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Mount Joy candlelight tour , Sunday
The Mount Joy Business
and Professional Women's
Club will be sponsoring
their annual Candlelight
Tour on Sunday, November
19, 1978 between 2:00 and
7:00 PM. Donation is
$2.50.
The homes included in
the tour are as follows:
1. Schock Presbyterian
Home, Mrs. Mary Duns-
more. Administrater, 37 E.
Main Street, Mount Joy.
(Please Note: This home
will be open from 2:00 to
5:00 only). This gracious
home was once the resi-
dence of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Schock, owner
and founder of The Sico
Company, who donated it
to Presbyterian Homes,
Inc. After several addi-
tions, it was completed for
occupancy by 2S guests in
1958.
Currently, fourteen
guests reside at the Home
and dine on the big round
table used by Schock to
conduct his business meet-
ings. Located in the first
floor dining room, it is
supported by one large
steel pillar cemented into
the basement floor.
Meals on Wheels are
prepared in the kitchen.
2. St. Mark’s United
Methodist Church Sanctu-
ary and Parsonage., Rev.
and Mrs. Roger Colvin, 35
E. Main Street, Mount Joy.
In the Sanctuary of the
Church, the annual Harvest
Home displays will be on
exhibit. Eight windows, as
well as the Altar, are
decorated by members of
the congregation with the
splendor of fall.
The Parsonage, provided
for the pastor’s family, was
built in 1962. It is the only
house on Main Street
without a chimney. The
heat is piped underground
from the furnace in the
church.
Basic appliances and
some furniture are provid-
ed with the parsonage
family adding the rest to
suit their particular needs.
Rev. and Mrs. Colvin
prefer the Early American
style and their rooms
reflect their interests and
hobbies. Memorabilia from
thirteen years of living in
Puerto Rico, an amateur
radio station, construction
site for radio-controlled
gliders, handcrafts and
plants are visible throught-
out the home.
3. Groff’s Farm, Pinker-
ton Road, Mount Joy.
Well-known to guests from
all over the country, this
fieldstone farmhouse, circa
750, was restored in 19S5S
and served as both home
and restaurant for the Groff
family for many years.
More recently, it has been
used exclusively as a
restaurant only where Abe
and Betty serve their
faraous meals.
Many fine antiques are
in the large home, includ-
ing an unusual hand-carved
high poster bed, Victorian
crib, cradle, brass bed,
Cherry Dutch cupboard and
many more items of inter-
est.
Light refreshments will
be served.
4. Studio of Dance and
Gymnastics, Mrs. Eleanor
Hildebrandt, Director, 17
New Haven Street, Mount
Joy. Once used as a
marketplace complete with
stalls, then a church, and
later a furniture store, this
building now is dedicated
to the advancement of the
arts. Several of the 2350
students will be giving
alternating demonstrations
of ballet barre as taught by
Mrs. Hildebrandt. The
Lancettes, coached by Mr.
Jack Brunner and Mr. Jim
Tarnowski, will give beam,
uneven bars, and tumbling
demonstrations. Mrs.
Nancy Biesecker will direct
pre-school creative move-
ment. Gymnast Maria
White will perform national
award-winning routines.
Paintings, drawings and
sculpture by the teachers
and students of the Studio
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will be on display in the
lobby.
S. Mount Joy Area
Historical Society Building,
Fairview Street, Mount
Joy. This building, erected
in 1913, was formerly the
Macedonia Africa Method-
ist Episcopal Church. Used
by the congregation until
June, 1973, it was pur-
chased this’ year by the
Historical Society to be
changed to a meeting hall,
library for historical mater-
ials, and office. Restora-
tion, thus far, includes roof
repairs, painting, electrical
and heating improvements,
plus the walls for the new
historical library and office.
Future plans call for a
complete renovation by
1979.
6. Home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Shumaker,
880 Terrace Avenue,
Mount Joy. Built in 1973,
this raised rancher of Mr.
and Mrs. Shumaker is
more modern in decor. An
unusual metal spiral stair-
case leads from the first
floor living room to the
daylight recreation room in
the basement.
In the master bedroom is
a 9 foot water bed which
holds 2,000 pounds of
water. It is filled by hose
water and purifiers must be
added about every six
months.
7. Appartment of Mrs.
Christine Brown, 329 Plum
Street, Complex #2, Mount
Joy. This beautiful apart-
ment is filled with antiques
in the true sense of the
word. Almost all of the
items have been in either
Mrs. Brown's or her
husbands’s families since
the 18th century.
A grandfather clock,
built by Jacob Gorgus in
1718, has a place of honor
in the livingroom, along
with a Victorian love seat,
Mr. and Mrs. chairs, two
parlor chairs and marble
top tables. Fine examples
of crystal and tinware are
evident in the dining area
and kitchen.
8. Home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Stohler, R.
D. 1, Donegal Springs
Road, Mount Joy. This
Early American ranch style
home was built in 1971.
The Cathedral ceiling
would suggest a more
modern decor. However,
the Stohlers have cleverly
decorated their home with
antiques and items collect-
ed over the years. It also
contains furniture repro-
ductions made by Mr.
Stohler including a drysink,
jelly cupboard, fireside
table and many other
items.
9. Walnut Tree Farm,
Mrs. Mary Sarver and. Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Witman,
Old Harrisburg Pike be-
tween Mount Joy and
Rheems. Mrs. Sarver and
Mr. and Mrs. Witman will
again greet their guests
their one-of-a-kind farm
home. Even though it has
been visited many times
previously, the warmth of
this large Pennsylvania
German farmhouse and the
charm and graciousness of
the owners is always a
highlight of the Tour.
Each of the twenty-one
rooms offers something of
interest. Demonstrations
of various crafts will be
shown.
10. Home of Mr. and
Mrs. Abram Weidman, R.
D. 2, Mount Joy. The
lovely home of the Weid-
man family is over 100
years old. The house is
Maria White is one of the students at Hildebrandt
November 15, 1978
furnished with many an-
tiques such as a Moravian
cupboard made between
1780 and 1800, a John Eby
clock dated 1797, large
doughtray table, cherry
dutch cupboard, and corner
cupboard, to name a few.
An old ground cellar is
now finished as a family
room. The original foun-
dation of fieldstone was
incorporated with barn sid-
ing to complete the project.
Many of Mrs. Weid-
man’s handmade crafts can
be seen throughout the
house.
Studio of Dance and Gymnastics. Maria, 16, has been a
gymnast for 6 years; she placed 2nd on balance beam in
the national competition of the U.S. Gymnastics
Federation, won every event in a recent U.S.-Canada
meet in Nova Scotia, and has been invited to appear at
the Nation’s Capital Cup this January.
Maria lives in York, comes to Mount Joy for lessons
££,
at the studio. She hopes to go to the Olympics one day.
Michele Hildebrandt, left, and Keelee Wright are two
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with genuine hospitality in of the students who will put on a display during the
BPW Candlelight Tour this week. Artwork will be
displayed as well.
Mrs. Christine Brown sits below a portrait of her grandmother, who owned the couch. It’s
part of a complete set of antique furniture.