Rummaging Around Ellis Hall

Rummaging Around Ellis Hall

Saturday, July 26, 2014

It may be an old term that has been modernized by calling an event a Garage or Yard Sale, but in fact the action that is engaged in either form of sale still employs the use of “rummaging”. First when a team of folks decides to have a Garage or Yard Sale many folks “rummage around” to find items no longer wanted in their own homes, businesses, cottages and the like to get rid of. As the phrase says, “what is one persons junk can be someone else’s treasure.”

The job of initiating the summer yard sale has fallen for a number of years on Barb and Betty. Just a note from the history book on Peoples: Summer Yard Sales while they may have evolved from the distant past really had its modern impetus when Peoples was celebrating 150 years since the building of the first church in Ferry Village in 1853. That year a yard sale was combined with a Strawberry Festival as part of that year long celebration.

In addition to Barb and Betty others working on set up Friday afternoon and evening included Joanne, Pat, Janice, Jody, Marlene, Carol, Rosemary, Susan and the two Beckys. There were a few men around to help setting up tables and moving goods from back room and garage to the open area of Ellis Hall. Chris T. Dick, Art and Tom N. could be seen throughout late afternoon and evening. Thanks to Carol are extended for making three kinds of sandwiches for sustenance.

On Saturday morning many workers arrived early to finalize placement of goods. Before nine “rummagers” started appearing. Some were looking for treasures, others were looking for something specific and few left the confines of Ellis Hall with nothing at all.

While the Indoor Yard Sale was transpiring Rosemary and Pam, in particular, ran a Bake Sale to support the upcoming mission trip that Kelly will be taking to Costa Rica. The pastor’s wife who is a Spanish teacher will be chief interpreter when necessary on the mission trip. She is also taking two prayer shawls made by members of the Shawl Ministry to share with folks there. Kelly also videotaped the congregation on Sunday after she had taught us how to sing a hymn in Spanish.

When the doors were ready to close at 1 PM a number of folks were still coming through the door to get last minute bargains.

A great deal of “rummage” was still there and Walter brought his truck and trailer to cart what was left off to Goodwill Industries. By Sunday morning who would have believed that this event had taken place on the previous day. It was also a great day to have Pastor Tom and Kelly with us.

We would like to extend thanks to Betty and Barb as well as everyone else who worked on this mid-summer event for set-up, donations, operation, money collection and take down of the tables. A number of folks were still there at the end to help set up for church to be held in the hall on Sunday.