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Winters Heritage House
News and Initiatives
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19th
Annual
Holiday Craft Show
December 3,4 & 5, 2009
Thursday,
December 3, 2009: Sneak-Peek & Reception
(For Museum Members Only Night)
Join at any level of membership beginning at $15 Individual
to receive special invite to early bird shopping, wine,
hors d’oeuvres, and holiday music
Friday,
December 4, 2009: Public Holiday Craft Show
Day 1—9 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 5, 2009: Public
Holiday Craft Show Day 2—9 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Greetings, Crafters:
We are already preparing for the 2009 Holiday Craft
Show at Winters Heritage House Museum. We invite you
to participate: December 3,4 & 5, 2009 (Thu-Sat).
We are honored to welcome back those of you who have
participated in past years. We are looking for new vendors,
too, and we welcome referrals. If you know of anyone
who might be interested in this event, please call us.
As in past years, vendors set up their displays up to
a week before the show, provide us with a detailed inventory
list that is entered into our database, and we do the
rest of the work.
Museum
Story Hour for Early Childhood
The Museum Story Hour program is designed to engage
children ages 4- to 6-years old in a curriculum that
uses authentic props, a storybook, and age-appropriate
hands-on crafts and activities to teach young children
about history and traditions.
During
a one-hour session on the second Friday of each month
from September to May, children explore historical themes
with certified instructors. Retired elementary school
teachers Romaine Campbell and Barbara Eberly and Mary
Ann Stanley, Children’s Librarian, Elizabethtown
Public Library, serve as teachers for the program. Story
Hour is held on site at the museum at 47 East High Street
in downtown Elizabethtown. Each month, three sessions
are offered on a Friday at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and
1:00 p.m.
The
Story Hour schedule follows the Elizabethtown Area School
District calendar. Consequently, if school is closed
for inclement weather or for a holiday recess, Story
Hour will not be held on that day—usually, it
is scheduled for the previous or following Friday. Check
schedule or call museum to confirm all schedule changes.
The
registration fee is $2 per child for each month’s
class. Class size is limited, so advance registration
is highly encouraged. This fall 2009, the following
themes will be explored: Meet Winters Heritage House,
Scots-Irish, Native Americans and Corn, Colonial Toys
and Games, Colonial Music, Valentines and Keeping in
Touch, Spring Cleaning, Spinning and Weaving, Herbs
and Gardens.
A new schedule of classes will be available
later this summer online and at the Museum Welcome Desk,
so check back for dates.
The
staff extends Thanks! to Elizabethtown Child Care Center,
GEARS Kid Center, St. Peter School Kindergarten, and
Mt. Calvary Christian School Kindergarten for their
continued participation in the museum’s early
learning programs. Although classroom groups do register,
any child from the public is invited to join the program.
For
more information on Story Hour or any museum
program, please call 717-367-4672
You
could own this beautiful red wagon made by
the Lapp Family of Ephrata, PA and valued at over $300
with a handmade fabric covering. This sturdy covered
wagon, designed for youngsters, is currently on display
at the museum and will be on display at the museum’s
children-themed booth in Ag Hall at the Elizabethtown
Fair during the week of August 24-August 29. Raffle
tickets will be sold at $3 per ticket or two for $5.
A winner will be drawn on Saturday evening, August 29.
Advance tickets are on sale at the museum.
Research
your family history at the
Seibert Library
Elizabethtown,
PA…Did you know that an opportunity exists in
your own community to begin or to continue researching
your own family history. At Winters Heritage House,
41-47 East High Street, the on-site Seibert Library
is an important resource for residents living in the
greater Elizabethtown area and surrounding counties.
Visitors
will find a number of paper and electronic resources
as well as access to census records and many relevant
websites on the Internet.
 The
Seibert Library’s collection includes books, periodicals,
over 50 oral histories on tapes and transcripts, maps,
photographs, yearbooks, family histories, and other
historical documents and valuable artifacts.
An
archive of local and family history was established
at the Museum when the Heritage House Genealogy Library
Committee was
formed on September 4, 1990. Several volunteers from
the community, some librarians, committed to developing
a genealogy library at the then fledgling museum. In
1991 a lifetime resident of Elizabethtown presented
the first book of the library's collection. Another
prominent resident donated a collection of materials
that became the nucleus of the library.
Over
the years, the size and scope of the library collection
has grown under the direction of Mary Karnes. In 1998,
with generous contributions from the Seibert family,
the Heritage House Genealogy Library moved to a larger
remodeled space within the first floor of the museum.
As a tribute to the Seibert family benefactors, the
Board of Directors rededicated and renamed the library.
Ruth Seibert continues to support the library operation.
In
recent weeks, Judy Kay Bard has joined the Seibert Library
staff as volunteer librarian, replacing Mary Karnes,
who has presided over the library operation since the
early 1990’s. Mary’s knowledge and perspective
have continued to advance the mission of the Seibert
Library and Resource Center for over 15 years. New genealogy
librarian Judy Kay Bard brings her own library experience
and a contagious enthusiasm for history to her new role.
When
Winters Heritage House and the Seibert Library resume
regular visiting hours on Thursday, March 9, the public
is invited to meet Judy Kay Bard and Mary Karnes from
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. that day. Library volunteers
work on site weekly on Thursdays and Fridays from 1:30
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings from 9:30 a.m.
to 12 noon. New volunteers are always welcome.
Many
thanks from the Seibert Library Nook, more...
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