"We've been married 67 years," says Earl Alderfer, "and we met here in Reading Terminal Market. We saw each other from across the aisle."
On Thursday, Earl picked up some flowers for Ruth, and they enjoyed some cones from Bassetts Ice Cream.Their love story has become sort of folklore, especially in their Mennonite community. "One day he noticed this cute, young girl at a neighboring stand," says their son, Joel Alderfer. "My mom's dad's stand was across the avenue from my dad's father's stand. There was a hot water spigot out back where the vendors got hot water to clean up their stands. That's where Mom said they would meet."Ruth's father, who ran a dairy farm, also met his second wife at Reading Terminal Market after his first wife died during childbirth.