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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 11,1971
Mrs. Leon Kreider Helps Get Ready for the Fair in Quarryville
. By Mrs. Charles G. McSparran
Farm Feature Writer
Mrs Leon (Martha) Kreider,
Quarryville RDI, near the Buck,
is a busy homemaker and active
community and church worker
She is serving her fourth year
as corresponding secretary of the
Southein Lancaster County Com
munity Fair Association She
has ordered over 1,000 ribbons
special rosettes and trophies foi
the twenty-second annual fair
which urns Septembei 15-17 at
Quarryville
She also assisted in bundling
the premium catalogs for distri
bution to all advertisers and
potions in the catalog She
oi decs all the supplies for the
fair so she is on duty from 6 30
Tuesday evening when people
start entering exhibits until all
pnzes are given out Friday
night
She and the other secretaries
tabulate all prizes and assist the
tieasuiei in preparing premium
checks Last year this fair paid
S-2,235 in premiums
It is hei duty to. notify the of
ficers and directors of each
meeting of the association and
they have seven or eight meet
ings a yeai
Benjamin Wenger, Quarryville
RDI, is picsident of the fair as
sociation, Kenneth Rutt is genei
al manager, Miss Helen Snyder
is tecording secretary and Mrs
Henry Rohrer is treasurer There
are also two vice presidents, two
assistant secretaries, assistant
general manager and about 30
cmectois and department heads.
Judging will start with dairy
cattle at 10 a m September 15,
followed by other judging
throughout the day Beef cattle
and swine will be judged Thurs
day afternoon and will go on the
auction block Friday at 2 p m
Formal opening of the fan will
be at 730 p m Wednesday, fol
lowed by a talent contest and
crowning of the Harvest Queen.
The Tug of War which created a
lot of interest last year will be
held again Thursday evening
The annual parade will start
moving at 6 30 p.m. Friday eve
ning, followed by a hymn sing
and presentation of Rural Youth
awards
The fair is a truly agricultural
fair with fine exhibits of farm
and home products, livestock,
flowers domestic and fine arts
There is also a large array of
farm machinery and auto
mobiles There is no midway and
concessionaries. Gambling is not
permitted
The association will serve light
meals and some local organiza
tions will man other food stands
Mr. Kreider farmed for 37
years. They owned two adjoin-
Mrs. Leon P. Kreider has her 1971 fair catalog and rib
bons all ready for the opening of the Southern Lancaster Coun
ty Community Fair. She displays reserve and grand champion
rosettes, a grand champion of show swine trophy and a re
serve champion of show swine plaque.
mg farms in Diumore Township,
near the Buck, totaling 200 acres
which they improved and mod
el nized They had a herd of 100
cows
Leon’s health forced him to
quit farming and be became a
DHIA milk tester For the past
two years he has been a self-em
ployed caipenter He built his
own home near the Buck wheie
they now reside
Mr and Mrs Kreider now
own a 138 acre faim on Heir
Drive in Fulton Township which
is farmed by Donald Ti imble
They bought this faim from Mi
and Mrs Ira Rutt -\t the pre
sent time they have about 75
Biown Swiss and Holstein cows
and 50 head of young stock
They expect to increase the held
to about 85 cows They' aie in
DHIA and ship milk to Abbotts
Dunes in Philadelphia They
g.ow coin, hay and barley
Kreiders have two sons Gerald
is married to the foimer Linda
Mowrer from Marietta Her par
ents now live in Elizabethtown
They have one son, Brian Ger
ald bought the two farms in
Drumore Township from his
parents thiee years ago and has
a Holstein herd of 100 cows
This is a very modern dairy oper
ation
Their other son Dale was in
the Navy two years He is mar
ned to Elaine Kauffman of Safe
Harbor They have a son Gregg.
Dale works at Snavely & Dosch,
Inc, Lancaster, and they live at
East Petersburg.
Martha is the daughter of Mrs.
L Clayton Overly who resides
at the Neffsville Brethren Home
and the late Mr. Overly who was
an undertaker at Monterey and
a cabinet maker and carpenter.
He made many coffins for Amish
funerals He also built houses
and barns
Leon Kreider worked with him
as a carpenter for seven years
after he and Martha were mar
ried.
As a girl, Martha helped her
dad make funeral boxes. She
says she was her Dad’s hired
boy She also helped their
neighbors with housework be
fore she was married.
Mrs. Kreider has taken an
active part in the interest of the
Family Health Center which will
open October 1 at Quarryville.
She was one of the area volun
teers who took a survey in be
half of the Center and the Lan
caster General Hospital, as com
piled in the form of a question
naire by Roy Lehman who has
had three years in medical school
and works part time in the hos
pital lab She also held one of
the progressive parties for the
benefit of the Center
Kreiders are members of the
Mrs. Kreider is chairman of her church relief committee
and made this comforter top. She is holding one of the
seventh edition cookbooks her women’s fellowship group sells.
Mechanic Grove Church of the
Brethren. After a break from
teaching a Sunday School class,
Martha is again starting to teach
seven year old children. She is
chairman of her church’s relief
committee. They get together
and make comforters and pack
clothing and send it to New
Windsor, Md. If it is needed
locally, they give some there,
especially if there is a fire.
Martha is a member of the
women’s fellowship at church.
They meet once a year. Their
' project is blankets. They send
money to New Windsor to buy
blankets To make money they
serve wedding, receptions for a
donation and probably their big
gest project has been their cook
book “Our Daily Bread” which
they had published in June 1962
They are now selling the seventh
edition and have sold over 6000
copies of it This book sells it
self It has 250 pages of recapes
contributed by their church
ladies. Four of their members
did a number of art illustrations
in the book which adds to its
attractiveness.
\ Mrs. Kreider as vice president
of the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Neffsville Brethren Home. They
have four meetings a year. They
buy chairs for the infirmary and
have bought furniture for the
solarium new building
The women 'of the Brethren
churches take tujms of serving
as nurses aids for a half day a
month. They comb guests’ hair,
water their houseplants and help
the nurses. Mrs. Kreider is well -
qualified to take her turn ht it,
as she took a six week’s Red
Cross course just after she was
married.
One of Mrs. Kreider’s hobbies is growing flowers.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Kreider
sing in their church choir. Leon
is a member of the Kreider
juartette that has provided
wonderful music, not only for
their church, but for many
churches and other organizations
for many years.
Leon has served as a church
Deacon for 23 years and. Martha
consequently has served as a
Deaconess that long. As deacons
they assist in the church mem
bership visitation. Leon also
has taught a Sunday School class
of young adults for many years.
Mr. and Mrs. Kreider are mem
bers of the Friendly Farmers
Club of Southern Lancaster
County.
Leon is a member of the Penn
sylvania Farmers Association
and served as membership chair
man for the county last year.
Mrs. Kreider attends some of the
meetings.
Mrs. Kreider has canvassed her
local community for the Com
munity Chest and the Heart
Fund.
Martha’s chief interest or hob
bies are her flowers and sewing.
She has many beautiful flowers
outside their house this time of
year and has started raising pot
ted ferns.
She does quite a bit of sewing
such as window drapes and a lot
of her own clothes. She has-made
three afghans and did quite a
bit of embroidering.
She has a collection of several
cups and saucers.
She takes care of their vege
table garden and freezes lots of
vegetables She cans their fruit.
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Her potato salad recipe is her
husband’s favorite salad.
Pare and cook 6 medium po
tatoes, adding 1 teaspoon salt and
a dash of pepper. When cool
cut potatoes real fine.
Cook 4 eggs to hard boil. Add
to potatoes.
Add % cup cut up celery, and
small onion.
DRESSING
IVz cups sugar
Vi cup flour
% cup vinegar
1% cups water
Boil above ingredients and add:
1 cup mayonnaise _
Vz cup prepared mustard
Beat till smooth. Add to po
tatoes and let season ; one-half
day or over night.
PINEAPPLE CHEESE SALAD
1 pkg. lime jello
1 cup boiling water
1 cup -evaporated milk
1 cup cottage cheese
% cup mayonnaise
1 cup crushed pineapple
y 4 cup nuts (optional)
Dissolve jello in water. Stir in
remaining ingredients and pour
into a one quart pan or mold.
I pkg. each lime, orange and
cherry jello.
1% cups hot water for each
box.
Put in ice trays. Make the
day before. Dissolve 2 pkgs.
plain Knox gelatin in cup"
cold water. Let stand a few
minutes. Add’ 1 cup hot pine
apple juice to gelatin. Cool till
thick.
Whip 2 cups cream or Dream
Whip until thick, adding Vz cup
sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Cut jello into cubes and add
the whipped cream and pine
apple mix.
CRUST:
24 graham crackers of 2 cups
(crushed)
Vz cup sugar
Vz cup butter or margarine
Put crumbs in a 13” x 9” pan
cr a large glass dish, keeping a
few crumbs for topping. Add
jcllo mixture. It is attractive
and refreshing.
Wash and cut stem end off
pickles. Add enough pickles to
make one quart.
ADD;
1 tablespoon salt
% pint of vinegar
% pint water
Vz cup granulated sugar
Dash of pepper.
Bring to a good rolling boil
and can. Pickles change color.
POTATO SALAD
BROKEN GLASS TORTE
CANNING PICKLES