East Shelby church celebrates Old-Fashioned Day in a big way

Penny for hot dogs, pie, lemonade and many other activities

Photos by Tom Rivers

EAST SHELBY – Horses pull a wagon on Sunday during the very popular Old-Fashioned Day celebration at the East Shelby Community Bible Church.

The event typically draws about 2,000 people for an event that goes back about 35 years.

Aaleyah Hoste of Medina pets a horse named Blaize. She is next to her parents, Amber and Brandon. Jacob Sherlock, right, of Springville brought a team of horses to give rides. There were six different groups of horses and wagons offering rides.

The church served pie, hot dogs and lemonade for a penny. From left cooking the hot dogs include Ken Baker, Jack Redick and Mike Conlon. The church had 2,500 hot dogs ready for the public.

Robert Eaton and Denise Jaczynski get pies ready for the people. Church members baked 325 pies. At 8 slices each that was 2,520 slices altogether.

JoJo Dudley, 7, did laundry in a wash basin – the old-fashioned way. Doing the laundry was much harder work back in the 1800s. It was typically done on Mondays with the dirtiest clothes done last. Water needed to be gathered and warmed up. When the task was done, the water was poured in flower beds. People used onions and lemons to help clean the clothes.

The church choir sang several hymns while pastor Erik Olsen played the piano. Olsen said about 200 people put on the event.

This horse pulls a wagon down Barber Road with freshly cut wheat fields nearby.

These signs lined Barber Road near the West Jackson Corners village.

Emma Kehlenbeck, 8, of Alexander hammers in a wooden peg in a coat rack under some guidance from Leo Dispenza at left. Church volunteers had 275 coat racks ready to be assembled.

A long line of cars parked along East Shelby Road to see the events at the village, West Jackson Corners, created by the church across the road.