814-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 21,2001
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QUESTION - Glenda
Dayhoff, Gettysburg, wants
to know where to obtain
parts for repairing or pur
chasing a Columbian cook
stove.
QUESTION - T.S., Get
tysburg, wants to know
where to purchase a wood
en Humphrey’s veterinary
case and related bottles.
The case and bottles are
embossed with a horse
head with a flowing mane.
QUESTION - Glenn
Reeder, New Tripoli, wants
to know where to get a
new old-fashioned single
edge razor. Local drug
stores sell replacement
blades but not the razor
handles.
QUESTION - Kim Wolfe
has an unusual problem
that she hopes readers can
solve. She writes a Tom
Taylor custom-made sad
dle, breast collar, and bri
dle were sold at an auction
last November in South
eastern Pennsylvania. The
auction had been adver
tised in this paper. She has
the saddle to the set that
Tiptoe Through 25,000 Tulips At Hershey Gardens
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
Imagine a dazzling display of
25,000 tulips! That’s what Her
shey Gardens has to offer as
more than 100 types of tulips
bloom in a succession of brilliant
color from mid-April through
early May.
Planted mostly in the Square
Garden, tulips ranging from the
was made to resemble the
one sold. Parts of her sad
dle were on the saddle that
sold. These are of great
sentimental value to her
and she would like to talk
with someone who has in
formation about the where
abouts of this equipment.
Call Kim at (570) 578-1662.
QUESTION - Joyce Bur
kholder wants directions to
make old-fashioned hooked
rugs or how to contact
someone who makes them.
Write to her at 1077 Twin
Bridge Rd., Chambersburg,
PA 17201.
QUESTION - Carole
Welter, Lenhartsville,
changes her request to
purchase a pair of white
swans to a mature, young,
black swans, but will con
sider white swans. Prefers
to pick them up within a
50-mile radius of Reading.
Call (610) 756-6756.
QUESTION - Karen
Shank, Bridgewater, Va.,
would be delighted to find
a thermos to match a
child’s Holly Hobbi metal
lunch box. Call (540)
828-4247.
QUESTION - David W.
Martin, R.l, Box 541, Port
Trevortan, PA 17864 wants
to buy a 2-quart or 1 gallon
butter churn. Please send
price and condition.
QUESTION - Sharon
Myers, Lancaster, wants to
know where to buy fire
brick and other parts for an
old Columbian cookstove.
QUESTION - Patty Rut
ledge writes that she and
her husband requested
parts for an old Jacobson-
Chief Lawn tractor. A man
from Harrisburg called, but
the Rutledges lost the
phone number and are
asking for that person to
call again (410) 692-5940.
QUESTION - Patty
wants to purchase a purple
and gold banner with a
dowel and gold cord for
hanging like those awarded
to cattle champions. Evi
dently she wants a used
one because she writes no
preference in breed, year,
class or win. E-mail Patty
at sagewood@ticon.net
QUESTION - Joyce El
well Burns of Southold,
N.Y. is searching for family
that raises Swiss Mountain
classic, almost-black Queen of
the Night and red Oxford to the
more unusual, double-flowering,
soft pink Angelique greet visitors
with a spectacular array of
springtime beauty. Additional
varieties will also be blooming
throughout the perennial garden,
the garden of old roses and the
beds of the northwest shrub bor
dogs.
QUESTION - Bernice
Haas, 5854 Chestnut Hill
Church Rd., Emmaus, PA
18049-5401 requests the
words and music to the
hymn “Beautiful Valley of
Eden.”
QUESTION - Doris Mill
er, 1636 Table Rock Road,
Gettysburg, PA
17325-8109, wants a White
Mountain Junior ice cream
freezer, new or in good
condition, manufactured by
White Mountain Freezer
Co., P.O. Box 45g, Lincoln
Ave. Ext., Winchendon, MA
01475. Stock number
64300, pint size.
QUESTION - Shirley An
derson, Plainfield, wants to
know where to buy whole
dried peas.
QUESTION - Tim Bowi
geois is an Intern at the
New Jersey Museum of Ag
riculture and is conducting
research on the use of
steam power for agricul
ture In New Jersey during
the 1800 s and early 1000 s.
His research is focused on
the how, when, where, to
what extent, and possibly
who used steam tractors or
engines in agriculture and
other related fields such as
lumber harvesting. Does
anyone know of steam en
gine and tractor manufac
turers or dealers that were
based in New Jersey dur
ing that era. Any assist
ance would be greatly ap
preciation. Contact Tim at
Rutgers, State University of
New Jersey, 18384 CPC
Way, New Brunswick, NJ
08901-8633 or phone (856)
447-5259.
QUESTION - D. Hatt,
402 Chapel Hill Rd., Sink
ing Spring, PA 19608, is
looking for a manual or in
structions on how to oper
ate a Weldex Welder made
by Welder Inc. of Detroit,
Mich. Hatt wants to use the
welder to weld band saw
blades.
QUESTION - Louise
Oberholtzer, Shippensburg,
wants the music to the
songs, “Home On the
Range” and “Country
Roads.”
QUESTION - Elliot
Myers, Ottsville, wants to
know how easily to clean
and treat a cast iron farm
er’s boiler that was used to
make scrapple and lard.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know if someone
has a two-seater bike to
sell. Phone (717) 445-5969.
QUESTION - Don Wal
ters, Lockport, N.Y., writes
that they are having a year
round problem with lady
bugs, which have taken
ders as well, said Barbara Whit
craft, director of Hershey Gar
dens.
“Our tulip display is a color
extravaganza,” said Whitcraft.
“We’ve intentionally planted dif
ferent cultivars of tulips to create
a vivid succession of bloom over
the next few weeks. We encour
age visitors to stop by as often as
over an upstairs window
and curtain. Any one have
a solution?
QUESTION - The Yoder
family is restoring an old
spring wagon, with the
name W&H Rowland
Philadelphia stamped on
the springs. Does anyone
know when this company
was in business?
QUESTION - A reader is
looking for an Oster Mixer
that can be run with an air
motor.
QUESTION - A Union
County reader is interested
in buying used, small-scale
milk processing equipment
such as a pasturizer,
cheese making, bottling,
etc. She is also interested
in talking with people who
process and market goat’s
milk and goat milk prod
ucts. She did not include
an address or phone num
ber.
QUESTION - Mrs. Luke
Hoover, Mifflinburg, wants
to know where to buy flow
er bulb baskets, used to
grow and store bulbs, at a
low price.
QUESTION - Stephanie
Luckenbaugh, Abbotts
town, is looking for a reci
pe or instructions on mak
ing dandelion shampoo.
QUESTION - Thomas
Lehman writes that his an
cestor Peter Leisey
(1802-1859) lived in Den
ver, Pa., and wove cover
lets. Lehman has been told
that the coverlets were
beautiful and had Leisey’s
name or initials in the de
sign. Does anyone know
where Lehman eouid see
one or where one might be
for sale? The Lehmans can
be contacted by phone at
(717)867-1246.
QUESTION - Diana
Hansen, Turnersville, N.J.,
would like instructions for
making with braided rugs
from rags or the craft for
painted floor mats.
QUESTION - Earl Brin
ton, Severn, Md., has a
problem with crows nest
ing in his area. This result
ed in no baby robins last
year. What can be done to
discourage crows from set
tling in residential neigh
borhoods?
QUESTION - Merlin
Brenneman wants to pur
chase some parts for a
Zemco Automotive Driving
Computer 350/351. Call
(717) 203-0128.
QUESTION - Cindy
Esheleman, Jonestown,
wants to buy a Halcraft
small wooded alphabet
decal set or at least the
letters “L” and “R.”
possible to take advantage of the
ever-changing, picture-perfect
scenery.”
Open daily April 1 through
Oct. 31, Hershey Gardens’ hours
are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April
through September, with evening
hours until 8 p.m. on Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays between
Memorial Day and Labor Day.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know of a home
made mixture to control or
eliminate carpenter ants.
QUESTION - David Sen
senig wants to know how
other goat farmers handle
kids that Jump into the
feeders.
ANSWER Leora Petet,
308 Quemahoning Dam
Rd., Hollsopple, PA 15935,
requested patterns to cro
chet and knit stocking caps
for newborn babies to be
given to hospitals. Thanks
to Wilma Epler who writes
that she belongs to a non
profit organization called
Care Wear Volunteers, Inc.,
which was organized in
1991 in Frederick, Md.
Wilma has been a member
since 1996 and helps
makes items for Hershey
Medical Center Children’s
Hospital. If you send your
name and address with $l,
the organization will send
you a pattern booklet and a
newsletter four times a
year, if you have access to
a computer, the patterns
are available on the intern
et. Addresses are Care
Wear Volunteers Inc.,
Bonnie Hagerman, o/o
Hood College, 401 Rose
mont Ave., Fredrick, Mb
27101-8575. Or http:/
www.hood.edu/carewear
ANSWER For George
Knight who wanted to
know how to keep pigeons
from invading his hay and
tobacco barns, a reader
recommends calling Mike
at (717) 786-1448. He
comes to the barn to catch
the birds and does not
charge for his services. He
does a really good Job.
ANSWER - Donna
Truesdell, S. Deerfield,
Mass., wanted to know of
nonprofit organizations
that use Betty Crocker
points that she and others
have saved. Thanks to
Jennifer Douglas, Marietta,
for writing that that the in
termediate life skills class
that she works with col
lects them. They used the
points -to obtain supplies
for the cooking classes
that teach them cooking
skills. Send the points to
Jennifer Douglas, 14 Rail
road Ave., Marietta, PA
17547.
ANSWER - For readers
searching for books such
as Kenton Lavy, 7423 Del
isle Fourman Rd., Arca
num, Ohio 45304, for the
out-of-print book, “Barns In
the U.S.A.” by Wilson L.
Wells and for a reader who
wants song books, contact
Robert Shaub. He is a terri
fic source for locating
books. Write to him at 350
W. Railroad Ave., Shrew
sbury, PA 17361-1520.
October hours are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily. Admission is $6 for
adults, $5.5() for seniors 62+ and
$3 for youth* ages 3-15. Children
under 3 and members are ad
mitted free. For more informa
tion on Hershey Gardens, located
at 170 Hotel Road, Hershey, call
(717) 534-3492 or visit our Web
site at www.hersheygardens.org.