816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 24, 1999
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 printed in the paper.
Questions and Answers to this column should
be addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancas
ter Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522.
Attention: Lou Ann Good.
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lope for a reply. If we receive the answer, we will
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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 Margaret Diamond, Southampton,
N.J., writes that while riding in a car, she spotted a
truck tire hobby horse hanging in a tree. Does a read
er know where to obtain either the pattern or a hobby
horse?
QUESTION Omar Fisher, Lancaster, wants
100-200 small wooden thread spools. Please write
how much you want for each spool to Fisher at 133
Buckwalter Rd., Lancaster, PA 17602.
QUESTION Sherri Pitman, 212 Ironstone Dr.,
Lititz, PA 17543, would like to rent a portable cider
press for one week in October.
QUESTION —The Vanhorns of Mt. Pleasant Mills
would like sources for wooden sash insulated
replacement windows to fit an old house.
QUESTION Mary Weaver, 480 Frysville Rd.,
Ephrata, PA would like to purchase both “Sociability"
and “America Sings," songbooks.
QUESTION Melvin Long, Whitehall, Md., wants
a repair manual for a 12V battery charger.
QUESTION E.M. Snyder, Red Lion, would like
to know how to keep deer out of the truck patch.
QUESTION Lois Ann Martin, 3630 Depew Rd.,
Canandaigua, N.Y., writes that John Eward Zoller, a
former radio pastor, used to mail out booklets to lis
teners. He is now deceased, but Lois Ann would love
to have booklets written by him.
QUESTION Norma McClure, Freeland, Md.,
writes that her mother is in a small assisted-living
home. The manager is looking for heavy divided
plates like they used to have in restaurants.
QUESTION Norma McClure, Freeland, Md.,
purchased an old lamp at an auction. The top globe
was glued and separated during transporting it. She
needs to know how to contact someone who can
repair glass because the globe is beautiful.
QUESTION A reader from Annville wants
paperback books from the White Indian Series by
Donald Clayton Porter. There are 30 books in the set,
the reader needs from 21-30 in the series.
QUESTION A reader is looking for a source to
purchase Superset or Nestle hair setting lotion or a
similar product.
QUESTION Tom Hicswa Sr., Hammonton,
N.J., is searching for information and a head gasket
for an oil pan that fits Centaur Tractor Model KV
Engine No. 125620 made in Greenwich, Ohio.
QUESTION Ezra Burkholder, Washington
Boro, writes, "Help, bulrush or cattails are taking over
the pond.” Any suggestions on how to control them?
QUESTION Mrs. Clyde M. Stauffer, R.l, Box
294, Port Trevorton, PA 17864, would like to purch
ase books written by Lois Lenski and old school read
ing books such as "Jerry and Alice,” and "Dick and
Jane,” series. Send her book titles and prices.
QUESTION Andy Beelor, 218 Thompson Rd.,
Delta, PA 17314, wants to buy the books, "Chesa
peak,” which has some history on William Penn and
Ben Franklin; "Anne of the Green Acre,” and "Pol
lyanna Grows up.”
QUESTION Mary Ann Martin, Denver, would
like to know if anyone has a Pfaff 19 sewing machine
to sell for parts or where to find cams and an operator
manual for it.
QUESTION Anyone interested in purchasing
an antique, hand-push seeder imprinted with: Plant
Jr., Made in U.SA, Marque Deposee, M. Ind.
RGTRDA No. 17269. . . .On seed box: Iron Age C3B
C 39? Contact Albert Uebno Sr., 3211 Bear Run Rd.
Taneytown, MD 21787.
QUESTION Diane Columbus is looking for a
dried thistle source.
QUESTION Don Meily, R.l, Box 144, Hershey,
PA would like to find a Coleman vase table tamp in
working order. Will pay a reasonable amount.
QUESTION Marie Miller, HC62, Box 660, Hon
esdale, PA 18431 is looking for Corelle dinner plates
in the strawberry pattern.
QUESTION Irvin Zimmerman, Box 2351, R. 2,
Fleetwood, PA 19522, is looking for Eli Z. Zimmer
man milk bottles in quart and pint sizes.
QUESTION Jim Grube would like to trade four
turf tires and wheels for four ag tires and wheels. His
tractor is a Deutz Allis 5215 compact diesel. Massy
Ferguson 1010 is interchangeable. Contact him at
673 Lancaster Pike, New Providence, PA 17560.
QUESTION E.L.Z, R. 2, Box 221-B, Loganton,
PA 17747, wants plastic canvas patterns to copy and
return.
QUESTION Carl Kline, Rtl, Box 163, Womels
dorf, PA 19567 wants to buy an out-of-print book,
“Basic Bible Doctrine," by Millard F. Day. The book
was formerly printed under the title, “Whafs in the
Bible," a small paperback published by Moody Press.
QUESTION Judy Corbin Brosious, Sunbury,
would like a book written by Rev. Harvey M. Lawson,
Hanover, Ct. Lawson’s mother was a Corbin and
published a genealogical record of the Corbin family
about 1905. Judy is doing research on the Corbin
family.
QUESTION Ben Kinsmyer, 686 Kinsmyer Rd.,
Myersdale, PA 15552, would like to locate a water
cooled one cylinder gas engine. Doesn’t ma|ter If bro
ken or rusted parts. Will pay cash.
QUESTION Marian Belka, Old Forge, N.Y., is
looking for the descendants of Rudolph and Anna
Harris who once had a farm in West Nantmeal Town
ship in Pa.
QUESTION David Thompson, New Market,
Md., would like to know if there is anyone to repro
duce several brass shippers identification tags,
which had been placed on the top of milk cans. The
letters are approximately % -inch high.
QUESTION Ezra Gottschalk, Ephrata, wants
information on the Armchair Video Club of York
County. He believes they have videos of European
Gardens, etc.
QUESTION Earl Thoman, Railroad, is looking
for a U.S. Army Veteran or someone who help give
him the history of a picture taken in France in 1919.
The 4-foot picture of 189 soldiers is of Co. C 115th
Infantry, taken with a city background. Call Thoman
at (717) 235-3197.
QUESTION Doris Gehman, 1207 W. Elizabeth
town Rd., Manheim, PA 17545, wants a children’s
book, “RPundabout Red Gate Farm," a lift-the-flap
treasure hunt book by Linda Hayward and published
by Grosset and Dunlap, copyright 1987 ISBN
0-448-11326-0.
QUESTION —Steven W. VanKuren, R.l, Box 26,
Montrose, PA 18801 would like to know If any readers
know who has a registered Holstein with Coleman-
Crest prefix or a daughter from a Holstein with that
prefix. He writes that Coleman-Crest was his family’s
dairy farm and he would like to purchase a heifer or
calf for showing.
QUESTION D. Himmel, Chester Springs, would
like to know where to purchase good quality dark
brown velvet for a women’s coat collar.
QUESTION Paul Cherniski, Unionville, would
like to know where to purchase laminated wood to
use on rifle stocks. He does not want a premade rifle
stock, but a chunk of laminated wood approximately
2x6x24-inches long, in black or gray tones or in dark
brown and light brown shades, or black, green, and
brown tones.
QUESTION Nancy Crissman, Bloomsburg,
would like more information on using Blue Stone and
on Barley straw to prevent pond algae. She thought
Blue Stone is harmful to fish and plant life, especially
if not used property.
QUESTION Thomas Yarnall, Gilbertsville,
writes that cabbage, cauliflower, and grass hay is
showing purple color in them. He heard that it is
blamed on an environmental problem. Also if you
walk in wet ground and manure, yourfeetwill swell. If
others have this problem, Yarnall would like to know
what area they are from and what they attribute to the
cause. He and other farmers in his area are having
health problems and with their livestock.
QUESTION Richard O’Rourke, 2846 Highland
Rd., Warrington, PA 18976, needs at least six regen
cy blue ceramic V-cap tiles and two comer caps man
ufactured by Monarch Tile Co. The company went
out of business about a year ago. The tiles are
needed to finish a bathroom sink top edge, which is a
project O'Rourke is doing for his parents.
QUESTION A reader would tike to know where
to purchase a weather house that has a sunshine
lady and a raincoat man, which automatically comes
out whenever it is going to rain or the sun shines. The
weather detector houses were made in western Ger
many. The reader wants the type made with plastic
people and not the wooden people.
QUESTION Brenda Garber, East Petersburg,
would like to know where to purchase millet hulls to
use pillows.
QUESTION —Ken Myers is searching for an origi
nal photo of the Adam Greer Motorcycle Motordrome
(wall of death) which was in operation during the early
1930 s in Columbia. Write to him 1885 Felker Rd.,
Middletown, PA 17057-4204.
QUESTION —• Ella Mix, Hamburg, would like to
know where to purchase a full-grown
mallard. . ' „
QUESTION B. Light, Lebanon, wantd to know
where to obtain dolls and colored milk filter padd to
dress dolls with them. Lee Wards no longer sells
them.
QUESTION—EIeanor Stewart,
Bellefonte, PA 16823', would like to find a green book
with the name Stuart on the front The book is about
the Stuart descendants of the Canesteo Valley about
1850-1900.
QUESTION Gregory Badger wants to know
where to order western shirts made from feed sacks
with the colorful artwork Pawnee Bill’s Wild West
Show.
QUESTION Dennis Slodysko, Shade Gap,
would tike the address and phone number for the
Hydro Mac skid loader MFG Co.
QUESTION Anna Bonham, Honesdale, would
like to know where to purchase dolls of Princess Di's
and Prince Charles’ wedding and Fergie's wedding
dolls.
QUESTION Nancy Wallace, Lancaster, pur
chased a Niagara lounge chair with heat and rolling
massage years ago. Now she needs service but
doesn’t have a current address. She tried Brocton,
N.Y., but the letter was returned.
QUESTION Tom Salvadore, Newtown, wants
to know where to purchase wood chisel handles for
Stanley Wood Chisels #750 for several sizes ranging
from % - to V/2 -inches.
QUESTION G. Sweitzer, Airville, would like to
know the chemical recipe for the solution in which
apples were dipped prior to cold storage over the
winter. What else can be done to improve the texture
of York Imperial apples stored at 32 degrees?
QUESTION Shirley Miller, Nazareth, wants a
candy thermometer that can be used in the micro
wave. Everywhere she looks, she can only find the
kind that cannot be used in the microwave. Anyone
know where she can find one?
QUESTION Patricia Stoltzfus, Honey Brook, is
collecting milk moustache ads. Anyone able to help
her, write to 1395 Suplee Rd., Honey Brook, PA
19344.
QUESTION Mitch Hughes, Frankford, W.V.,
wants to purchase old metal signs advertising Dr. Le
Gear products, with a picture of the world's largest
horse, a Percheron.
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