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Restaurant crew DOVER,
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running the restaurant. When they chose
to retire two years ago, Mrs. J. Wilbur
Houser and Mrs. Leroy Beiler took over
the cooking chores.
“Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Beiler did an
excellent job, and they cooperated and
helped and advised the new committee.
We had a lot to learn.”
Mrs. Groff said that a 1 ot of local people
come, but she also knows people who at
tend the fair from Manheim and
Elizabethtown. “Many come in the af
ternoon, look around and then eat. There
are people who come pretty much the
same time each year.”
She is usually so occupied in the kitchen
that she doesn’t get around to see all the
exhibits, but Evelyn -says, “In the last
several years the fair is really growing.
Vegetables, houseplants, and flowers have
really increased. There are many more
people with gardens.” She added that
sewing entries have mcreased, and
especially arts and crafts entries. “A lot of
people have hobbies,” she said. '
Although she doesn’t enter something
every year, Mrs. Groff said she enjoys
exhibiting. In the past she has entered
violets, ferns, and tuberous begonias.
“I did pretty well. Some got blues, some
got reds and some got no ribbon at all,”
she said. She has also entered fresh
vegetables upon occasion and the family
always exhibits fresh milk.
When asked about Lampeter’s policy of
not having a Saturday Fair, Mrs. Groff
said, “I think the Fair was started by
Christian and church people and they
probably wanted to have the clean-up done
on Saturday.”
She was also added it probably had to do
with the fact that the original fair was
organized through the West Lampeter
Vocational School, and the school building
was used and students were given credit
for school by attending the fair.
Evelyn noted that her hobbies include
her plants and her garden. “I like to can
and freeze - it’s kind of a necessity. I also
enjoy cooking and making egg cheese.”
This dairy farmer’s wife said, “We use a
lot of milk and I churn butter. I bring the
milk in and let the cream rise, then make
the butter and use the buttermilk in the
egg cheese.” She said the frequency of
making butter varies, but she sometimes
makes it every three days and sometimes
as infrequently as every 10 days.
The Groffs have about 50 registered
Holstems and farm nearly 160 acres. Mrs.
Groff assists in that operation by keeping
farm records, but with three sons at home
she doesn’t help with the actual milking.
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Mrs. Groff is a member of the Strasburg
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other dedicated workers who help to make
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