Old Stone House

Preserving our past ... creating our future

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Pie and Ice Cream Fund Raiser A Success!


Joan Truax Wipf tells of the chickens living upstairs and the water was always frozen over in the morning. Her mother lived in the Old Stone House and had many stories she shared with her children, Joan is her daughter.

Gerald Whitmore was born in the Old Stone House in 1928. His dad drove the school bus. They farmed the 100 acres that came with the house. There was also a barn, crib, and chicken house. Francis Whitmore Douglas and Viola Whitmore Price slept in the SE bedroom. They are Gerald’s sisters.

Alice Duit took the train from Ackley to visit the Whitmores. It came into Geneva and they walked the rest of the way. Alice remembers playing with paper dolls on the North porch.

Joan, Gerald, Francis and Alice attended the pie and ice cream fundraiser last Sunday at the Old Stone House. Several people donated pies and Schwans brought the vanilla ice cream. The Geneva 4H boys, under the direction of Dallas Hofmeister, served ice cream and learned to cut pies. 102 people signed the guest register. The weather was perfect and a light breeze wafted through the house as people sat the two tables inside to eat their pie and ice cream. They say the kitchen is the heart of the home and that idiom rang true on Sunday. People told stories, shared memories and laughed a lot - All around the kitchen table.

At the end of the day the pies were all gone and over $600 was raised to help repair the Old Stone House interior.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Ice Cream and Pie and Good Food



Lots of months have gone by -- we now have geothermal heating and air! We also have some of that bill left to pay off. So we are having a couple of fundraisers this summer.





Mark your calendar for June 27, Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Bring a $5 bill with you and come out for ice cream and pie! We're also looking for people who want to bake a pie and donate it. Schwans is furnishing vanilla ice cream.





But wait .... it gets better!





Help the Old Stone House and receive quality food and ice cream!



The Old Stone House Committee has combined forces with Schwan’s Ice cream to create a fundraiser that works for everyone. It’s really simple.



Choice One:
Visit Center One, Cornerstone Cottage, Franklin County Historical Society, Schwan’s or Morales. Look at the catalog and fill out the order form. Calculate your total. Don’t add tax, Schwan’s is picking up the cost of the tax! Do this all before June 22.



Pick up your order Sunday June 27 between 1 and 4 at the Old Stone House. You pay for your order at time of pick up.



Choice Two:
Visit http://www.schwans.com/ and decided what you want. Fill out the order at the end of this blog post. Either drop it off at one of the locations in Choice One or email it to deb@debworks.com
Pick up your order Sunday June 27 between 1 and 4 at the Old Stone House. You pay for your order at time of pick up.



Choice Three:
Why not buy a gift certificate? If you live out of state you can use it. If you live right here in Hampton – you can use it! Simply call Schwans at 1-888-724-9267, give them the campaign number 29492 and decide the amount of the certificate you want to buy. Gift certificates come in $5, $10 and $25 denominations. They will take any major credit card as payment and will mail them to you. You can then use them whenever you want or give them away as gifts during the holidays.



Choice Four:
Come to the Old Stone House on Sunday June 27 between 1 and 4. Tell the Schwan’s man what you want – if it’s on the truck, its yours! Pay for it then.



Customer Product Reservation Form
School/Organization Old Stone House

Campaign ID 29492

Location: Old Stone House, 105th and Raven, Geneva (on the Geneva blacktop)
Pick Up Date: June 27
Event Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.
Customer Name_____________________________________________
Primary Phone # (____) ______ - _______
Address:___________________________________________________
City:_______________________
State:______ Zip:______________

___ I will be picking up my order
_________________________________________ will be picking up this order on my behalf
(Name)
Please circle one of the following:
Yes
No
Please sign me as a customer for Schwan's Home Service
Code Qty Description $




















































Product Subtotal:



Total Due:


Monies will be collected on the day of the sale. Make checks payable to Schwans.
For your convenience we accept SCHWAN'S™ Check Debit Card, cash, checks,
major credit cards and electronic food stamp cards (EBT)


For a current list of products and prices, please visit www.schwans.com.
Date order is due to Fundraising Coordinator June 22

Schwan's Gift Certificates can be ordered to support this organization by calling
1-888-724-9267 and giving the camapign ID as show above. All major credit
cards can be used as payment. Gift certificates will be mailed directly to your home.
For information on how your school or non-profit organization can benefit from
Schwan's Fundraising, please visit www.schwansfundraising.com.