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Wayland Mennonite group makes two tons of laundry soap
Approximately thirty Wayland Mennonite women and four men gathered for a Soap Bee at Duwaine Hirschy shop to craft about 2.5 tons of laundry soap in two days. Under supervision they gathered lard, fats, grease and 560 cans of lye, poured batter into boxes, and cured bars for a month to send to far east Asian countries via the Kansas Mission center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Garrett
Asia
Helen Gilbert
Wayland Mennonite Church
Duwaine Hirschy Paint Shop
Wayland
John Zihlman
Mennonite Relief Committee
Nellie Wittmer
Stella Kaufman
Duwaine Hirschey