Penn Manor SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: TRUST PLANS COLUMBIA ARCHITECTURAL TOUR page 2
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 26
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Berks and Chester Counties • Hay Creek Apple Festival, Historic Joanna Furnace, Morgantown - Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 • Country Auction and Chicken Barbecue, Conestoga Christian School, Morgantown - Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19 • Elverson Antique Show, Twin Valley High School, Elverson Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26 and 27 Cumberland and Dauphin Counties • Caitlin's Smiles' A Night of Smiles, Radisson Hotel Harrisburg, Camp Hill - Saturday, Oct. 5 • Gretna Theatre Gala, The Hotel Hershey - Saturday, Oct. 12 • 100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, John HarrisSimon Cameron Mansion, Harrisburg - Friday, Oct. 18 Lancaster County • Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild's Quilt Show and Artisan Market, Manor Church, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 28
Comets Battle Knights pg 10
Celebrating Faith, Friendship, And Family pg 6
Potter Will Share Skills, Knowledge At Harvest Festival By Dayna M. Reidenouer
“(The Europeans who first lived in this area) made practically everything they needed (from red clay): bedpans, roach traps, jugs…” said Bob Hughes, potter-in-residence at Conestoga Area Historical Society (CAHS), 51 Kendig Road, Conestoga. In his shop, located with other craftspersons’ shops on the ground floor of the CAHS main building, Bob has those very items on display. Because some of Lancaster County’s soils are rich in red clay, which can be easily fired, redware pottery was common among the Europeans who first moved into the area. “When I find roach traps, they usually smell like molasses,” Bob said, holding a small, conical vessel - almost like an old-fashioned beehive - in his hand. Roaches seeking molasses or honey with which the trap was baited would
crawl in and be stuck. The potter’s shop was reorganized this year, and Bob stocked the shelves with examples from his collection. There are shelves of crocks, jugs, vases, and inkwells, and there are even two shelves full of bundt pans and similar ring-shaped baking dishes. “I love the way everybody solved their problems a different way,” Bob said, commenting on the variations in design. In contrast to the practical items, Bob also has a shelf of ring vases that are adaptations of designs spotted in places like the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. “I’ve turned them into story pots,” Bob said. Pointing to a cheerful songbird, he added, “This bird is a 3-D interpretation of (one from) a fraktur.” Redware production was relatively low-tech, and a farmer could work part time to produce the necessary vessels. In contrast, stoneware was a more involved process. Stoneware took over See CAHS pg 4
Library Holds Appreciation Event
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's Garden Railways Tour, sites throughout Lancaster County and neighboring areas Sunday, Oct. 6 York County
• Pennsylvania Cowboy Weekend, Northern Central Railway Steam Into History, New Freedom - Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 • 50th Greater York CROP Hunger Walk, four starting points in York - Sunday, Oct. 13
Conestoga Area Historical Society potter-in-residence Bob Hughes will be one of many craftspersons who will demonstrate a skill that was important to local life in the 18th and 19th centuries during the Harvest Festival on Sept. 28 and 29.
Walk To End Epilepsy Will Raise Awareness, Research Funds By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Lancaster Public Library capital campaign co-chair Heather Sharpe (left) and interim executive director Lissa Holland presented artistic renderings of the planned new library during a volunteer and supporter appreciation event on Sept. 8. By Sara D. Ulrich
The Lancaster Public Library celebrated its supporters and volunteers on Sept. 8 during an appreciation event
held at the library. In addition to providing an array of food, fellowship, and musical entertainment, the event served to give the library’s biggest fans a sneak peak at several upcoming library events. See Library pg 5
Aaron Wingert of Lancaster was 30 when he experienced his first epileptic seizure. “Everything is normal in your life, and then you wake up in the back of an ambulance,” he said. Nineteen-year-old Nadine DeBalko of Adamstown was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 12 and had to change her perceptions about the disorder. “I thought it was just older people who had it,” she recalled. Lancaster resident Kerri Michnya never remembers a time without See Walk To End Epilepsy pg 7
Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania staffer Kerri Michnya (left) and volunteers Aaron Wingert (middle) and Nadine DeBalko have helped to plan Lancaster County’s first Walk to End Epilepsy, which will be held in the Lancaster Barnstormers’ stadium on Oct. 12.
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• Landis Woods Outdoor Fine Art Show, Boettcher House, Neffsville - Saturday, Sept. 28
• The Wonder Ball fundraiser for Easterseals, Country Club of York - Saturday, Oct. 12
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