B4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 21,1984
Teamwork Pays Off
(Continued from Page B 2)
the slide presentations of the other
farms.” These were shown at the
awards program during Farm
Show Week.
Connie does much of the book
work in their retail farm business
which includes selling milk han
dling equipment. Most of the
equipment is shipped UPS and
Connie prepares it for shipping as
well as handling the phone and
mail orders as they arrive. Since
the Rutts have the sole U.S.
distributorship for their breeding
calendar from England, they ship
throughout the U.S.
The Rutts have recently pur
chased a computer to help them
with their business and farming
operation and both Ken and Connie
are studying and working with it so
Bookkeeping Duties
and took organ lessons there with
the stipulation that she give some
free time to their church. Even
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services and within two years she
began wishing for a church of her
own.
Her most recent post was at the
Bird In Hand Methodist Church
where she was organist for 12
years, but resigned with the move
to Mount Gretna. She also served
at the Lutheran Church of the Holy
around her Mount Gretna home. This Master Farmer's wife
enjoys the solitude afforded by their home in the woods.
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Ken is manager of the buildings
at Solanco Fairgrounds, so Connie
is often involved in scheduling
meetings. “It is used heavily by
the community for church ser
vices, weddings and other
meetings. They are now going to
offer a place for youth to meet once
a month.” She adds that the rates
are kept low and cover only the
expenses of the building.
The fair plays a large part in
their lives, with Connie also
heading the clothing exhibits. “We
have a nice amount of clothing, as
much as we can handle nicely,”
Connie says. During Fair week
Connie says, “We don’t plan
anything but to milk the cows.”
After taking a quilting class with
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Now Irene plays mostly for
relaxation on the baby grand piano
which sits m the comer of the
living room. She also fills her time
doing beautiful embroidery, much
of which is displayed in her home.
The Hesses’ two children are J.
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residency at Abington Hospital,
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Connie now adds quilting to her list
of accomplishments. She said she
would like to make once a year.
Winter is her time for this kind of
work, however, because in the
summer she tends a large garden
and does the yard work. She is
sometimes called on to make hay
as well.
She helps organize the quilting
group at the Mechanic Grove
Church of the Brethren, which
usually makes quilts for the
Brethren Relief Sale in Lebanon.
This winter they have quilted a
friendship quilt which will be given
to their former pastor.
Connie says she likes sampler
quilts, and particularly likes one in
her kitchen which represents
various aspects of farm life. Her
latest efforts revolve around
“stenciling” sheets, which means
transferring a quilt pattern onto a
purchased sheet, adding the fill
and backing and then quilting it.
“I work on quilts mainly in the
evening, and I don’t put them in the
frame until I have time to work on
it,” Connie says.
Counted cross stitch is another
craft she enjoys, and Connie says
she often carries it with her when
she is going for doctor or dental
appointments. A recently acquired
skill is making baskets, which
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