816-Lancaster Finning, Saturday, August 5, 2000 1C ask ton This column is for readers who have ques tions 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 mail ing the answer, which will then be printed 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. Attention: Lou Ann Good. Or, you may e-mail questions and answers to lgood.eph@lnpnews.com Please clarify what question you are answer ing when responding. Do not send a self-addressed, stamped en velope for a reply. If we receive the answer, we will publish it as soon as possible. Please in clude your phone number because we some times need to contact the person to clarify de tails. We will not publish your phone number unless you request it. QUESTION A Christiana reader would like to know where to purchase homecanned black raspberry juice. QUESTION A reader from Myerstown would like information on a Lion Pitsburg water heater, pattened Oct. 1, 1907, type Fl 4. It was found in a house she purchased. The heater has pipe coils on the inside and a burner on the bottom. How was it used? QUESTION - Mrs. John Randall, 3661 Abbey Rd., Bloomfield, N.Y. 14469-9794, wants to buy a World Rummy, a board game that is no longer manufactured. QUESTION Lydia Nolt is looking for used bricks, doesn’t manner if they have plaster on them. Call (717) 656-2530. QUESTION - Bob Snyder, Akron, Ohio, writes that his tomato and sunflower plants have leaves that are dying at the bottom of the stalk and are working its way up killing the plant. What can he do to prevent this? QUESTION Eleanor Stewart, 360 Summit Rd., Bellefonte, would like to know what com pany to contact to have Lifetime stainless steel cooking pans repaired. The pans are pitted on the bottoms. QUESTION A reader writes that she and many other seamstresses often have diffi culty discerning the right and wrong sides of fabric. She wants to know if the holes along the edge of the fabric are punched from the right or wrong side or if that varies and is not a clear indicator. QUESTION Janice Wise wants to know where to find a copy of the child’s book, “Pop’s Candy Store.” Phone (610) 589-4048. QUESTION George Spencer wants to know if anyone sells old-fashioned buttermilk. QUESTION Edith Gardner, New Oxford, wants to know if anyone knows of a buyer in terested in purchasing a series of pictures of the 1997 Baltimore Orioles. The set includes seven 10x12-inch pictures of the entire team with individual pictures of several team mem bers. Call (717) 624-5505. QUESTION Sue Braun, Hershey, has an older model of a metal meat grinder attach ment that fits on a K 45 Kitchen Aid mixer. The cutting blade was accidently thrown out and the dealer no longer carries a replacement. Anyone have a blade to sell? Call (717) 367-5611. QUESTION Ed Hoffman writes that ground hogs are taking over and making large holes in his partially wooded one-acre property. Are ground hogs beneficial in any way. What can he do to get rid of them? QUESTION A lady from Blain would like to know where she could buy a pulpit Bible cover 10x13x3-inch. QUESTION A reader writes that she has some projects started that she cannot finish. She is willing to pay someone to finish cross stitching and embroidering prestamped table cloths. Call her at (215) 968-5894. QUESTION For an upcoming reunion, Sha ron Kemper wants photos from 1900-1955 of Shettles’ one-room school at Conewago Town ship, York County. Write to Sharon at 360 Buck Rd., Dover, PA 17315. QUESTION Mike Kramer, Quakertown, needs parts for a Van Wert model VAISOO coal stoker. The company was from Peckvilie, and he understands it went out of business in the late 1900 s. Does anyone know a source for parts or if the company’s parts stock was bought by another company? QUESTION - Rebecca Kreider, 821 Airport Rd., Bethel, PA 19507, has old calendars with photographs from the early 1900 s advertising several businesses in the Ephrata and Lancas ter areas. Write to her if interested in purchas ing the calendars and if you know how to de termine the calendars’ worth. QUESTION Naomi Blank, Kinzers, would like to know how to care for cyclamen. She re ceived one for Christmas and would like to know how to have it bloom again next year. QUESTION Lena Oberholtzer, Leola, wants to know where to get a rubber seal for a No. 7 National pressure cooker. The company had been located in Eau Claire, Wis. • QUESTION Mrs. Robert Lowe, Shermans Dale, wants the music and words to the song: “Eleven more months and 10 more days, I’ll be out of this calaboose.” She writes that this is a very old song that an older gentleman used to sing. QUESTION Jonas Seller Jr., New Holland, would like information on raising nightcrawlers for fishing bait. QUESTION A Gordonville reader is looking for a timecard clock that runs off a 12-voit bat tery or electric. Send information to Elmer Ebersol, Colonial Rd. Woodworks, 139-A Colo nial Rd., Gordonville, PA 17529. QUESTION - Robert Fleckenstein, Woods town, N.J., wold like to know where to buy a Time magazine dated May 15, 1950. QUESTION A reader wants to find a copy of Larry Benoit’s book, “How To Bag The Big gest Buck of Your Life.” He also would like to find wooden molding planes made by E.W. Car penter, Lancaster. QUESTION Mrs. John David Zimmerman, East Earl, wants to know if someone has a Model 47 Royal sweeper or Tristar they wish to sell. QUESTION Stan Szczepanek, Boyertown, wants information about brooding chickens using a coal-fired brooder. He wants to know what time of the year to do this, how often the fire needs to be fed, etc. He’s also looking for a pamphlet describing the use of a Eureka Colo ny Brooder. QUESTION Linda Boyer is an organic pro duce farmer in Lancaster County, and writes, “sometimes I feel like we are all alone out here.” She would like to hear from other organ ic farmers from Lancaster and surrounding counties. Send correspondence to 505 Lambert Rd., Narvon, PA 17555. QUESTION Audrey Lohr, R.l, Box 153, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666-9706 has a calendar col lection that she will give to the person who, several months ago, had requested calendars for school projects. Contact her to make ar rangements for delivery. QUESTION A Shippensburg reader wants a pattern and instructions to sew a winter hooded parka in either men’s small or ladies’ medium. QUESTION Mary Stoltzfus, Kirkwood, is in need of used greeting cards (all-occasion). Send to her at 331 Bartville Rd., Kirkwood, PA 17536. QUESTION Mrs. J. Burkholder is looking for a reasonably priced Big Oskar (Sunbeam) food processor in like-new condition. Call her at (717) 694-3796. QUESTION Michael Hopkins Jr. would like to know where he could purchase styrofoam egg cartons in jumbo and super jumbo sizes. He prefers a Pennsylvania source. QUESTION Dale Burkhart is looking for a lard can lid with the printing: Henry Burkhart Packing Co. Pure Lard 50 lb. Dayton, Ohio. Anyone have one they’d like to sell? QUESTION Susan Lingeris wants informa tion on hatching and raising all types of poul try. She and her husband also want a used brooder for sale that is in good shape. They also would like to purchase some fertile eggs in order to incubate eggs on a small scale. Write to the Lingeris at 2 Fats Hollow Rd., Ga leton, PA 16922. QUESTION Susan High recalls reading an article that appeared in this paper about a year ago regarding the history of Hershey Farms and Hershey chocolate. The article mentioned a contact person for anyone who had information concerning Hershey Farms or Hershey Choco late. She wants the name and address. Dose anyone know to which article she is referring? If so, please send the information requested. QUESTION A Schuylkill County reader wants to know if anyone knows the value of an antique dress form from the early 1900 s. It is a press-and-shape to the form you want to fit. Any idea of a fair price? QUESTION I. Wenger wants to purchase the following three books, but he sent no ad dress. The books are “More All-Of-A-Kind Fam ily” and “All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown” by Syd ney Taylor; and “The Four-Story Mistake” by Elizabeth Enright. QUESTION E. Sheetz, Fleetwood, wants to know how to repair a burn mark on a leather table top or the name of a professional service that can fix it. QUESTION Doris Stahl wants the words to the song, “Don’t Go Out in the Woods Tonight.” QUESTION - M. High wants to know if there’s anything that will remove black spots off an iron spatula, which accidentally burned in a trash fire. The spatula was her mother’s wedding present. QUESTION Nancy Landes, R.l, Box 286, Montrose, PA 18801 is looking for someone who can make a braided rug using four strands of material and a crochet hook. QUESTION Robin Baummer needs some one to repair a braided rug with a 10x10-inch section missing. She prefers someone from the York or Adams County area. QUESTION A reader is looking for a store that sells Hi-Yield products, hopefully in the Lebanon County area. They need them for this year’s growing season. QUESTION G. Sweitzer wants to know what chemicals to use for treating wood damaged/infested by Eastern Subterranean Termites. Also, what chemicals are used out side the house and where can they be pur chased? QUESTION Alice Faust from Kutztown is looking for an old barn beam loom. Does any one know where to find one or have one to buy? If so, please contact her at (610) 756-6488. QUESTION A Pennsylvania reader wants the words to the poem “When the Honeymoon in the Barn is Over.” QUESTION A reader would like to know if Lawrence Organ Mfg. Co. from Easton Is still in business. Or, is anyone interested in a 1918 organ in working condition and original finish. Anyone know what it is worth? QUESTION A Schuylkill County reader wants to know where to find instructions on making baskets from birch bark. ANSWER For Tom Hill, Boyertown, who wanted an alarm system, Bruce Middlekauff e mailed that he has a new Citgo alarm system that he will sell for $75. Call him at (410) 879-8039. Mark Schropp Jr. Schuylkill Haven, writes that a traffic alert bell system is available for about $lOO from McMaster Carr Supply Co., P.O. Box 440, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903. ANSWER - Robert Shaub, 350 W. Railroad Ave., Shrewsbury, PA 17361, needed a top to an old parlor organ, style 100, which was man ufactured in York by the Everhart Organ and (Turn to Page 817)
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