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Larry “Lum” Eugene Shoemaker passed away Aug. 28, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. On Dec. 23, 1947, L

The saying, “Chust fer nice,” or “just for nice,” is a phrase used in Pennsylvania Dutch-accented English to describe something that is pretty, but not necessarily useful. It was how Berks County’s folk artist Milton Jacob Hill described the colorful geometric star patterns he painted in southeastern Pennsylvania. He colorfully inscribed them on local barns and later onto disks that allowed his “barn stars” to be enjoyed by people across the U.S., whether or not they owned a barn. Hill is the subject of a new book, “Painter of the Stars: The Life and Wo...