24—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 19,1970 Idas Notebook Hopefully all but the last minute details of Christmas pieparations are taken care of by now It seems we always need just a few moie cookies 01 someone must snpp for just one moie gift Sometimes shopping with little ones seems such a chore as they look and look before deciding on what to spend then money But m a few years they are oldei and make their decisions without any ad vice from parents. Now the presents are hidden away in hopes of a white Christmas when they will be opened first thing in the morning aiound the tree „ ~ Years ago, we planted seedlings in the lower end of om big garden and expected to move them later We never did get around to this job and now in order to get an eight foot tree we take the top from a spruce or pine Their size certainly tells us how time has passed. Do other families have trouble with two-legged mice’ Of course, I mean children who PROTECT YOUR FARM WITH A PINCOR PTO TRACTOR DRIVEN ALTERNATOR • 50,000 watts surge capacity • 16,000 watts continuous duty • Mow speed—l Boo KPM operation • Cool running triple chain drive transmission • Heavy duty motor starting • Close voltage regulation • Meets NEMA codes • Heavy duty construction • Induction hardened input shaft • Rain proof construction • Completely wired control box • Three phase available ■SEE IT AT... ■ ■ i Hoverstick Bros. 2111 Stone Mill Rd. Lancaster, Pa. 17603 Ph. (717) 592-57Z2 IT PIKCQ9 By Ida Risser empty cracker boxes, cookie jais and raisins What an un pleasant surpuse to pick up the container and find it is light as a feathei and empty Maybe we have one with a hollow leg Churches aie an important part of oui Christmas season and I’d like to tell you about “Old Swedes” church in Phil adelphia which I visited re cently It is the oldest church in Pennsylvania and was organ ized in 1642 and attended by William Penn in 1700. The bap tismal font and the bell now in use were brought from Gothen burg, Sweden in 1642 Betsy Ross was married here in 1777 and Jenny Lind sang from the organ loft in 1851. The cemetery around the church is • Ladies, Have You (Continued from Page 23) has one. Replacements are won derful Some women enjoy receiving hand lotion, a package of their favorite soap, several thirsty washclothes, or a pair of dish towels This way you appeal to her penny-pinching spirit and give her budget a lift. Be alert to your friend’s needs That’s always a help in small-gift buying Did you notice her cutting biscuits with a drinking glass or spearing olives with a paring knife? Those are your cues, and chances are your friend will be delighted with just the right gift for a dollar or less almost entirely covered by Eng lish Ivy and has an unusual ap pearance. History can be a fascinating subject I’ve always wished I could go back to Napoleon’s tune and live for one day m my present home with the folks who built it Lancaster Farming Wishes You and Your Family A Merry Christmas Baking bread, churning but- different it would be from our piesent way of life. . ' - - FARMERS! NOW AVAILABLE THE ALL NEW LOW COST QUALITY STEEL FARM BUILDING __ -r " -<**r«► - R. D. #2, Quarryville, Penna. 17566 Season’s Greetings The management and per sonnel of all three offices of State Capital Savings take this opportunity to wish you and yours a Christmas tilled with joy, and success and happiness throughout the coming New Year. STATE CAPITAL SAVINGS loan association^^ Hfl LARGEST IN THE CITY 108 N. Second Street, Harrisburg Camp Hill Shopping Center • Harrisburg East Mall 11 - meiiil'r r c for 1 I lo in' Lo m Bmr So* ni *4 St S' Insured up lo $20,000 b, ' ngs n id Lot i I is i *» Kc Corpcr * o \ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL OR WRITE FREY BROS. Fred Frey, Mgr. o W'd $ \n \ 1 ci 1 1' Q I ■ Phone: 717-786-2235 'ST**.' « a -i ° O- V'X;.- Q Q 8 o
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