Article: Mennonite Women Sell Swiss Sewing Machines in Maxatawny Township, Pa.

By Karen L. Miller, Reading Eagle, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 3--With 14 children between them, Anna Mae Martin and Louise Shirk would have every reason in the world to stay home and sew.

But instead, the two Mennonite women -- Martin, mother of eight sons, and Shirk, mother of six children -- leave their homes six days a week for a world they created to help others sew.

Across a wooden bridge over Saucony Creek is Wooden Bridge Dry Goods, a fabric and notions store the women own along Deysher Road in Maxatawny Township.

To add to the 5,000 or 6,000 bolts of fabric and countless sewing-related items, the women ...

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