20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 4.1971
Idas Notebook
On Sunday afternoon, I and my seven and
eleven year old took a walk through the fields
and woods on our farm. A jenny wren scolded
us and we studied the largest oak tree on our
place. We talked of the grapevine swing my
sisters and I used long ago.
We identified a large tree along the fence
row as an ailanthus It grows to a height of 50
to 80 feet and has leaves similar to a sumac.
I would venture to guess many farm
wives do not get out to the fartherest corner
of their farms to really see what they are
working so hard to keep.
We’ve just finished eating a family of
gingerbread cookies Judy made one to rep-
resent each of us, plus a cat and dogs
We have an ample supply of pets just
now In addition to our own Irish Setter and
I have had to watch the de
struction of the house, barn and
silo on my home farm to make
way for a new highway. Only
when we travel a long distance
in a short time do we appre
ciate the new roads.
When we flew to Michigan to
get a new car and drove the 600
miles home in exactly 10 hours,
we thought the roads were fine
The different approach seems
to depend on which side of the
fence we view the new trans
portation facilities
Border Collie we are keeping
a dog and bird for my sister.
I never realized a bird could
have so many songs a happy
one, a scolding one and even a
whistle of appreciation Tend
ing these animals keeps Cindy
busy.
* Jr * *
There are times when we ap
prove of new super highways
and there are times when they
break our hearts
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Farm Women
Calendar
Saturday, September 4
2 p.m.—Farm Women Society 6,
Stevens Hill Church of the
Brethren.
Farm Women Society 7, bake
sale, flea market, Paradise
Memorial Park.
Tuesday, September 7
Farm Women Society 15, trip
to Governor’s Mansion and
Hershey Medical Center
Wednesday, September 8
130 p.m.—Farm Women So
ciety 14, home of Mrs. Paul
LongeiTecker, Strasburg
RDI.
Thursday, September 9
Farm Women Society 9, home of
Mrs Paul Swearingen, Wil
low Street.
Friday, September 10
730 p.m Farm Women So
ciety 10, home of Mrs Er
vin Brown, 2116 New Hol
land Pike, Lancaster
Saturday, September 11
1:30 p.m—Farm Women So
ciety 2 meets
6:30 pm Farm Women So
ciety 25 anniversary ban
quet, Highville Fire Hall
8 pm —Farm Women Society
29 square dance, farm of Mr
and Mrs Richard Nissley,
Bambndge RDI
Farm Women Society 6 entertain
patients, Harrisburg State
Hospital
Grange
Meets
Fulton Grange 66, meeting in
regular session August 23, with
Richard Holloway, master, con
ducting the business session.
The youth committee made
plans to attend a baseball game
in Philadelphia August 27, but
since the game was rained out
they are rescheduling the bus
trip for September 28. The youth
committee is also in charge of
preparing a float for the South
ern Lancaster County Commun
ity Fair parade September 17.
Fulton and Coleram Grange
will have a booth in the com
mercial tent at the fair at
Quarryville September 15-18.
Fulton Grange will again
furnish a $25 bond for the third
prize for the Harvest Queen
contest at the fair which will be
held Sept 15.
The following were appointed
to secure teams for the Tug-of-
War contest to be held Septem
ber 16 at the fair. Mrs. Jacob
Fantom. Mr and Mrs David
Knight and Lloyd Welk
David Gentry, phone 548-2922,
has been secured for janitor of
the Grange Hall and will be in
charge of renting the hall
The progressive parties com
mittee reported 84 parties held
to date, realizing $l,llB 33 for
the Southern Lancaster County
Family Health Center which will
open at Quarryville October 1
Mrs J Stanley Stauffer Jr
gave a talk on “Medic Alert”
explaining what it is, how people
who are alergic to certain drugs
or have certain physical ail
ments can secure the medic alert
emblems, the importance of
using them, the price of em
blems and where to secure them
Gyles H Brown, Pomona
Master, gave a talk on “The
Grange” as presented on a Co
lumbia radio broadcast this
summer R Clair Murphy
directed a kitchen band “Barn
yard Fiddlers” accompanied by
Miss Mary Lou Wesley Taking
part were Mrs Beulah Mullen,
Mrs Jacob Fantom, Mrs Susan
Fite, Mrs Charles McSpanan,
Mr and Mrs J Everett Kreider,
Richard B Lefever, Gyles
Brown, Arba Henry, Clifford
Holloway Jr, Earl Smoker and
Lloyd Welk
There will be election of
officers at the next meeting
September 13 and a 5” x 7”
photo contest
BANK 1
Have fun (ds).
HUHmmsaiH
FIELD DAY
SEPT. 7, 1971
10 A.M. to 3 P.M. (Rain Date Sept. 8)
Hesston 2000 Pull Type and 4000 Self Pro
pelled Forage Harvester.
See them in operation at the Merle Groff farm.
Located on Lemon Road R.D. 4 between Lancaster
and Strasburg Phone 872-2116.
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