—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 18.1970
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Guest Farm Operator on the Go
(Continued fiom Page 17)
was named foi both of lici giaml
motheus She loves to lead imd
even tries to lead while doing
sonic of hci woik aiound the
house She is a ie.il help to he:
mothei She is in fust yiai 4 H
sewing. being a membei of the
Mount Joy 4 H Si wing Club She
enjoys it veiy much She 100 n
inteiesled in .uniques She has
collections of papei weights and
beaded handbags and evening
bags She has taken piano lessons
for two veais She plays while
the family galheis aiound the
piano and sings
Eddie has a vegetable gulden
He glows vegetables and sells
them to his mo.bet He helps
with the pigs and has seven of
his own Dwight also helps feed
the pigs
Yvonne is the daughter of
Martin and Baibara Hauck She
was born on a faim near Roths
ville but the family moved to a
small farm neai York about 20
years ago. She attended Lan
caster Mennonite School one year
where she met hei husband She
graduated from William Penn
High School in York
For two years after marriage,
she and Wayne lived in Maine
It was there that she started at
tending flea markets and became
interested in antiques. Three
years later she started buying
antiques as a hobby. She says
it’s still strictly a hobby.
She caters to primitives and
furniture, although she' does
have some china and glassware,
lots of crocks and what have you.
She usefd to attend and sell anti
ques at many flea markets but
now attends just one big one at
New Oxford. Adams County, in
June. It is widely advertised and
people come to it from far and
near.
Mrs, Miller has turned her
house basement into an antique
shop where all kinds of interest
ing pieces may be found at rea
sonable prices For the most part
“pickers” buy for them Her 100
year old home is also furnished
with lovely pieces of antique
furniture.
In hei basement Yvonne also
handles ovei a dozen colors of
burlap yard goods She does this
because it is difficult to find it
in stoies She also uses huilap
herself in making many house
hold articles like apions, table
cloths, place mats and for picture
backing
People seeking a quiet, leisure
ly vacation out in the wide open
spaces find The Gieen \cies
Guest Farm an ideal spot, and
urban people get a firsthand
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Knowledge of faim life and agn
business there They leant what
■ eal togetherness is whin they
see the whole family eoopciatmg
in the many pleasant but aiduous
tasks of the (arm
Millets pi ovule four oi five
bicycles, a pony with a saddle,
anothei pony and c.nt and a
splash pool foi then guests Bi
cvelcs aic not populai with the
guests because thev have them
m the city They enjoy much
moie the ponies and the long
hikes between the (wo coveied
bi idges
Milleis can sleep 16 guests in
then big 12 room house They
also havi a finished loom on the
thud flooi and thev have one
sirte of a bedi oom and a kitchen
ette with a studio couch, table
and chairs for the family who
v, ishes to piepaie their own
meals
But Mrs Miller piovides bieak
fast and dinnei foi most of her
guests This is an experience m
good eating with plenty of good
meat, fresh eggs, milk and vege
tables She always works in a few
Pennsylvania Dutch famous
dishes She never fails to serve
her own shoo-fly pie once during
their stay. Her electric percola
tor is always brewing and acces
sible to the guests which makes
them feel right at home.
Millers have a very rustic kit
chen which they finished them
selves last winter. Formerly it
was their old out-kitchen which
had two built-in iron kettles and
a cement floor They tore out the
kettles, making a very large open
fireplace with a mantle above.
They have a crane built in the
side to hold a large iron kettle.
Next to the fireplace they have
Yvonne serves coffee for guests in her rustic kitchen
Her zinnias and fern lend a friendly atmosphere to the
interesting arrangement of antiques and home-canned
fruits and mixed vegetables.
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Mrs. Wayne (Yvonne) Miller points to the background, the old iron kettle hangs
some guests names who return each year from the crane in the big open fireplace in
to spend their vacation at Green Acres. In the kitchen.
an “outhouse” as they call it
Above their range and refi igera
tor they have a wood shingled
roof They covered the front of
the refrigerator with red burlap
and used the same between the
rafters of the open beam ceihng.
They used old barn weather
boarding for side walls and an
old country store counter and set
of drawers for the cupboards
All of the drawers and other
trim were painted led The per
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forated metal front of the old
store sugar and flour bins was
used as a front for the automatic
dishwasher. They used red fig
ured wallpaper for part of the
walls. Old used bricks were put
on the floor which Mrs. Miller
says she likes very much.
They have a long plank table
and a shorter one in this large
kitchen and dining room to ac
commodate their guests. Mrs
Miller completed the decor with
burlap curtains, which she made,
and displays many of her antique
dishes, candle molds, wall
plaques, iron kettles, griddles,
etc on the mantle and the shelf
above hei sink
The Millers ope'i ate "the busi
ness themselves except when
especially busy when Miss Julia
Garber, daughter of Mr and Mi s
James Garber, assists They aie
legisteied with the Lancaster
County Tourist Buieau which is
operated by the Lancaster Cham
ber of Commerce.
Guests, some of which are
famous people, have come from
Australia, England, Norway, Hol
land and the states of New York,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ver
na on t, Maryland, Minnesota,
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743 S BROAD ST.
LITITZ, PENNA.
Hours: Mon. thru Sat. 9 to 9
Sunday 9 to 5