September 19, 1979
Judy Weller
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Parent of Week:
Mrs. Judy Weller
Judy (Mrs. Herbert)
Weller has been referred te
as a ‘‘mother woman,’’
because she likes to mother
other children besides her
own. Evvie (Mrs. Jere)
Duke says that Judy
Weller’s friends tease her
sometimes about being like
‘‘the old woman who lived in
a shoe,”’ because she has
mothered so many other
people’s children.
For the past 11 years Mrs.
Weller has baby-sat child-
ren in her house.
She wanted to work, but
wanted to be home. She
wanted to be at home when
her children came home
from school.
Her baby-sitting started
when she answered an ad in
the newspaper.
‘I have always loved kids.
I was around kids all my life.
As a teenager I helped my
sister with her children."’
Mrs. Weller says there
are various advantages to
having lots of children
around your house. *‘I think
when you're around kids
they make you feel
younger."’
Another advantage to
having a lot of kids around
your house is: ‘‘So I have
someone here to play with
my children. When I started
baby-sitting I took care of a
little girl the same age as my
daughter.”
Did her own children ever
resent her giving so much
attention to other children?
“The only time they
resented it was when | was
taking care of a baby who
was asleep and I told them
they would have to keep
quiet.
“l think having other
children around has made
my children stronger. The
other children taught them
many things. They sure had
all the childhood diseases.
My children had all the
diseases before they went to
school, and then didn’t have
to miss any school.”
Mrs Weller's own child-
ren are:Denny, Wendy, and
Melody.;..s‘l have'~ three
beautiful kids. I haven't had
any serious problems with
any of them.
“I managed to get to all
my children’s activities. It
has always meant a lot to me
to attend their activities, like
Denny's soccer games when
he was playing.
"‘Being a mother is very
rewarding. You give your
kids lots of love. When they
come home and tell me
about something they did
that they're proud of, that’s
fantastic. You feel it’s
special too.
““When it’s your birthday
and they take money out of
their little allowances to buy
you something they think is
great—it gets to me."’
Mrs. Weller moved to
Mount Joy from Milton, Pa.,
12 years ago ‘‘with the Weis
store.” Her husband, Her-
bert Weller, is the manager
of Weis’.
“I have my roots back in
Milton, but I'm getting my
roots down here too. If I had
to pick a place to live, this
would be it. There are nice
people in Mount Joy.”
In addition to being a very
attentive mother to her own
and other people’s children,
Mrs. Weller is chairman of
the Christian Service Com-
mittee at Trinity Lutheran
Church, leader of Junior
Girl Scout Troop 35 in
Mount Joy, member of a
pinochle card club, and a
bowling club. She just
resigned after 11 years as a
Sunday School teacher at
Trinity Lutheran. She was
also treasurer of the
Parent-Teachers Associat-
ion for four years.
Full as her life is, as her
son Denny says, ‘‘She never
missed cooking a meal for
us.
Mrs. Weller says, ‘With
men the size of my son and
husband, I can’t afford to
miss cooking a meal.”’ Both
Mr. Weller and Denny are
well over six feet and
powerfully built.’ "
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Bainbridge
Fire Co.
Harvest
Festival
was held last
Saturday at
Nissley
Vineyards
The Bainbridge Fire
Company’s Harvest Festival
(picnic/dance/wine tasting)
last Saturday was fun for all.
The beautiful weather that
day led to a very good
turnout.
The Nissley family served
up their excellent wines and
set up tubs of grapes for
those enthusiastic enough to
try stomping the fruit of the
wine the old way, with their
bare feet. A hose was
thoughtfully provided for
washing up afterwards.
Zimmy Schmidt’s German
Orchestra, dressed in leder-
hosen-style shorts and
Tyrolean hats, played some
swinging tunes after George
Engle had played on the
organ.
A splendid time was
had by all.
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