By KAREN CARTER
Enterprise editor
Digging into a treasure chest
or shopping for antiques brings folks from out-of-town to downtown Mebane for a stroll and roaming into the city's quiet shops
and unique boutiques. But recently, an estate sale created a buzz with the result being a unique peek into the past for a
Mebane homecoming in the present.
Ronnie Fisher and Gill Lunsford, co-owners of Brick Alley Antiques, located at
118 West Clay Street, invite everyone to come to their shop and see their latest purchase from an estate sale: friendship
quilt.
Historian Polly Duncan found the date on the quilt, said
Lunsford, and Fisher points to 20 circles that have 15 names in each circle, a total over 300 names in the quilt.
With each name stitched in the friendship quilt, lives shared and stories told could be heard again, if folks will come
into the shop and search the hidden treasure.
One circle says: Mebane Presbyterian Church and no doubt reflects
the communal church life.
"I just couldn't see this quilt going into a closet. We purchased it at an estate
sale and will donate it to Mebane's Historical Society," said Lunsford.
Between now and the time of handing
it over to the Historical Society, the owners of Brick Alley Antiques would like for Mebanites to come into their shop and
see it and perhaps discover something of Mebane's past.
