By Lula Anderson
I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. There were so many yard sales this weekend . I hope you all had a chance to visit them all, including mine, and picking up many treasures. I did quite well, considering everything was 50 cents, but still have enough left to set up again on July Fourth weekend. Judy went down Palenville Mt on Saturday and the Hunter Tannersville area was packed with visitors. I hope this means a good summer season for our area.
The Mt Top Methodist Churches have a parish unit encompassing 6 parishes, so as we welcome a new Pastor in July , we will be opening churches that have been closed during the winter months. Next week all will be welcome in Lanesville at 10 AM.
Don't forget the Blood Drive at the Windham Ambulance - Senior Center on Saturday, June 1 from 9 - 1. On June 3 WAJPL will be holding its business meeting starting at 1. June 12 is our trip to Springfield Armory and MGM Casino. Craft classes start on June 18 at 10 AM. If you are interested in attending call Vicky at 518-734-4164, sign up at our meeting or email mtsunflower@aol.com.
On July 11 the Windham Historical Society will be hosting a slide show and historical talk by Larry Tompkins at the Senior meeting room, at 7 PM. Larry always puts on a very interesting show. Come see what this year's topic will be.
Sincere sympathy to the family of Hassan Basagic, and Phil Devlin who recently passed.
AS I REMEMBER IT
Continuing with our cleaning cycle – After trudging in and out of the house with the laundry, and spending the time ironing on Tuesday, it's time to mop the floors. In the old farmhouses, the floors were originally wood plank. You've all seen reproductions of the wide planked floors, very popular today in farm style houses. They were rough cut planks, and although we swept often, after wash day they needed a good mopping. What we consider baseboard, was a mop board, usually at least 3 inches high to protect the walls, which were plaster and lath, from getting wet. A large string mop was used, along with a long-handled scrub brush to get out all the mud tracked in. Usually an oil-based soap was used to help protect the floors. This had to be rinsed several times, though so it wasn't slippery. What joy it was when we were able to put down linoleum.
Many older houses and the Amish had pegs on the wall where the ladder-backed chairs were hung after meals to make cleaning the floors easier. After eating, each member of the family hung up his chair and took it down before meals. To protect the delicate plaster, there was also a chair rail that kept the chairs an inch or two away from the walls.
As we went from the "ultra-modern" look of the turquoise kitchens of the '50's, through the copper tone or yellow appliances of the "70's and '80', many are going back to the country kitchen look of my youth, only with materials that are much easier to clean. Vacuums, Swiffers, the simple sponge mop, robotic vacuums and floor scrubbers. What innovations!
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