Item Name	Memento	Image1
Owner(s)	Shantz, Franklin Shantz, Florence Annie Catherine Shantz, Orpheus M.
Category	Artifacts
Year	Early: 1922 - Late: 1922
Description	A memento made from a piece of fungus material that was originally adhered to the bark of a tree. This has been cracked off, and its smooth surface etched/painted with hand printing: Together for Sunday Dinner / Heavy Snow Storm / January 1 - 1922 - First visit by Ory (Orpheus Moyer Schantz) in winter since leaving home - Oct. 10 - 1881 (some of this is illegible & a best guess) / Tobias Schantz - 79 yrs / Mary Schantz - 81 yrs / Orpheus / Sophie / Frank / Florence / Dorothy / 15 (deg.) above / Zero. Below the printing is a design of coniferous trees that more or less follows the configuration of the fungus.
Collection	Doon Heritage Crossroads Contact : 10 Huron Rd. Kitchener 519-748-1914 www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon
Accession No.	2002.947.007

Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.