Octorara AUGUST 1, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE ART AND MUSIC page 7
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXVIII • NO 27
BUS TRIP
The Parkesburg Free Library will present a “September in Cape May” tour to Cape May, N.J., on Saturday, Sept. 15. The bus will leave Parkesburg Library, 105 West St., Parkesburg, at 7 a.m. and return at approximately 9 p.m. The itinerary will include time to explore and shop in Cape May, a guided bus tour of West Cape May and Cape May Point and other activities. The price includes bus transportation, the guided tour and a group dinner reservation. For reservations or more information, contact the library at 610-857-5165. UPCOMING AUDITIONS
The Promise Players have scheduled auditions for the fall show “The Money in Uncle George’s Suitcase.” Auditions will take place on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Lampeter Church of the Brethren, 1900 Lampeter Road, Willow Street. There are roles for three men and five women. To schedule an audition, contact director Tim Strawser at 717490-1675 or timrose85@comcast.net. GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
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GROUP GATHERING
The Calico Cutters Quilt Guild will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 9:30 a.m. at the Goshen Fire Company, 1320 Park Ave., West Chester. Cindy Grisdela will present a lecture and trunk show with examples of her work and will also give tips about color selection. Grisdela will also conduct a workshop on improvisational play with lines and curves on Tuesday, Aug. 7. As this month’s charity project, school supplies for preschoolers will be collected for the West Chester Friends Association and Head Start. The meeting is open to guests for a nominal fee. For more information, visit www.calicocutters.com or email calicocutters@gmail.com.
Kehs Named Junior Grange Princess pg 2
Chester County Sets 4-H Fair pg 6
Bookworms Invited To Frolic By Ann Mead Ash
When an organization collects 40,000 books for a sale and endeavors to sell all those books in four days, drastic sales measures may be employed. The Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (LMHS) takes on such a challenge with by-the-box discounts beginning on the third day of its annual Bookworm Frolic. On the final day, the box price will be even lower. Although LMHS provides boxes, bookworms may bring their own. “The rule is for it to count, you have to be able to lift (the box of books) yourself,” explained Joel Nofziger, LMHS director of communications, who added jokingly, “Don’t bring a refrigerator box.” This year’s LMHS Bookworm Frolic will
take place at LMHS, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, from Wednesday, Aug. 15, through Saturday, Aug. 18. The Frolic will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day except for Aug. 18, when the sale will close at 4 p.m. According to Jon Weaver-Kreider, used book manager for LMHS, who is helming this year’s sale, books that have been collected for the Frolic fit into more than 20 categories. “We have a lot of theology and religion, history and politics,” said Weaver-Kreider, who added that he had counted 113 boxes of children’s books. Weaver-Kreider listed cookbooks, fiction, novels, and Christian fiction among the other categories that will be well represented at the sale. A number of foreign language books in German were also See Bookworm Frolic pg 5
Jon Weaver-Kreider (left) and Joel Nofziger have helped to collect 40,000 books for the annual Bookworm Frolic, to be held at the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society from Aug. 15 through 18.
Family Hosts Visitor As Part Of Fresh Air Fund Program
Paradise Bible Fellowship Schedules Block Party
By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
By Ann Mead Ash
Tom and Shirley Herr make a practice of opening their farm each summer for a visitor from New York City. For the third year, Shyan McIntosh of the Queens area of New York has come to the Herrs’ Oxford farm for a weeklong visit through the Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program. Shyan, 11, arrived on July 13 and stayed with the Herr family through July 20. She fit right in with the family, which includes sons Philip and Thomas Jr. and daughters Gracie and Marybeth. “We wanted to have a girl (visit) because the girls were at home (to) play See Fresh Air Fund pg 3
In the summer of 1953, when a group of Paradise residents purchased the former Episcopal church at 3092 Lincoln Highway East, located at the corner of Route 30 and Singer Avenue in Paradise, the new congregation began holding tent meetings in the parking lot. Fast forward more than 60 years, and Paradise Bible Fellowship Church is still inviting members of the community to connect in the church parking lot, but this time the event is the church’s annual block party. The 2018 Paradise Bible Fellowship
Shyan McIntosh (left) from Queens, New York City, spent a week visiting the Herr family of Oxford, including (continuing from left) Gracie, Marybeth, Shirley and Tom. Her trip was arranged through the Fresh Air Fund, a program that connects city children with suburban and rural families.
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Members of Paradise Bible Fellowship Church who are planning the church’s sixth annual block party on Aug. 4 include (from left) pastor Mark Morrison, Sue Homsher, Nancy Grossman, and Richard Grossman. The event will include free entertainment, food, games, and face painting.
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12 E. Locust St., Oxford, will present a genealogy research workshop led by genealogist Kristine Parkes on Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. Parkes will be available to help participants research their family history and also share some of her experiences. The program is open to people who are advanced in the genealogy hobby as well as those who are just starting out. The class is free, but it is limited to 15 participants. To register, call 610-932-5244 or email oxsrctr@ zoominternet.net.
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