoppers who headed to the Community Room, where all sorts of goodies could be found. There even was a Christmas section.

You can see people checking out of the Community Room in the next picture, to the right.

Next is a picture of some of the stuff outside. A lot was plastic in various shapes meant for young children.

Down a bit to the left is the book room shortly after the Rummage Sale opened. I saw John Husmann, the principal for whom the elementary school across from the Crystal Lake Public Library is named. Husmann never wanted to be anything but a principal. When he retired, District 47 appropriately named the school after him.

He was on my Public Affairs Scholarship Advisory Committee when I served in the General Assembly in the 1970’s and loved every minute of it. I don’t think you can see him in the group shot, but you can here at the bottom looking at an anthology of short stories.

Below the book room shot is the place to pay for books and toys. These ladies were busy.

The little girl with her stuffed pony appears next.

Below that is the main checkout point for all the clothes displayed in Wesley Hall.

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