The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-06-15
Around Town "
The Editor

AS many OF you KNOW thorough
ly enjoy eating, and on Sunday |
night l sat down to a meal the likes
of which l have never seen before. |
Coming back from the double
header at Allentown on Sunday, Mrs. /,
Douglas and myself stopped, on the
advice of Dutch Dorman, manager |
of the ball club, at Lesher's Hotel in
the little village of Shartlesville, be-
tween Allentown and Harrisburg,
about eight miles this side of Ham
burg. Had we not been told about
it we would never have thought of
stopping there as you can drive right
by the place without dreaming that
it was something out of the ordinary
in the way of a restaurant.
When we stepped inside the door
we were told that we would have to
register and pay for the meal ($175
per person. in advance. After doing
this l was handed a little ticket
with the number 157 on it, and when
| asked James E. Lesher, the pro-
prietor, what the number represent
ed, he told me that we were the
157th party to register that day. This
aroused my curiosity and l asked
him how many people they usually
serve, and was amazed when he
answered that every Sunday they
serve around 800 people.
In about twenty minutes our num-
Der was called and we were escorted,
with eight other guests, to table
that carried more food than l have
ever seen on table in my life. After
gorging myself on the wonderful
Pennsylvania Dutch food, l listed,
with the help of the waitress, the
twenty-seven different foods that
were on the table, and here they
are:
Main dishes-roast chicken, chick
en- potpie, chicken salad, country
sausage and crab cakes.
Vegetables green peas, mashed
potatoes, beets, chick peas, white
beans, potato filling, noodles, sweet
potatoes and stewed corn.
Salads - garden lettuce, mixed
vegetables, two kinds of slaw and
fresh spring onions.
Relishes - Rhubarb sauce, apple
sauce and pear preserves.
Breads - bread and butter and
doughnuts.
Gravy-oodles of delicious chick
en- gravy.
Dessert-shoo fly pie, tapioca pud-
ding, stewed prunes and ice cream
Drinks-coffee, tea or milk.
Psf you don't believe me ask
Frank Letter. He's been there toe
and he knows all about it.
PP.S.-The ball club ate their sup
per there too.
As everyone knows, my favorite
hobby is kids, and I am little bit
disturbed at the way some of the
coaches in the Junior Baseball
League are razzing, not only the
young umpires who are handling the
games for them, but also the kids
who are playing on the opposing
teams We had a similar experience
during the fall and winter with oul
Junior Basketball League and if we
hadn't clamped down on it quickly
it would have had serious results
I think these men who are gooc
enough to give their time to coach
should remember that the Junior
Baseball League, the same as any
other Junior league, is formed 70.
the sole purpose of encouraging clear
competition and good sportsmanshil
among the youngsters of the com
munity, and it certainly is setting
them a bad example when grown
men razz little kids to try and ge
them ratified. After all, they ar
not in there with the idea of comm!
out of the league with a champion
ship team, rather they are in Their
to provide wholesome clean recrea
ton for the kids-regardless of VIII
wins or who loses.
It should also be remembers
that these young fellows, who for
nominal fee are umpiring the games
are not professional umpires, and
this continual razzing of these youn
people continues it could very wei
lead to the breaking up of the league
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