The March, 2022 meeting of the Women’s Guild featured James Jones as its guest speaker. Mr. Jones is an architectural consultant and mason. He gave an extremely interesting talk entitled, “Reading the Signs”. He said that many people do not really observe what they see with details of its architectural significance. He has made repairs to the 1800 sanctuary of Old Paramus Reformed Church. The brownstone masonry has deteriorated because of several factors, but the main causes are the vibrations from the traffic along Rt. 17 and simply time. He is an expert in replacing the crumbling stones with new ones. One analogy he made was that crumbling sandstone is similar to a baked cake which just falls away when disturbed by the slightest touch.
The devotions before the lunch were provided by Susanne Tillman. In the typical fashion of a former 1st grade teacher, she illustrated her talk with flannel cutouts depicting a church building with its foundation, structure, doors, steeple and of course people.
Both speakers held the audience at rapt attention. Obviously people could relate to what they were presenting.
