82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 3, 1998
National Apple Harvest Festival
BIGLERVILLE (Adams Co.)
The 34th National Apple
Harvest Festival, sponsored by
The Upper Adams Jaycees, will
open its gates to visitors during
the first two weekends in
October—October 3-4 and 10-11.
The family fun-filled festival
runs daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the
South Mountain Fairgrounds,
located 10 miles northwest of
Gettysburg at Arendtsville.
The South Mountain’s cli
mate, fertile soils, and rolling
hills are ideally suited to grow
ing apples of unique quality and
flavor. Each year Adams
County’s fruit growers harvest
more than seven-million bushels
of apples making it the number
one apple-producing county in
Pennsylvania. Harvest time is
the final step in a year-long
effort to produce fine fruit and
everyone involved gets caught
up in a festive mood. The
Jaycees want to share this joy
Michelle Blrney captures first place in the women’s divi
sion of the pig Chase. Photo by Pnston Whltcraft
Brilliant displays of flowers show nature’s beauty to its best advantage. Photo by
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with you, so relax and step back
into yesteryear and join in the
festivities.
See beautiful displays of red
and golden apples waiting to be
harvested. Free guided bus
tours take you into the core of
the apple-laden orchards and
beautiful Pennsylvania wood
lands dressed in their autumn
best.
Reminisce about the days
gone by with the owners of the
antique farm equipment and
autos, hit ‘n miss gas engines,
and the operating shingle mill.
Children, young and old alike,
will enjoy the petting zoo,
Chicken Karaoke with Ray
Owen, the old-fashioned games
at Kid Country, apple bobbing
and pie-eating contests, and try
ing out their tractor driving
skills at the mini-tractor pull.
Local and regional entertain-
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The National Apple Harvest Festival holds a photo contest annually. This is a previ
ous grand prize photo taken by Debra Flook of Gettysburg.
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Things That Make
The Fairs Go ’Round
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Year after year, community fairs
attract and entertain thousands of
people. The casual fairgocr takes
for granted the many behind-the
scenes duties carried out by volun
teers to hold another successful
fair.
Last week, Ephiata Fair held its
80th fair and West Lampeter Com
munity Fair celebrated its 74th
year.
In addition to the standard lives
tock shows, the displays of fruits,
vegetables, and needlework, each
fair continues to offer added attrac
tions. Sometimes it takes some
wandering around the fairgrounds
to find these unexpected events.
Many times fairgoets learn more
about their community and what it
offers year-round.
One such event was at the Lam-
peter Fair, where Bob VanderPlate
and his son Jordan were dressed in
wool uniforms worn by soldiers
who fought in the Civil War. TTic
VanderPlates are part of the Civil
War Re-enactment Encampment.
“We are here to recruit and
acquaint people with re
enactments,” VanderPlate said.
In addition to relics from the
At the Ephrata Fair, this blue-iibbon winner In the Home
Garden Arrangement required 10 varieties 6f vegetables,
three of each kind. It was arranged by Kate Tessen, adver
tising sales manager of Ephrata Review. She doodled tar
hours to come up with this display that Incorporates her
-mother's -Anchor Hocking milk -glass -placed -In- palmed - -
white crates with green-checkered napkins.
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Civil War era, the VanderPlates
had pictures featuring their Mcllin-.
ger Manor Bed and Breakfast
where special events are held
throughout the year. During the
Civil War weekend this past year,
the burning of the Columbia bridge
was re-enacted. Living history*
demonstrations are held and for-
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