■arming, Saturday, March 7, 1 fflask <¥.ou This column Is for readers who have questions but don't know who to ask for answers. “You Ask—You Answer” is for non-cooking questions. When a reader sends In a question, It will be printed in the paper. Readers who know the answer are asked to respond by mailing the answer, which will then be primed In the paper. Questions and Answers to this column should be addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Atten tion: Lou Aim Good. Do not send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a reply. If we receive the answer, we will publish It as soon as possible. Please Include your phone number because we sometimes need to contact the person to clarify details. We will not publish your phone number unless you request It QUESTION—BiII Angert, Manheim, wants to purch ase a good family-owned Model A Ford sedan, coupe or pick-up truck made between 1928 and 1931. Willing to pay for a good one. As a youngster, his family owned a two-door sedan, which he learned to drive and enjoy. Any suggestions on where to find one. QUESTION Bea Maurer, QuaKertown, would like to know the origin and correct words for this ditty she remembers her grandmother saying: Five little mice on a pantry shelflfeeding on bread crumbs and something else. Five little mice in a shelf up high/feeding so daintly on a pie. QUESTION L. Grasso, Mickleton, N.J., would like to know how to rid lawn of moles. QUESTION Ivan Gromling, Manchester, writes that when he was young and growing up in the 1950 s and 19605, his family used Troutaman’s Cough Syrup, which was black in color. Where can he purchase it today? QUESTION—Kermit Laub, Coopersburg, would like the name of the person who had advertised a John Deere tractor with bad wheels and rims. He lost it. Any one know to what he is referring? QUESTION Sandy Sheffer, Glen Rock, is looking for a recipe for homemade soap made with goat's milk. QUESTION Bob would like to know where to find parts for a mall ai r saw or a complete saw. Write to him at Bob Snyder, 1751 Woods Rd., Akron, Ohio 44306. QUESTION Maryanne Meebon, Perkimenville, remembers when she was young that her mother sang a song to her that she isn’t sure if it was a published song or made up. Does any one recognize and be able to add to the verses: My Raggedy Ann is a very old doll. She lives in the attic for years. She lives in the atticfor 50 long years with her shoe button eyes made of ... ? QUESTION Paul Dowie writes that he has a 50 plus piece collection of cooking and kitchen-related booklets from food producers, appliance manufactur ers, and utility companies, dating from 1929, and wants to know if there is a market for these collectibles. He has photocopied a list with the name, producer, number of pages, and date if listed. Would prefer to sell the com plete collection for a reasonable price. Call Paul at (610) 827-7561. QUESTION ■— A reader from Upper Dauphin wants to know how to remove black soot from the outside of copper kettle and how to restore it. QUESTION Jane Colvin, Ephrata. is looking for a dishes and glasses in a discontinued Pfalbgraff pattern called ‘Village.* Contact her at 1330 Lincoln Heights, Ephrata, PA 17522. QUESTION Gregory Badger, Collegeville, would like to know how to contact a musical group that plays the marimba in the Lancaster area. He thinks the group may be called the Lancaster Marimba Ensemble. QUESTION Gregory Badger, Collegeville, would like to know where to find a long sleeve shirt produced by a company called Feed Sacks. The printing on the back is ‘Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show* with authentic markings toting a wild west show theme. Message on the back states The only historic Wild West Show in existence. Seats 10,000 people under waterproof canopys.* Either this shirt or something similar with a western or side show theme. QUESTION—A Lancaster County reader would like to know where to purchase an old Singer sewing machine stand with cast iron treadle. It must be in good condition and reasonably priced. She has a Singer sew ing machine head to put on. QUESTION—BiII Martin, Egg Harbor, N.J., wants to know where to obtain seeds for a sweet melon called cob mush melons, which require little water to grow. During the Depression Era, these melons were popular. QUESTION Paul Musser, Ephrata, wants to know where to buy organic spray to use on fruit trees. QUESTION—M. Miller, 250 Kulp Road, Harleysville, would like to purchase a New Holland farm engine or parts. Also, he would like manuals for the New Holland engine and machinery. QUESTION—Donna Morrison, Dalmatia, would like to know where Somerset seed potatoes can be purchased. QUESTION Adelene Newcomer, Dover, would like the words to the song “Oh, Ain’t We Crazy.” QUESTION A Snyder County subscriber would like to know where to purchase a Reed's Pocket Nut Cracker Model #Bl6. QUESTION Robin from Elverson is looking for a directions to make a room freshener similar to one sold at Bath and Body Works. It is called Jelly Jar Scents and comes in a jelly jar used for canning. It is in a gel form and contains “bitrex." QUESTION Ruth Miller is willing to pay a reason able price for an out-of-print book, "The Secret of the Singing Heart," by C.W. Naylor. Call her at (301) 842-2029. QUESTION Mary Pazzaglia, Columbia Cross Roads, wants addresses for suppliers for chipwood baskets that measure 4’A -inch wide and 3'A -inch deep, and 2V4 -inches high. QUESTION L. Tyrpen, Fredericksburg, wants large blocks of scented and colored wax, not beeswax, to melt for candlemaking. QUESTION Lloyd Gingrich, Lebanon, wants to know where to get caps for croquet mallets. QUESTION—John Boiler, R. 1, Box 99, Allenwood, (717) 547-2476, would like a service manual for an Allis Chalmers Forklift model #5OO, serial #lBB6. It uses a 4-cylinder engine model #l6O-19755-R. QUESTION Terry Lowe, New Park, is hoping to purchase wood or coal grates for a Wincroft #BBBB2R cookstove, made in Middletown. QUESTION Bob Zoetewey, Denver, Col., has a POW-R-TRON Electric hammer Model #2sp Serial #749212 manufactured in Home, Pa. He needs to cor respond or have a telephone conversation with some one who has an owners manual, maintenance manual or parts catalog for the drill. He’d like to be able to obtain a copy of the manual and know where to buy parts for the drill. QUESTION—T. Faber, Booonville, would like to find Dark Tower Games, a battery-powered Castle made by Milton Bradley early 1980 s. Looking for complete games or just small parts. Where can he find some? QUESTION Jo Marie Snyder, New Bloomfield, would like to know how to sex chickens and ducks before they are grown. Is there a good instruction book printed? QUESTION —Bob Snyder would like to know where to get a manual for a Mobilift 3-cylinder stand up forklift model E 63. Write to him at 1751 Woods Rd. Akron, Ohio 44306. QUESTION Paul Maulfair, Jonestown, would like to know the color of “The Daisy," a one row corn planter made in York by Hench & Doromgold. QUESTION D. Hanson, Fork, Md., is seeking a source for a denim chore jacket manufactured by Caboose Works of New Hampshire or by any manufac turer that uses snap fasteners rather than the ususal button/button hole fasteners. She writes that these excellent jackets were available at work clothes outlets in New England, but she cannot find jackets with snap fronts in this area. QUESTION Mrs. A. Hazelton, Starrucca, would like to know where to get the address to subscribe to “Quelle Katalog." QUESTION Harold Miller, Elverson, would like to know where to obtain parts for a Stewart-Warner airless paint sprayer pump Model #327138-2. Serial #261318-K3. QUESTION—Evan Weidman, Westfield, would like information about old cookers that he has. On top, it says American Cooker, patented Nov. 29,1910, other patents pending, No. 70. the other one says the same thing but has a No. 66 on it. He’d like to know who made them and any other instructions. QUESTlON—Christopher Knisely, MulicaHill, NJ, is looking for “Freddy The Pig" books published by Knopf and written by Walter R. Brooks. The books were written and published between 1920-1960. She wants all titles and in any condition. QUESTION I. A. Rich Sr., Silver Spring, Md., needs a set of brushes for a Red Head Hammer Drill Model #606-3 made by Phillips Drill Co. QUESTION—Jane Latsko, Cochranton, is hunting a preprinted wall hanging of a quilt hanging on a washline for quilting. QUESTION Carl Oetwiler, Zionsville, wants to know where to get wire rope flemish spiced and swaged. QUESTION Ben Kinsinger, Myersdale, wants to know where to find a 5-gallon ice cream freezer to run with an old water cooled gas engine. He also wants a 'A horsepower New Holland gas engine (any condition). QUESTION—Ben Kensinger, Myersdale, would like to know where to find an old Maytag washer that used a glass fruit jar for a gas tank. Can be rusty or broken. He’d also like a 'A horsepower New Holland engine. QUESTION—Ron Young of Layton, N.J., would like to know where to purchase a stalk binder that ties corns talks with two knots, one at the bottom and one in the middle of the bundles. QUESTION—Mrs. R. Lantz, Gordonville, would like to purchase Bryde crystal glasses to match a pitcher she has. QUESTION Terry Freed, 718 Center Mills Road, Aspers, PA 17304, is looking for information leading to auto/truck salvage yards or persons and places that may have a Divco milk delivery truck for sale. Prefers one formerly owned by Pensupreme Dairy but any dairy will do. QUESTION Faye Drawbaugh, Newville, would like to know who sells parts for a Home Comfort Model CB cookstove manufactured in 1930 by Wrought Iron Range Co. in St. Louis, MO. QUESTION—ShirIey Jean, Bridgeport, W. V., would like instructions for putting a macrame seat in an old rocking chair. QUESTION Michael Chenaii, 989 Gates Place, Warminster, PA 18974, is a responsible bowhunter who desires to establish a relationship with property owner to manage whitetail deer population in an eastern Pen nsylvania location. QUESTION Robert Rauhauser, Thomasville, is a researcher and historian and would like to know if some one might have some old round Hinkle's Easter dye bot tles to complete a display of Egg Dyeing Apparatus. The dyes came six in a carton. He writes that the dyes were patented Aug. 24,1943, which is amazing since raw materials and all efforts were going in to support the war effort. Rauhauser understands that the dyes were invented by a York County man from Wrightsvitle by the name of Raymond Young, who probably assigned his invention to the Hinkle Drug Store in Columbia. Hinkle’s continue to sell egg dyes in square bottles, but Rau hauser wants the round bottles, the box they came in, and information on the inventor Young or the first Hinkle’s Drug Store. QUESTION Robert Folk of Stewartsville, would like to buy mushroom popcorn seed. He saw it at the state Farm Show caramel corn booth. He has raised popcorn for years but can no longer find the original seed that he used. The closest thing that compares with it is the mushroom popcorn variety that he understands is from some place in Mount Joy. QUESTION—Mrs. Allen Schultz, Honesdale, would like to know where to purchase the old type clothespin that has a wire reinforcement around the middle. She used them to make clothes pin dolls and needs more. QUESTION Mrs. Amos Hoover, Denver, wants to know who to contact about recycling plastic milk jugs into a picnic table. (Turn to Pago BIS)
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