Elizabethtown townlively.com
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 3
Saving lives with scarves BY CATHY MOLITORIS
article during the current school year. The article will be ready to submit to journal editors this summer. “It has been extremely rewarding to sort through the dozens of public addresses, letters and documents related to Barbour … to start to put his life story together in a greater perspective and narrative,” said Schubert, a member of the Class of 2023. Sholes, also a member of the Class of 2023, said their research has revealed the man behind the accomplishments. “ We ’ ve h ad t h e p r i v i l e g e of getting to know Barbour through these documents,” she stated. “In our research, Eric and I have uncovered many fascinating records and papers which have allowed us to weave
Watching a documentar y about the lack of women’s rights around the world more than a decade ago, Audra Peifer felt moved to act. In 2012, she started Binding Love Scarves, a ministr y that sells handmade scarves with proceeds benefiting Christian-based homes for girls in Thailand. Now you can help support the ministry at a Binding Love workshop in Elizabethtown. The workshop will be held on Sunday, March 17, from noon to 3 p.m. at Naturally Gifted by Jeri, 1 S. Market St., Elizabethtown. Participants will have the opportunity to design their own scarf at the “make and take” event, with 50% of the cost for each scarf donated to the girls’ homes. “I will provide the fabrics and participants will select the pieces they want to make into their scarf,” explained Dory Impink, Lancaster coordinator of Binding Love Scarves. Participants will have assistance in laying out the scarf, and scarves will be sewn off-site, ready for pickup at the store by Saturday, March 23. Impink said people should plan to spend 30 minutes to an hour at the workshop. Each scarf is made from upcycled clothing purchased at thrift stores or donated by individuals and organizations. “So much clothing is wasted in our country, but this gives those shirts, skirts and sweaters new life and an opportunity to make a difference,” Peifer said. The fabric is cut into patterns
See Civil rights pg 7
See Scarves pg 5
William Miller Barbour (far left) with Elizabethtown College classmates
Honoring a civil rights leader BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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n the early days of the civil rights movement, William Miller Barbour stood out for addressing the racial and ethnic discrimination in housing and employment. “Although Barbour’s name is not well known, his ideas shaped the vision of the civil rights leaders who emerged in the 1950s and 1960s,” said Jean-Paul Benowitz, director of Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships and Public Heritage Studies at Elizabethtown College. Working with two graduates, Benowitz hopes to bring Barbour’s name into the spotlight it deserves. Benowitz is joined by history program graduates Eric Schubert and Abigail Sholes in writing an
article about Barbour for publi- Colo.; and the first director of the cation in academic journals. The National Urban League Western group is also hoping to present Field Office in Los Angeles. B enowitz first information about considered a piece Barbour during on Barbour in 2018, Elizabethtown “It has been when now-retired C o l l e g e ’s 1 2 5 t h extremely college librarian anniversary in the Pe te r De P uyd t 2024-25 academic rewarding to shared his findings year. sort through the about the civil Benowitz describes dozens of public rights leader as part Barbour, who lived from 1908 to 1957, addresses, letters of a Black History Month project. The as a man who made and documents pandemic put the a lasting impact. Barbour was one related to Barbour.” article on hold, but in 2022, Benowitz of the first Black invited Schubert college graduates in the area; the first Black and Sholes to join the project and student-athlete to play college move forward with the article. The then-students conducted football in Lancaster County; the first executive secretary for the research on Barbour in 2022 and National Urban League in Denver, 2023 and started work on the