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DECEMBER 8, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 51
Rough And Tumble - Preserving History For All BY ANN MEAD ASH
When giving a tour of the Rough & Tumble Museum, 4997 Lincoln Highway East, Kinzers, museum volunteer Kathleen Hazzard points out the buildings that represent the many organizations that make up the group. “That’s the horse-drawn museum. That building is antique cars, and that’s the blacksmith shop,” she notes, but then she pauses to explain how strongly she believes in the message of the organization. “We are preserving America’s agricultural and industrial history because it’s really important to remember where we came from as we go forward,” Hazzard said. Not only is the Rough & Tumble Museum, which covers 33 acres along Route 30 near Paradise, working to preserve history, but it is also working to correct misinformation about the group itself. “People don’t know we’re open to the public,” explained Hazzard. “We are a membership-based, board of directors-run museum, but everyone is welcome.” Bud Burdy, current Rough & Tumble president, echoed Hazzard.
The Rough & Tumble Museum will hold several events in 2022 that are open to the public.
“We continually learn that no one knows we exist and that we are open to the public,” said Burdy, who is hoping to bring STEM classes, Scout troops, school groups, and others to the museum. He noted that younger people are welcome to come and learn about the 12 or so diverse groups, which include a machine shop and a large engine group, that fall under the museum’s umbrella. “It’s not just an all-boys’ club,” Burdy
pointed out. “We have more and more ladies involved.” Rough & Tumble traces its roots to the 1940s, when Arthur Young, who owned a tractor business across the road from the museum’s location, organized a reunion, eventually buying the Myer Farm, which became Rough & Tumble. The organization will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2023. A full slate is planned for 2022. On Saturday, April 23, the Antique and Classic
Tractor Pull will be held. No admission will be charged, and gates will open at 8 a.m. “Our pulling committee has made some dramatic positive changes in the last five years,” said Hazzard of the kickoff event. The Spring Steam-Up will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 13, and 14, with a tractor pull at 6 p.m. on May 13, and demonstrations of plowing with vintage equipment. “People love to come and watch us plow the fields with
antique tractors and steam tractors,” said Hazzard. On Friday, June 24, and Saturday, June 25, the International Harvester Club Chapter 9 will hold an event on the museum grounds, and Rough & Tumble will hold a tractor pull the same weekend. During John Deere Days, Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23, the Waterloo Boys turn the scenery special shades of green and yellow, with a Parade of Power and more. The See Rough And Tumble pg 5
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Limeville United Methodist Church (UMC), 5783 Limeville Road, Gap, will present a free Kids’ Christmas Event on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 3 to 5 p.m. Children will be able
milk, a can opener, oil, and fresh produce and meat. At this point, you’re thinking, “Wow, I never thought of those things,” and if you have been donating soup and pasta and peanut butter, you feel like maybe you have not been doing your part.
The Pennysaver contacted Kerri Burns, market director at The Factory Ministries, 3293 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, to find out which donations are most helpful to the Pequea Valley
See Children’s Program pg 2
that most of the list, which recommended donating boxed milk, a can opener, and tea bags and coffee, was relevant for The Factory Market. She noted, however, that stocking boxed milk has not been a concern because fresh milk is delivered to The Factory See Alleviate Hunger pg 5
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