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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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A store ... a family ... a legacy Author will give presentation on Watt & Shand BY ANN MEAD ASH
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hen Nancy Groff was a little girl, she and her sister used to visit her great-aunt Katharine at Roslyn, the large Lancaster home of Peter Watt (of Watt & Shand), on the corner of Marietta and President avenues. Her cousin, Ted Watt, did not visit quite as often because Aunt Katharine, daughter of Peter Watt and twin sister of Groff ’s grandmother, Annie, did not like little boys running around her home. Now, Groff has written “Watt & Shand: East, West, Hame’s Best,” which tells Peter Watt’s story of coming to this country from Scotland and founding Watt & Shand with James Shand. Groff will give a presentation based on her book at the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) meeting on Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in the chapel at Garden
Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland. The title of the book comes from the inscription carved into the fireplace mantle at Roslyn. “Anywhere you go, north, south, east, or west, home is best,” said Groff, who noted that computer programs continually changed the Scottish word “hame” to “home.” Ted proofread Groff ’s manuscript, which she wrote by expanding on a seven-page paper she completed for a class in nursing school many years before. In addition to Ted, Groff ’s cousin Will Watt Campbell, a lawyer, would call her over the years with information he had found about the Watt family. “My grandmother had pumped my head full of family history,” said Groff. Campbell encouraged her to enhance what she had written. By 2018, she had pulled the college paper from a box in the attic and begun to write in earnest. By See NHAHS pg 2
Nancy Groff (left) and Ted Watt hold a photo of their great-grandfather, Peter Watt.
Music for a mission
In Dan Steinman’s office in Ephrata, there is a portable photo display called the Wall of Remembrance. The photos are of children who have died. The wall travels to BASIS (Brothers and Sisters in Support) events, and bereaved parents gather around it. “Every time we fold it up and take it (out), its getting fuller,” said Steinman, director of BASIS, who added that now the photos are put in a digital format so that they run on a screen at the event.
BASIS plans annual breakfast
BY ANN MEAD ASH
“Last year a dad found his son, and he took his wife over and another couple joined them and they talked. It just brings people together.” The Wall of Remembrance will be on display at the annual BASIS Breakfast, scheduled to be held at Yoder’s Restaurant & Banquet Center, 14 S. Tower Road, New Holland, on Saturday, April 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This year’s speaker Ron Schmidt, will speak on Finding Rest During Times of Unrest. The buffet Ron Schmidt, lead chaplain at Home, Warminster breakfast is free to attend, but Christ’s and Paradise, will speak at the
Having served as master of ceremonies at a number of area concerts, Dave Smucker, director of Alliance Network, is familiar with combining live music with the opportunity to benefit a good cause. “I remembered what (those evenings were) for our community, and I saw the collaboration and the great cause that it benefited,” recalled Smucker, who thought, “Why not do it again?” T he result is Community Concert Fundraiser, hosted by Alliance Network and benefiting Preparing the Way Ministries. The
event will be held at Petra Church, 565 Airport Road, New Holland, on Saturday, March 23. The concert will feature three live gospel acts. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and the concert will begin at 6 p.m. Daniel and Emma Lynn Glick are Lancaster County musicians. Daniel plays acoustic guitar, and the pair sings together, traveling to concert venues around the country. The Glicks have recorded eight albums with their band in their “desire to encourage people and praise our Lord through song.” The Matt & Nimmie Band comprises family and friends
See BASIS pg 9 annual BASIS Breakfast.
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