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We hope to locate some additional local WWII
memorabilia to include in our September exhibit.

We can use a few extra gardeners, quilters, story hour

Memberships are our primary
resource for maintaining the
museum. Please take the time to renew your
annual membership, or consider becoming a Nogging
Brick member and auto-contributing monthly. If you
renew early we will add the membership year to your
existing due date.
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 We need volunteers with a background in education to We are Elizabethtown History!
help us with children’s programs and the annual 3rd Grade
Walking Tours.
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 We need someone who can help with our library system
and cataloging.
In This Issue — Also —
 We have openings for craftspeople and artists to display
and sell handmade items during our annual Heritage Craft  Natural Cures for Poison Ivy!  Dear Elizabeth
Show (November 9 & 10)
 What Not To Do with a 1916 Firecracker!  Fun Findings in the Seibert Library
 The museum is hunting a BBQ grill to refurbish for staff 2018 Summer Classes
use.
 Elizabethtown Goes to War! 
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 Volunteer Groups Deliver!  Keep Your Membership Active
Please call or email if you can help! Thanks!!!
Riddle Answer: The winds Blue, and the waves Rose

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Gardens Ho(e)!
This year, our dedicated Herb Garden Committee has
installed a trial garden across the street near P&J
Pizza’s parking lot. Look for our community “green
effort” and cheer the gardeners on!
So far the new garden contains a
mix of vegetables, flowers and
tomato plants. The bunnies have
been enjoying the sugar peas, so we
have switched over to Dragon
Tongue beans. Hopefully that will
frighten them off. The heirloom
tomatoes are called “Brad’s Atomic
Tomatoes” and are supposed to
bear a rainbow colored grape-sized
fruit (vegetable?). The Dragon
Tongue Beans, another heirloom
variety, are also a multi-colored
experiment.
Bobbi Thomasco
The museum’s backyard garden is and Kathy Graham
going into full swing. When you are key members of
the Herb Garden
are in town, be sure to stop by and
crew.
see what we have growing on!
27th Annual Quilt Exhibit Wraps-up
This year’s sampler of quilts was worth a pocket full of
flying geese! A bouquet of over 30 hand-made quilts
attracted fans from around the world. Every yo-yo that
visited enjoyed the veritable garden of colors. The
month sped past like a rolling stone, and, my! Butter-
(time)-flies! Overall, Sam, it was a star exhibit!
The quilts ranged in date from the mid-1800s to
modern times, and the evident skills invested across
these eras were simply amazing to compare.
Many thanks to our dedicated quilt committee for
assembling such a varied and fascinating display.
2018 Workshops and Classes
Museum classes run on an ‘as-requested’ basis. Round up 3 to
5 friends and set a date with us. There is a single flat fee per
class, regardless of your participant numbers.
Workshops and classes may be scheduled during or outside of
museum hours. To learn more about these or to organize a
class, please contact the museum or visit our website.
Children and Family Workshops (ages 15 and younger) —for up
to 8 children with 2 adults. Workshops offer plenty of hands-on
opportunities. These are fun and educational gatherings for scouts,
homeschool students, birthday parties, families, and friends.
Wool to Weaving—See how wool is processed into yarn, try
each step, and learn some weaving basics. Many of the
steps were children’s chores, long ago!
Scherenschnitte – Pennsylvania German Scissors cutting. We’ll
teach you the tricks to cutting intricate designs from paper.
Several levels of difficulty are offered.
German Folded Paper Stars – Learn to fold traditional
Moravian-style paper stars from strips of paper. Especially
fun for pre-teens and up. Once mastered, this is an
addictive craft!
Colonial Tea Party – Dress up in our
early American costumes and
spend an afternoon learning to
embroider and practicing tea-time
manners. A fun birthday idea!
Adult Classes (ages 16 and older) Classes
accommodate from 4 to 6 people and are geared to beginners
interested in developing solid foundation skills.
Hearth Cooking – Spend a day learning to cook over a fire then
invite friends to dine on your efforts in a colonial
atmosphere. We will work in our hearth kitchen to make a
complete meal. Participants may each invite one guest to
come dine (up to 8 total meals).
Quilting – Master basic quilting techniques for making your own
heirloom pieces. Absolute beginners should expect to need
at least 4 sessions. Jo Garvin instructor
Genealogy Research —Spend time with our research staff
learning techniques to best uncover your family’s genealogy
using the Seibert Library’s unique resources as well as
internet services.
Hand-Spinning Wool – Learn the steps to processing fiber, from
cleaning a raw fleece to hand spinning yarn. Covers both
drop spindle and spinning wheel techniques. Beginners
should expect to need at least 4
sessions.
Scherenschnitte —Work with local
scherenschnitte artist, Joli Miller, to
master the skills needed to cut
incredible, beautiful designs from
paper.
Rug Braiding —Learn the skills for
braiding beautiful rugs and mats.
Carolyn Newcomer, instructor.
Things our members can do in
the Seibert Genealogy Library:
 Learn how to repair a Conestoga
wagon.
 Wade into (the history of) the
Susquehanna River.
 Become a Blacksmith.
 Relive memories of the depression
era.
 Bake a colonial cake.
 Watch Baker’s Diner wash away in
floodwaters.
 Meet passengers that shared an ocean
voyage with your great aunt Mildred.
 See all of Lancaster County’s covered
bridges.
 Explore the architecture of our area’s
churches.
 Date your house.
 Hang out with early Pennsylvania
German artists.
 Fight in the French and Indian War.
 Attend a WWII Homecoming Parade.
 Learn how to drive a packhorse train.
 Design a Colonial Revival living
room.
 Learn some manners as per 1924.
 See how the 1892 fire devastated our
town’s square.
 Explore the streets of 1865
Elizabethtown.
 Meet your long lost mule-skinner
uncle.
 Hang out with some great volunteers
and research the world!
Upcoming Fall Exhibit:
Elizabethtown Goes to War
The effects of WWII, in their own words
September 7 through
October 5, the
museum will present
an exhibit that
explores the effects
of WWII on this
community. The
exhibit will use
several recordings
from our collection
of oral histories.
A photo from Elizabethtown’s 1946 Home-
These memories
coming Parade, passing Keener’s Restaurant
were gathered in the (now Lucky Ducks). (Seibert Library archives)
1990s through
interviews of Elizabethtown citizens, many of whom are
no longer with us. Also included will be images,
documents, letters and other WWII memorabilia.
The exhibit will begin on Friday, September 7th with a
public opening night reception from 5pm-8pm. It will run
through Friday, October 5. People may also stop by to
view the exhibit during regular museum hours, and by
appointment. Friday, September 14, from 5-8pm, the
museum will be open, as well.
The library committee will be working to assemble this
exhibit throughout the summer. If any of our friends and
members would like to help by lending artifacts or
sharing their own stories of this era, please know that we
would welcome your contributions.
The Henry U. Coble House
at 33 East High Street
This house and property was purchased
and given into the care of the museum
by benefactor, Esther Winters in 2001.
It was built in 1877 by Henry U. Coble.
He was a community-minded citizen of
town who operated a stonecutting yard
across the street from his residence. Henry was very involved in the
construction of Christ Lutheran Church, donating much of the
stonework used for that architectural endeavor. His son, Luther,
eventually took over the business which was by then located beside
the home. (now the municipal parking lot entrance.)
The first floor of the home is
available for use by our
members. The spacious area
includes a full kitchen, furniture
for 40 to sit and dine, and
makes a lovely option for an
intimate formal gathering or
casual family get-together.
Call to learn more about using
this membership benefit.

Museum Happenings
Summer Calendar
June
Thursdays, 1pm-2:30pm Summer Craft Days
Sign up your 7 to 12 year old for a child-friendly craft day
any Thursday this summer. Call for specific craft
information. Cost $5/child. Pre-registration required.
July
18 & 25 —Hand Spinning Class
This is an opportunity to learn to use a spinning wheel
with one-on-one instruction. 90-minute sessions are
available during museum hours on Wednesdays from mid
-July through August. Sign up for as many classes as you
need. Ages 10 to adult. Cost $30/session
Thursdays, 1pm-2:30pm Summer Craft Days
Sign up your 7 to 12 year old for a child-friendly craft day helping others research during museum hours.
any Thursday this summer. Call for specific craft
information. Cost $5/child. Pre-registration required.
28—Arts and Crafts Weekend #1 9am-noon
Families with children ages 7-18 are invited to bring
them to a workshop on weaving. Completed projects will each month. Provides demonstrations at special events,
be suitable for entry in the E-town Fair. Workshop cost
$5.00/child. Please pre-register.
August
Wednesdays —Hand Spinning Class
This is an opportunity to learn to use a spinning wheel
with one-on-one instruction. 90-minute sessions are
available during museum hours on Wednesdays from mid
-July through August. Sign up for as many classes as you
need. Ages 10 to adult. Cost $30/session.
11—Arts and Crafts Weekend #2 9am-noon
Families with children ages 7-18 are invited to bring them
to a workshop on traditional German paper art (German
stars and Scherenschnitte) Workshop cost $5.00/child.
Please pre-register.
19-25 — Look for us at the Elizabethtown Fair!
(museum is closed this week)
Thursdays, Aug. 2, 9, & 16, 1pm-2:30pm Summer
Craft Days
Sign up your 7 to 12 year old for a child-friendly craft day Our volunteers are the backbone of
any Thursday this summer. Call for specific craft
information. Cost $5/child. Pre-registration required.
September
7— Exhibit opening WWII & E-town, 6-8pm
This exhibit explores the effect of WWII on our
community. Listen to recorded accounts of WWII
memories, literature, and photos from our community
during this trying era. Exhibit runs through October 5.
14— E-town Second Friday -Additional hours for folks
to explore our WWII exhibit. Open 5pm-8pm
Volunteer Committees at the Winters Heritage
House Museum
These are the people that keep this place buzzing along! If
you are interested in helping out, please call to learn more
about these valuable committees!
Front Desk and Museum Support staff — Each of our
front desk helpers generally assist one day a week.
Genealogy Library staff — These folks are invaluable
Museum Docents — Active for scheduled tours and the
3rd Grade Walking Tours in October.
Textile Group — Meets the third Wednesday evening
and enjoys all sorts of textile adventures. (knitting,
crochet, weaving, spinning)
Quilt Committee — Meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday
evenings of each month. Always eager to teach newbies/
entertain old hands.
Herb Garden Committee — Meets as needed April
through October. This group eats well.
Hearth Cooking Committee (currently inactive, but we
are willing to train! Another well-fed crew)
Property Committee — Meets as needed. Motto: The only
thing in an old house that works….is you! (If you are
handy around old stuff, please consider volunteering here.)
Pre-School Story Hour — This
group of energetic ladies provides
the pre-school community youth
with our Story Hour program
throughout the school year. A fun
and valuable way to help out!
our efforts to preserve our town’s
history. We need you!
Dear Elizabeth
Our Historic Advice Column
The spirit of our town founder, Elizabeth
Hughes, residing here from 1750 to
1760, offers her advice to our generation.
Please send your questions to Dear
Elizabeth, c/o Winters Heritage House
Museum email;
Winters-HH@ElizabethtownHistory.org
Dear Elizabeth,
My family greatly enjoys camping and
the “great outdoors” in general. I
imagine that camping must be similar to
the lives of frontiersmen, long ago. One
problem we constantly have to deal with
when camping is poison ivy. I would like
to know how you folks handled this
annoying plant.
Outback Benny
Dear Benny,
I do have some advice to impart and a
common remedy to share.
First, prior to leaving your sheltered nest,
one surely should educate oneself and
one’s children to know the
characteristics of this plant, and establish
a plan to avoid contact with it.
If contact is
inadvertently made, you
may scrub off the
offensive oils using a
strong lye soap. If this is
done thoroughly and
immediately, the
reaction may be averted. Poison Ivy
If still one goes on to develop blistering
and the typical itch, there are remedies
for that as well; When
in the woods, do note
that growing near the
poison ivy will also be
found its cure. The
stem of a plant, known
as jewel weed,
(identifiable by a
Jewel weed
frosted stem that will rub clear, and in
season an orange blossom) should be
gently crushed and these helpful oils
lavished on any newly-formed blisters.
This will surely relieve the itching.
An alternate and possibly even better
cure is also available to you; a blend of
lavender oils, applied to the skin when
the first blisters erupt, will often not only
solve the irritation, but remove the
poison ivy reaction altogether. These
oils work for mosquito bites and other
nuisance rashes, as well. Do stop in at
the Heritage House museum store to
acquire this valuable oil blend, on sale
there.
Yours,
Elizabeth
Dear Elizabeth,
We use many old sayings that, today, do
not seem to make any sense. I think they
have been around for so long, that the
meaning has been lost. For example;
What does it mean to “take it with a
grain of salt”? Or to do something “in
the nick of time”? I am most curious!
Out of date Dottie
Dear Dottie,
In my era, we have many less provided
amusements than have you, but make up
for the lack of entertainment through
clever conversation. Because you The wonderful insights above can be found
apparently enjoy language games, I will on the website:
begin by posing you a riddle from a
1700s journal;
“What is the color of the wind and the
waves?”
While you ponder out an answer, here
are some basic meanings to some of our
most puzzling phrases.
Taking things with a grain of salt is in
reference to my time’s perception that
salt held medicinal qualities, even being
an anti-dote to poisons (or bad advice).
In the nick of time – (meaning just in
time) — many times, businessmen kept
track of transactions by cutting nicks on
a “tally stick.” Someone arriving just
before the next nick was carved would
arrive in time to save a payment or
charge.
Get off your high horse – (meaning that
you are being arrogant) – A more finely
bred, larger horse, typically ridden by
military and nobility, etc., was a sign of
social and economic superiority.
The whole nine yards –(meaning doing
something the right way despite the cost)
Having a complete suit tailored took about
nine yards of fabric. A lesser suit may not
have matching vest, pants, etc. This also
lends background to “dressed to the nines.”
And I shall leave you with that devil-to-
spell, “dessert” which, as you may now
amuse yourself with, does relate after all
to the similar word, “desert.”
Dessert – after finishing a meal in the
dinning room, people would “dessert” to
the parlor to eat sweets.
Yours,
Elizabeth
P.S. The answer to my riddle is, of
course, hidden within this newsletter!
www.WilliamsburgPrivateTours.com Please
visit the site to enjoy more fun explanations.
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Fun Findings From the Seibert Library seeking vendors
Elizabethtown, for the 2018
from the Seibert Library files! Elizabethtown
Heritage Craft
Show
This year’s show runs
Fri., Nov. 9, 4pm-8pm & Sat., Nov. 10, 9am-
3pm

Items must be produced by the vendor and

exhibit quality craftsmanship. Jewelry,
clothing, crafts, food items, and other
unique merchandise is welcome.

Please send a description and several

This is the Greenawalt Hotel, c. 1920,
photos of your work to
that was where the Moose sits today. Winters-HH@ElizabethtownHistory.org

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