We are approaching the end of Summer 2013, and as I reflect on the activities of the season, it seems like a meal of watermelon and roll kuchen is always in order! Preferably eaten outside, it would not be uncommon to see a Mennonite family around Essex County under the shade of a large […]
Agatha Driedger
Agatha Driedger Dick, born 1918 in Schönfeld, Brasol My parents were Ältester Nicholai N. Driedger, born 1893, and Tina Dueck, born 1897, both in Schönfeld. By the time I came into the world, life in Schönfeld, along with many other Mennonite villages, had changed drastically. Every family feared for their lives because of the Machnov […]
June Sale 2013
The annual June sale, now called Community Festival, is a combined bake sale, quilt sale, food sale, yard sale, and entertainment, all done in the name of charity. Mennonites, mostly, bake pies, Zwiebach, ‘platz’ or whatever, deliver them to the booth at the crack of dawn and, when there is a bit of a pause […]
