114-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,2001
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person to clarify details.
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request it.
QUESTION - Matthew
Maleski, Weatherly, re
quests information on Irish
Dexters.
QUESTION - A Dauphin
County reader wants to
know where to purchase a
boom lift or scissors lift. It
is needed to use to paint a
barn. Call Campbells at
(717) 362-9435.
QUESTION - Steve
Laucks, Red Lion, is look
ing for a person or busi
ness that specializes in
restoration of a stone
spring house. The water
flows beneath the concrete
floor instead of through the
trough. The interior wood
is rotting and decaying.
Call (717) 244-6310.
QUESTION - Lou Roop
has a 28-year toy collec
tion that his wife is egging
him to sell. What is the
best way to sell it and
where can he sell it?
QUESTION - A. Hurst
wants to know where to
find handles for stainless
steel kettles. The bottom of
the kettles are marked
Thermo-Core, 18-8 tri-ply a
Buckeye Product by Mardi
gian Corp., Wooster, Ohio.
QUESTION - Sarah
Stoltzfus, 148 Stovers
Crossroad, Mill Hall, PA
17751, wants to buy an
old-fashioned egg grader
that weighs one egg at a
time.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know what to do
to make wisteria bloom.
She writes that wisteria
grows wild in her area and
she has a plant that is sev
eral years old. The plant is
large and crawls to great
height but will not bloom. It
gets lots of sun.
QUESTION - Bette Ann
Bleam, Green Lane, writes
that years ago a civic or
ganization handed out bees
made from pipe cleaners
for a donation. She wants
to know the organization
that did this and instruc
tions to make the bees
from pipe cleaners or other
inexpensive materials.
QUESTION - Tom Leh
man wants to know how to
prevent large black carpen
ter bees from making holes
in wooden porch rails and
a wooden porch shed.
QUESTION - Fern Dief
fenbach, Morgantown,
wants to know where to
purchase the newly-re
leased book, “Early 19th
Century Quilts,” by Roberta
Blevin.
QUESTION - Linda
Fletcher, Walnutport,
wants to know where to
find the out-of-print “New
Church Hymnal.”
QUESTION - Kay Show
ers, Allenwood, needs a re
pairman for a 1932 Singer
treadle sewing machine.
Her local repairman has
the bottom and top ten
sions awry.
QUESTION - Bren
Barnes, P.O. Box 26, Coch
ranville, PA, wants to pur
chase a Harley Davidson/
Aermacci model M-50 or
M-65 motorcycle. Prefers it
to be running but will con
sider others. He also wants
farm implements for a
Farmall B and a Farmall
Cub, and plow parts for a
Farmall B.
QUESTION - Mary
Brenneman, Huntingdon,
wants to know the author
and the words to the song
popular in the 19505, “It’s
In The Book,” which in
cluded the words, "Grand
ma’s lye soap, it wouldn’t
suds and it wouldn’t foam.”
QUESTION - Eugene
Jauss, 701 New Galena
Rd., Chalfont, PA 18914,
wants help to locate old,
six-compartment stainless
steel dinner plates, the
kind they used in the mili
tary.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know where to
purchase a real slate
blackboard, the heavy-duty
kind.
QUESTION - Lavina
Fisher wants a copy of the
song “The world didn’t give
it and the world can’t take
it away.” She also wants
“No Bible Reading and
Prayer Meetings in the
Schools,” I’m not sure if
this is a song or written
material. Send to Lavina at
231 Maple Shade Rd.,
Christiana, PA 17509.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know where to
find “Country and Western
Gospel Hymnal,” a singspi-
ration songbook, copyright
1972, and a “Living Praise”
hymnal, compiled by John
Peterson and printed by
Singspiration Music of
Grand Rapids, Ml.
QUESTION - Gladys
Stephens wants to know
how to get the last
“George” magazine, which
printed the biography of
John F. Kennedy Jr. She is
willing to pay the cost of
the magazine and the cost
of sending it. She also
wants to purchase the Gui
ness Book of World Re
cords or know how to sub
scribe to it. Write to her at
R.R. 1, Box 1069, Starruc
ca, PA 18462-9703.
QUESTION A reader is
looking for a set of fine
china called “Annie” and a
set of “Rena” cookware.
Call her at (540) 828-3653.
QUESTION - Martha
Horst, Gardners, wants to
locate a Kurtz and Wanner
brand pump, patent 1917.
Kurtz was her grandfather.
If anyone has one and is
willing to sell, call her at
(717) 528-4633.
QUESTION - Glenda
Dayhoff, Gettysburg, wants
to know where to obtain
parts for repairing or pur
cha >ing 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 - 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
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 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 - 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 459, Lincoln
Ave. Ext., Winchendon, MA
01475. Stock number
64300, pint size.
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 1900 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 CPO
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 - A reader
wants to know if someone
has a two-seater bike to
sell. Phone (717) 445-5969.
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 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 - 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 Esh
leman, Jonestown, wants
to buy a Halcraft small
wooded alphabet bead set
or at least the letters “L”
and “R.”
QUESTION A reader
wants to know of a home
made mixture to control or
eliminate carpenter ants.
ANSWER - Jennifer
Douglas, thanks readers
for their generosity in
sending Betty Crocker
points to her class. They
received enough points, so
send them to another or
ganization in need.
ANSWER - Sharon
Myers, Lancaster, wanted
to know where to buy fire
brick and other parts for an
old Colombian cookstove.
Thanks to a Washington
Boro reader for writing that
her family has parts they
no longer use. Call (717)
285-5181.
ANSWER - For the per
son who wanted to know
how to make palm leaf
crosses, write for to Mrs. J.
Spangler, 7033 Carlisle
Pike, York Springs, PA
17372. Thanks to the per
son who sent in a sample.
Unfortunately we cannot
forward information.
ANSWER Thanks to
Mrs. O. Fisher who an
swers two requests, which
may also be of interest to
other readers. For LaVonne
Miller, who wanted to know
where to purchase the
original horehound candy,
and for Glenn Reeder, New
Tripoli, who wanted to
know where to get a new
old-fashioned single-edge
razor, both items are sold
by mailorder from The Ver
mont Country Store. It car
ries many old-fashioned,
hard to find items including
clothing, health and beauty
items, housewares, and
food items. Both requests
are listed in the catalog,
which is fascinating to read
and browse through. To re
quest a catalog, write to
The Vermont Country
Store, P.O. Box 3000, Man
chester Ctr., Vermont
05255. To order the hore
hounds or razors, phone
1-802-362-8440.