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'Chust Fer Nice:' Who Popularized Barn Stars? | Antiques & History


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 Work of Milton J. Hill (1887-1972),” published by the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. A collaboration between Hill’s grandson, Lee S. Heffner, and Patrick J. Donmoyer, director of the center, the book includes historic photos of Hill and his family, as well as full-color pictures showing many of his barn star designs. ....

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