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QUESTION - Donald
Harnish, 31 Rawlinsville
Rd,, Willow Street, PA
17584, wants to know
where to obtain a copy of
Roy Wiggins Steel Guitar
Course or any other in
struction and song book for
the Hawaiian steel guitar.
QUESTION - Inez Ware,
Waynesboro, wants to
know how to clean a pizza
stone. Soap and water is
not allowed to be used on
it, but the stone smells bad
and looks terrible. Inez
writes that she has too
much Scotch-lrish and Ger
man in her to give up on
the stone. She is trying
cornmeal to see it the
stone will absorb some of
the greasy odor.
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QUESTION - A.L. Weav
er, 618 N. Railroad Ave.,
New Holland, PA 17557, is
looking for an original Can
dyland game, not with Dis
ney characters, but with
the picture of an angel
guarding the children,
crossing the bridge (not the
newer style). Does anyone
have one to sell or informa
tion for where she can pur
chase it? Also, she’d like to
purchase older versions of
Golden Books.
QUESTION - Gladys
Massinger, McClure, wants
to keep birds out of the
bam. She has tried bal
loons with faces and moth
balls to deter them, but
neither works. Anyone have
a solution?
QUESTION - Doris Van
derbly, 120 Oak Grove Rd.,
Ottsville, PA 18042, wants
to know where to find
house dresses for her
mother. She wants the
style that has a zipper or
buttons down the front.
QUESTION Emanuel
S. Glick, 2409 Horsehoe
Rd., Lancaster, Pa. 17601,
is looking for a cabbage
shredder ran with an en
gine.
QUESTION Reynold
Burke, Felton, Mould like to
know what can be placed
in a pond to seal if from
leaking water.
QUESTION - An Ephrata
reader wants to buy Lois
Lenski books, “Cotton In
My Sack,” “Judy’s Jour
ney,” “Boom Town Boy,”
“Flood Friday,” “Strawberry
Girl,” and “Shoo Fly Girl.”
The reader doesn’t want
any internet information,
and she did not give an ad
dress or phone number.
QUESTION A reader has
an old reed baby carriage,
about 65 years old. She
wants to know where to get
new rubber on the spoke
wheels of the carriage.
QUESTION - Robert
Finke, 4333 Green Valley
Rd. t Seven Valleys, PA
17360, is trying to locate
plans for a playhouse cab
oose available years ago.
The caboose measured
about 14-feet long, 6-feet
wide, and 9-feet high.
QUESTION - D. Demp
sey, Schwenksville, writes
that a few weeks ago an ar
ticle on keeping deer out of
the garden mentioned
using soap being placed on
the perimeter. Dempsey
wants to know what kind of
soap and how should it be
placed and other details.
QUESTION - Henry
Stoltzfus, Mechanicsville,
Md., wants to know where
to buy kerosene incubators
and brooders.
QUESTION Lydia Bailer,
Drumore, is looking for a
used set of Bible stories by
Arthur S. Maxwell in good
condition. Call (717)
284-4583.
QUESTION - Mervin
Stoltzfus, 12, collects busi
ness cards, he would like
people to send a few from
their own business or a col
lection they no longer
want. Send to him at 272
Snake Hill Rd., Bird-in-
Hand, PA 17505.
QUESTION - Harold
Stoudt, 1241 Hex Hwy.,
Hamburg, PA 19526-8808
writes that many years ago,
he had a solar domestic hot
water system installed. It is
a drainback system that
uses distilled water as the
heat exchange fluid. Stoudt
is unable to locate any rust
Inhibitor needed to prevent
corrosion. The inibitor must
be water emulsive and non
toxic due to possible cross
contamination into domes
tic water. Stoudt wants
help—not guesses. He has
had to replace heat ex
changer water due to loss.
He writes that he despera
tely needs a rust inhibitor,
and can’t use a heating
system inhibitor.
QUESTION - Daniel B.
King, 905 May Post Office
Rd., Strasburg, PA 17579,
wants to purchase an old
dinner bell clapper.
QUESTION - Ben Kin
singer, 686 Kinsinger Rd.,
Meyersdale, PA 15552, pur
chased a top for a Gould
water ram but needs bot
tom parts for it. Contact
him if you have parts.
QUESTION - Lloyd Zieg
ler Jr., 34 Springford Rd.,
Limerick, PA 19468, wants
information about Wibner
Dairies of Conshohocken,
Pa. The dairy is no longer
in existence. Ziegler only
knows that it operated from
the 19205-19505. Milk was
processed and sold in the
Norrlstown-Conshohocken
area. Any information, ad
vertising items, or pictures
would be appreciated. Call
(610) 948-1090.
QUESTION - Sue
Stoner, P.O. Box 16, Corn
wall, PA 17016-0016,
wants patterns for penny
rugs. (Editor is not familiar
with this term but persons
who make them would un
derstand this request).
QUESTION - In what
year do the 17-year cicadas
appear again?
QUESTION - A reader
would like a book off plans
for a wooden rocking
cradle for dolls
8-12-inches. Send to Rich
ard Millard, 1480 Easton
Rd., Warrington, PA 18976.
QUESTION - Timothy
Martin, Mt. Pleasant Mills,
wants to know if a token he
has is of any value. The
token is slightly larger than
a penny. On one side is a
picture of a railroad car
with the words Pittsburgh
Railways C.O. 1922. The
other side says it is good
for one fare. In the center
is a three-cornered hole.
QUESTION - Paul Cher
niski, Unionville, wants to
purchase an aluminum car
port from a manufacturer
and assemble it himself.
The carports he sees for
sale cost about $l,OOO, but
the salespeople do not
manufacture them. They
order them, sell them, and
install them to make a prof
it. He wants the name and
phone number of the man
ufacturer.
ANSWER - Joan Wisner,
Frederick, Md., requested a
source for Touch-Me-Not
seeds or plants. Thanks to
Janet Spangler, 1033 Car
lisle Pike, York Springs, PA
17372, for writing that she
has seed pods for red and
pink Lady Slippers that
spread easily and multiply.
Contact Janet if you want
them.
Also, thanks to Robert
Wilson, Frederick, Md., who
writes the name for the
plant is also Balsam or ‘im
patiens balsamina,’ which
grow 8- to 30-inches tall
and receive their name be
cause ripe seed capsules
burst open when touched
lightly and scatter seeds
explosively. The flowers are
an annual and the seed
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needs to left on the surface
of the soil as they need
light to germinate. Corn
stock, Ferre & Co. in We
thersfield, Conn, have
seeds. Phone (860)
571-6590 or www.com
stockferre.com.
Duane Diefenbach,
Bellefonte, writes that
Touch-me-not or Jewel
weed is a native species
that can often be found
near streams and other wet
areas. The flowers are ei
ther orange or yellow and
the seed pod, when ripe,
will eject the seeds several
feet. Although Duane has
never tried to propogate
jewelweed, he thinks if
planted in a shaded, wet
area with soil containing a
lot of organic matter will
work.
ANSWER - Emanuel
Lantz, 871 Hoover Rd., Kin
zers, PA 17535, wanted to
know if anyone is willing to
sell a set of 33-cent post
age stamps featuring "Na
ture of America So norum
Desert,” and the 34-cent
stamp featuring “Nature of
America Great Plains
Prairie.” Thanks to Charles
Strouse, Perkasie, and S.
Shirk for writing that these
are still available from the
Postal Service. Call
1-800-782-6724. Or write
for a catalog to Stamp Ful
fillment Services, P.O. Box
7247, Philadelphia, PA
19101-7097. There is a $1
shipping charge for each
order but you can order as
many stamps as desired.
ANSWER - Shirley Orfa
nella, 1125 Slate Hill Rd.,
Quarryville, thanks the
readers who helped her lo
cate old wooden “spools”
like PP&L used for wire.
ANSWER - Ella Ebersol,
311 Newport Rd., Leoia, PA
17540, offered to pay for
the following used books in
good condition: “Easy
Growth in Reading, Looking
Forward,” sth reader, Win
stone by Gertrude Hildreth
(can’t determine where the
book was printed), and
“Around the Corner,” a
Ginn Basic Reader by Ginn
and Company, copyrighted
1948-1953-1957-1961,
Philiippines copyright
1949. Thanks to Duane
Diefenbach, Bellefonte,
who e-mails that these
books are available at
www.abebooks.com. He
suggests that people who
want books should check
the Internet because odds
are that they will find what
they are looking for. We do
remind readers of this from
time to time, but some
write that they do not have
access to e-mail and Web
sites, so direct addresses
are appreciated.
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