Document Type
Correspondence
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Date
5-9-1954
Keywords
almanacs, sickle beans, Invasion of the Cross, Glase Manwiller, Oley Township, WEEU radio program, agriculture
Description
A handwritten letter from Glase Manwiller addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated May 9, 1954. Within, Manwiller praises Shoemaker on his radio show, provides information on the Invasion of the Cross, and asks Shoemaker to send sickle bean seeds to plant.
Sender
Glase Manwiller
Recipient
Alfred L. Shoemaker
Corresponds to:
Packet 8-21
City
Oley, Pennsylvania
Transcription
Oley Pa
May 9 1954
Dear Sir:
I was listening to your program over WEEU last evening. Looking over Old Almanacs of 1823, 1844, 1852, and 1865 all in German print, the Invasion of the Cross always comes on the third of May, no matter which day of the week. It is marked by a Cross in the old Almanacs.
I like your programs very much, and listen to them always. You mentioned you had Sickle Beans for planting. Please send us some. We are planting corn in a field which we call The Irish Meadow, and would like to plant some of those Sickle Beans in this field as we have had some there before.
The farm we are living on is the (Glase Farm) and is in our family name for one hundred years. Hoping to hear from you soon.
Yours truly
Glase Manwiller
Oley Pa
Language
English
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Recommended Citation
Manwiller, Glase, "Letter From Glase Manwiller to Alfred L. Shoemaker, May 9, 1954" (1954). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 37.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/37
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