Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
This morning I write my arti
cle while my husband lays in bed
to rest his back. The house is
quiet except for the ticking of the
Grandfather’s clock. I decided to
see just how different my life was
50 years ago. So, I got my 1952
diary out of a drawer.
At that time our daughter was
almost four and our son was al
most two. They pulled each other
in an express wagon and liked to
watch the pen of little pigs.
Every morning I washed the
milking equipment in a tank of
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water and then put it on a metal
rack to dry. There were eggs to
gather and clean by hand too. I
was picking green and yellow
beans and trying to keep the as
paragus bed weed free. We had
no freezer, so we rented lockers
in a nearby small town. 1 also
mentioned that the heifers kept
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After church on Sunday, I
wrote the minutes of the Lancas
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was secretary for 15 years. 1 also
mentioned that a great aunt took
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our whole family of 19 people for
a restaurant meal, which was
something different than usual.
During the last week of July
1952, we inquired about the cost
of having a bathroom put into
our 1813 house. One almost for
gets the inconvenience of running
outside to a toilet.
Each week I mowed our hilly
yard with a small push mower.
My mother was given a bouquet
of flowers as I drove by her home
when I took the 21-month-old
boy to the doctor as he had a
fever. My sister came to say
“goodbye” as she was driving to
the west coast to meet her hus
band who was in the Army.
My husband combined wheat
and built a new truck bed. He
also bought a watermelon for us
at a farmers’ market. Often he
made ice cream for family gath
erings. Many people used our
meadow for picnics as it was sur
rounded by the Conestoga River.
We asked 25 cents for them to
park there, picnic, and fish.
Money was scarce.
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Quilt Odyssey To Open
Aug. 1 In Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) Quilt Odyssey 2002, an annual
judged quilt show and exhibits, will take place at the Eisenhower Inn
and the AUStar Events Center, 2638 Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg,
Aug. 1-4.
Hours open to the public are Thursday through Saturday from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. (Friday till 8 p.m.) and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On exhibit will be the quilts from the annual quilt contest sponsored
by All American Crafts Publishing Inc., Bernina, Brother, Husqvar
na-Viking, Kona Bay, P&B Textiles, Pfaff, and Roxanne Products.
In the same location as the quilt show will be an antique quilt ex
hibit of quilts of the first half of the 20th Century sponsored by mem
bers of the American Quilt Study Group and Friends, an exhibit of
cathedral window quilts, and the exhibit, “From the Hearts of Chil
dren.” Also there will be a large Merchants Mall of more than 80
merchants offering the latest in fabric, quilting gadgets, supplies,
books, furniture, antique quilts, and related gift merchandise.
The exhibit, “From the Hearts of Children,” features 14 unique
quilts assembled from 12-inch blocks made by children in response to
the events of Sept. 11. As part of the WTC/Pentagon/Pa. Memorial
Quilt Project (www.wtcmemorialquilt.com), children of all ages were
asked to make 12-inch blocks using fabric, paint, crayons, etc. They
received approximately 18,000 quilt blocks from all over the world.
Each block will be sewn into a quilt, with 25 blocks per quilt: these
are called “panels.”
The Memorial Panels are finished and in Arizona being inked with
a victim’s name. Some are being assembled into quilts, which will be
given to burn victims and to people who lost family members Some
quilts will be auctioned off, all proceeds of which
will be given to the Twin Towers Orphan Relief
Fund.
In this area, 14 children’s quilts were completed
with the help of Quilters Unlimited, a nonprofit
Virginia quilt guild. Of these 14, one quilt will go
to each D.C. area school which lost a child or a
teacher; one quilt will be given to each “Ground
Zero” school displaced by the tragedy; one quilt
will be given to the National Geographic office in
D.C. which lost two representatives who were ac
companying the school children on the National
Geographic sponsored trip to New York; and one
quilt will be given to the NYFD Chaplain’s office.
There is a story for just about every block. Some
children included little notes with their blocks and
messages of hope.
This year, Quilt Odyssey is working with ABC
Quilts through Director Pam Worthen. ABC
Quilts is a nonprofit international network of
quilters and educators who make crib quilts for
children who are bom at-risk (HIV positive, drug
or alcohol addicted, or abandoned).Part of Quilt
Odyssey 2002 is a quilt symposium offering eve
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On Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Pat Campbell will
present a few slides and a trunk show of her quilts
in “Applique Inspirations.”
For more information about this annual event,
contact Melissa Molino at (717) 423-5148 or visit
the Website, www.quilt
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