2,500 hot dogs, 325 pies and lots of fun served up by East Shelby church
Photos by Tom Rivers
EAST SHELBY – Don Gramlich of Oakfield leads a team of Percheron draft horses pulls a wagon full of people on a ride near the East Shelby Community Bible Church on Sunday during the annual “Old Tyme Day.”
At least 2,000 people attended the festival which offered numerous activities and food for a penny.
The church in the past 25 years or so has created a village at West Jackson Corners. The buildings housed many activities on Sunday. This photo was taken at 4:30 p.m., near the end of the six-hour festival. The crowds were much bigger earlier in the day.
Participants had a chance to make goat milk cheese, soap and goat milk fudge. Heritage activities will include horse and wagon rides, corn husk dolls, basket weaving, spinning, quilting, cheese making, candle making and woodworking.
Leo Lang, 14, of Batavia (left) and his brother Joel, 13, aim sling shots with gumballs at the giant.
The two brothers try to slay the giant with gumballs fired from sling shots.
A new barn joined the collection of buildings at West Jackson Corners. Inside the barn there was popcorn, ice cream and some sheep and rabbits.
The sign on the declares the barn as “Harvest Home – The Lord’s Barn.”
These two visit the two sheep inside the barn.
Charlie Swan keeps an eye on ice cream machines that made 20 batches with a crank. Volunteers devised an automated system so the crank didn’t need to be moved by hand.
The church also debuted a soft serve ice cream machine.
Volunteers made 325 pies and slices were a penny. The pie went fast, and was gone by about 2:30 in the afternoon.
Church members also served 2,500 hot dogs, 18 batches of soup, and lots of lemonade.
These kids sift through sand to try to find gems in one of the stations at West Jackson.
Norm Atwater of Barker leads this team of Percheron horses on one of six wagon rides available.
A choir sang many church hymns inside the East Shelby Community Bible Church during an afternoon concert.
