We are Elizabethtown history!

Published quarterly by the Elizabethtown Preservation Associates, Inc. Summer 2019

In This Issue —  Corner Cupboard Care Craved

 Dear Doris Departs Desk Duties
 Exhibit Explores Early Elizabethtown Era
 Sophomore Students Study Staircase Strategy
 Weekday Weaving Workshops
 Volunteers Very Valued
 Great Girls Gift Glorious Garden

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 Volunteer Needs List
KEEP YOUR We are seeking help with the following;
MEMBERSHIP  We recently acquired a corner cupboard that originally
ACTIVE! sat in the Klein family home on South Market Street,
here in Elizabethtown. We would like to get it back
into shape and fill it with an exhibit on Klein
Chocolate. It needs a bit of trim work restored and
some fresh paint. If you have the talents needed and
would be able to help us restore this piece, please
Memberships are our primary contact us.
resource for maintaining the
museum and programs.
Please take the time to renew your annual
membership. If you renew early we will add the new
membership year to your existing due date.

Membership Form NEW ReNEW

Name: _________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________

Email: _________________________________________
The Klein Corner Cupboard,
Membership level (circle one) and a detail of an area in need of
Individual—$25 5-Year Individual ——$100 some TLC and know-how.
Family — $40 Sponsor — $250
Sustaining — $60 Benefactor — $500
Patron — $100 Associate — $1000  Volunteers to learn and help with the pre-school Story Hour
Program.
Thank you for your support!  Volunteers to help in the garden and help make herbal
products for the museum store
Check enclosed # _________ Amount : ____________  Craft vendors for the 2019 (November) Heritage Craft
Show.
Or call for credit card processing.  Folks to help with the 2019 3rd Grade Walking Tours (Sept.
30-Oct.4, 2019)
All members receive free admission to museum
events, and unlimited research time in the Seibert
Library. Be sure to use these and the other
membership benefits listed online! Winters Heritage House Museum
P.O. Box 14 / 47 East High Street
Please send this form to the address provided here.
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
The museum does not have an on-site mailbox.
717 367-4672

Winters Heritage House Regular Hours; Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday,

9:30am to 3pm, and by appointment.
Museum
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Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Email: Winters-HH@ElizabethtownHistory.org
2019 Summer Events Calendar Museum Happenings Page
Proddy Class — Wed., June 19, 2019
Proddy is a rug hooking technique that Our Upcoming Exhibit—
blends well with lots of crafts. Make a Elizabethtown During the Great Depression
gorgeous sunflower pin from wool strips
and fabric in this 2-hour class presented This September, the museum will run an exhibit on
by Becky Densmore. Elizabethtown During the Depression. We have
Ages: 12 and older / Time 1:00-3:00pm / several recorded memories of this time period from
Cost $15 Elizabethtown citizens, depression glass, photos,
and a display of Conservation Corps artifacts.
Basket Weaving Class — Wed., July 10, 2019 If you have anything you would like to display in
Spend an afternoon mastering a the exhibit, please come by and show us what you
traditional basket weaving technique. have! We will be gathering items until early
Participants will make a napkin-type August.
basket under the guidance of instructor,
Donna Bucher. The exhibit will open August 30 and run through
Ages: 12 and older September 20. Be sure to put the dates on your
Time: 2:00-5:00pm calendar!
Cost: $25

Loom Weaving Class —

Thurs., July 11, 2019
Learn to weave on a floor-size
loom. We will cover the
basics of preparing the loom
as well as weaving
fundamentals.
Ages: 12 and older
Time: noon to 4:00pm Clearview Diner c. 1935 (previously “Babbos,” currently empty)
Cost: $30 Class has limited openings.

Please call to register for any of the above!

Thank you to the Pennsylvania Heartland
Herb Society!
How to tell if you’d enjoy volunteering at Early in May, the Winters Heritage
House Museum Herb Garden
the Winters Heritage House. A Flow Chart: Committee received a financial gift
towards the purchase of herbs from the
Pennsylvania Heartland Herb Society,
START: Do you Do you know
anything about
Do you want to
learn more about
a unit of the Herb Society of America.
The generous gift will be another welcome boost to the
like Elizabethtown? Elizabethtown? Elizabethtown? garden that the girl scouts have worked so hard to rebuild.
We are very appreciative and send our thanks to this
Yes No Yes No
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about them. https://www.paheartlandhsa.org/

Do you like Do you like Do you like to Are you

Do you like Do you like crazy?
History? Do you like traditional crafts learning new sharing with and work all alone
gardening? helping others? fixing, painting, Yes No
and skills? things?
or patching stuff?
Yes No Yes No Yes No
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You Will
LOVE
Us!
 Dear Elizabeth,
Dear Elizabeth I work hard at my job, and I do all that is required according
Our Historic Advice Column to my job description. However, at my annual review, my
The spirit of our town founder,
supervisor complained that I don’t “go the extra mile” or do
Elizabeth Hughes, residing here
extra work when I am caught up. I feel as though I do what
from 1750 to 1760, offers her
advice to our generation. they ask, and they should be happy with that. After all, it’s
not as though they will pay me more if I work harder. I am
Please send your questions to feeling very frustrated and actually a bit offended. Am I
Dear Elizabeth, c/o Winters wrong to expect that they treat me better?
Heritage House Museum email;
Team player
Winters-HH @ElizabethtownHistory.org

Dear Elizabeth,
Dear Player,
My husband has always had a “wandering eye” so to speak.
My husband, Barnabas, has a team of oxen with opposite
He loves to flirt with any woman he meets. It has always
natures. The one pulls steadily and well, putting its
bothered me, but I tell myself it’s just his friendly nature.
strength into the work, while the other simply walks along,
However, now he is in his 70s and I wish he could just finally
pulling into the traces only when threatened with a stout
act his age, stop chasing women and enjoy life with me. What
cane.
do I do?
Both fulfill their duties as expected of oxen. The first
Over Done with flirting
earns his feed by day’s end, and is much the center of
admiring talk by the menfolk and the pride of my
Dear Over Done,
husband’s stable. The other is given the same feed, but
Don’t worry. Just because an old dog has chased the sheep
with an eye for the size of his brisket and a thought for a
for years does not mean he will know what to do if he
near-future feast with our Indian friends and neighbors.
manages to catch one.
Which ox do you suppose you are?
Yours ,
Yours ,
Elizabeth Elizabeth

College Students Take on Stairs Design The walkway can then shift to along the garage, rather than
beneath the steps. The water runoff may be diverted via a
This spring, five Elizabethtown College sophomores in need French drain, away from the building, but remain under the
of an engineering project, took on the task of re-designing the new stairs and out of the walkway.
rear exterior steps to the museum.
The new plans came with a notebook full of drawings,
Currently, the steps are in need of repair. When they are materials lists and descriptions. The fellows worked out
replaced, we have been hoping to correct several issues; everything from the permit requirements to how much lumber
 The water runoff tends to flow against the back wall of and stone we will need to purchase, and a solid estimate of the
the library, and also makes the walkway beneath the steps cost. We are very pleased with their designs, and will likely
muddy and hazardous. use their project when the stairs are replaced later this
 The same walkway, which is needed to access the staff summer.
entrance, has a head-bump issue as you pass beneath the
steps. The team received an honorable mention for the project, and
 The steps come down alongside the garage blocking a
were also enthusiastic about those results. A huge thank you
window. to our college engineer students; Andrew Fisher, Arley
Shepherd, Will Shoener, Ethan Henry, and Ben Brown!
In short, these fellows had their work cut out for them. The
team did come up with an excellent solution; With an
adjustment to the top landing, the staircase can align with the
library wall, keeping it against the museum. There is even
enough room for a landing in the middle, which craft show
vendors will much appreciate as they carry things in and out.
Benefit Quilt Sale
The Winters Heritage House Museum Quilting Committee is just
wrapping up their 28th annual May Quilt Exhibit. The exhibit was a
great success, with a record number of visitors coming to view the
colorful display.
As part of this event, the committee has
presented a newly completed hand-
stitched quilt to benefit the museum
through either a sale or raffle. The quilt is
on display at the front desk of the
museum. It is a twin-size log cabin design
in wonderful soft shades of yellow and
red. Ruth Hutzel pieced the log cabin
squares which make up the center of the
quilt. The ladies then spent most of this
past year joining the squares, adding a
border, and dedicatedly hand-quilting it.
One extra square was used to create a
matching pillowcase.
The quilt is currently for sale, and if no
buyers have been found by the end of the
summer, raffle tickets will be sold through
the end of 2019.
A Fond Farewell to a Great Friend
This June, long-time front
desk volunteer, Doris
Risser, will be heading on a
new adventure and moving
out of Pennsylvania. She
will certainly be missed
here at the museum by
staff, volunteers and
visitors. Doris started
helping at the front desk in March of 2011, and has
logged close to 2000 hours of volunteer time!
In addition to front desk duties, Doris has helped
extensively at the annual Heritage Craft Show, and the E-
town Fair booth. She has hearth-cooked with summer
campers, homeschool students, and for special event
demonstrations. She knows the ins and outs of the 3rd
Grade Walking tours, and is invaluable at hunting down
odds and ends that the museum needs. Doris has been on
the textile committee and has helped out in many other
areas. She has been and will always be a great friend to
everyone here. We wish her the best!
Gardens Ho(e)!
A Green Space Update
“Thank goodness for Girl
Scouts” seems to be the
going phrase around here this
spring! Elizabethtown/
Donegal Troop #70595 has
adopted the herb garden behind the museum. As a
Silver Award project, the troop of 10 initially planned
to replace just the picket fence. However, they quickly
realized how desperately our little garden needed a
complete re-do. Soon they were eyeing the old wood
that sided the beds, and next the plan evolved to
include replacing the plants and dirt, as well. The
girls’ parents guided and helped, but the girls did most
of the work themselves. Some using power tools for
the first time, but having fun the whole way. Now, the
garden looks fresh and ready for a great season!
During April’s Seed Swap, we gained a few new adult
committee members, and with any luck everyone;
scouts, old members, and new, will be able to come
together to grow a fantastic harvest of herbs for teas,
seasonings, dyes, and salves.
Across the street, the Museum Herb Group continues to
care for the small plot beside the P&J Pizza shop
parking area. Look for a fun assortment of flowers,
and think of us!
Troop members pictured above; Sarah Moss, Emma
Griffith, Natalie Ott, Isabella Messina, Kate Dotorre,
Melissa Beaston, Addison Houck, Alison Fink, Molly
Myers, and Sarah Ashley.
Fun Findings From the Seibert Library
This article by Harvey Reem originally ran in the 1932 Chronicle and
discusses an Elizabethtown Fourth of July tradition from the 1800s. The
reprint below came from the same paper in June of 2004. It seems many
people have enjoyed Harvey’s wonderful tale over the decades.

Library Benefactor Ruth Seibert with her mother, Lillie.

1923

The Seibert Library offers photo and

data transforming services. Bring in
your photos and documents for us to
scan and put onto your digital storage This postcard shows Hertzler Brother’s circa 1908, which is when they built a 3-story building
device. Originals will be returned. behind their original store. The first building, currently Folklore, was built in 1829.