84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 10, 1993
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Joyce B'
What was once a highlight of
our childhood summers has great
ly changed over the years and
in some cases, simply fallen along
the tradition wayside.
Sunday School picnics. Back
then, (I’m dating myself) nearly
every small town and rural con
gregation hereabouts held a Sun
day School picnic. And each
church in a community pretty well
knew what date the others would
be held. Certain churches had their
picnics on certain Saturday nights
in certain months and you
could set you calendar on it from
year to year.
Though each picnic might have
varied details, the basic agenda
was the same. A popular, com
munity band, entertained with not
acid rock or bluegrass, but “picnic
music” of traditional old favorites,
marches, patriotic numbers. Food
played a major role in a Sunday
School picnic, homemade chicken
com soup, or ham, beef or turkey
dinners. And home-baked goods
for desserts and bake sale tables
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were generally a donor’s specialty
high, rich, and made with ex
tra-loving attention and pride.
More than one kid was ordered
during pre-picnic preparations:
“Keep your fingers out of that, it’s
for the church picnic!”
Sunday School picnics had an
array of neat kids’ stuff that we
could only get our hands on at
such events. We hoarded allow
ance portions for some weeks in
advance, plus usually wheedled
from Dad a couple extra nickels or
dimes for picnic goodies. Like
balsa-wood gliders that inevitably
ended up on our house roof or in
the cherry tree or the classic
paddle-balls with the rubber ball
on the end of a rubber band (those
paddles met my behind on a few
of my less notable days). Hum
mers, or whatever they were offi
cially called, were gadgets made
form a small rectangular, heavy
cardboard with a stretched rubber
band fastened to one side, trailing
a long tail of narrow crepe paper,
and which made a humming
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sound when the toy was swung
around one’s head on a long
string. (Good for “accidentally”
swinging into your brother’s head.
I know it sounds boring com
pared to $29.95 Jurrasic Park
dinosaur toys. But then this was
back closer to REAL dinosaur
times, you know.
While grownups visited with
long-time old friends about fami
ly, the weather, crops, jobs, and
assorted neighborhood gossip, we
kids woofed down ice cream and
soft drinks (we called it soda and it
was a treat we rarely had at home),
played tag, the boys chased the
girls and vice-versa. The big
church cemetery made a great
place for hide-n-seek.
This all comes to mind because,
while many Sunday School pic
nics have passed into history, the
one put on by our congregation is
alive and well - and set for today.
Our St. Paul (Hametown) Luther
an Church near Glen Rock has
held its picnic the second Saturday
in July ever since I married into
the congregation there and
many years before that. Often, it
hits one of the year’s hottest days
and a drenching thunderstorm
has wrapped up more than one of
our picnics.
We still have a community
band Southern York County
and an all-you-can-eat ham sup
per. Regulars come from some
distance to enjoy the juicy ham,
whole-fried new potatoes, green
beans, com, cole slaw, pickles, red
beet eggs and fixin’s prepared by
our congregation of great cooks.
And those dedicated folks who
pull this together still offer child
and crowd pleasers like penny
candy, homemade style ice cream.
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Neighbors and friends will again
gather to enjoy a picnic-type band
concert, share notes on crops,
leather, family and the neigh
borhood gossip while enjoying
a cream soda and double scoops of
Civil
At Genesee Museum
MUMFORD, N.Y, The
sights and sounds of the Civil War
will come to life as Genesee
Country Museum presents the
eleventh annual CIVIL WAR RE
ENACTMENT on July 17 and 18.
More than 500 Union and Con
federate troops will square off at 1
p.m. each day to re-enact a Civil
War conflict which will rage
through the historic village and
end in the Great Meadow with an
artillery battle.
Authentic camps will be in
place for Union and Confederate
troops and civilians. Camps will
be open to visitors during museum
hours and re-enactors will inter
pret Civil War life. Other interpre
tations are given in a doctor’s tent,
a communications center and by
an undertaker, touting his wares.
Visitors who wish to take a
break from the action will have an
opportunity to meet the President -
Abraham Lincoln himself - as por
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coln impersonator, Frederick
Klein. President Lincoln will be
on hand to review the Union
troops, address the officers of the
Army of the Potomac, and to
deliver an authentic oration on the
steps of the Town Hall.
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Other events will keep us from
this year’s Sunday School picnic.
But at a time when many cherish
ed traditions are being forgotten,
it’s comforting to know that such
pockets of history and fellowship
live on.
War Comes
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through 17, and $5 children 6
through 12. Children S and under
and museum members are admit
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admission also includes visitation
to the John L. Wehle Gallery of
Sporting Art and the Nature Cen
ter, located adjacent to the village.
The museum is located in
Mumford, New York, approxi
mately 35 minutes southwest of
Rochester. The museum is open
daily in July and August from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. In May, June, Sep
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is closed on Mondays. During
those months, hours are 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekends and holidays.
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museum are available for the ask
ing at Exit 46 (Rochester) and Exit
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hour east of Buffalo, NY.
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