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"OUR WOMEN OF SANDWICH"
(2020 Summer Virtual Exhibit)

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VIRGINIA "GINNY" ATWOOD CRORY


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Ginny enjoying a boat ride on Squam Lake


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Ginny & Fred

Ginny and Fred were longtime members and volunteer greeters at the Elisha Marston House.  Judy Stoehr (Staff) captured Ginny and Fred at the Greeter's desk in the Elisha Marston House barn on greeter duty in 2006.

​Virginia “Ginny” Crory was born on July 02, 1925 in Woburn, MA.  She graduated from the University of New Hampshire, married Frederick Crory, and had four children. She golfed with her husband Fred for years as well as with a golf leagues. Virginia always did a lot of handy work throughout her life, but her most recent and greatest passion was Crewel work.
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The Crory's ~ Whip-Poor-Will Farm
(204 Range Road)

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In 1985, Virginia met Betsy Leiper who instead of learning golf with her husband Tony, she chose to continue designing and teaching Crewel work to many of her students including Isadora Lear, Margaret Biggs, Helen Bates and Sally Biddle. These women were very inspirational to Virginia. Betsy arranged trips to England and Scotland to see the "great houses and gardens," Virginia went on one of those trips. Betsy designed all the pieces of work for her students along with supplying all the wool from Europe. These pieces of work would take years to complete because of the intricate detail of shading and numerous stitches.
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Several pieces of Virginia’s artwork are scattered throughout her house in Sandwich. Her final work of Crewel was a panel for a "Bed Curtain Hanging" for the Ashby House in Deerfield, Mass.

David Crory (Son) 
​May 2020 
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Virginia Crory (Aunt Ginny) has always been special to my family.  Her father, Dr. Atwood, owned several properties in Sandwich.  When she married my mother’s brother Fred Crory, Aunt Ginny was allowed to pick one of those properties for her own.  She chose Whip-Poor-Will Farm on Range Road. My mother, Maxiene “Emmy” Glenday, grew to love Aunt Ginny as a sister, and grew to love Sandwich, NH, as well.    My parents moved to Sandwich upon my dad’s retirement because of my mother’s great affection for Ginny, and my family eventually moved here, too.  The family get-togethers, often including Aunt Ginny’s Hunters Stew, Potato Salad and especially her melt-in-your-mouth Parker House Rolls, have become an important part of our family’s history and happy memories. We thank Aunt Ginny for bringing us to Sandwich, and for being so kind and loving to us all.  

Martin Glenday (Nephew)
​July 2020
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Sandwich Historical Society's First
Junior Historians

L to  R:  Donald Pease, Ginny Crory, Ernest Beattie

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