—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 20,1971
22
Mrs. Akers
(Continued From Page 17)
Everett High School, Bedford
County, in 1950 He vras a
tester for 11 or 12 years
Actually, this is how he met
Ruth. He tested milk for hei
father
A good dany man, he placed
second in high butterfat for his
herd this year in the county
DHIA testing
He is a member and director
of the Lancaster County Hol
stein Bfeedeis Association, and
a member of the Pennsylvania
and the National Holstein Breed
ers Association
Akers entertained four Wis
consin dairy farmers March 4
to dinner at a restaurant and
drove them to see some places
The Pennsylvania Holstein Bree
ders Association ananged the
tour of several Lancaster County
Holstein herds March 4 and 5 and
motel accommodations for the
44 Wisconsin farmers
Akers ship their milk to Ab
hotts Dairies in Philadelphia
Curtis is milk committee chair
man of the Southern Lancaster
County Community Fair Asso
ciation.
Ruth’s parents are Mr and
Mrs Daniel E Trimble of Chest
nut Level, Drumore Township
She was born when they lived
along route 272 near Drumore
Center. Later, Mr Trimble
famed' at Bartville, Coleram
Township, at Lampetei,, at Wil
low Street and at Chestnut Level
Ruth helped with milking and
ibarn work, also driving the
tractors in the fields as soon as
she was old enough She still
helps with milking and the barn
work morning and evening and
works in the fields
Her mother was a seamstress,
too; she made all of Ruth’s
clothes when she was a child
Ruth attended Hope School,
Kirkwood, for her first grade,
Lampeter for second and third
grades, then completed elemen
tary school at Willow Street
She graduated at West Lampeter
High School, where she majored
in home economics. She attend
ed Lancaster School of the Bible
two evenings a week for four
years.
Akers have four childien
Gary, 14, is in ninth giade at
Solanco High School where he is
taking an industrial arts course
He plays the trombone in the
High School band He enjoys
drawing and carpenter work, also
cooking and baking He is his
dad’s right-hand man on the
fai m, since he is old enough now
to work in the fields and he
helps with evening milking and
other jobs. . , „
Gaiy has a 4-H cow and heifer,
has been in the Lancaster County
Holstein 4-H Club four years and
last year had one of the high re
cord books in the county Ken
neth Ratt is his 4-H leader.
Gary is in the dairy club at
school They judge cattle on the
boys’ home farms This summer
they are going to Penn State
University to judge in the con
test and expect to get m as many
judg'ng contests c,s they can
Donna, 12, is in seventh grade
at Swift Junior High School She
plays flute m the Junior High
School band She does some
Helps With Dairying, But Her Love Is Sewing
Mrs. Curtis E. Akers, Mechanic Grove,
is making a dress for a friend. In the back
ground is her son’s sport coat, her winter
sewing, made a pants suit re- Mrs Akers is a member of the
cently She had one year in PTA She has been a room
4 H sewing at Quarryville She mother and goes on class trips.
has been in Lancaster County ghe lg a member o{ Farm Wo .
Holstein 4-H Club two jears d society 31 which organized
also had one of the highrecoid June mQ ghe heJ d with
books m the county She had a stand had at
heifer in the club for two years f sa , £ and went
and made some fine recoids with t 0 Conestoga v3ew and
her She wi 1s ow e played games with the patients
heifer this year. She also cooks PJ y r “ cently had
a covei ed
and baKes dish SU pp er ant j party in one of
Linda is nine and m fourth their homes Their programs
grade a 1 Quarryville Elementary have included an aitificial flower
% , , arrangement and a candy-making
School She is taking clarinet demo ° stratlon
lessons Nancy is in first grade
at the same school Akeis are members of Calvary
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School, Mechanic Grove Mrs.
Akers sings solos at cnurch and
at weddings. She directed the
Junior choir two years and was
in the Senior choir until this
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Cuts Mowing Time in Half.
2 Year
Worronfy
See them at
GEHMAN BROS.
SALES & SERVICE
Phone 445-6272
year She plays the piano for
hei own amusement at home.
She helps with haymaking in
the summer.
After the garden is plowed
she takes it over and tends to it
and the lawn, does lots of freez
ing. canning and jelly making.
She does some painting in their
house.
She is a fine housekeeper and
does a lot of cooking, although
tins isn’t her favorite job as a
homemaker Here are a couple
of her favorite recipes.
SHOO FLY CAKE
Crumb together;; ,
4 cups flour
1 box brown sugar
1 cup shortening ...
Reserve 1 cup crumbs. Pour
the following mixture over re
maining crumbs:
2 teaspoons soda
1 cup molasses
2 cups boiling water
Sprinkle reserved cup of
crumbs on top. Bake at 350 de»
grees for 45 to 50 minutes in a
9 ’ x 13” x 2” pan.
HAM LOAF
1 lb. fresh pork, ground
1 lb. cured ham, ground
1 cup bread crumbs
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
V<t teaspoon pepper
3 /i to 1 cup milk
Mix all the ingredients Shape
in a loaf and place in pan. Bake
at 350 degrees for IVz to 2
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