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QUESTION - Robert
Finke, Seven Valleys, writes
that he has an iron-age po
tato planter with lettering
on the fertilizer bin, but he
can’t decipher all the let
ters and asks if someone
could fill in the missing
blanks. The words read:
Iron Age Improved (blank)
Potato Planter (blank)
(blank) (blank) N.J.
QUESTION - Donald
Jones, 734 Cedar Lane,
Perkasie, PA 18944, is
looking for copies of York
County newspapers, maga
zine articles, photographs,
and personal recollections
about the firm Frazer Farm
Equipment Company,
maker of the rototiller. The
firm had been located in
York at 6th Ave. corner of
Ogontz St. in 1947 and
later until 1949 at 1320 W.
Market Street. Jones can
also be reached by phone
Quilt Odyssey To
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
Quilt Odyssey, an annual quilt
show and symposium, will take
place at the All Star Sports Cen
ter located four miles south of the
square in Gettysburg on Old
Business Route 15 from Aug. 2-5.
Quilts from the annual contest
which is sponsored by Quilter’s
Newsletter Magazine, Pfaff, Ber
nina, Husqvarna-Viking, Broth
er, P&B Textiles, EZ Quilting by
Wright’s and Roxanne Products
will be on exhibit. These quilts
come from all over the U.S. from
Maine to California even Ha
waii. This ycai, (he exhibit in
cludes quilts from Canada.
at (215) 795-2844 after 7
p.m.
QUESTION - Verna Nolt,
575 New Holland Rd, New
Holland, PA 17557, wants
to buy a school house bell.
State price, size, and con
dition.
QUESTION - Mrs. Wilma
Fisher, Elliottsburg, asks if
anyone knows of a way to
obtain seeds from “carpet
of snow” flowers, which are
planted in a garden in
memory of her son who
died recently in an acci
dent. She really wants to
continue using these origi
nal flowers if possible. She
also asks if she can obtain
seeds from other flowers
such as salvia.
QUESTION - A Somer
set reader wants to know
how to clean milk cans that
have been sprayed with a
cooking spray such as Pam
to keep them from rusting.
They also need to be
cleaned on the outside.
What is the correct proce
dure for cleaning milk cans
and where can cleaners,
brushes, and supplies to
clean the cans without
harming the finish be pur
chased.
QUESTION - A reader
wants information on the
poison sumac plant, espe
cially how to get rid of it.
QUESTION - Linda Alle
bach, Harleysville, wanted
to know if anyone had a
copy of Paul Harvey’s ren
dition, “On the Eighth Day
God Made A Farmer. Mail
the answer to 435 Moyer
Rd. Harleysville, PA 19438.
QUESTION A reader
wants to buy a thermostat
cord for a Farberware Auto
matic Griddle model 260.
Call (717) 248-5242.
QUESTION - Bill Greer,
Richwood, W.V., wants a
source to purchase and in
formation on power take
off potato diggers.
QUESTION - Mark
Siegrist, Fredericksburg,
requests the words and
music to the old song,
“You’ll Never Miss Your
Japan, England and The Nether- through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to hire on “Dating Old Quilts” at never dreamed it would get inter
lands. In the same location will 4 p.m. on Sunday. the Allstar. Tickets must be pre- national attention from quilters
be an antique quilt exhibit featur- Historical lectures will be of- purchased for “light lunch and around the world. “It is exciting
ing quilts from Franklin, York, fered, both as a “light lunch and lecture.” to hear from quilters from the far
and Adams counties, plus an ex- lecture” and in the evenings. On Phyllis Twigg, a certified AQS reaches of the U.S. and around
hibit of Tifaifai (Tahitian appli- Friday, Aug. 3, there will be a appraiser, will be on hand at the t4ie Quilting brings people
que) quilts. The exhibits help to light lunch and extensive slide Eisenhower to offer her services. st f tes Melissa. And
show how quilting has evolved as lecture at noon on the York If you are interested in having 14 s B°°“ * or the soul,
an art form. A large merchants County Documentation project your family heirloom appraised nnllh
mall with more than 85 mer- given by Joan Hamme and Bar- for insurance purposes —or sim- io a m to 5o m e-mail
chants will offer the latest in fab- bara Garrett. At 8 p.m., Jeana ply out of curiosity appoint- Q u j|jr ’ odyssey at dmoli
ric (including Civil War repro- Kimball will lecture on pioneer ments can be made before the no@mail.cvn.net or write to
duction fabrics), quilting gadgets, women and their quilts at the Ei- show by calling Quilt Odyssey at Q u j| t odyssey at 15004 Burnt
frames, furniture, sewing ma- senhower Inn next to the Allstar, the number below. Min R o ad, Shippensburg. PA
chines, books, supplies and quilt- Saturday evening at 6:30, Jeana Started because of her love of 17527. Registration, contest, and
related gifts and merchandise. Kimball will lecture on 19th Cen- quilting and at the urging of fam- accommodation information also
Exhibit and met chant mall hours tury applique at the Eisenhower, ily and friends, the founder of can be found at Quilt Odyssey’s
are 10 a.m. to .6 Anita Shackelford will lec- .Quilt Odyssey, Melissa Molino, Website: www.quiltodyssey.com. .
„„„„i -J r -- rr |i ,i *
Mother ’til She’s Gone.”
Send information to Mark
at 1051 Pine Grove Rd.,
Fredericksburg, PA 17026.
QUESTION - Paul Helm
requests the card game
“Touring;” a child’s book
“There was an old Woman;”
and the poem, “When I Get
Married” by Edgar Guest.
Write to Helm at 1715 Hans
Herr Drive., Willow Street,
PA 17584.
QUESTION - Harold
Stoudt, Hamburg had a
beautiful pink double rose
bud azalea of the ever
green variety. It was con
tainer grown and died this
spring from root strangula
tion. She wants to know
where she could buy a re
placement in her area. She
wants a field grown variety
only because she lost nu
merous container-grown
plants from too dense of
root mass. It must be a
double pink rosebud aza
lea.
QUESTION - Robert
Fleckenstein wants a Ja
cob’s Pharmacy Xmas
building (Town Square
-1992) available exclusive to
Coca-Cola employees and
bottlers.
QUESTION - E. Weaver
wants to know where to get
a small family-sized cream
separator, preferably a
used one.
QUESTION - Mrs. Adin
M. Hoover wants to know
where to find soap flakes
containing caustic soda or
lye for laundry use. She
used to get it by the barrel
from M&G Soap Company,
but doesn’t know if the
company is still in busi
ness.
QUESTION - A reader
would like to know where
to purchase the following
used books at a reasonable
price: “America’s Wild
Creatures,” a series of sto
ries from “Readers’ Di
gest;” “Joy of Gardening”
by Dick Raymond; and
“Square Foot Gardening”
by Mel Bartholomew.
QUESTION - A reader
wants instructions for mak
ing jel candles.
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 - Stephanie
Open Aug. 2 In Gettysburg
Luckenbaugh, Abbotts
town, is looking for a recipe
or instructions on making
dandelion shampoo.
QUESTION - Diana Han
sen, Turnersville, N.J.,
would like instructions for
making braided rugs from
rags or the craft for painted
floor mats.
QUESTION - Earl Brin
ton, Severn, Md., has a
problem with crows nesting
in his area. This resulted in
no baby robins last year.
What can be done to dis
courage crows from set
tling in residential neigh
borhoods?
ANSWER - L. Casteel
wanted to know the value
of 10- and 20-quart White
Mountain ice cream freeze
rs electrified with Jacks and
motors. In the past the
freezers had been used to
make homemade ice cream
for festivals, but most off
the workers have grown
older and the work is too
difficult for them to contin
ue. Thanks to Verna Nolt,
575 New Holland Rd., New
Holland, PA 17557, who
writes that she doesn’t
know the value but is inter
ested in buying the
10-quart freezer. She
would like to know the
price and condition before
making the final decision.
ANSWER - M.L. Smyer,
York, requested informa
tion on lightening bugs.
She wrote a delightful anti
dote about when she was
17 years old and a boy tried
to impress her by releasing
three shoe boxes of light
ening bugs in front of her.
She said the display was
beautiful and better than
any firecracker display.
Since then she has been
trying to find out more
about the bugs. Thanks to
Catherine Goubeaux, Stras
burg, who clipped an arti
cle from her local newspa
per that had been written
by Sonia Randall, Oregon.
According to the printed in
formation, the fireflies light
is produced in one of the
rear segments of its abdo
men. Its ability to turn the
light on and off is called
flashing and is believed to
be a means of communicat
ing courtship.
Most females do not fly
but perch on a grass or
twig and flash a light at
regular intervals. Soon a
male will respond and al
ight beside her.
Several varieties of fire
flies have varying lengths
of time between flashes
and different shades of
lights but each species can
identify its own kind. More
than 130 different flashing
patterns have been ob
served.
Ancient Romans called
they flying stars. Light from
a bottle full of fireflies were
used to perform an emer
gency operation during the
Spanish-American War. It
has been observed that
frogs that swallow a large
number of fireflies will
begin to glow themselves.
Fireflies kept in a jar too
long will lose their glow
and eventually die. Al
though young fireflies take
up to a year to develop, the
adult life is only a few days
or weeks.
The firefly is considered
a beetle although it has a
soft-sided body. Young fire
flies, called larvae, and the
nonflying females are often
called glowworms. Some
larvae even glow inside an
egg.
Fireflies are not the only
living organism that can
produce light called biolu
minescence. Some deep
sea creatures and fish can
glow in the dark but they
cannot turn their lights off
and on.
Scientists have tried but
not succeeded in duplicat
ing this cold light that is
different from the warm
light produced electrically
by a light bulb.
ANSWER Susanna
Fisher, Lewistown, sends
another view of Jackie
Hall’s question about moss
growing on rock. Susanna
writes that several years
ago she read an article by a
gardener specializing in
planter gardens. She want
ed green algae or moss to
grow on terracotta, stone,
concrete planters and any
semi-porous surfaces to
give them character so
they would not be so stark
and harsh. She painted a
damp pot with plain yogurt.
The green moss grows
within weeks instead of
months and years that na
ture normally requires. If
you add an extra layer of
yogurt every week or two, it
speeds up the process.
This method may be used
while plants are growing in
side. The moss will grow
faster if the pot is damp
ened occasionally but don’t
use a harsh spray of water
or it will wash off the yo
gurt. If you ever want to re
move the green growth,
use bleach.