—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. January 3,1970
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Mrs. Nolt’s Farm Home Shows
Fine Antiques & Needlepoint
by Mrs. Charles G. McSparran time farm worker for the past
Lancaster Fanning Staff Writer four 01 five years
One hundred and sixty years trative Secretaiy to the Supenn
ago a man by the name of tendent of Hempfield School
Michael Siegrist had a beautiful District, Mr. Arthur Hackman,
stone farm house built just and 1S employed on a year-round
north of Silver Springs. That basis she staited to work theio
house still stands with a few 29 years ago when the total en
minor changes and is probably rollment of students was 700 to
more beautiful than ever Today 80 q and - lt comprised East
this is the home of Mr. and Mrs Hempfield Township only Now
E. Robert Nolt Mr. Nolt’s t jj ls 1S jbe largest school district
grandfather bought this section in Lancaster County with an cn
of land from the Siegrist family i-ollment of over 5200 and they
in 1898. In 1900 E Robert’s par- now employ 18 secretaries, 10 of
ents, Elias and Amelia Nolt, them full time Mrs. Nolt has
were married and moved into been in the ofice longer than
the house. During their lifetime any of the o thsis This school
they added conveniences such S y S tem now includes East «nd
as a bathroom and electricity Wes t Hempfield Township,
Then Mr and Mis E Robeit Mountville Borough, East Pe-
Nolt purchased the 100 acre tersburg, Rohrerstown, a senior
farm in 1948 Now the ongiral j,igh school at Landisville with
fiont and back porches are gone almost 1700 pupds, a junior
but the very popular patio ha* hlg h school at Centeiville with
replaced the back poich and qqq students, two elementaly
there Mr. Nolt officiates at the schools in Landisville, one at
grill when they entertain in the East p e teisbuig, one at Rohi
good old sumrreitime Mrs erstown, one at Mountville and
Nolt grows many flower annu- the Farmdale Elemenlaiy m
al£ and has a little pond with west Hempfield Township The
lilies and gold fish in it in the new Centerville Elementary
summer. Beautiful big shade school will open in the fall of
trees add to the landscape 2970
The inside of the home lends Mi . Nlt 1S also connected
itseH to furniture and wlth thls school tem b a
preserved have bus drivei ’ for Haicld
preserved pieces which hav„ Warfel f Wakefield He is also
come down through their farm- „ „
i n r D v i. uu a member of the Wes Hemp
lies One of Robert s hobbies is f ~ D 1 „ „ „
„ . „ „ , , field Planning Commission and
refimshing furniture m its na- „„ , ® ,
, , . ? , . , serves as its secietaiv
tural finish and repairing clocks
and he has quite a collection rs 15 a member and a
Another of his hobbies is col- P as t president of the Lancaster
lecting old ambei glass bottles County Educational Secietanal
and telephone insulators These Association Members can be
are prominently displayed on secretaues in any educational
their old dry sinks, mantel and area as county 01 fices, col
kitchen cupboaids leges and schools
This 100 acre faim is stnctly a Mis Ann Nolt has been a
dairy farm and aiwajs has been member of Farm 'Aomen Socie-
They have fifty Ho’steins, 30 to ty since 1940 This society
35 of them milking cows lhe ,T celebiated its fiftieth anniver
raise corn, wheat and hay Dale sai y September 27, 1969 by hav-
Wilkmson has been then full- m » a dinner at Willow Valley
MRS. NOLT at her desk which her
husband converted from an old kitchen
Mrs. Robert Nolt is Admims-
cabinet and refinished it. One of their old
scales and a rolling pin.
THE MANTEL CLOCK is over 100 One of the grape juice bottles on mantel
years old and still keeps good time. Some was the one that was used at their church
of Mrs. Nolt’s bell collection on the mantel to refill the communion cup. One is an,old
and on top of dry sink. Also her mother’s snuff jar. Mrs. Nolt is holding a favorite
old perfume bottles and bureau set. Mr. piece of pewter given her by a friend. An
Nolt’s bottles on mantel and in dry sink. old fat lamp is hanging from mantel.
Restaurant She is chairman of
their membership committee.
They have fifty membeis. She
is also a past president of this
society and served as president
of Lancaster County Famn Wo
men Society November 1953 to
November 1957 She is chair
man of the Scholaiship Fund of
the State Farm Women Society
This year four girls received
scholarships in Home Econo
mics Two were from Lancaster
County, cne from Chester and
one from York County She has
also served on the Boaid of
Directors of the stale unit
Mrs Nolt represents the Lan
caster County Farm Women on
the Board of Directors of the
Lancaster County Mental
Health Association and in this
capacity is asking the Farm Wo
men Societies for money for
bed socks for the badly retard
ed patients at Embreeville State
Hospital. Her own Society en
tertains patients at Harrisburg
and Embreeville State Hospitals
at times
Ann has been a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Farm and Home Center since
1955 and seived as Secretary un
til 1963.
Mrs NoP is president of the
Mountville Church of the Bie
thien Fellowship group which
MR. AND MRS. E. ROBERT NOLT beside one of their
antique chairs which has the original upholstery. The old
family Bible has a lock and key on it. The painting of their
farm was done by Harry Book of Millersville.
meets bimonthly in the homes
of the members They knot com
forts for Brethien Relief Ser
vice at New Windsor, Maiyland,
buy blankets for lehef work
overseas, help finance Camp
Swatara, give biuhday paities
for guests at the Biethren Home
at Neffsville, sew at the Gener
al Hospital in Lancaster and
contribute to Columbia Hospital
bazaar Their money-making
projects consist of food stands
at farm sales and thej sell vanil
la and saffron They have a
calendar to support then
church building fund Their
present chuich was built seven
years ago
Mrs Nolt is a past Mation of
the Older of Amaranth of Lan
caster Court
Mr Nolt is alco active in com
munity activities He has a
wondeiful voice and sings solos
at churches, weddings, etc He
is a member of the Church
Board of Trustees and Stewaid
ship Commission, a memner of
West Hempfield Planning Com
mission and serving as secretaiy
of it He is a member of the
Board of Directors ot the Mount
Joy Milk Cooperative wheie
they ship their milk
Mrs. Nolt is the daughter of
the late Mr and Mrs Harry
Freidly of Lancaster. The Nolts
have two childrn. E. Robert Jr.
worked on the home farm until
five years ago when he joined
the Marines. He played his Conn
organ in “The. Little Ducks”
combo band before going in (he
service He has just completed
a hotel course with the Ameri
can Motel Schools Judy attend
ed Pierce Business College in
Philadelphia then worked for
Tasty Baking Company in the
Advertising Department She is
man led to Lieutenant William
Vanßoyen and living on Pearl
Harbor base in Honolulu, Ha
waii He is a career man in the
Navy Judy enjoys playing her
piano she took with her from
home Mr and Mrs Nolt spent
a month with them a year ago.
Mrs Nolt has several hobbies.
She collects bells and has sever
al unusual ones Some have
come from foreign countries.
She has many antique dishes, in
cluding old communion plates
flora the old United Brethren
Church of Mcuntville.
She does needlepoint pictures
and chan seat covers She has
done cioss-stitcn on dresses,
tablecloths and luncheon set?.
She says, “I enjoy reading and
I enjoy entertaining. We enter
tain a lot ” She is a very graci
ous hostess She is also a very
good cook Here is a very deli
cious luncheon dish or late
evening dish.
CHICKEN SCALLOP WITH
MUSHROOM SAUCE
ii cup rice
2 cups chicken broth
2Vz cups diced cooked chicken
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