New Hope celebrates the 'good old days'

NEW HOPE - On Saturday, a one-day annual festival took visitors right back to the "good old days" of farming and manufacturing.

Since the late 1960s, Dale Weed, president of New Hope Mills manufacturing, has hosted the festival in hopes of reinvigorating the enthusiasm for "trades of the past" and to "bring back memories" of New Hope Mills, longtime area maker of well-known pancake mix.

The day was certainly reminiscent of old times, with crafters selling their handmade wares, pony and hay rides, and even an old-fashioned dunking booth where participants tossed sacks of flour at the bulls-eye.