Volume XXXX, Number 1 February 2008 Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society To educate and inspire Mennonite families and congregations and the broader community through promotion of the history, beliefs, and lifestyle of the Mennonite expression of the Anabaptist tradition.

Around the time of the first communication to Dutch Mennonites in Amsterdam from suffering Swiss Anabaptists (see below), Rembrandt paint - What’s Inside ed these portraits of Pieter Sijen and his wife, Marretje, Dutch Mennonite • What’s Going On friends and patrons in Amsterdam, 1633-4, according to art historian Jaap • Upcoming Tours Van der Veen. Given Rembrandt’s Mennonite connections, he likely - Colonial Churches woul d have known about persecution of Swiss counterparts in the faith. - New Amsterdam (New York For more information about Rembrandt’s ties to Mennonites, contact us for a paper delivered last fall by Dutch scholar Piet Visser on this subject. City) Anabaptists • Library Catalog Online • Summer Intership Society Hosts March 3 Täuferjahr 2007 and • Annual Banquet: 50th Birthday Quarterly Meeting Amazing Surprises by Joanne Hess Siegrist Celebration “When our ancestors were • Director’s Reflections refugees: The author reviews Four good friends sit outside his research on documents Emmental’s Show Dairy in • Meet Three Board Members from Brotherly Love ” Affoltern, Switzerland. Pictured • Genealogy Conference n Monday, March 3, at 7 pm, from left to right are Maja • Spring PA German Classes Othe Society will hold our quar - Burkhalter – an organizer for the terly meeting at Mellinger Mennonite Amish exhibit at this site; Joanne Church. James Lowry, trans - Events lator and writer of the recent - Monday, March 3: Society quarter - ly published book, ly meeting, 7 pm, Mellinger Documents of Brotherly Love: th Mennonite Church, “17 century Dutch Mennonite Aid to Dutch Mennonite Aid to Swiss Swiss Anabaptists, 1635-1709 , Anabaptists,” with James Lowry will be our speaker. At the Sunday, March 9: Volunteer meeting, David Rempel Appreciation Tea, 2-4 pm at the Smucker, one of the book’s Society editors, will discuss its contri - bution to genealogical Wednesday, March 12 and research. Hess Siegrist — USA liaison chair for Thursday, March 13, 10-week This ground-breaking book docu - Swiss Täuferjahr 2007 [Anabaptist Pennsylvania German classes start ments the assistance given to our Year 07 in Switzerland]; Elise Davis Friday, March 14 AND Friday, April Swiss German Mennonite forebears from their Dutch Mennonite counter - Kägi – an organizer for the Amish 18: Benefit Book Auctions, 6:30 exhibit; and Ruth Leuenberger- pm at the Society parts that ultimately enabled our ancestors to immigrate here to Moser, of the Reformed Church, a April 18-19, Lancaster Family Lancaster County Pennsylvania long time Swiss hostess for History Conference at Eden Resort almost 300 years ago. Mennonite-Your-Way visitors. Inn, Lancaster, Pa. Painstakingly transcribed and Photo credit: Don Siegrist, 2006. translated by Lowry from Dutch and Saturday, May 17: Annual Banquet en years ago, my husband, Don, German (and occasionally Latin and Tand I would have never have Monday, June 2, Society quarterly French), this volume covers the peri - dreamed of even half of the Swiss meeting, 7 pm, author Ervin od just prior to immigration to happenings we experienced from Stutzman discusses his book, Lancaster. Its 82 source documents April 2005 to December 2007. Since Emma: A Widow among the Amish come from a treasure trove of our college days we loved learning of archival documents that until now our Swiss roots and related Anabap- August 13-16, Annual Bookworm was largely inaccessible. Lowry has tist history; however, this time period Frolic - Continued on page 2 - Continued on page 2 1 www.lmhs.org [email protected] 717-393-9745 WHAT’S GOING ON March Quarterly Meeting - Continued from page 1 ? ? ? ? an MA in Classics from the University of Chicago and has taught on Fulbright fellowships in Pakistan and Austria. The author of many scholarly articles PaHR-Access (People for Better and three previous books (the Martyrs’ Mirror is another area of research for Pennsylvania Historical Records him), Lowry is a member of the Washington County, Maryland and Franklin Access) asks for your help to make County, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Church. Lowry will discuss the joys and Pennsylvania state death certificates challenges of doing this work over the last decade. He has been supported from 1906-1957 available online, by the US-based Amsterdam Archives Committee through the Lancaster similar to what states like Arizona, Mennonite Historical Society. Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Utah and West Virginia already have done. Täuferjahr 2007 - Continued from page 1 Genealogists experience the frus- tration of having to provide several brought something totally different. that had not happened for more than pieces of information (including While hosting Swiss guests in our 25 years. We middle-age folks want- when and where the person died) to home, visiting in many of their ed to finally honor our senior relatives file your request, when quite often homes, and networking for Täuferjahr for their great reunions of the 1950’s the very information you are asked 2007 we experienced wonderful one- & 1960’s. By necessity, I was double- to supply is the very information you on-one exchanges with members of booked that weekend, for it was the are looking for and the very reason the Swiss Reformed Church. These only time to host four Swiss guests for your wanting the death certifi- bright, warm, energetic, alive including Peter Opitz, a history pro- cate. Christians held deep pain as they dis- fessor at Zürich University specializ- To change these burdensome and covered the ways their church had ing in Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575), paradoxical restrictions, both Pa. and treated Anabaptists (or Täufer, in an early leader in the Swiss out-of-state residents are asked to German) from 1525 through the early Reformation. contact Pennsylvania state officials 1800’s. We heard their requests for As we approached the weekend More information available at forgiveness and healing. In their we learned a big surprise – Peter’s users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access church communities, we learned mother was a Reist from Dürrenroth, or contact Tim Gruber, spokesper- more about their quest for reconcilia- Switzerland, the exact village where son for PaHR-Access at tion and new life. our Reist family line originated! [Peter [email protected] For me personally, these were Reist (c. 1702-1743) and wife, holy, profound hours, and soon I was Anaclore Boyer, were 1724 Do you enjoy helping people working on helping to plan and publi- Anabaptist immigrants to Lancaster find answers to their questions? cize Täuferjahr 2007 events. In the County, Pa., who began our Reist The Lancaster Mennonite Historical process I experienced plans fitting homestead of 540 acres in Penn Society is looking for volunteers to together in surprising, timely ways Township, Manheim, Pa., with a 1734 assist visitors in the library on a and amazing contacts falling into per- warrant and a 1738 patent from regular basis. The work involves ori- fect order. William Penn’s sons.] From our Swiss enting patrons to the library and its This past July, while flying from the visitor, Peter Opitz, we also learned resources, helping visitors to find USA to Switzerland, I couldn’t sleep a how the regular path to school for information in the library and wink because I felt a personal need Peter’s wife, Elisabeth, was directly archives, and answering telephone to write about the 20 miracles I expe- beside Trachselwald Castle, the place calls at the reference desk. This is a rienced while working on Täuferjahr where Anabaptists were imprisoned wonderful opportunity to learn 2007. Here are just two of these sto- and tortured. (Nine months later we while volunteering, especially for ries: walked those same paths with those with an interest in family, Reist Family Connections Elisabeth, following in the footsteps of our earlier Täufer relatives.) church, and local history. Help is October 8, 2005, and it was time needed on Tuesday afternoons and for our big Reist Reunion, something - Continued on page 3 Thursdays. Familiarity with comput- ers and a willingness to learn would be most helpful. For more information contact Steve Ness The Pennsylvania German Society is issues pertaining to Church members; (717-393-9745; [email protected]). holding its annual meetings on June the relations between Brethren and 6-7, 2008 in conjunction with the other Pennsylvania Germans; religion Young Center for Anabaptist and among the Pennsylvania Germans; Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College, comparisons or relationships between The Mirror (USPS) is a bimonthly newsletter published by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, which is commemorating 300 years Church and Plain Sect Pennsylvania 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, PA 17602-1499. since the founding of the Church of Germans. Contact Dr. William W. Phone: 717-393-9745; fax: 717-393-8751. email: [email protected] web address www.lmhs.org. the Brethren. Pa. German Society is Donner (610-683-4249 or Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. looking for scholarly papers that [email protected]) for more info Periodicals postage paid at Lancaster, PA. ISSN 0738-7237. Editor Beth E. Graybill. examine issues relating to the Church or to submit an abstract of no more POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Mirror, of the Brethren to be presented at the than 500 words by February 22. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, PA 17602-1499 conference. Possible topics include: 2 www.lmhs.org [email protected] 717-393-9745 Täuferjahr 2007 - Continued from page 2 Upcoming Tour: Commissioned Art Print. After months of deliberations we learned that the Colonial Churches of Emmental’s Show Dairy would sponsor Liz Hess as their commissioned artist. Lancaster County Immediately, Liz and I began to brainstorm on a variety of themes for an art ancaster County’s first permanent print. We wanted a significant symbol for Täufer history yet also something settlers were the Mennonites in that contemporary folks would be glad to display. What could it be? L 1710, but many other religious After scores of fruitless ideas and just as we came up to the deadline, we groups soon followed and estab- discovered a marvelous photograph of Trachselwald and Die Furgge mountain. lished sizable populations in the (Die Furgge is also the area. This tour is a look at the old- title of a best-selling est congregations of the several German book of historical denominations that developed in fiction about the colonial Lancaster County. Anabaptists by well- The tour scheduled for Saturday, known Swiss writer, May 17, will leave the Historical Katharina Zimmerman, Society at 8 am and return approxi- now in its 6th printing mately 4:30 pm. since initial publication in We will begin in the city of 1989.) In the photo- Lancaster and visit St. James graph, Trachselwald’s Episcopal Church, Trinity Lutheran peaked roof pointed ©2007 Liz Hess Church and St. Mary’s Catholic directly to the highest mountain peak. Additionally, it showed lovely land- Church. From Lancaster we will scape that was inviting as well as a true sample of the Emmental’s tremendous travel north to Lititz and tour the scenery. church (pictured below) and other Liz made the commissioned painting with this view in mind. Color prints buildings in the Moravian communi- are available for sale at the Society. Then, on July 28, 2007, as she and I ty. We will eat our packed lunches toured Switzerland’s Emmental, we together drove to a hillside by in the the Lititz Springs Park. We Gammenthall. There we saw this exact view and we thanked God for the mir- will then make our way to Leola to acle of finding it. [To find this viewing spot in the Emmental, (which matches visit the Conestoga Church of the the commissioned painting by Liz Hess), travel south from Weier towards Brethren and continue to the old Sumiswald. Turn right at the small town of Gammenthal. A roadside sign Leacock Presbyterian Church near points to Rüegsbach and Newegg. Cross the railroad tracks and head up the Gordonville. The tour will end at hill. Go around 2-3 bends in this road. At the third bend, note a roadside Heller’s Salem United Church of bench on the left side. Stop, relax, and enjoy this marvelous southeast view Christ near Leola. (the best timing is afternoon or early evening sun). Pray that the second Swiss At each church a congregational Reformation will come to this “dry, and thirsty land.”] historian will meet the group to pro- In closing, I share a special prayer as an encouragement for new connec- vide input about the history of the tions with Swiss folks as they visit in the USA and/or for folks during upcom- congrega- ing visits in Switzerland. This prayer and 15 or 20 related new resources (art, tion and its books, drama, and music) at the Society library will surely contribute towards current understanding Täuferjahr’s amazing surprises. ministries. The Opening Prayer: Service for International Days, Täuferjahr07 tour direc- Langnau, Switzerland, July 29, 2007 tor will be Daniel L. “Oh Lord, creator of heaven and earth, we have gathered from differ- Wenger, ent directions and we stand in awe. The children of those who had to who is leave this region are here. The children of those who had to undertake retired troublesome journeys have returned. And the children of those who from teach- stayed behind are here. ing local “We thank you, eternal God, that you have walked with us through history, time. Thank you that you were with us on our journeys … even when we government and world cultures at went wrong. Thank you for staying at our side. We praise you for your Lancaster Mennonite High School. faithfulness. He led the first edition of this tour in Jesus Christ, you are The Way in which we walk. You are The Truth 2006 as well as a tour of Lancaster we rely upon. We ask you to help us to meet each other with an open city for the Historical Society. He heart and with respect. Fill our hearts with your living hope. Through recently co-led a tour of the your Spirit, who unites into one what was separated … and who is able Mellinger and Stumptown to bridge the gulf between people and communities. We ask it in Jesus Mennonite congregations settle- name. Amen. ments. by Dorothee Bertschmann, minister at Sumiswald Reformed Church (2002- Cost is $75 for nonmembers, $65 2007). Used by her permission. for members. Call Dorothy at the Society to register. 3 www.lmhs.org [email protected] 717-393-9745 Upcoming Tour: repeat of the success- ful 2005 field trip. Dutch Anabaptists in New In the morning Amsterdam (New York City), we’ll visit preserved 1610 to 1775 Dutch farmsteads in ome along on a journey of learning and the historic area of Cadventure to retrace the colonial history of Brooklyn where early Dutch Mennonites in present-day New York Debra Moody, City. As we review the settlement’s connections known as a to Mennonites in Philadelphia and their relations Mennonite, devel- with local Blacks and Indians, we will try to oped her communi- answer the question, what became of ty. After a subway the Dutch Mennonites who settled in ride to Manhattan New Amsterdam in the 1600s? we’ll take a walking Join us on Saturday, June 14, from 6 tour of historic am to 10 pm. Travel in comfortable Anabaptist/Mennonite sites in the old city coach buses with breakfast and supper stops en south of Wall Street, the boundary of the origi- route. Experienced guide Daniel Ness leads this tour, a nal New Amsterdam settlement. Cost is $99 for nonmembers, $89 for Society members, and 50th Birthday includes a buffet dinner. Call Celebration: Annual Dorothy at the Society to register. Meeting, May 17 Library Catalog Now oin us on a lovely Saturday Online! Jevening in May to mark the Society’s first half-century with o search the library’s catalog our banquet and annual meet- Tfrom home or anywhere you ing. The strains of music and the have an Internet connection, go to bubbling aroma of a chocolate http://catalog.library.lmhs.org fountain will greet you in the or visit the Society’s website foyer of the Lancaster Mennonite (www.lmhs.org), choose the Library School dining room, where our link, and click on the icon to search meal will be catered this year. the catalog. While not a complete We are delighted to confirm list of what is available (we are still the participation of the Mennonite Posed here in front of a tree dedi- adding to it as the online catalog is Children’s Choir of Lancaster as cated to the Society’s founder and under construction) we wanted to our special musical guests. The first director, Ira Landis, are past let you know that the bulk of it is children in grades 2-8 will be join- directors Carolyn Wenger, 1976-2001 now available for your browsing. ing us for this performance. This (currently archivist and editor), versatile group sings music from Brinton Rutherford, 2001-2006, and around the world. Beth Graybill, 2006-present. Paid Summer John Ruth – Mennonite minister, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Internship for College author, filmmaker and heritage tour Society is one of the largest grass- Students leader – will be this year’s featured speaker on the topic, “Personalities roots Mennonite historical organiza- f you attend a Pennsylvania state and Perspectives in the Story of the tions in the nations, “whose scope Icollege, you may be eligible to Lancaster Mennonite Historical and influence reach far beyond work at the Lancaster Mennonite Society.” southeastern Pennsylvania,” accord- Historical Society through the sum- John has been connected with ing to the Young Center for mer work-study or community serv- the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at ice program of PHEAA (the Society through the years, most Elizabethtown College. Pennsylvania Higher Education intensely during the writing of the Assistance Agency). You earn real Lancaster Conference Mennonite People of Preservation.” wages and gain real-life experience history, The Earth Is the Lord’s, when We hope that you will join us for at our thriving local historical society he was known to sleep overnight in this special birthday celebration, working in our archives, library, our archives, letting voices from the which will include a historical time- museum and book operations. past speak to him. Last year John line and PowerPoint photos like the For more information, email authored, Forgiveness: A Legacy of one above. Cost for the banquet is [email protected] the West Nickel Mines Amish School. $16.50 per adult and begins at 6:15 or check out the PHEAA web site at John also directed the award-winning pm on Saturday, May 17. All are http://www.pheaa.org/workstudy/ PBS documentary, “The Amish: A welcome. Plan now to attend. index.shtml#students 4 www.lmhs.org [email protected] 717-393-9745 Spring PA. German DIRECTOR’S Classes - Continued from page 6 REFLECTIONS chase at the Society. The instructor will provide additional materials to supple- ment the text, including short dialogues, everal years ago, songs, proverbs and jokes, as well as Sat my son’s very simple homework assignments. school, instead of Those completing the introductory class exchanging will have a basic grasp of the language, Valentines the chil- its vocabulary and essential elements of dren celebrated grammar, for simple conversation and Friendship Day, an Beth Graybill The Lancaster Mennonite basic reading with the aid of a diction- afternoon of stories, Historical Society appreciates ary. Individuals who have had no previ- songs and games about the power of our hard-working board. Above, ous Pennsylvania German instruction friendship. secretary, Vernon Good, at work should enroll in the introductory course. This season, as we are looking back at a recent meeting. Below, The intermediate/advanced class is over our 50-year history as an organi- Becky Gochnauer, 1719 Hans designed for students with experience zation, I am celebrating the friends of Herr House director, chats with studying Pennsylvania German or for this Society who have made possible long-term board member, Marvin those who have lived at one time or our work and ministry for half a centu- Sauder. another in a Dutch-speaking environ- ry. Those who went before us passed ment. Through this class, students will on a deep commitment to following expand their Pennsylvania German Jesus. They sustained our identity. vocabulary and conversation skills and They nurtured our faith. We owe will be able to read almost anything writ- ten in the language. Students with prior them a debt of gratitude. Pennsyl-vania German experience or And we are also indebted to new those who have some speaking ability friends of the organization, 40 of and would like to become literate in whom joined as first-time members Dutch may take the intermediate/ last fall. As one wrote, “I am very advanced class. excited with my new membership and hope to be visiting often. I find the resources in your library truly amazing. Not to mention how friendly and help- April 18-19 Genealogy Conference: ful your entire staff has been.” CSI meets Roots Organizations like ours exist because of such shared connections, rime scene investigators routinely rely new friends and old, past and present. Con DNA and forensic evidence to Mennonite World Conference pres- solve a crime; genealogists can use simi- ident Nancy Heisey wrote recently lar tools to trace our roots. Join renown about the African practice of “ances- keynote speaker, Colleen Fitzpatrick, author of two books about forensic genealogy, on this journey to discover how DNA tor worship.” For African Christians, and forensics change the way we research family history. Jesus Christ is the Great Ancestor This year we are back again in the comfortable surroundings of whom they seek to imitate. Lancaster’s Eden Resort Inn. Saturday events include a plenary address by In similar fashion, we want to Colleen, morning and afternoon workshop sessions (choose four), a deli honor and emulate our ancestors for lunch buffet in the courtyard, time to browse dozens of genealogy vendor their faithfulness while recognizing tables, and a three-course dinner banquet at 6 pm featuring Dr. Erik that they, like us, had all too human Puffenberger of the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, Pa., discussing flaws. Goodness as well as failure is genetic research in the Lancaster County Plain community. part of every generation. But their Veteran workshop leaders Jane Davidson, genealogy enthusiast, and Ross struggles, stories, and challenges can Baughman, journalist/genealogist, will be joined by Stephen Morse, of San instruct and enliven our present. Francisco, Ca., leading a workshop on “One-Step” web-pages for genealogi- As novelist Sue Monk Kidd has cal searches. In addition, a representative from Family Tree DNA, the pre- written, “Stories have to be told or mier DNA testing organization for family historians, will be on hand for DNA they die, and when they die, we can’t sampling on site. remember who we are or why we’re Optional Friday events include a day-long research trip via comfortable here.” motor-coach to your choice of three archival sites in Washington, DC, and We value your faith and friend- an evening auction of rare and out-of-print books at Lancaster Mennonite ship as together we seek to remem- Historical Society. ber who we are and where we Brochures are available from the Society or on our web site at come from. www.lmhs.org. This year’s genealogy conference is not to be missed! 5 www.lmhs.org [email protected] 717-393-9745 New Instructors Enliven Spring Pennsylvania DIALECT CLASS German Classes REGISTRATION FORM “Pennsylvania German heritage is a ing ten-week language classes for treasure … the Pennsylvania German beginning or intermediate/advanced 2008 Introductory Class-B dialect makes the ‘Keystone State’ students of Pennsylvania German. Thursdays, March 13-May 15 unique.” We are the only educational institu- ❑ Members at $100 per person — Dr. Michael Werner, 2007 tion in Lancaster County to offer ❑ Nonmembers $115 per person Pennsylvania German lecturer at these courses, and one of the few in Franklin & Marshall College the nation to offer in-class conversa- 2008 Intermediate/Advanced Class s a student of Pennsylvania Dutch tion with native Old Order speakers, Thursdays, March 13-May 15 Aput it recently, learning the lan- for whom it is a living language. ❑ Members at $100 per person guage helps you understand and Keith [“Butch”] Reigart, fluent in ❑ Nonmembers $115 per person appreciate the warm and colorful Pennsylvania German and a native of Pennsylvania German culture that is a York County, Pa., will be teaching $ ______enclosed for registration(s) hallmark of Lancaster County, in gen- our Introductory class. His ties to the eral, and of its Plain People, in particu- Pennsylvania German dialect go back Name(s) ______lar. to his early years growing up with ______Beginning the second week in Dutch-speaking grandparents in his Address ______March, the Lancaster Mennonite household. Historical Society will again be offer- Butch was employed for more City ______than 35 years as a foreign language State ______ZIP ______specialist for the U.S. government. Phone ______Classes will touch on the cul- His formal education includes a B.A. ture and way of life of the various Email ______in German from the State University groups of Pennsylvania Germans. of New York and an M.A. in Russian Contact Dorothy Siegrist at the Here are a few jokes to give you a from Middlebury College, Vermont. Society, 717-393-9745 feel for their healthy sense of This gives him a good grasp of the for more information humor and ability to laugh at language learning process. themselves – and of the fun one Checks payable to: Since returning home in 2006, can have learning Pennsylvania Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Butch’s primary focus has been on Dutch: 2215 Millstream Road the preservation and processing of a Lancaster, PA 17602-1499 • Mir reschpeckde die alt Eld. unique collection of Pennsylvania Awwer net wann mir en alt German audio recordings for use by Hinkel hen fer Middaag! students of the dialect, in addition to to teach a second Introductory [We respect old age. But not teaching dialect classes in York class on Thursday evenings. It will when we have an old chicken for County. He has many Dutch-speak- meet at the same time as the dinner!] ing friends, including Old Order Intermediate/Advanced class taught Mennonites and Amish, in Lancaster by John Martin, and there will be “Maem, unser • and Berks counties. We are delight- some interchange between classes, Schulmeeschdern hot mer gsaat, ed to have Butch teaching the at points. Introductory Class-B will be ich sett en ‘Seiklapiedia’ hawwe.” Introductory course this spring. held on Thursday evenings from [Mom, our teacher told me I March 13 to May 15. should have a ‘cyclopedia.”] John B. Martin, a native speaker of Pennsylvania German, will be teach- The Intermediate/Advanced class “Du laafscht in die Schul wie ing the Intermediate/Advanced class. will be held on Thursday evenings die annere Kinner!” Interested and outgoing, John is an from March 13 to May 15. Both [You’ll walk to school like the experienced schoolteacher and song- classes meet from 7-9 pm at the other children] leader among the Old Order Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, “Wie denkscht, Dockder?” Mennonites. He has taught German • Lancaster. (We are located just off [What do you think, doctor?] for many years and is the publisher Route 30 East near Tanger Outlets.) “Well, die Waahret saage, ich of a songbook. Since Pennsylvania Dutch is an everyday language for Cost is $100 for members, $115 for gleich net wie dei Mann guckt.” nonmembers. [Well, to tell you the truth, I don’t him, John is well positioned to bring in to the classroom real-life dialogues, The introductory class will use as like the way your husband looks.] its basic text, Introduction to “Ich gleich aah net wie er conversation and stories unique to the Lancaster County Plain People. Pennsylvania German, which provides guckt. Awwer er sarrigt fer uns, a gentle entry into the language for un er iss gut zu mir un zu die John is an asset in the classroom, and we are glad to welcome his teaching beginners. Accompanying CDs allow Kinner.” the student to work on pronunciation [I don’t like the way he looks for our more experienced students. Due to overwhelming local and basic phrases at home. The text- either. But he takes care of us and book and CDs are available for pur- he’s good to me and the kids.] response, the Introductory class is now full. However, Butch has agreed - Continued on page 5 6 www.lmhs.org [email protected] 717-393-9745