Part 3 - The Klein Connection

The Apple Cider History (in Mary Klein Schleicher's Words)
About 1950, Joe (Klein) got several bushels of apples. He dug out an old apple press that Bill Klein had gotten
at an auction years before and invited the whole family (brothers and sisters and a couple of aunts and uncles)
to the farm to make apple cider.
The first attempts were rather crude, but now everyone knows what to do and has a job -- throwing apples in
the hopper, turning the grinder, disposing of the waste or straining and jugging the cider. For over fifty years,
the descendants of Bill Klein have gotten together nearly every year for Cider Sunday. We met at the farm
until it was sold, and since then we have met at several different homes.
In 1987, Clarence and Mary bought a new apple press. Since then, their kids and grandkids have been making
cider too, usually on a different Sunday from the "Klein" cider day.
After the cleanup is done, we all enjoy the best potluck along with plenty of hot or cold apple cider!
(Editor’s Note: Thanks, Mary for sharing this tradition.)
Cider Sunday 1996: The Bill & Mary Klein “Clan” on Cider Sunday
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