T ar if' ln Ban 6 ,10 k » a Lancaster County and surroundm 6 areas, sharp contrast to the many markets in Area Farmers (Continued on Page 23) produce on the floating market place Many of the people live on the boats their entire life The boats are also called sanpans The water is very filthy, and still the people wash their clothes, dishes, hair, bodies and even teeth in it We even saw dead animals floating in the river. We were also in a very primitive area of farming, where the farmers irrigate by throwing the water over the crops with a kind of shovel, with a 10-foot handle on it Bankok itself has very modern stores and hotels On the 14th of November we departed Bankok for Hong Kong On November IS we went sight seeing, which included several “ 10% DISCOUNT • CASE MOTOR OIL • CASE HYDRAULIC OIL • GREASE GUNS AND GREASE • PLOW SHARES • FILTERS • BATTERIES • BACKHOE BUCKET TEETH KINZER, PENNA. farms, and also a Harbor Cruise, past the sanpan water villages We had dinner on a floating restaurant We passed the wreckage of the Queen Elizabeth, which burned in the Harbor some time ago Hong Kong is known in ternationally as the place to get souvenirs, and the women on the tour really showed it by doing lots of Christmas shopping We had our last-night-out party, which was my birthday, November 16 They surprised me with a huge birthday card and a cake and the traditional singing of Happy Birthday On November 17 we departed Hong Kong on Japanese'Airlines for Tokoyo changed planes m Tokoyo to a Boeing 747 There were 361 passengers on board We again crossed the In ON KINZER EQUIPMENT CO. BARGAIN DAYS ONE ONLY NEW EQUIPMENT SPECIALS • NEW IDEA Model 206 MANURE SPREADER Set up and Ready for Your Wheels 5 750.00 • NEW (DEA Model 605 FORAGE BOX M. 250.00 • DUNHAM LEAR 3 point Spinner FERTILIZER SPREADER s 150.00 YOUR EQUIPMENT CENTER IN LANCASTER CO fernational Date Line and arrived m Honolulu We went through customs and left for Los Angeles, arrived there at 6 30 p m the same day Los Angeles looked like an ocean of lights, and very beautiful Here Mr Heisey led the group in singing “God Bless America.” Here, we left the group and stayed m California for two weeks We visited friends in Pasadena and Palm Springs During the two weeks we managed to see quite a bit of California We went to Disneyland and this was the climax to our trip When we arrived home we had a new grandson, and he was glad to see us' Local persons included on the Pcople-to-People tour were W •John and Esther Blatt. Lcesport SPRING MARCH 1 2th thru MARCH 17th many arm* bargains Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 10.1973—23 RDI (Berks County). Light M Brumbaugh. 200 Adam Drive, Lebanon: Vera and Kenneth Fahnestock. Jonestown RDI, Reuben A Field. Mohrsville RDI (Berks County), Fannie and Rayburn W Hartman. Hershey -Line and Enos R Hetsev Grace and Alton H TO INSURE YOUR SUPPLY FOR SPRING ORDER EARLY CONESTOGA BRAND FERTILIZERS COMPLETE SERVICES and PRODUCTS -Soil Testing Complete Fettihms - Ciop Programming Bulk Blends - Truck Spreading K.im, seeds - T\ler Spreaders Oitho Supplies - Bulk Pickup C.aiden Seeds taquid Nitrogen Lime Seed Com ' Lasso h'ni nlan Alranne Lime LANCASTER BONE FERTILIZER CO., INC. Quarryville, Pa Oxford Pb. 786-7348 932-8323 20% ON ALL NEW CASE AND DAVID BROWN TRACTORS SB Kreider. Palmvra. Eugene Patrick Palmy ra. Anna Shiftier, llummelstown, Effie and Stanley Smith. Lebanon RDt, Margaret and Carl Wenger Myerstown RD‘2, Abbie Zartman. Ephrata RDI Nancy and Jesse Balmer Litit/ RD4 and Mr and Mrs J Homer Craybill Manheim HD;J DISCOUNT J * 717-442-4186 717-768-8916
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