Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine Pennsylvania Folklife Society Collection Summer 1988 Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 4 Carl Ned Foltz Paul Shetrompf Deborah Shetrompf Gregory A. Petrick Patrick Rudolph See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag Part of the American Art and Architecture Commons, American Material Culture Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Cultural History Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Commons, Folklore Commons, Genealogy Commons, German Language and Literature Commons, Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons, History of Religion Commons, Linguistics Commons, and the Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits oy u. Recommended Citation Foltz, Carl Ned; Shetrompf, Paul; Shetrompf, Deborah; Petrick, Gregory A.; Rudolph, Patrick; Belac, Ivan; Belac, Loretta; Marks, David S.; Heffner, Lee S.; Hoyt, Ivan E.; Miller, J. Ernest; Jones, Malcolm; Janse, Sheldon; Janse, Rachel; Evans, Robert; DeWalt, Richard; and Gilpin, Sandra, "Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 37, No. 4" (1988). Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine. 121. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/121 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Pennsylvania Folklife Society Collection at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ursinus College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Carl Ned Foltz, Paul Shetrompf, Deborah Shetrompf, Gregory A. Petrick, Patrick Rudolph, Ivan Belac, Loretta Belac, David S. Marks, Lee S. Heffner, Ivan E. Hoyt, J. Ernest Miller, Malcolm Jones, Sheldon Janse, Rachel Janse, Robert Evans, Richard DeWalt, and Sandra Gilpin This book is available at Digital Commons @ Ursinus College: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/121 SA NDR A G ILPI N was born a nd raised in La ncaster, DAVID S. MARKS founded Fo lkcraft Instruments Pa. , where she taught second grade upon gradua tio n in 1974 as a n outgrowth of his using the mountain from Mill ersvill e Uni ve r it y. While teachi ng in Lan­ dulci mer as a n aid to teaching music in northeaste rn caster she completed her M . Ed . degree from Temple Verm ont. In 1979 the company moved to northwestern U ni ver ity. M arri age mea nt a move to H anover , Pa., Connecticut where they now ma ke a varie ty of dulcimer where she a nd husband John and th ei r twO sons now models as we ll as ha mmered dulcimers, fo lk harps and resid e. Although she cont inued to teach for several several ethnic psalteries. David holds a B. S. in Educa­ years befo re the birth of her children, by 1979 she had ti on from Lyndon State Coll ege in Lyndonvill e, Ver­ developed her o wn se lf-taught style of scissors cutting mo nt a nd has completed graduate courses in Music int o a craft busin ess. She is a now a juried member of Educa tio n at Boston Uni ve rsit y, in Educati on at St. th e Pennsylva ni a Guild of Craftsmen a nd participates in Mi chaels Coll ege in Vermont , a nd Administrati on at the cra ft shows. T he P fa lt zgra ff Pott ery Co mpa ny co mmis­ University of Vermont. This year will be his tenth as the sio ned her to design its 1986 C hristmas ca rd whi ch old -time instrument ma ker at th e Kutztown Folk fea tured the Pennsylva nia Germa n Belsnickle. T hi s will Festi va l. be her fourth year a t the Kut ztown Fo lk Festival. J . E RNEST MILLER has been Secretary of the Kut z­ 6:o1ttributor~ town Li o ns since 198 1. It seems in Kutztown secretaries LEE S. H EFF ER was born a nd ra ised in Perry last a lo ng time, fo r he is o nl y the fourth secretary of the Township , Berks o unt y, Pa . He was gradua ted fro m cl ub. Since joining the Li ons in 1978 Ern est has been IVA AND LO RETTA BELAC met while Ivan was the fo rmer Perry Township High School, Shoemakers­ very acti ve . He has served on the board of directors a Basic Train ing Instructor in the U.S. A .F. He was sta­ ville (now part of the Ha mburg Area School District) , sin ce 1980, a ttended six state conventions a nd fou r in­ ti o ned near Lo retta's hometown o f Geneva, N.Y. in the a nd earned bachelo r's a nd master's degrees in elemen­ ternational conventio ns. With the membership of the Finger La kes. Iva n was graduated from Qua kert own tary educati on a t the fo rm er Ku tztown State Coll ege Kutztown Li o ns reaching 110, a certain amount of time High School. (now Kutztown Uni versit y) . Further graduate wo rk in must be give n to keep a ll the reco rds up-to-date. Ernest Ivan fini shed hi s four year tour a nd settled down near school admini stratio n led to pri ncipal's cert ifi ca ti o n at is a wood-pattern maker by trade, is ma rried and he and his o ri gin al ho me o f Haycock Twp. in Qua kert own, Lehi gh Uni versit y, Bethl ehem , Pa . He has completed hi s wife Lucy have two daugh ters. Bucks County, Pa . 19 !1\ years in teaching/quasi-admini stra ti ve work with There they raised three chi ldren a nd Belacra ft th e Ha mburg Area chool Di strict. Lee li ves a t R.R. 3 ceramics was born . Ha mburg, Pa . with hi s wife Linda a nd their two G REGO RY P ETRIC K was bo rn a nd raised in Bucks While Lo retta practiced her cra ft Iva n worked as a children, Conn ie a nd Ma tthew. The entire fa mil y is in ­ County, Pennsylvani a , a nd currently resid es in photographer a nd Litho Press man. volved with ma ny church acti vit ies a t St. Michael's Southa mpton with his wife a nd two sons. He received ince 1973 Iva n has work ed full time with Loretta in Luthera n C hurch , R.R. I, Hamburg, Pa . (T ilden his Bachelor o f Science degree and teaching certifi cate their cera mic busin ess o f 28 years. Townshi p) . in industrial arts fr om Millersville Sta te Coll ege in 1977. For the past te n years he has been owner and operator o f hi s own cra ft busin ess, di spl aying hi s silhouette and sta in ed glass throughout the No rtheast at a rt s and crafts RI C HARD D e W A LT practi ces the a rt o f sculpture IVA N E. HOYT, his wife Doro thy, a nd sons Etha n ex hibits. Greg has been a n acti ve pa rt icipant in the a nd woodcraft a t a studio on Molasses Hill Farm ncar Kut ztown Folk Festival for seven years. Slatington , Pa . Born a nd ra ised in But ztown, Pa ., he a nd Eli , li ve and ma intai n a studio in rural Wa p­ wall open, Pennsylva nia . Iva n gradua ted fr om Wilkes gradua ted fro m Muhlenberg Coll ege in 1972 with a Coll ege, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylva ni a with a B.A . degree degree in political science. Hi s sculptures are in in fin e a rt s, a nd also holds a M .S . degree in educati on PATR ICK RUDOLPH, when not creating his wiz­ numerous pri va te a nd pu bli c co ll ecti ons. He, hi s wife from Wilkes Coll ege. He teaches a rt at Fa irview a rdry with his mari onett es and wood toys, is an art Debbie, a nd son Noah a ll sha re a love o f the co unt ry teacher for the Ba ltimo re County School Di strict in li fe, a nd a re busy resto ring th eir ho me a nd o ut buildings, Element a ry School, Mo untain top, Pennsylvani a . Ivan Maryla nd . Married and the father o f three, he enjoys a nd co ll ecting a ntiques. has been pa inting hex sin gs in the style a nd traditio n o f th e Pennsylvania Dutch fo r 16 years a nd has ex hibited demo nstra ting his puppets to chi ldren o f all ages. Al ong at the Kut ztown Folk Festi va l since 1982. He is a lso a with his wooden ma ri onett es, he has designed a li ne of juried member o f the Pennsylvani a G uild o f Cra ft smen. o ri gin al toys utilizing a vari ety o f naturall y colored woods (n ot commercial patterns) to create unique and ROB ERT EVANS was born in Scra nt o n, Pa . in 1933, sturdy playthings. Bob developed an earl y love for kni ves a nd wood . " Whitt lin ' " soon became a life-lo ng interest. Educated in Virgini a, Tennessee, a nd Kentucky, Bo b pursued H ELDON ND RACH EL JANSE have been PAUL AND DEBORAH SHETROMPF were born careers in hospital cha pla in cy a nd drug rehabilitati on full ti me a ntler craft ers fo r 14 a nd 8 yea rs, respecti vely.