94—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19, 1972
Thelma Weaver
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to paint after she was married.
She, her sister and her father
went to the Art Center in Lan
caster every Saturdy for awhile.
They painted with Mr. Dnesbach
of Allentown and learned a lot.
Her father only started to paint
when he was in his sixties He had
a heart attack and afterward she
took him to art class She says
her father, her sister and she all
paint differently.
She says “I’m refinishing
furniture now I’ve done a lot of
antiques.” She has quite a few
pieces of antique furniture,
picture frames and pretty dishes
which have come down in the
family
Thelma says “I love to sew.”
She had only one year of 4-H
sewing and one year in Home
Economics in high school but has
learned to sew very well. She
made her own drapes and cur
tains, most of her own clothes,
even all her coats.
She knits and crochets. She
crocheted one afghan and one
tablecloth and either knit or
crocheted a lot of sweaters She
has embroidered and done
needlepoint also but doesn’t care
much for that She quilts. She has
her grandmother’s quilting
frames and is ready to put her
fourth one in the frames. Each of
her children will get one She
drew a grape design for a
trapunto patch which she is
working on The grapes are done
in two shades of purple and the
leaves in two shades of green.
The work is beautifully done.
Mrs Weaver’s son, Dave,
made her a spinning wheel and
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Mrs. E. Mark Weaver, 26 N. Decatur St, Strasburg, stands
in her flower garden, holding sprigs of lemon tea which she is
ready to dry. Her herb garden is in background along the
back of her house.
she has a loom so now she wants
to learn to spin and weave.
Thelma is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry F. Shank of Long
Lane, Lancaster R
D. 6. She grew up on their 115 acre
farm in East Drumore Township
where her father lived for 64
years. Mr. Shank was a railway
postal clerk besides being a
farmer His father and his son,
Eugene, also helped with the
farm work. Eugene is a mailman
at Quarryville and lives on the
edge of the old farm where he
grew up. Thelma also has
another brother, Dr. James
Shank, a dentist in Lititz. She has
a sister, Miss Marian Shank, who
works in the Personnel Office of
Especially if you make
certain that it grows
a little each month
Fri.
9 to 6
New Holland Machine Company.
The Weavers bought the home
farm from Thelma’s parents five
years ago and converted the
greater part of it into a cam
pground for tourists and
vacationers. It is situated IVz
miles east of Route 222 on Black
burn Road which is about four
miles south of Quarryville. The
campground has 175 camp sites,
each with hookups with running
water and electricity and they
have a central dumping station
for sewage. All the camp sites
have shade, most of them are
deep in the woodland. There are
also spaces for tents.
They have a bath house with
hot showers, toilets, a laundry
with washers and driers, an ice
machine, a store, a Pizza barn,
and a pavilion where Rev.
Murray Wagner conducts wor
ship services every Sunday at 10
a.m. Every Saturday night they
have entertainment such as a
film, music or a dance in the
pavilion. They have outdoor
shuffleboard courts, horseshoe
courts, bicycle to rent and
beautiful trails in the woods.
(They also have a horse barn
with four horses.) Many families
park their campers there and go
there weekends and vacations.
Many people prefer the quiet
location away from traffic. Yes,
people use the campground all
year. They go skiing and sledding
there in wintertime.
When queried as to whether it
is profitable to operate cam
pgrounds, Mrs. Weaver said it
takes five or six years to start
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