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From: "Mary Rohrer" <>
Subject: Social Hisory Question
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:01:28 -0700
I have just been reading through a copy of "History of Pipe Creek Church
of the Brethren" by Willis Maugans, 1986 original printing updated 2002,
as this is the congregation some of my lines were from. The last chapter
is chapter IX and called The Ladies Aid. One of the things I try to do
in my genealogy more than even to try and figure out the lines is to try
and get a picture of how people lived. I am especially interested in
what life was like for the women in my lines. At any rate, this chapter
explains what the women's group did and one of the things to enable them
support the missionary work in their area involved fund raising. Quite a
bit of this fund raising involved quilting and other sewing. There is a
listing of things done to raise money and among this list is selling
Inglenook Cookbooks. Which brings me to my question. Was the publishing
of the Inglenook Cookbook done to provide fundraising for mission work?
I had always assumed it was more of a sharing of recipes among the women
of the church for the development of their homemaking skills. Anyone
know the purpose of the publishing of the cookbook?
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