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DECEMBER 4, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 33
Historical society will hold annual calendar and greens sale BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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very winter, the Southern Lancaster County Historical Society (SLCHS) commissions a unique calendar illustrated by local artists and history enthusiasts. The annual project highlights various historic locations in the Southern End, and SLCHS sells the calendars as one of its largest fundraisers of the year. The 41st annual calendar sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, and from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, in SLCHS’ archives building, 1932 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville. The calendar is also currently available to purchase at Kreider’s Market, 2396 Kirkwood Pike, Kirkwood, and Maplehofe Dairy, 799 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville. Each page of the yearly calendar features an artist’s interpretation of a photo from SLCHS’ archives. Artists may alter the subject by removing or adding certain elements, but each illustration must be made using graphite or pen and ink.
SLCHS highlights a different collection of historic locations every year, including buildings such as old storefronts, blacksmith shops, churches, schools and homes. Some featured structures are still standing today, and others may only be seen in photographs and old records. As a rule, SLCHS never features landscapes in the calendar. Although the subjects are typically buildings, the calendar occasionally highlights machines such as trolleys, threshers and other historically significant contraptions located in Martic Township or Solanco School District. In addition to a unique illustration, each page includes background information about the subject as well as a few words about the artist. SLCHS will hold a greens sale concurrent with its calendar sale on Dec. 7 and 8 in the archives building. Members of the organization will sell Christmas decorations and custom-made wreaths that volunteers have assembled by hand. The proceeds from the calendar sale and greens sale will help SLCHS cover its
Southern Lancaster County Historical Society members (from left) Linda White, Stan White
CDC helps kids comprehend reading in entirely different ways BY JEFF FALK
Dyslexia is something that we might not fully understand. Dyslexia may be something we don’t talk enough about. Dyslexia might be more prevalent than we realize. It’s a learning disorder that Children’s Dyslexia Center (CDC) of Lancaster can help manage and, in some instances, even overcome. “ What ever yone needs to
A Quarryville Christmas BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
understand is that (dyslexia is) neurological, it runs in families and it affects language processing,” said Heather Brown, who’s been CDC of Lancaster’s director for 10 years. “What it’s not is reading backwards. It’s about how kids process language, how the brain processes language. Words and sentences look the same, but it’s daunting to read. Students work so hard to get through paragraphs that by the end of them they don’t remember the meaning. You have
Like many parts of Lancaster County, Quarryville has a plethora of unique traditions that its residents observe every winter during the holiday season. Local businesses and community members participate in annual events and festivities to get into the Christmas spirit, including time-honored customs and new traditions created in recent years. One of Quarryville’s holiday traditions is Midnight Gladness, an event that takes place on the weekday before Christmas Eve
See CDC pg 4
every year. During Midnight Gladness, businesses such as Good’s Store, Martin Appliance, Berkshire Hathaway and Britain Hill Venue & Vineyard remain open later than normal to offer special promotions, serve hot chocolate and offer local residents an opportunity to finish their last-minute Christmas shopping. Although some businesses don’t stay open all the way until midnight, each participant offers its visitors various discounts and activities for the evening. In addition to local businesses, nonprofits such as New Hope Community Closet participate in
A Christmas tree in Quarryville
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See Historical society pg 8 and Martie Brown