Morgantown/Honey Brook OCTOBER 10, 2018
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXVI • NO 38
HALLOWEEN EVENT
Caernarvon Township
STORY TIME
The Honey Brook Community Library, 687 Compass Road, Honey Brook, will present the Raise a Reader Story Time with Miss Melissa on Fridays, Oct. 12 to 26, at 10 a.m. The program is designed for children from birth to 36 months and will feature rhymes, finger plays, music, and books. Space is limited. For details or to register, contact 610-2733303 or jspade@ccls.org. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
The Berks County Sewing Circle will meet on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Berks County Heritage Center, 1102 Red Bridge Road, Reading. This month’s topic will be “How to Read a Clothing Pattern.” Admission is free, and no registration is necessary. For more information, call 610-374-8839 or visit www.countyof berks.com/parks. HYMN SING
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By Francine Fulton
Joanna Furnace Iron Works, 1250 Furnace Road, Geigertown, will be the site of annual H a y Creek Valley Historical Association (HCVHA) Apple Festival on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 14, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Additionally, the site’s mule stable will be open on Friday, Oct. 12, where people can purchase apple pies, apple dumplings and apple crisps in advance of the festival. “The Apple Festival will not be open on Oct. 12. However, the site will be open from noon to 5 p.m. for bulk food purchase and pickup,”
explained Mark Zerr, HCVHA president. “It’s a way for people to get things before the official opening starts on Saturday. This way you can take (the apple dishes) home and put them in the freezer or thaw, reheat and eat.” On Oct. 13 and 14, the event will start with an all-you-can-eat apple pancake breakfast, which will be served from 7 to 11 a.m. Apple treats available throughout the weekend will include apple dumplings, apple pies, apple crisp, homemade caramel apples with various toppings, apple sausage sandwiches, apple fritters, and the local traditional George Loughery IV (right photo), a member of the Hay Creek Valley Historical Association, schnitz un knepp (apples, operated the Apple Barrel Express last year at the Hay Creek Apple Festival, and Louise Griffiths (left photo) offered apple dumplings and pies for sale. This year’s event, featuring an assortment dumplings and ham).
of apple dishes, a flea market, children’s activities and more, will be held on Oct. 13 and 14 at
See Apple Festival pg 6 Joanna Furnace Iron Works.
Church To Offer Sensory Play Day East Fallowfield Plans Park Day
2031 Division Highway, Ephrata, will hold a hymn sing on Sunday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. The singing will be led by Dale Fox. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Visitors Asked To Donate Socks, T-Shirts And Underwear
UPCOMING MEETING
By Francine Fulton
The Honey Brook Women’s Club will meet at the Honey Brook Presbyterian Church, 4331 Horseshoe Pike (Route 322), Honey Brook, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m. All local women are invited to attend. COMMUNITY LUNCHEON
Nantmeal United Methodist Church, 359 Nantmeal Road, Glenmoore, will hold a community luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 13, from noon to 2 p.m. The meal will consist of meatball sandwiches, salads, and homemade desserts. The event is free and open to the public.
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Hay Creek Apple Festival Slated At Joanna Furnace
Children with special needs who attend the Sensory Play Day at Forks of the Brandywine Evangelical Presbyterian Church’s ballfield on Oct. 13 will be able to play a variety of games. Other activities will include face painting, a moon bounce and musical performances. By Francine Fulton
The Forks of the Brandywine Evangelical Presbyterian Church will host its annual Sensory Play Day, which is free and open to children and youths with special needs and their families, on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All activities will take place at the church’s ballfield, located at
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655 Hibernia Road, Glenmoore, just off Route 322. According to Rebecca McClintock, one of the event organizers, activities will be offered for youths of all ages. “We’ll have activities for 2-year-olds up to teenagers,” she said. “We will have a climbing wall, a bungee run, team games, pony rides and hayrides and a nature trail. See Sensory Play Day pg 12
East Fallowfield Township will present its annual Park Day event, rain or shine, on Saturday, Oct. 13, from Children’s train rides will be one of the many 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the East activities offered during East Fallowfield’s Fallowfield Township Com- Park Day on Oct. 13. Those who visit the munity Park, 900 Buck Run event are also asked to bring new socks, Road, East Fallowfield. Park- T-shirts and underwear that will be donated ing, admission and activities to local homeless and hospitalized veterans are free, but visitors are through the David’s Drive 831 charity. asked to bring new socks, underwear and T-shirts for through the David’s Drive 831 chariadults to be donated to homeless and ty. David’s Drive noted that larger sizes hospitalized veterans at the Coatesville of T-shirts and underwear are especially Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center needed. See Park Day pg 8
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will present a Halloween event on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. in the social hall at the township building, 3307 Main St., Morgantown. The event will include a costume parade and judging, pumpkin decorating, cookie decorating, games, and refreshments. Admission is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by the Park and Recreation Board.