November 2014 - Bradford County Heritage Association

The Bradford County Heritage Association
Heritage Village and Farm Museum
PO Box 265 Troy PA 16947 / Rt 14 North Gate 2 Troy PA
www.TheHeritageVillage.org
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contact us: [email protected]
Volume 4 Issue 11 November 2014
‘Farm Days
1866’
Wishing you the best
this Holiday Season.
Kay Saxton put
together this
Christmas gift display
for the ‘Farm Days
1866’ program this
past May.
The ladies of the Inn re-created the Christmas chapter in the book Farmer Boy on which
the ‘Farm Days 1866’ program is based. Giving the students an idea of Christmas
celebrations of the era. There were examples of the gifts the children received: Almanzo
received a store bought plaid woven wool hat with a lining and ear muffs that button over
the top. A nickel’s worth of Horehound candy, mittens knitted by his Mother, an orange,
dried figs, and a jackknife with 4 blades. Almanzo thought no boy had a better Christmas.
Brother Royal got a silk muffler and a leather wallet, Alice got a gold locker, Eliza Jane
a pair of garnet earrings, lace collars and black lace mitts Mother had knitted.
Children hung their socks on the back of a chair. They strived to be good as
bad children received a stocking filled with twigs.
Mother had been baking cookies, pies and cakes for
days. The whole family helped with the preparations
which included cleaning the whole house. Almanzo
cleaned the steel knives and forks with a scouring
brick and a wet cloth, also cleaned his share of the
stove with blackening. He fetched onions and sage
from the attic, apples from the cellar, water from the
outdoor pump and filled the wood box.
Visiting family would be arriving via horse and sleigh
Christmas dinner
include: stuffed goose and
little pig, cooked all night,
mashed potatoes, baked
squash, mashed turnips, ,
pale fried parsnips,
fried apples and onions
and candied carrots, cakes,
pies and cookies,
The table was so inviting and the aromas of real food cooking added to the experience.
Kleckner-Barner photos
Craft Idea
Empty laundry soap pod
container. Decorate and fill
with cookies
Pennsylvania Heritage Festival Spotlight
Ed & Nancy
Hazzard, from
Syracuse NY
Bessie’s Travels
Bessie traveled to
the Howard Fire
company’s
Pumpkin Chuckin
Festival held at
Foster Sayers St.
Park. Sponsored
by Curves’ of
Mill Hall, she wore
her pink T-shirt and collected $192 donations for
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Ed demonstrated
book binding and
their booth sold a
wide variety of
specialty books
and journals.
The Festival Committee is already hard at work
preparing for next year’s event.
September 19 & 20, 2015
Porter’s Barber Shop
This authentic barber shop was moved to the Museum
grounds in 2009 from nearby Columbia Cross Roads.
In 1930 you could get a haircut from Barber Porter
for 25 cents. By 1943 it was no longer used as a
barber shop, and over time used as a
bachelor’s pad and storage.
It has been restored as a barber shop.
Volunteers
The Heart of the Museum,
Programs and Events
Thinking Christmas?
Our membership year runs
from January to December.
With renewal letters going
out in January.
Museum memberships can be purchased for
holiday gift giving.
Using the form below, please mail to
Bradford County Heritage Association
PO Box 265
Troy PA 16947
Single Membership- $10
Family Membership- $25
Name_________________________________
Address_______________________________
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Phone________________________________
E-mail________________________________
A membership card will be sent to you.
2014 BCHA Board Members/ Officers/ Committees,
Program Chairs
President– Ralph Knapp *
Vice President– Margaret Winder
Treasurer– Janet Ordway * Secretary– Barbara Barrett*
Margaret Winder– Volunteer Coordinator
Deb Lutz*, Joie* Braisington, Bonnie* & Gary Pierce,
Dale Palmer * Barbara Morris, Bruce Staudt, Connie Boyles,
Joanadele Collins*, Todd Boyles, Marty Roloson
Committees: * denotes PA Heritage Festival,
Collections– Joie & Bill Brasington, Janet Ordway,
Inn– Kay Saxton, Bus Tours– Barb Pulver
Each year since 1947, the National
Turkey Federation and the Poultry and
Egg National Board have given a
turkey to the President of the United States at a
White House ceremony. Since then, presidents have
been more likely to eat the turkey rather than give
it a reprieve. A notable exception occurred in 1963,
when President Kennedy, referring to the turkey
given to him, said, “Let’s just keep him.” It wasn’t
until the first Thanksgiving of President
George H. W. Bush, in 1989, that a turkey was
officially ‘pardoned’ for the first time. The survivor
lived out its days at a Virginia petting zoo called
Frying Pan Park.
While Thanksgiving festivals were informally
celebrated throughout the 1600s, they didn't
become an annual event until the 1700s, when each
state set aside a different day for the holiday. By
1775, George Washington, then commander-in-chief
of the Continental Army, declared the first national
celebration of Thanksgiving, and he issued a
Thanks giving Day proclamation in 1789. But the
holiday didn't get a fixed date until 1863, when
President Abraham Lincoln set aside the last
Thursday in November for the day of thanks.
After a day of gorging, many Americans sit down to
watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This
annual tradition didn't get started until 1924,
when Macy's employees held a Christmas parade
filled with knights, clowns and jugglers. The 6-mile
long parade attracted a crowd of 250,000 viewers,
and the department store decided to hold it every
year. The first balloon, Felix the Cat, floated above
the parade in 1927. Mickey Mouse didn't make his
appearance until 1934.
Letting your hair down– meaning to relax or be at ease. Parisian nobles risked condemnation from their
peers if they appeared in public without an elaborate hairdo. Some of the more intricate styles required
hours of work, so of course it was a relaxing ritual for these aristocrats to come home at the end of a
long day and let their hair down.
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or to- Barbara Barrett 309 W Keller St Lock Haven PA 17745
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