Potpie

Broadfording Church of the Brethren Fellowship, 14010 Greencastle Pike, will hold a country ham slippery potpie dinner Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m.   The meal includes potpie, coleslaw and beverage. Tickets cost $7 for adults to age 9, and $3 for those 8 and younger. Dessert will be available for a donation.   Proceeds will benefit a mission trip to the Dominican Republic.   For more information, call 301-797-5747 or 301-791-5432. School dates to remember Maugansville Elementary School schedule of events: • Jan. 16 - Schools closed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day • Jan. 20 - Half day of school for students with dismissal at 12:20 p.m. • Jan. 20 - Geography bee at 9 a.m. • Jan. 23 - No school for students; professional day for staff.

ANTRIM TOWNSHIP, Pa. - The potpie dinner party tradition has continued, unbroken, for at least four generations, Kay Boward said. And Boward, 66, of Antrim Township, said it will stay that way. But she has since added another dish to the tradition - potpie bean soup. Boward said this recipe takes cues from two traditional recipes - potpie and beans with rivels. She starts with a homemade pork broth, then boils beans and bits of country ham and adds frozen potpie dough into the pot. The result is a bean soup with odd-shaped noodles, not quite as thick as rivels, but hearty enough to bump it over to what Boward calls "down-homey comfort food" status.

alician@herald-mail.com WOLFSVILLE - A potpie supper at the park can stir up memories. The Wolfsville Ruritan fund-raising event Saturday at the Laurence E. Keller Memorial Pavilion at Wolfsville Ruritan Club Park did just that. Ralph W. Morgan, 86, of Middletown, Md., who attended the event, said he has a deep connection to the Wolfsville Ruritan Club Park. Morgan, 86, said his great-grandfather, James Wesley Morgan, bought the piece of land that now is home to the park on Brandenburg Hollow Road in 1864.

BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, Pa. - McCleaf Bus Lines, in partnership with the Blue Ridge Fire and Rescue Squad, will host a meal Sunday to benefit Alyssa Austin, a 3-year-old who was struck by a dump truck in September. The meal will be at the fire hall on Monterey Lane. The slippery beef or ham potpie dinner also includes coleslaw, applesauce, roll, dessert and beverage. Tickets for adults are $8 each. Tickets are $4 for children ages 12 and younger.

CHEWSVILLE - This time of year, when the food supply was at its lowest, early German settlers soothed their hunger with slippery potpie. The month of February and the first two weeks of March are known as "the six-weeks' want," said culinary historian Sally Waltz. Because there wasn't much food, this was the time of year when survival meant living off of little, making a meal with the minimal. "So they were trying to find foods that were nourishing and required very few ingredients," Waltz said.

alician@herald-mail.com Take 125 pounds of flour, 42 dozen eggs, eight chickens, two and a half whole country hams and 20-plus District 12 Ruritan Club members into the kitchen and what will you get? In this case, it's more than 130 gallons of slippery potpie and hundreds of people stepping up to get some. District 12 Ruritan member Susie Hoffman spoke from a cloud of flour as she worked noodle dough through a hand roller and passed it down a spirited culinary assembly line.

Potpie supper to benefit Ruritan Club CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Kauffman Ruritan Club will sponsor a potpie supper on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Kauffman Community Center at 7289 Ruritan Drive, Chambersburg. The menu will feature both beef and ham potpie, pepper slaw, applesauce and dessert. Adults: $6; children 6-12: $3; under 6 eat free. For directions, call Cindy Custer at 717-375-2143 or Connie Widder at 717-375-4164 or e-mail custercin@comcast.

Potpie dinner CLEAR SPRING - A chicken potpie dinner to benefit the Clear Spring High School athletic department will be Saturday at the school. Patrons can come to the meal between 5 and 7 p.m. and stay for that night's performance of the Clear Spring Lions Club Minstrel Show. The dinner costs $6 for adults and $4.50 for students and may be purchased from booster members or at the door. The menu includes potpie, cole slaw, green beans, Jell-O, cake and cold drinks.

Conococheague Elementary School will host dinner and bingo to benefit Gavin Everitts on Sunday at the Clear Spring American Legion.  Lunch will be served at noon and bingo starts at 1 p.m.  Tickets cost $25. Tickets can be purchased at the school from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or at the Clear Spring Legion. Chicken barbecue District 15 Civic Organization will hold a chicken barbecue Saturday, starting at 11 a.m. at the Big Pool Community Building.   The dinner includes chicken, baked beans, applesauce, roll, butter, dessert and drink.

o Read more Cheryl Weaver columns at washingtoncountyliving.com Potpie supper set for Saturday The Big Pool Civic Organization will hold a slippery potpie supper Saturday from 4 p.m. until sold out. The supper will be at the Big Pool Community Building. The menu will include chicken and ham potpie, stewed tomatoes, coleslaw, applesauce, cake and beverage. The supper is eat in or carry out. Tickets cost $6.50 for adults and $3 for those 12 and younger.

Don't forget that this year's Walk and 5K Run to End Child Abuse will be held Saturday morning. Activity will center around Widmeyer Park, where there will be food, fun and festivities for participants. Registration begins at 8 a.m. for runners and 9 a.m. for walkers. Participants can register in advance on line at http://walktoendchildabuse.weebly.com/. The Maryland and West Virginia chapters of Bikers Against Child Abuse will be on hand to give out information. Their motorcycles will be on display for children to admire and sit on.  Additional activities include: CHIPS, or Children's Identification System, inflatable bounce, a balloon launch, educational displays, T-shirts, raffles, beverages and treats.  All proceeds from the event will benefit local children through the Child Advocacy Center in Hagerstown.  The event also helps the families of Bella Appel and Justice Myers to celebrate the memory of the two Washington County children who lost their lives through child abuse.

Conococheague Elementary School will host dinner and bingo to benefit Gavin Everitts on Sunday at the Clear Spring American Legion.  Lunch will be served at noon and bingo starts at 1 p.m.  Tickets cost $25. Tickets can be purchased at the school from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or at the Clear Spring Legion. Chicken barbecue District 15 Civic Organization will hold a chicken barbecue Saturday, starting at 11 a.m. at the Big Pool Community Building.   The dinner includes chicken, baked beans, applesauce, roll, butter, dessert and drink.

Broadfording Church of the Brethren Fellowship, at 14010 Greencastle Pike in Hagerstown, will hold a chicken potpie dinner and talent show Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. The meal includes potpie, green beans and corn, roll and beverage. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $3 for those younger than 8. Dessert will be available for a donation. Proceeds will benefit a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. For more information, call 301-797-5747 or 301-791-5432.   Senior Friendship Club The Maugansville Senior Friendship Club will meet Tuesday at the Maugansville Ruritan building on Maugans Avenue.

Recently, club President Randy Taylor presented Joe Scott the Perfect Attendance Award for having 63 years of perfect attendance with the Williamsport Lions Club. Scott moved to Williamsport in 1948 and was a teacher at the old Williamsport High School. He became the first principal at the current high school before retiring in 1968. He has been an active member of the local club, serving as president in 1951. At 97 years of age, he continues to serve the club in various ways.

Parkhead UMC Church will hold its monthly Senior Saints chicken potpie luncheon Tuesday at noon at the fellowship hall behind the church. The community is invited. A donation will be accepted for the meal. Vacation Bible school Big Pool community vacation Bible school at Parkhead Fellowship Hall will be Sunday, Aug. 12, to Thursday, Aug. 16, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This year's theme is “Babylon - Daniel's Courage in Captivity.” There will be a closing picnic on Friday, Aug. 17.  The community is invited.

Williamsport Elementary School has announced its Good Citizens. Congratulations to Wesley Domer, Michaela Shindle, Landon Wallace, Caroline Shank, Emma Carolla, Jason Greene, Devon Dorsey, Jocelyn Kershner, Jenna Bryan, Amanda Nave, MuMu Ekatah, Brenna Kersh, William Zimmerman, Jada Saur, Michael Henson, Rebecca Shifflet, William Czekanski, Brennon Domer, Marcus Virgilio, Brooklyn Gooden, Aaliyah Patmon, Ben Harbaugh, Jodie Merrell, Michael Lynch,...

Broadfording Church of the Brethren Fellowship, 14010 Greencastle Pike, will hold a country ham slippery potpie dinner Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m.   The meal includes potpie, coleslaw and beverage. Tickets cost $7 for adults to age 9, and $3 for those 8 and younger. Dessert will be available for a donation.   Proceeds will benefit a mission trip to the Dominican Republic.   For more information, call 301-797-5747 or 301-791-5432. School dates to remember Maugansville Elementary School schedule of events: • Jan. 16 - Schools closed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day • Jan. 20 - Half day of school for students with dismissal at 12:20 p.m. • Jan. 20 - Geography bee at 9 a.m. • Jan. 23 - No school for students; professional day for staff.

The Clear Spring High School alumni soccer games will be held Sunday, Oct. 2.  Graduating years 1998 to 2010 will play at 4 p.m. Graduating years 1997 and before will play at 5:30 p.m. The games are for both men and women.   To register, call Lisa Shives at 301-766-8082 or Brian Albert at 240-310-4735 or email b.albert@myactv.net . Clear Spring Garden Club to meet The Clear Spring Garden Club will have its first meeting of its calendar year Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. John's UCC. The guest speaker will be Katherine Phillips, a master gardener in Frederick County, Md. She will discuss native, perennial plants and have some for sale.