ECHOES OF THE PAST (Ed. Note: This marks our Arat attempt to launch an his torical column about Lancaster County and its people. The Amish .Society has long held « prominent position in the eeuoty, so perhaps J. David Lapp'd study of the Amish way W life is an appropriate place to begin. We are publishing the Introduction to his paper this week, and hope in future weeks to bring you the com plete study in installments. We’d toe very interested to hear your reactions to this sort of a column, and to have you contribute to it with any item that you feel has a bear ing on the history of any part ef Lancaster County.) This thesis is a “Participant Observation” of the Old Or der Amish of Lancaster Coun ty. Being born and reared in an all Amish neighborhood, 1 feel as though there has been much distortion of the sub ject by a few “outsiders” with good intentions tout few facts. Hopeful that I won’t over identify myself, I would like to present their Biblical values •pd sociological principles DeK-alb Layers are BALANCED BRED for the SIX PROFIT FACTORS that make for success in your (poultry operations—High Livability—Longevity of Lay —nEiigh Egg Production—Top Interior Egg Quality— , High Feed Efficiency—Superior Shell Strength and , Proper Egg Size. JDeKalb York Hatchery Lester B. Good, Ph. Area Code 717-735-7671 Elmer S. Click, Ph. Area Code 717-768-3962 Melhom DeKalb Hatchery Ketmeth L. Roth, Ph. Area Code 717-367-71&4 .•r ; * basic to their own way of life. The enormous vitality with which the Old Order Amish Polk retain their semi-Ana chronistic way of life amid the stresses of the modern Ameri can society is quite astounding. No other major in-group in America has so effectively re sisted the homogenizing effects of the present technological and mass-media era. The Amish, who first set tled in the New World in the early 1700’s did not evolve socially and economically along the same lines followed by the rest of the American society. Their’s was an indi vidualist group following an individualist religion The very persecutions they had suffered in Europe, as graphically de scribed in Martyr’s Mirror, had rendered them understandably distrustful of anything taking place in the society around them ' and exceedingly reluc tanj to follow or to conform. They withdrew into a semi monastic social structure close ly patterned after the Roman Catholic- Of the 17th century in Europe. Essentially, they York, Pa. Soles & Service Mf. Joy, Pa. Safes & Service .<-«» -USIM 5Hf Kif* 6 - sfcsitefct »Si 5 IS, ll t SUSPENSION - OF i JL PROVISION IN .DELAWARE VALtEY MILK order The U. ,S. .Department of Agriculture is considering sus pension of a provision in the Delaware Valley Federal milk marketing order, which cov ers part ot Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Views are invited on the pro posed action. Agricultural Marketing Serv ice officials said the proposed suspension would delete the part of the supply-demand ad justor in the pricing formula which otherwise during Janu ary-March would increase the bottling milk (Class -I) price 20 cents above the current level. The suspension request ed by cooperative associations representing a substantial num ber of the dairy farmers serv ing the market. They stated that the higher bottling milk (Class I) price would be con traseasonal, and could serious ly jeopardize markets for lo cal dairy farmers, because of price disparities between the Delaware Valley and adjacent Federal order markets. They also said that because of changes in the market struc ture it is questionable wheth er the present standards to which the supply-demand ad justment mechanism is geared are appropriate and that sus pension action is necessary pending review of the pro vision at a hearing, request weie Anabaptists and opposed infant baptism. They stemmed from the Mennonite orders. 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Notice of the proposed sus pension will 'be published in the Federal Register on De- TOTAL return over feed cost Saltmga : .xv^vxwvwvwvxwsxvvxW Grubb Supply Co. Elizabethtown Kirkwood Feed & Groin ■ H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. r- -1!? ■ Pt P 8 BiBP>*r< yojii will, have three dai tor, that .date to submit ten views" .and comment duplicate, to the Hi Clerk. Room 112-A, U. 5 partment of Agriculture, ington, D.C. 20250. The ing clerk will make all missioni available for inspection. 24.75 $41.75 Kirkwood Witmer w 1$ its, * 68.00 43.25
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