812-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 1,1984 Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser On a recent rainy Sunday af ternoon, I decided to visit some nearby gift and craft shops in the village of Oregon near my home. Some are boused in an old barn and another in the lower flow of a stone mill. The people who built these structures certainly could never have envisioned them being used Cor such purposes. The village was settled by the Bear family in the early 1700’s. Eventually it became a bustling business place with a hotel, store, barber shop, wheelwright shop, shoemaker, blacksmith, two butcher shops, four cigar manufacturers, a funeral bone, a school and a Union Church. It was a major stop on the Lancaster-Reading Highway. 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I would suppose that this is a busy season for these - shop owners as gifts are purchased New York teens win 4-H achievement scholarships CHICAGO, HI. Six teenageers from New York state have been named winners of 1964 National 4- H Achievement Scholarships. Each of the winners will received 01,000 scholarhsips. The scholarhsips were an nounced during the 63rd National 4-H Congress this week. The scholarships are supported by corporate and institutional sponsors. —Deborah Lynn Mutino of Orange County, who led other 4- H’ers in helping homeless men at Camp LaGuardia, a New York City facility, is one of nine national winners in the 4-H citizenship program. Mutino, who lives at 708 Vivian road, Chester, received a scholarship from the Coca-Cola Company, the program sponsor. A high school senior, she has been in 4-H for 11 years. —Carolyn Ann Kreppein of Nassau County took over the for the Christmas season. My only purchases were a strawberry scented candle and a small handmade basket. 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