C-I.uiU’iiMt’f Fanning. Snlnr
Correspondence
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It't. Home Tmprovcment Time
•It's Spnng' Almost and that
means home improvement time
Your plan may be as simple as
a fiesh coat of paint or as elab
mate as a plan for remodeling
Whatevei your plans aie for
making home improvements,
you'll want to know the light
wav to avoid costly mistakes
Two couises to guide you in
making impiovements mound
yom home aie available fiom
The Penn»;lvania State Umvei
s.ty One cotuse titled Impiov
'ing House and Giounds gives
piactical ideas foi making homes
moie livable and home giounds
moie attiactive In addition to a
discussion on lemodeling and
seven steps to mote beautiful
home giounds efficient planning
of bathroom, kitchen, and stoi
age aieas is discussed The
course sells for $2 65
The othei course is House Fui
nishings and begins with a dis
cassion on planning It continues
vvithcoloi, textuie arrangement,
lighting, windows, accessories
and carpet and mgs This couise
sells foi $3 45
If bought together, you may
have both couises for $5 50
You’ll want to study both cours
es, if you plan to ledecoiate, le
raodel, or add furnishings to
your home Make check or mon
ey ordei payable to Penn State
and send to Home Impiovement
Eox 5000 University Paik, Penn
sylvania 16802
Chair Caning
Chair caning is a hobby you
might like to investigate You
can learn to repair your own
cane-seated chairs and save mon
ey, according to specialists with
the Cooperative Extension Ser
vice of The Pennsylvania State
L'niveisity At the same time
you’ll have the satisfaction of
doing something different and
having fun doing it
Also you could become so skill
ed at repaiung your own chairs
that you’d be interested in can
ing for others and thus develop
some income
To learn the principles of chan
caning, you can study the well
t’lustiated guide book titled, “Re
paiung Chair Seats With Cane ”
it’s available foi a small fee fiom
'the Pennsylvania State Umvei
sity
Foi a copy of the chair caning
booklet with easy to-follow and
complete institutions, send youi
name and addiess with 25 cents
pms six peicent Pennsylvania
sales tax to CH\IRS, Box 6000,
Umveisity Paik, Pa 16302
Youi copy will be mailed piom
ptly
At tli' s time o£ the jeai many
Lttle pigs and lambs aie bqing
bom on oui faims It is veiy
impoitant to p ovide diy, waim,
and diaftfiee quaiteis foi these
young animals foi the fiist sev
eial days, foi the little pig, it is
best to gue them special caie
foi seveial weeks because thev
cannot adjust to cold, damp quai
teis as lapidly as the lamb 01
the new-boin calf If theie is not
any supplemental heat in the
bain at the time of buth, the use
of heat lamps in the restucted
pen 01 aiea is stiongly lecom
rhended Be suie the lamp is
elecuiely fastened so that it will
not fall into the bedding, and be
eeitain that the animal cannot
■get to the lamp oi the electnc
v ues to the lamp Specal cai e at
this time of the veai will end
with gieatei net i elm ns on the
'(1 ay. February H. 1070
County Farm
Women Hold
Board Meeting
Following a lecenl meeting of
(he executive board of the Socie
ty of Fai m Women of Lancaster
County, it was announced that
Mis Glenn Mycr. Kiikwood. sec
ond vice president, has been ap
pointed to replace Mrs E. Rob
ert Molt, who recently resigned,
as representative to the Farm
and Home Center board of direc
tor.
RESOLUTIONS
Dining an evaluation of the
State Convention. Mis John N.
Hess, County picsident. suggest
ed that each Society send a copy
of the adopted lesolutions, with
the member" signatmes. to state
repiesentatives to infoim them
of the stand taken by the Faim
Women of Pennsylvania
Resolutions emphasized conser-
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D(f* niCrnilNK ON PARTS AND
Bill UDIUUim equipment all week
Viitlon of natural ami hlstoiicnl
i vsourccs. palrlo'.ltm. ding alnue
and concern* about food and nu
tritional deficiencies caused by
elimination of naluial substan
ces in some foods by the in.uui
lamming pioccvcs
Each of the 30 county societies,
comprising approximately 1.000
members, is to try to apply these
resolutions in the local situation
The boaid is considering the
Conestoga Valley Association
along with the Mental Heath
Society as the county project for
next year. A definite decision
will be made at the next meeting
in April.
Mrs. Hess was given a vote of
confidence for making immediate
decisions on behalf of the So
ciety when time does not peimit
an executive session In the fu
ture, emergency requests will be
handled with the suppoil of the
executive boaid, after verifica
tion
Mrs Nolt Mental Health chair
man, lepoited that 160 pans of
socks were purchased for pa
tients at Embieeville State Hos
pital with the sum of $265 00
i
Time 9 A.M. to 8 P.M.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
A SPECIAL FEATURE FOR YOU THIS YEAR
WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Country Music by THEE COUNTRYMEN
Come join the fun and see all the new equipment
MESSICK FARM EQUIP
2750 North Market Street, Elizabethtown, Pa.
given bv sovietv membcis The
remaining SlB 00 will bo placed
in the Lanca«tci County tund
foi reel cation use
The 53rd annual convention of
the Society of Faim Women of
Lancaster County is scheduled
for Nov. 7. Seiving on the pro
gram committee aic Mrs Aaron
Dcnlinger, Society 7. chairman:
Mrs. Scott Carman. 11. Mrs. Wil
liam Heisey, 8; Mis Elam Hess,
20. and Mrs Jack Henderson, 25.
The problem of large amounts
of snow on house and barn roofs
this Winter has been quite com
mon; as this melts and then re
freezes. the eve trough and
spouts get full of ice, with ice
dams also on the roof. When
fuither thawing occuis. water
may be backed up under the
shingles and into the interior of
the house. When this condition
is present, it is very difficult to
do much about it at the time ex
cept to tiy and open some of the
loof dams However, a well insu
lated house will reduce the
amount of loof thawing and
therefoie, less ice Also, the use
FORM
at
by Dudly Rohrcr
The Central 411 Tractor Club
hold its third meeting Tuesday
evening. Feb. 10 at Landis Bros*
Inc. 1 incaster.
Three demonstrations wer*
given by members of the club.
They were- Roger Pherrien on
power-takeoff and why yon
should alv/ays have shield*
covering PTO; Ed Leaman on
the reason for having an air
cleaner and Lynn Royer on
proper fuel mixture.
Two new members joined th*
club at the meeting.
The next meeting will be held
Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 7.30 at
Landis Bios
of electuc heating cable placed
along the edge of the roof and
in the tiough, will melt channels
thi ough which the melting snow
can escape This cable needs to
be energized only when the ica
forms after a thawing day.
Ph. 367-1439