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1. Newsletter 56 March/April 2013
The Outreach
Life Back in 1941
By Nola Mohrman
Back in 1941 things were very different and very simple when I
moved in the house at Whitney Road, Wellington, Ohio to be with my
new husband, Jeff. My husband was living in the house that he had
been born in. The house was sturdy but lacked the things that made
life easier living. There was a hand pump that was fed from a cistern
under the house. That was just inside the house and where the work-
ers could stop and wash their hands and comb their hair before they
ate. Mrs. Austin was their housekeeper back then. She did everything
that needed to be done in the house. She was quite deaf and when she
started to talk, her voice would get louder and louder as she went
along.
In the large kitchen there was a large black stove which ran on
gas-since there was a gas well on the farm. There were gas lights
throughout the house which were lighted with matches. There were
three fireplaces in the house, one in the dining room, one in one
bedroom and a stove in the parlor. Jeff remodeled the living room
and took out a wall, built a stone fireplace there and took out the
iron stove. He also put a furnace in the basement which was back in
1963 and it is still heating the house. It should run another 40
years. Along came electricity for the whole house and new windows
(Andersen, of course). Another fireplace in the dining room and
paneling two glassed in corner cupboards. So down through the
years the house was practically new.

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(Life...cont.)
The boy’s bedroom had two windows in it and was
redone with tile floors and, of course, with all new
wallpaper. All this was done and the new residents of the Farm are
very happy with everything and said they’d not change a thing.
I stayed there after my husband died in 1980 for 27 years alone,
doing the upkeep and whatever needed to be done. I was lucky to have
one son close (fairly) to take care of the major repairs until I retired
to a place in Columbus. I had lived there for 66 years.
My neighbor did the farm planting and the harvesting too after
Jeff died. I had known him since he was born and his mother and I were
close friends. In later years I loved to ride on the combine with him
to watch the grain flow from the spouts. Farming has changed consid-
erably over the years. No more horse drawn plows or equipment. The
big tractors all have cabs on them with air conditioning, and comput-
ers that show you at a glance how many bushels over a certain spot
and if you were preparing the ground how much fertilizer was needed
in that spot. So farming has kept in step with everything modern.
We Need You!
The Outreach staff is looking for more patrons who would
like to be featured in our newsletter. Please submit your
stories and poems to be printed or
let us know if you would be
available for an interview. Please
call
614-259-5034 for more details.

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Upcoming Events
 March (every Saturday)… Enjoy free live music at Java
Central from 7-10pm. 20 S. State St.
 March 17th… Rotary Club of Westerville presents Fish Fry
and Chicken Bake. 11:30am-5:30pm at Otterbein Cam-
Upcoming Events
pus Center. All you can eat chicken, fish and hot dogs plus
great sides! Carry out meals available and all proceeds
January- go to Westerville City School Scholarships.
 March 19th...Container Gardening. 11am at Inniswood
Metro Park. Learn the basics of growing plants in contain-
ers. Age 50 and over. Call 614-895-6216 for more de-
tails.
March 24th… “A Joyful Noise” The Otterbein University
February-

Concert Choir - 7:30 pm - Grace Lutheran Church, 100
E. Schrock. Free will offering accepted.
 April 7th...High School Honor Band - 2 pm at Fritsche
Theatre at Cowan Hall, 30 S. Grove St. Free and open to
the public.
 April 27th…Shredding Day. 10 am– 2pm at Hoff Woods
Park, 556 McCorkle Blvd. Shred any important docu-
ments that need
shredded.

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