Thelma Weaver (Continued From Page 24) making a profit as they are ex pensive to build. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cooke live in the far mhouse and manage the cam pgrounds. Weavers’ daughter, Linda, works there in the sum mer and they employ two lifeguards, two college age young people in the summer and two others. Weavers have a mobile home there that they go to frequently. Thelma graduated from Quarryville High School and attended Elizabethtown College. She is a member of Lancaster County Dental Auxiliary and of the Strasburg Heritage Society which organized during this year. The purpose of it is to earn money to preserve historical things in Strasburg. They will be holding a flea market on the school playgrounds in September which some twenty antique dealers will be attending. Dr. E. Mark Weaver was born near East Petersburg. He is a younger brother of Clyde Weaver, East Petersburg, who has the meat market. He graduated from Elizabethtown College and Temple University and has been a dentist in Strasburg for 25 years. He now has two other dentists working with him and five full-time and some part time girls who work as nurses, hygienist, receptionist and secretaries. He is a member ,of Lancaster County Dental Society and has always been active on their committees. He is also a member of Strasburg Lions Club. He has had a pilots license for three years. He goes to New Holland and rents a plane to fly. He enjoys taking colored slides. He and Mrs. Weaver spent six weeks in Honduras, on a volunteer basis, where he worked m a dental clinic and she worked with children. In the mornings she worked with crafts and in the afternoons rolled used gauze and patched rubber gloves for doctors to use. She said the hospital and doctors’ equipment is incredibly poor. They hope to go there and help again sometime. Weavers have four children All graduated from Lampeter- Strasburg High School. Kathy is married to Robert Bucher and they have one daughter. They live on Sickman Mill Road in Martic Township. Bucher is farm loan manager for Commonwealth Bank, Lancaster. Kathy graduated from Manchester College, North Manchester, Ind. She taught art one year in Virginia, one year in Lancaster and one in Lampeter. She is like her mother in being an expert seamstress, artist and organist. Philip is married to the former Donna Loar, who was Miss Pennsylvania a few years ago Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19,1972 and they live on Beaver Valley Road They have two sons. Philip graduated from Elizabethtown College, majoring in Business Administration. He has a mobile home sales business at Willow Valley, just south of Lancaster on routes 222 and 272. He is con structing a mobile home court and sales business on a 37 acre tract on route 222 south of New Providence. He will have restrictions on the trailer sites. David married Margaret Samuelson of Minneapolis. They live on Sycamor Avenue, between Bridgeport and Lampeter. She is a public helath nurse with the Pennsylvania Public Health Department of Lancaster County. David attended Union College in Kentucky. He was in volunteer service there for awhile. He is a cabinetmaker. He has a shop on Weavers’ farm where he refinishes furniture and makes reproductions. Linda will attend Harcum College at Bryn Mawr this fall. She is planning to be a veterinarian’s assistant. She loves animals and has two horses of her own. She makes a lot of pottery and does a lot of em broidery and needlepoint. Weavers belong to the Lan caster Church of the Brethren, in the Grandview Heights section of Lancaster. Mrs. Weaver will teach a youth class in the Sunday School part time this fall and both Dr and Mrs. Weaver will be in the choir. They were former members of Mechanic Grove Church of the Brethren where Mrs. Weaver was church organist for 20 years. Thelma loves to cook and has a collection of at least 100 cook books. Every time she goes on a trip she buys one. She has one old cookbook that dates back to the late 1800’s. Through having lost a lot of her best loose recipes a few years ago she influenced the women of the Mechanic Grove church to compile a cookbook She got the committee together and it took two years to get it completed. She did several illustrations also in the book. They have sold over 6,000 copies. Here are some of her favorite recipes: MELON BALL SALAD (With honey dressing) 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 2Vi cups frozen orange juice Vi cup sugar Handful fresh mint leaves IV2 cups melon balls (cantaloupe or honeydew) Soften gelatin in Vi cup orange juice. Heat remaining juice to boiling. Put in mint leaves. Stir and press with spoon for 5 minutes Strain juice. Add gelatin and stir until dissolved. Chill until mixture begins to set and fold in melon balls. Pour in 6 individual molds or 1 small mold Garnish, after unmolding, with salad greens and serve with honey dressing. Honey Dressing- V 2 cup salad dressing Vi cup honey V 2 cup whipped cream (Cool Whip or similar toppings will do) Mix honey and salad dressing Gradually add whipped cream xxx CHEESE SOUFFLE’ ELEGANTE Serves 8 6 slices of fresh bread 2 cups grated cheddar cheese 6 eggs 2 l k cups milk (part evaporated) 1 teaspoon dry mustard V 2 teaspoon salt Remove crusts from bread and spread with butter. In a buttered casserole (2 qt ) alternate layers of bread with 2 cups grated cheese Beat together thoroughly 6 eggs (well beaten), 2>/ 2 cups milk, 1 teaspoon dry mustard and V 2 teaspoon salt Pour the egg mixture over the bread and cheese layers and let dish stand at least two hours. Place dish in pan of hot water and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. XXX DILLY BREAD 1 pkg. dry yeast V 4 cup warm water 1 cup cottage cheese (heat until lukewarm) 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon dill seed 1 tablespoon minced onion 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon salt V* teaspoon soda 1 unbeaten egg (Continued On Page 26) 25
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