Neighbors Help Raise Kettering Barn
Clarence Rosenberger, pastor of the East Peters
burg Church of the Brethren to which the Ketterings be
long, and his daughter Nancy, who just returned August
28 from Nigeria where she taught three years in the
Nigeria Waka schools, were among those who partici
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pated in the Kettering barn raising this week. In the
background busily nailing boards are only a few of the
80 or more neighbors helping replace the barn which
burned about seven weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kettering were move the cows in and resume the farm
happy and grateful Wednesday as their life that was disrupted by the barn fire
new barn went up rapidly. They’re hoping July 30.
for an October 1 completion, so they can
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About 80 men swarmed over
the uew Kettering barn Wed
nesday to nearly complete the
rebuilding of the barn which
was burned to the ground on
July 30
Fanners and agribusiness
men kept coming and going,
squeezing in as much time as
possible horn their own press
ing chores
One man noted he really
couldn’t spare the time, but
"I'd want them to do the same
thing foi me if something like
that happened to me,” he said
Dining the past week, a con
ti actor had installed the foun
dation and all the materials
were ready for an early stait
Wednesday
The woikmen began aiming
at about 8 am, as soon as
possible after completing
chores And it wasn’t long be
foie the aboveground wood
structure of the barn began to
take shape. Most of the wood
work was completed oy noon,
along with the shingling of the
milk parlor
Mr and Mrs Henry Ketter
ing, who farm the land owned
by the Neffsville Brethren
Home, weie hoping the milking
equipment would arrive in time
for beginning operation October
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Clarence Rosenberger, pastor
of the East Petersburg Church
of the Brethren which the Ket
terings attend, was among those
who helped organize the barn
raising, but he gave most of the
credit to the Brethien Home
trustees
Paul Neff, a trustee, said the
Ketterings have been tenants
on the farm on Airport Road
near Lancaster Airport for
about 10 years. It was because
they have been “fine tenants"
that the decision was made to
rebuild, he said.
The Ketterings have some dry
cows and heifers on another
farm on Colebrook Road, Man
heim RDI
But their herd of 45 Holstein
cows is being housed until the
new barn is ready for operation
by the Black & White Holstein
Farm, Lancaster. “If it hadn’t
been for the Myers’, we would
have probably had to sell the
cows,’’ Kettering said.
But while the Brethren
Church was actively involved in
the barn raising, Pastor Rosen
berger noted the active par
ticipation of many members of
other denominations, including
Amish. Mennonites and Metho
dists
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