Bi6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11, 2000 I ask - %'OU 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 igood.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 B. Batterson, 416 Short Run Rd., Galeton, PA 16922 wants directions for roping an old rope bed. The pegs are on the top but slanted towards the right direction. QUESTION Steve Bucher, Harleysville, wants to hear from anyone who can provide in formation or literature pertaining to Bearcat garden tractors. Call (215)256-6239. QUESTION Steve and Carol own a Colum bian cookstove manufactured, they think, in the 19305. The cookstove burns wood or coal. The two grates are in need of replacement. Anyone know of a dealer or foundry that can duplicate grates. QUESTION Helen Kalwasinski, 1479 Mun ster Rd., Portage, is searching for a smail-sized Pitzer stove. QUESTION A new reader from Clarsk Summit has eight bicycles (one junior and 7 adult). She wants to know if their is a bicycle shop nearby that buys used bicycles. QUESTION Nan Garber, Elizabethtown, wants a source for buying the brown and red “monkey socks” and the directions for making the stuffed monkey. QUESTION Mary Ann Lapp, New Holland, is wondering where to get a heavy-duty spring approximately 1 Vz-inches in diameter and 15-inches long. She wants it for a baby’s jump er swing to hang from the ceiling. It needs to have enough of a spring so the baby can bounce. Weight: approximately 15 pounds. QUESTION A reader wants to know the worth a a penny dated 1842. QUESTION - Esther King, Bird-in-Hand, wants the words to the songs, “Floyd Collins” and “Marion Parker.” QUESTION - A Williamsport, Md. reader has used postage stamps to sell and some mint sets from 1973-1990. Call (301) 223-9644. Biting And Sharing Workshop HONESDALE (Wayne Co.) If you haVe ever taken care of a child then you will know why “Biting and Shar ing” are the topics covered in December’s Better Kid Care videoconference. The Penn State Cooperative Extension workshop for parents and child care providers takes place on Thurs day, Dec. 7 from 7-9 p.m. at the Extension meeting room, basement of the Wayne County Courthouse, Honesdale. Debra Bryant, Penn State Cooperative Extension fami ly living agent in Wayne County, says “biting and shar ing are two ot the most troublesome behaviors a child care provider or parent has to deal with when caring for young children.” During the workshop child care provid- QUESTION - Raymond Zeiset, 319 Minnich Rd., Millersburg, PA 17061-9505, wants to find a set of computer program discs for Windows 3.1 version. QUESTION - Robert Finke, R.l, Box 58, Seven Valleys, PA 17360, needs a belly-mount mower for his 1950’s era Cub tractor. QUESTION - Esther Kauffman, 190 September Rd., Honey Brook, PA 10344 wants to buy a used set in good condition of Bible Friends Books (not Bible stories). QUESTION Thomas Stackhouse, Severn, Md., wants the name of a person or business that deals in antique cookstoves and parlor heaters. He also wants to know where to have items nickel plated in the Pennsylvania and Maryland area. QUESTION Garth Horlacher, Drums, wants to know where to find replacement parts for long wooden handled farm tools such as a three-prong hay fork and walk behind plows and cultivators. He also needs wood parts to repair a cradle-type scythe. QUESTION A Manheim reader needs a lid to the large green Tupperware canister set. Will buy th whole set of just the large green lid. Call (717) 665-4198. QUESTION Jake Derstine, Mapleton Depot, wants to purchase a used tabletop cream separator in good working condition for a reasonable price. It can be either a manual or electric model. QUESTION If anyone is interested getting together with a group of people to share in formation on loom weaving, knitting, and quilt ing, send your name and address to Lisa Weav er, 529 W. Siddonsburg Rd., Dillsburg, PA 17019. QUESTION Kenton Lavy, Arcanum, Ohio, would like to purchase an out-of-print book, “Plow Peddlar,” by Walt Buescher. The book in cludes stories by Walt when he worked for Allis-Chalmers Corp. Call Lavy at (937) 692-8215. QUESTION - Roberta Goldsbough, York, is looking for an old type of mountain pie maker used in camping. The type wanted is round and the pies look tier shaped when cooked, not the smooth round ones. Call her at (717) 755*8865. QUESTION Roberta Goldsbough, York, has old Golden books to sell. Call (717) 755-8865. QUESTION A reader wants a set of Flexi blocks to complete a set for her son. The blocks are similar to Lego bricks. Call (717) 656-8549. QUESTION Mary Ann Martin, Denver, writes that a school needs 12 copies of "New Songs of Inspiration,” Vol. 11 Song Books. The book is deep red with gold lettering. QUESTION Mrs. Amos S. Kauffman wants to know if anyone has the pattern “Abundance” in Correlle dishes to sell. She would like to have four to eight cups and saucers plus some other pieces. Contact her at 1860 Cambridge Rd., Honey Brook, PA 19344. QUESTION A reader would like to buy used 2-quart canning Jars. Call (717) 859-2802. QUESTION Art Burt wants a manual for a Mighty Mac tiller with a 7 horsepower engine. QUESTION Diane Morris wants to know if ers and parents will leam; • Ways to stop biting. • How to discuss the issue with the parents of both children involved. • The in-and-outs of helping children leam to share. “As adults we need to understand why young children bite. Once we know why a child is biting, we can take steps to prevent it,” Bryant adds. Besides hurting another person, there is also risk of disease being spread when one child bites another child. The “Biting and Sharing” workshop is part of a statewide Better Kid Care child care provider training program presented by Penn State Cooperative Extension anyone has a quern or a hand-powered com mill. Please call her at (610) 498-2271. QUESTION - Bruce Middlekauff. Bel Aire, Md., is looking for a 19205’ or 19305’ cast iron bird bath approximately 3 or 5 feet in diameter. Bruce is willing to pay a good price. Call him collect at (410) 879-8039. 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 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 A Shippensburg reader wants a pattern and instructions to sew a winter hooded parka in either men’s small or ladies’ medium. 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. Sheets, 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 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 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. ANSWER Mrs. Thomas Maust, Berlin, wrote that her son lives in Norway where he has a cabin without electricity. She wanted to know where to find a non-electric toaster to give him for Christmas. Thanks to several read ers for writing that non-electric toasters are available from Lehman’s in Ohio. Call for a cat alog at (330) 857-5757. Another source is Cumberland General Store, # 1 Highway 68, Grossville, TN 38555. Ruth Archer, Engllshtown, N.J, writes that a folding toaster for campers is advertised in a catalog called CampMor, P.O. Box 700 Q, Sad dle River, NJ 0748-0700. Phone for order is 1-800-226-7667. Ruth writes that another way to make toast is to place in beneath an oven broiler or stick a slice of bread on a long handled fork and hold it over the open burner of the wood stove. ANSWER Thomas Stackhouse, Severn, Md., wanted the name of a person or business that deals in antique cookstoves and parlor heaters. A reader unites that Lehman’s in Ohio has them. Phone for catalog (330) 857-5757 or Fax (330) 857-5785. ANSWER Mrs. Leßoy Hoover, Morgan town, wrote that she has older magazines free to whoever can use them if they pay postage. Thanks to Catherine Durling who suggests she donates the magazines to local nursing homes, hospitals, or correction/prison facilities. and partially funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, and the Pennsylvania Child Care/Early Childhood Development Training System. Child care providers can receive two DPW training credits for participating in the workshop. Continuing Ed ucation Credits (CEUs) are also available. For more information on the program, support materi als and other services from “Better Kid Care,” call Debra Bryant at (570) 253-5970 X 239 or visit the Better Kid Care web site at www.betterkidcare.psu.edu. There is a $2 charge for the program and registration is required. To register, call Wayne County Cooperative Extension at (570) 253-5970 X 239.
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