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request it.
QUESTION - Wilbur
Koerner, Phoenix, Md.,
wants to know who could
make a wooden plow beam
for an Oliver horse-drawn
plow?
HEATMOR OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACES
C 4 . , nce . 888-763-8617 800-743-5883
Stainless Steel Jamestown, NY Staunton, VA
QUESTION - Regina
Mack, New Bethlehem,
wants to know if anyone
has the book “Christmas at
Cedar Hill.” She has most
of the book but is missing
the first 20 pages and
would like a copy of them.
(Editor’s Note: It is illegal to
copy pages from a book so
you should consider buying
one).
QUESTION - Helen
Shaffer, Lansdale, wants to
know how to get rid of
sparrows nesting behind
shutters. She tried chasing
them out to no avail.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know if a craft
store or someone is inter
ested in hiring her to do
counted cross stitch. She
enjoys doing it but needs a
way to market her projects.
QUESTION - E. Deal,
Bruceton Mills, W.Va.
wants to know if anyone
has a secret on keeping
deer away from gardens
and shrub trees.
QUESTION Eleanor
Deal, Bruceton Mills, W.Va.,
wants to know how to rec
ognize Depression glass,
how many colors are there,
and is there a book about
Depression glass.
QUESTION - Shirley
Ofanella, Quarryville, wants
to know where to purchase
the pump tops for bottles
such as those used to
serve flavored syrups.
QUESTION - Donald
Harnish, 31 Rawlinsville
Rd., Willow Street, PA
17584, wants to know
where to obtain a copy of
4 Sizes - 18 Colors - Wood or Coal Giates
Fore ed Draft - A sh Auger Clean Out
COMPARISON WITH OTHER
OUTDOOR UNITS
• Burns up to 1/2 less wood
• Emits up to 1/2 less smoke
» Corrosion Warranty up to 10 times longer
Dealerships Available in some areas
Eastern US Distributor
Outback Heating Inc.
Roy Wiggins Steel Guitar
Course or any other in
struction and song book for
the Hawaiian steel guitar.
QUESTION - Emanuel
S. Click, 2409 Horsehoe
Rd., Lancaster, Pa. 17601,
is looking for a cabbage
shredder ran with an en
gine.
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., 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 Henry
Stoltzfus, Mechanicsville,
Md., wants to know where
to buy kerosene incubators
and brooders.
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 - Timo
thy 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 rail
road 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 Margaret
Marshall, Rochester Mills,
wants the words to the
poem, "Gossip the Barber,”
which she remembers was
in a prose and poetry high
school book in the 19405.
QUESTION Mary Davis
is looking for simple goat
milk soap recipe that uses
ice cubes.
ANSWER - Doris Van
derbly, 120 Oak Grove Rd.,
Ottsville, wanted to know
where to find house dress
es for her mother. She
wanted the style that has a
zipper or buttons down the
front. Thanks to Debbie
Wenger, Quarryville, who
answers that dress-style is
available from Anthony
Richards catalog, 6836
Engle Rd., P.O. Box 94503,
Cleveland, Ohio
44101-4503. Phone num
ber to place an order is
1-800-359-5933.
ANSWER - Inez Ware,
Waynesboro, wanted to
know how to clean a pizza
stone. Thanks to Sandy
Farmer, Maytown, for send
ing the following directions,
which she received from a
Pampered Chef consultant,
who sells the stones. Cover
with stone with a paste of
baking soda and water. Let
paste set 30 minutes or
more. Scrub and rinse well.
ANSWER - Donna Mor
rison, Dalmatia, writes that
the stamps “The Sonoran
Desert” and “The Pacific
Coast Rain Forest” are no
longer sold
by USPS,
but the
sheets can
be pur
chased by
a second
hand deal
er such as
Mystic
Stamps.
Call
1-800-433-
7811. Also,
any stamps
shown in
the
U.S.P.S.
Philatelic
catalog are
available at
the Harris
burg Post
Office at
the Harris
burg Phila
telic Win
dow. The
Harrisburg
Post Office
is located
on Crooked
Hill Rd., op
posite the
Pennsylva
nia Farm
Show Com
plex.
ANSWER
Gladys
Massinger,
McClure,
wanted to
know how
to keep
birds out of
the barn.
She has tried balloons with
faces and mothballs to
deter them, but neither
works. Dr. Nancy Winning,
Holtwood, writes the only
thing that consistently
works to keep birds out of
a barn is a cat. But if you
have a dog that chases a
cat, you are out of luck.
Feed the cats in the barn
and the cats will keep out
the birds. She has tried this
at her place and knows of it
working at other properties
as well.
ANSWER - Reynold
Burke, Felton, wanted to
know what can be placed in
a pond to seal if from leak
ing water. Thanks to Don
ald R. Finan Jr., Montrose,
for writing that an article in
the Aug./Sept. issue of
Mother Earth News recom
mended bentonite clay.
ANSWER - D. Dempsey,
Schwenksville, wanted to
know what kind of soap to
use and how should it be
placed to keep out deer
from gardens. Thanks to
Donald R. Finan Jr., Mon
trose, who writes that any
soap with a scent can be
placed in a nylon stocking
and fastened around the
perimeter. However, Finan
writes that rotten eggs
work best. He did not give
any details on placement.
ANSWER - Paul Cher
niski, Unionville, wanted to
know where to purchase an
aluminum carport from a
manufacturer and assem
ble it himself. Thanks to
Donald Finan Jr., Montrose,
for sending the following:
Northern Tool and Equip
ment, P.O. 1499, Burns
ville, MN 55337. Phone
1-800-556-7885.
ANSWER - A reader in
quired in what year do the
17-year cicadas appear
again? Thanks to a Hegins
reader for writing that
according to the World
Book Encyclopedia so
many broods exist that they
appear somewhere in the
U.S. almost every year.
Nate Heffner, Barto,
writes that in Eastern
Berks County the 17-year
cicadas will appear again in
2004.
ANSWER - A.L. Weaver,
618 N. Railroad Ave., New
Holland, PA 17557, re
quested an original Candy
land game, not with Disney
characters, but with the
picture of an angel guard
ing the children, crossing
the bridge (not the newer
style). Thanks to a Hegins
reader who writes that the
following game companies
often replace game pieces
and offer older games. Mil
ton Bradley, Attn. Custom
er Service Dept., 443 Shak
er Rd., East Longmeadow,
MA 01028. Parker Broth
ers, Attn: Consumer Re
sponse Dept., P.O. Box
1012, Beverly, MA 01915.
Funagain Games, 1644 #2
Ashland St., Ashland, OR
97501.