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Dutilh Centennial Cookbook Digital Edition published today

by Linda Theil

Cranberry Library announced today that it has published the Dutilh Centennial Cookbook Digital Edition on its new Local History webpage. They said:

"Cranberry Library is pleased to provide access to the Dutilh Centennial Cookbook Digital Edition, published in honor of the centennial celebration of the dedication of the Dutilh Methodist Church on November 30, 1979."

As organizers of this digitization project, we are grateful for and indebted to library staff Leslie Pallotta, Director; Rebecca Bess, Assistant Director; and Mallory Laporte. 

This longtime wish and dream could not have come true without the generous support of The Reverend Tom Parkinson, Pastor of Dutilh United Methodist Church; who wrote a moving dedication to the digital edition of this work. We thank him.

Dutilh Centennial Cookbook editorial assistant Janet Duncan of Cranberry Township provided this contemporary newspaper clipping from the November 3-4, 1979 edition of the Butler county News announcing publication of the cookbook:

The photo caption reads:
[Title] Old-fashioned cookie stamp used
Women from the Dutilh United Methodist Church, Cranberry, from left, Virginia Howell, Bernice Taylor and Wilma Smith, are busy preparing to [sic] a Christmas bazaar and luncheon and making cookies with a 100-year-old hand carved cookie stamp. the event will be held Thursday, Nov. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church and will feature the sale of the Dutilh Centennial Cookbook

The Dutilh Centennial Cookbook was so popular that three editions were published and sold out. We are delighted to make this fascinating document of life, love, and devotion available to readers everywhere and always. To support the work of Dutilh United Methodist Church contribute online at http://dutilhchurch.org/give.

Dutilh Centennial Cookbook Digital Edition, 2026 organizers:
Linda Theil, co-editor The Dutilh Centennial Cookbook (Dutilh UMW, 1979)
The Reverend Doctor Warren Napier, assisting Linda Napier, co-editor The Dutilh Centennial Cookbook (Dutilh UMW, 1979)
Kathleen Warren and Megan Cline, daughters of Virginia Howell, Editor The Dutilh Centennial Cookbook (Dutilh UMW, 1979)

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