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DECEMBER 14, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXX • NO 45
Tours Of Langoma Mansion To Highlight Open House BY FRANCINE FULTON
A Christmas open house will be held at St. Mary of Providence Retreat Center, 227 Isabella Road, Elverson, on Saturday, Dec. 17, from noon to 5 p.m. The event will feature tours of the historic Potts mansion, as well as holiday music and treats and visits with Santa in
the “Gingerbread House.” There will also be an opportunity to win gift baskets. The mansion, which is also known as Langoma, was built in the 1890s by the Potts family. It will be decorated for the holidays with numerous Christmas trees, greens, lights, garland, poinsettias and manger scenes depicting the birth of Christ. See Langoma Mansion pg 5
The Langoma mansion will be open for tours.
BY FRANCINE FULTON
t’s all about keeping (youths) busy,” said Chester County 4-H Extension educator Audrey Reith, when describing the new Chesco Outdoor Club. Since its formation, club members have taken part in hikes at local parks and held their first organized activity - an outdoor cooking event that took place on Dec. 3 at the Romano 4-H Center in Honey Brook. During the program, participants
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made a campfire and prepared a meal that included fresh vegetables like potatoes and carrots. Some youths also made hot dogs and other food items they brought from home. While some items like sweet potatoes were wrapped in foil and placed directly on the fire, most of the food was cooked using buddy burners, which the youths made with the help of 4-H volunteer Susan Johnson. Also known as a hobo stove, a buddy burner is a portable stove
Lan-Chester Chorus To Perform At Tel Hai
made from a large aluminum can. Using can openers, the youths made holes in the sides of the cans to allow the smoke to escape. They filled smaller cans with corrugated cardboard and paraffin wax and placed these under the larger cans as a heat source. “We recycled large coffee cans. One of our 4-H alumni owns a diner and donated the cans,” noted Reith. “They could use the buddy burners, which they made, (to cook their food) or cook over the campfire.”
The community is welcome to attend a Christmas concert that will be presented by the Lan-Chester Chorus on Monday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Tel Hai Retirement Community. The theme of the concert is “Peace, Love and Joy.” The program, which is part of the Tel Hai Performing Arts Series, will be held at StoneCroft, located on
See 4-H Club pg 6
See Lan-Chester Chorus pg 2
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Nidhi Suchindra (left) and Aniuita Goptra prepare fresh vegetables to cook over an open fire.
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