Rosalyn Kummer
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Crawford County. Also on
that staff was associate
county agent Lee Kummer
“After two years, we knew
we were ready to become
engaged,” she ,recounts
“But there were two things I
had to do before I could get
married One was to transfer
my divinity credits to a
school nearby, and the
second was a ‘pilgrimage’.”
That pilgrimage was to
accompany her Scottish
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bom 90-year-old grandfather
back to his homeland for a
visit. Again, the trip was
made on a flight that carried
the Penn State choir on a
.cultural exchange. Within
two weeks after setting foot
.on Scottish soil and the
reuniting with his relatives,
Rosalyn’s grandfather died.
'The force that had com
pelled her to make the trip
had become clear to
Rosalyn.
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Fulfilling the second duty
began with a trip to register
at the Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary, a
Presbyterian ministerial
studies institution, where
Rosalyn studied for one
semester With two
responsibilities completed,
the wedding day was set in
April, 1960
By Fall, Lee and Rosalyn
returned to school together,
this time for Masters degree
studies at Purdue University
in Indiana While Lee con
tinued his agronomy major,
for Rosalyn it was again a
return to the home
economics labs.
But before the year was
out, a life-changing decision
faced the newlyweds Back
home on the family dairying
operation, Lee’s two uncles,
who were in partnership
with his dad, had decided to
leave the milk business.
“We had never really
talked about going into
farming,” Rosalyn reflects
“But there was no real
decision to make. Lee came
home as soon as his classes
were finished to start
dairying with his father. I
had to stay on in Indiana to
finish my thesis, meanwhile
teaching as a home-ec
professor heading the home
management house for one
semester ”
Once settled into the
Kummer farmhouse by the
summer of 1963, Rosalyn
again returned through
school doors, this time as a
high school home-economics
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acquisition of her teaching
certificate, she “retired ”
And with good reason- she
and Lee had decided to apply
to adopt a baby
During the year that it
took for baby Scott to arrive
with the Rummers, Rosalyn
again returned to work, as a
home economist for Penn
Power Company When Scott
was a year old, like many
young mothers, Rosalyn felt
the need for an outside in
terest To “fill a few spare
hours,” she again felt drawn
to the seminary at Pitt,
signing up for just one
course. About the same
time, the Rummers again
filled out adoption papers,
this time hoping for a little
girl
Penn State, in need of a
night school teacher for a
short period, offered
Rosalyn the job Mothering,
part-time studies, teaching
and helping on the Rummer
farm filled her days
Still the call of the
seminary came ever
stronger Rosalyn drove
once more into Pittsburgh to
register for classes But a
new dean was heading the
school and he lowered an
ultimatum on the young
mother the only way she
would be allowed to re
register was on a promise to
graduate that year.
It made 1973 another year
that is permanently etched
m her memory.
“I had two babies, was
teaching two days a week in
a nursing school and
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1980—C23
carrying a full schedule of
courses. I’d drop the
children on my way at a
child care center associated
with the university
Sometime the diapers went
into the wash at midnight;
and I remember taking the
hired man in to talk to my
nursing students one time as
part of a class,” she laughs
“Sometimes I got
desperate ”
Then, suddenly years of
study and classes were all
over, and the Presbyterian
church added the name of
Reverend Rosalyn Rummer
to their ministerial list.
Officially, she was
“licensed”, which mean a
full practicing minister in all
ways, with the exception of
having her own church For
three years she “practiced
around,” a period of filling in
for vacationing or absent
clergy in the area
“I remember being so
scared that I lost my voice
the first time I had to preach
and asked for a drink of
water. The water was a good
distance away and by the
time someone had brought
it, I was speaking again,”
she laughs
When Crestview church
w{is “unyoked’ from a
parish in 1976, the
congregation extended a call
to Reverend Kummer. In a
field where equality is still
far more theory than
practice, farm wife Rosalyn
had been fully accepted.
One of her most satisfying
accomplishments, and one
that perhaps she especially
understands having been a
young mother, is the
establishment of a Mother’s
Day Out - a senes of weekly
classes held at Crestview for
community women Held for
two hours on Wednesday
mornings, participants pay
a $l5 fee for 10-week classes
which include free
babysitting Six thousand
letters go out yearly
throughout the area, offering
courses like the popular
Jefferson club plans auction
The monthly meeting of
the Jefferson Community 4-
H Club was held March 18 at
the fireball. The members
discussed what they like best
about spring.
Reports were given on
county council, roller
skating party, family fun
night, spring fling, and the
Adams County dance. The
club discussed the bake sale
scheduled April 5 at the
Hanover Market. The 4-H
auction was also discussed
and members were urged to
bring items.
The club hosted the
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as topics like crafts, cooking
and home decorating.
Husband Lee is just as
busy, involved in a variety of
agriculture and community
activities He’s a director
and past president of the
school board, a director of
Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative, the Penn
sylvania Holstein
Association and Farm Credit
and serves on the national
legislative committee for the
Farmers Association
Although her work around
the barn is extremely
limited, Rosalyn still
manages to keep up on
happenings at the dairy
barn, where a capable
herdswoman manages the
milking operation. She likes
co know which cows are
ready to calve, or who is
likely to be tied up for the
breeder One day especially
stands out in her mind, when
a particular cow was still
running with the herd when
the A.I technician showed
up. Rosalyn, who recognized
the cow only from the
feeding end, had to make a
quick trip through the
animals examining faces
until she found the iden
tifying marks.
Would she recommend to
other young women that they
follow in her footsteps’ Thus
far, only one percent of
theology students are
women and there are even
fewer with their own
churches.
“The ministry is a lot
more emotionally draining
that I though,’’ she reflects.
“But both farm wives and
ministers must be their own
persons. Whatever
characteristics it takes to
survive as a farm wife are
about the same things that it
takes to be a minister And
every person should do
whatever it is they feel in
side that they must do. ”
Loganville and the Glen
Rock 4-H clubs to a square
dance. The caller was Irwin
Rappoldt. The next meeting
will be held April 8 on meats
identification and judging,
which will be presented by
last year’s state winning
team from York County.
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