—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Oct 5. 1974
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Nancy L. Lefever
Mrs. R. Dean (Nancy L.) Lefcver, who lives on Noble
Road in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, is post
master of the Kirkwood Post Office, an efficient housewife
and mother of three teenagers, gardener, secretary, hosts
a crafts group, takes her place in community
organizations and yet finds time for music and several
hobbies.
Mrs. Lefever was commissioned postmaster April 13,
1974, after having served as part time clerk at the Kirk
wood Post Office for nine years and having been ap
pointed officer in charge December 3, 1973 when her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Barton Lefcver retired.
Kirkwood Post Office, zip coded 17536, is a third class
post office serving 1150 people or 305 families. The
assistant postmaster is Mrs. Fount (Mary Lou) Shaub of
Kirkwood. Thomas Ferguson Jr. has served as carrier for
the one rural route for 25 years and has the reputation of
being a very good mailman.
Nancy, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Anderson,
Oxford RD2, has been a lifetime resident of Colerain
Township. She grew up on her parents’ general farm.
They raised several acres of peas and Nancy helped milk,
tended to chickens, ran the tractors and helped with the
garden. Her parents have since sold the farm to her
brother but still live there.
Nancy graduated from Solanco High School and
received diplomas for secretarial and third class post
master courses from the U.S. Postal Service
Correspondence Course at Norman, Oklahoma.
She was employed by the Solanco School District for
nine years as secretary at Bart-Colerain Elementary
School prior to becoming postmaster. She served on the
publicity committee for Bart-Colerain Elementary School
for meetings, festivals etc., sending notices to parents,
newspapers, radio and television stations. She serves as
secretary of the Colerain Township Planning Commission
which meets once a month.
Mrs. Lefever has been a member of Farm Women
Society 15 for fifteen years or more and served on all their
committees. She will be entertainment chairman next
year. She helped at their food stand many years at
Solanco Fair until they discontinued it two years ago.
She has been a member of Robert Fulton Chapter 446
Order of Eastern Star for 14 years, is a past Matron and
has contributed in some way ever since she joined. She
helped at their sub food stand this year at Solanco Com
munity Fair. She is a past district Deputy Grand Matron
for district 16-C which is comprised of 10 chapters in
Lancaster County and 1 in Chester County.
Mrs. Lefever is chairman of Clothing Depository for
Boy Scout Troop 87 in Kirkwood. She thinks Scout
uniforms sh raid be used as long as they are wearable and
says if anyone has Boy Scout uniforms to sell their troop
would be interested in buying them.
Nancy was in the sewing, cooking and flower 4-H clubs
six or seven years and later served as leader of the Kirk
wood Community (cooking and sewing 4-H Club for five
years.
Dean and Nancy are members of Union Presbyterian
Church and the family attends there. Nancy used to be
active in the choir, circles and the Women’s Association.
Nancy Lefever has a collection of over 60 tea pots.
This happens to be an old cocoa pot originally bought
in 1910 that she is holding. She bought it in a gift shop
in recent years.
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She played the piano for the Junior choir at one time.
Nancy is married to Rodney Dean Lefever, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Barton (Jack) Lefever, Kirkwood RDI. He has
always lived in Colerain Township and graduated from
Solanco High School. He grew up on his parents’ farm and
helped with the farm work. He is now employed by
Ferguson and Hassler in the Thriftway store at
Quarryville. He enjoys hunting and sports.
Lefevers have three children. Vicki (Victoria) Kay
graduated from Solanco last June. She took a Floriculture
course at Brownstown Vo-Tech School and did Co-op work
at Gary Hunter’s greenhouse in Quarryville. She is
presently employed in this type of work at the Cla-Mart
Gift Shop, Quarryville. VicM was in 4-H sewing one year
and in 4-H cooking one year.
Perry is a Freshman at Solanco High School, taking the
Ag course. He has been helping his grandfather and his
uncle with their farm work and his ambition is to farm. He
is also on the Varsity soccer team and has wrestled since
fifth grade in school. He has also been in Boy Scout Troop
87 for five years.
As a family they have nearly an acre in garden on
Dean’s parents’ farm and the boys exhibited vegetables at
the Solanco Fair. Perry had the largest pumpkin in the
Perry D. Lefever is proud of his 66 pound pumpkin
that won first place as the largest pumpkin in the
Rural Youth classification at the Solanco Fair this
year. The pumpkin to the left belonging to his brother
David won second place and weighed 58 pounds.
Rural Youth division and David second largest. Perry’s
blue ribbon pumpkin weighed sixty six pounds and
David’s fifty eight pounds. David also exhibited and won
prizes on tomatoes, peppers, corn and cucumbers. Nancy
freezes and cans a lot of vegetables.
Lefevers have held softball games for area people,
maintaining the ball field, also on the farm, and hosted
picnics for Scouts and other groups for five years. They
play softball Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m. Nancy says, “I am
an armchair enthusiast. I keep score and bind wounds.”
Dean and the boys were in a Judo class at Bart-C'oleram
School for one and a half years. From 5 to 15 were in the
class. Nancy just watches this sport.
Dean and the boys go hunting locally for deer and small
game. Dean hunts turkeys in the mountains and used to
hunt deer there also.
The family also enpys music and all play instruments
together. They have Dean’s grandmother’s old reed organ
and a piano which Nancy plays. Dean plays the trombone,
Perry drums and David guitar. Vicki also took piano
lessons. They invited other musicians in to play their
instruments recently for a birthday party Nancy says she
plays for her own enjoyment
lefevers befriended Roy Allen Huss, Union, by having
him at their place weekends for nine years and he was like
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one of the family. They are proud of him as he has been
active in Scouts and church and now is attending
Harrisburg Community College and taking a law en
forcement course.
Nancy says, “Four years ago I organized “The Craf
ties”, a group of women interested in learning about and
making various crafts. We started with Christmas card
hall.< and progressed to men’s ties, paper Christmas
wreaths, candles, buck weaving, pine cone wreaths and
even an evening of candy making. Two years ago Mrs.
Charles (Betty) Miller, Quarryville RD3, incorporated
ceramics into our classes at Springville School House.”
They meet every Wednesday except the first Wednesday
of the month. The average attendance is 12 to 15 per week
Mrs. Nancy L Lefever, Kirkwood RDI, made this
pine cone wreath and demonstrated making them in
crafts class.
and they usually meet in Lefevers’ basement. They pay
$l. an evening and also bring some materials. Nancy
helps demonstrate each week. Their 1974 fall schedule
starting October 9 includes making a Christmas plate, a
draped angel, corn husk dolls, flowers and wreaths, fiber
flowers, yam poodles and a Snoopy dog house. This season
will end with a Christmas party and covered dish supper.
Teachers this fall will be Mrs. Betty Miller, Mrs. Beulah
Herr, Mrs. Novelda Ferguson and Mrs. Alma Clendenin.
Besides Mrs. Lefever’s crafts her hobbies include
reading novels and biographies, sewing, quilting and
knotting quilts. She made six lull bed size cross patchwork
quilts and two crib quilts last winter. She has refinished
several pieces of furniture and is doing a spool bed now.
She buys some antiques from friends. She collects tea
pots, especially those of friends and neighbors that would
have a sentimental value. She has over 60 on a shelf on two
walls of her kitchen, in a corner cupboard and elsewhere
m her house.
Here are some of Lefevers’ favorite dishes. Dean uses
this recipe to make ice cream and the second recipe is a
hearty stew that Nancy concocted.
ICECREAM (Bquarts)
12 eggs
4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons vanilla
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 pt. cream
2 qts. milk or fill can 2-3 full
1 pmch salt
Beat eggs, sugar, vanilla, cornstarch, salt and cream
together. Add milk and freeze. It is better if allowed to set
awhile before freezing. Do not cook the mixture.
GARDEN FRESH STEW
Serves 8 to 10
3 lbs. beef chuck, cut in cubes
l -> cup flour
3 tablespoons shortening
1 medium onion, sliced
teaspoon salt
1 * teaspoon pepper
2 qts. home canned tomatoes
cup water
4-6 carrots sliced
2 cups sliced celery
4 medium potatoes, cubed
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (optional)
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