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JULY 12, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 19
New book highlights local one-room schools schools came about after the annual Pequea Valley Alumni or the past eight years, Leona Association dinner in 2015. At Baker, president of the Historical that event, the Historical Society Society of Salisbury Township, of Salisbury Township featured a has spent time interviewing people display about public one-room both in person and over the phone, schools in the Salisbury Township gathering photos and completing area, which included photos of the schools’ teachers. research about local “Those who saw the one-room schools. The result of her “ I w a s a b l e t o display began sharing work is a new book, chronicle more than their memories as “How They Learned 29 public one-room they looked at the Their ABC’s.” schools operating in pictures,” Baker The book, which Salisbury Township explained in the features contributions between 1836 and book’s introduction. “I was intrigued and from former teachers 1966.” began asking for and students, will be interviews. Some unveiled at a book launch on Saturday, July 22, from people told their friends, and more 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the names entered my notebook.” Baker conducted most of the annual White Chimneys’ Living History Event. Baker will sign and interviews in people’s homes. Recread from the book in the bridal ognizing that some of the interviesuite at White Chimneys. There wees felt uncomfortable with a will also be a display of one-room recorder, she wrote notes by hand. schoolhouse photos at the event, In most cases, she returned to the contributors’ homes to check for as well as memorabilia. Baker explained that the idea to accuracy. “I wrote the notes and compose a book about one-room typed them out and took them back
BY FRANCINE FULTON
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Historical society members include (from left) Brett Snyder, Leona Baker, Anna Mary Groff, Wanda Smale and Leonard Groff.
or mailed (the notes) to them,” she explained. “Each time I went, I took a gift of some kind. (Sometimes) they thought about other things to
add while they were waiting for me to come back.” The result is a softcover book with more than 400 pages, with each
chapter highlighting a different school with text and photos, both in color and black and white. “It’s filled with pictures, so if you went See New book pg 5
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Union Presbyterian Church (UPC), 5637 Street Road, Kirkwood, will host a yard sale on Friday, July 14, and on Saturday, July 15, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. A variety of items will be available to purchase, and the church will use the funds raised from the sale to support its mission work and several nonprofit organizations in the area. The items that will be available to purchase have been donated by members of UPC’s congregation and
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will include children’s toys, household goods, clothing, men’s accessories and puzzles. This year, uncommon curios such as a wooden Arbuckle coffee box, an antique scythe, vintage books and a quilting frame will also be available to purchase. UPC has organized the yard sale every summer for over 10 years. “The sale is great because we clean out our houses and get rid of things we don’t want, which are treasures to other people,” said Colleen Sheaffer, organizer of the event. “It puts a lot of smiles on people’s faces.”
Freedom Life Church congregation members and church leadership gathered on June 25 at a vacant property along Route 41 and Zook Road in West Sadsbury Township to officially break ground for a new church facility. The building plans include an auditorium with 630 seats, a gymnasium, an indoor playground, six classrooms, a cafe and meeting spaces. The day began with worship at the church’s current main campus,
See Yard sale pg 2
See Freedom Life pg 6
BY FRANCINE FULTON
The congregation and church staff members all took part in the event.
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