Word: lancasterism
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Ever since they left Germany two and a half centuries ago, the Mennonites have farmed the rich land of Lancaster County, Pa. They are simple folk, and simplicity is the heart of their religion. They do not believe in war or violence. The strictest Mennonites do not believe in self...
Tall, skinny, young Earle M. Scott is a handy man with blueprints and tools. In 1932, a foreman in Lancaster (N.Y.) Malleables & Steel Corp., he set up shop in his basement, started a spare-time business manufacturing tail-wheel assemblies for light airplanes. Last year business was so
Out from the Ministry of Information went suave Alfred Duff Cooper, Minister since Winston Churchill became Prime Minister last year, whose suavity has suffered somewhat in defending the organization of the M.O.I. from caustic Parliamentary critics who like it as little as he does. Still in the Cabinet, Duff Cooper...
For the past 17 years on a ramshackle farm in Lancaster County, Pa., two aging Mennonites, Henry ("Henner") and George Landis have collected old knick-knacks from nearby farms and hamlets. Everything their thrifty neighbors had to sell, from cracked millstones to old whiskey bottles, the Landis brothers bought and...
But in 1924 both brothers found the call of their old homestead and neighbors in Lancaster County too strong to resist. Says George: "They are plain folk but friendly and hospitable. Only thing is they put food on the table and you got to reach for it if you want...