Schaefferstown Will Hold F olklife Festival July 26-29 Unusual crafts demonstrn- which the festival will take tions and Pennsylvania Dutch place. folklore will feature the second The 90-acre “wine-culture” annual Folkllfe Festival to be farm retains its stone farm held at Schaefferstown July 26- house built in 1736, on which 29, restoration is underway. The entire project is the According to Dr. Charles D. work of Historic Schaeffers- Spotts, Smoketown, who is ac town, Inc., whose goal is the tive in the Schaefferstown pro restoration of the Alexander ject, there were 10 buildings Schaeffer homestead farm on on the farm when Schaeffer NIAGARA SPRAY MATERIALS t* • Serving \puHfFooo\ I _ nr I Horae Owner \^-STORED LIMESTONE Y. —" FERTILIZER “LOOK FOR THIS SIGN” Intercourse, Pa. 17534 Phone (717) 768-8451 FARMERS!! For cash price and storage facilities for your wheat, 350,000 bushel capacity, fast unloading facilities Contact SPANGLER'S FLOUR MILLS, INC. North Market Street Mount Joy Phone 717-653-1403 resided there. It is the hope of Historic Schaefferstown, Inc., to rebuild and restore all 10, eventually, he said. Senior craftsmen of the area will demonstrate old Pennsyl vania German crafts and will train young apprentices. Craftsman Harry Stauffer, 68, from Farmersville, will turn red oak logs into 36-inch shin gles, once commonly used on log houses but now almost for gotten, Apprentice Thomas Jones, 17, Telford, will assist him. Stauffer and Alan Keyser from Skippack will collaborate in demonstrating the use of various old tools used in carpen try, masonry, tanning and weaving. Lancaster Countians will par ticipate in the three-day pro gram, as well as merely attend it. For instance, apprentice Jere Martin, 19, from Blue Ball, will make pewter spoons. Fifteen - year - old apprentice David Bixler, Waynesboro, will assist his father Leo Bixler in distilling pine tar from yellow pine stumps. The 18th-century process was used in making cough remedies, pine tar soap and lubrication for the wheels of Conestoga wagons. Craftsmen from Bethel, Pa., led by William Mercky, will specialize in woodcraft, using the old wooden moulding plan es. Pennsylvania Dutch folk sing- TOP-DRESS ALFALFA HOW - WITH... 0-14-14 0-26-26 0-20-20 0-18-36 0-15-30 TOP-Q USE OUR BULK SPREADER SERVICE OR RENT OUR TRAILER SPREADERS. CALL US FOR MORE INFORMATION PHONE 392-4963 ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. Grofftown Road, Near Waterworks Lancaster Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13.1968 Wheat Export Target Set A U.S. export target of 750 million bushels of wheat for the 1968-69 marketing year has been announced by the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture, and predic tions are that the similar goal ing, led by 87-year-old Rein Gottshall from Royersford will be the feature of the Friday night program. Saturday, the Folklife Con ference will bring together scholars and plain Dutchmen for serious study of the Penn sylvania Dutch from all sections of the United States and from Canada. Sunday there will be more folk singing, an old-time band concert and Twilight Chorals by the Ephrata Cloister Chorus. Al so Sunday, Dutch traditionalists will discuss old farm customs and superstitions. Homemade food of all types will be available and crafts items made on the grounds will be sold, but officials of Historic Schaefferstown, Inc., emphasiz ed theie will be “none of the us usal countryfair commercializa tion.” Items sold will include quilts, baked goods, wooden ware and tinware. for shipments during the 12 months ending June 30, 1968, will be exceeded. Final official figures will be available early in July. In announcing the wheat ex port target for the comm? mar keting year, Secretary of Agn cuture Freeman said;- “Reaching our export target for 1967 represents a major achievement. When we an nounced last year that we would shoot for this figure, many peo ple felt we had set an impossible goal. But through the hard work of exporters, members of sales missions, USDA trade promo tion specialist, USDA officials, and many others we are reach ing it.” He noted, however, that the 750 million bushel export target for 1968-69 will be even more difficult to meet in the face of heavier world supplies. You don’t have to be a chem ical engineer to wash cotton. SWEIGART FIRESTONE 329 W. High St., Manheim, Pa. Phone 665-2258 PLENTY HOT WATER to what you’ll enjoy with a Texaco Fuel Chief Water Heater* Fully automatic. Pro duces hot water faster than it’s needed for bath ing, dishwashing, laun dering—and at a frac tion of the cost of old fashionedwaterheaters. Come in and see them! Let ns analyze your needs. No obligation. fpuelChief] We Give S & H Green Stamps Garber Oil Co. Texaco Fuel Chief Burner Sales & Service 105 Fairview St. MOUNT JOY, PA Ph. 653-1821 19
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