\r Farming. Saturday. Jufy 21. 1973 Mrs. Yost keeps the farm records and registers their Holstein calves. Mrs. Verna D. Yost (Continued From Page 22) ceremonies for various meetings. Ivan was on the Pennsylvania Farm Show committee the year ie was president of the Penn sylvania Young Farmers. Ivan has been a member of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association and the American Farm Bureau for five years. He has served as vice-president, as chairman of the legislative committee and on the insurance committee of the county. Verna was on the committee for Ladies Day Out this year and has served on the telephone and the safety committees. Yosts subscribe to the PFA business analysis service. Their expenses and receipts are en tered in the record book which is audited by the accountant four times a year. The accountant makes out their income tax, pays the hired man’s social security and workman’s compensation and figures their gas tax refund. This system analyzes the year’s - GARBER OIL CO. (TEXACO] Fuel Chief HEATING OIL t Oil HEATING EQUIPMENT AIR CONDITIONING MOUNT .JOY PA I’ll (m 5-IX2I production in comparison with previous years. It also compares their operation with others of the same type. Yosts are active in the Bart Fire Company. He is treasurer and Mrs. Yost does the work for him. He goes on fire calls so they have a monitor in their house. This has meant many trips to the fields for Mrs. Yost when calls come in. Now they have installed a citizens band radio with a unit in the house, a unit in the pick-up truck and another unit on the combine so Ivan can be reached quickly. Ivan was a director of the fire company and was chairman of their sale committee two years. They hold a large auction sale the first Saturday of March each year. Mrs. Yost is a member of the ladies auxiliary and helps at their food stands at sales, hoagie sales and at their chicken barbecue in September. The women furnish the other food that goes with the chicken and pack the boxes. Ivan participated in the public affairs education program conducted jointly by the Cooperative Extension Service and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology of the Penn State University over a three year period, terminating in a European tour in March 1973. About 30 men between 25 and 40 years of age received W. K. Kellogg fellowships, un derwriting the costs. The first year he went to Hazleton four different weeks, a total of 20 days, and studied economics, sociology, com munications, public speaking and meeting mangement. He went to Penn State University the next two years. When they went to Europe they were accompanied by their wives and the union staff. Their European tour included Spain, The Netherlands and England. In Spain, which is an old country and world power, they studied their political system. They studied about their farm cooperatives. They are small and totally run by the members. Machinery is owned by the co-ops and harvesting is done by them. The Spanish people are mostly of the Catholic faith. They also went to a winery and to a hog operation. - The reason for going to The Netherlands was to study land usage where they drain their lands and to study the social encounters in putting people in new communities. In England the government scheduled bus tours. They studied the social system. They were surprised at their intensive farming program. They also studied their new communities or towns fifty miles out of London. In each country they had one day of study with officials of universities. They also studied their imports, exports and their trade with the world and how it related to us in the United States. Ivan belongs to the Southeast Pennsylvania Tractor Pullers Association, is a director of the Pennsylvania and the National Tractor Pullers Association, Inc. This is the third summer he has been taking part in tractor pulls. He enters his International Harvester 656 and 856 diesels. He has won seven trophies. The local pulls are held at the Rough & Tumble Historical Museum Association at Kinzers. Verna writes the distance they pull at Kinzers. Ivan announces at Lebanon, Somerset, Kinzers and other places in the state. Verna says “That’s what he does in his spare time.” Yosts have two children. Ivan Jr. will be in fifth grade at Oc torara Elementary School this fall and Karen will be in the first grade at Christiana Elementary School. Both are taking swim ming lessons at Nickel Mines this summer. Ivan Jr. likes baseball. He mows the lawn besides helping at the barn. Yosts are members of Maple Grove Mennonite Church where they both are substitute teachers in the Sunday School. Mrs. Yost taught at the Daily Vacation Bible School and is secretary of the Intermediate Sewing Circle which meets once a month. Their circle makes quilts, layettes, dresses and slips and takes them to the collection center just north of Ephrata. They pack health kits, sewing kits and layettes which are sent abroad. The health kits consist of a comb, tooth paste and brush, soap, nail clippers and a wash cloth. The sewing kits contain thread, scissors, needles etc. The layettes, pinned in a blanket with two safety pins, contain 2 kimonos, a sacque, 3 diapers and a pair of rubber pants. Mrs. Yost is a member of the Christiana PTA. She plays the piano and sings alto. Before she was married she and her two sisters sang together in a trio. She also sang in a trio at Ontario Bible Institute. Mrs. Yost finds time to take care of the vegetable garden and raises strawberries. She freezes strawberries, lima and string beans and corn. She cans tomatoes, peaches, pears, apple sauce, plums and makes preserves. She says “I like to cook if I have time.” She likes to entertain. They have a cement block pit where they barbecue chickens. They can cook 40 halves at a time. They have chicken bar becues for family groups, neigh bors and tractor pullers. Yosts like to travel. They have taken trips as a family to Florida and to Ohio and Indiana to tractor pulls. They bought a tent and sleeping bags this year and want to do some camping at tractor pulls and at reunions. Mrs. Yost says traveling is her hobby. Another hobby she has started is collecting mugs. Here are a few summer time treats which Mrs, Yost gives us the recipes for: Vanilla Ice Cream (6 quart freezer) 6 eggs 3 cups sugar x h teaspoon salt 1 can evaporated milk 1 can condensed milk Need . . . HAY - STRAW - EAR CORN Buy Now and Save! More and more farmers are buying from us for better value and all around satisfaction DELIVERED ANY QUANTITY Phone Area Code 717 687-7631 Esbenshade Turkey Farm PARADISE PA. APPLY YOUR CHEMICALS WITH STIHLSGI7 _ - Easy to handle - Weight 16.5 lbs - Range up to 33 ft. Handles dusts, liquid granulates - Easy starting even while mounted on your back 1 % tablespoons vanilla milk to fill freezer to within 3 inches from the top. 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