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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13. 1975
By William Peirce Randel
In the long series of group
migrations to North America, from
the founders of Jamestown to (he
tar-weary refugees from Viet Nam.
few if any have arrived without fixed
attitudes toward aging and special
traditions for treating their elders
The variations are many; but they
have not had much influence on the
development of any form of "ageism"
recognizable as distinctively
American.
For the first three centuries of our
history we had a rather colorless or
neutral behavior toward our elders.
This came about largely by default.
The first shiploads of settlers, mostly
from Great Britain, had almost no
older people (by whatever definition
of "older"). Hewing livable space out
of a wilderness called for the best in
brawn and good health. Only when a
few of these "founding fathers” (and
mothers) survived their fifties and
settled into less strenuous labors,
was there even the appearance of an
older group in the community
We know some of these lucky few
by name and reputation. Anne
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Spotlight on elders
Btcolomal sampling is a recent
'addition; what individuals did, in
early timesrtfas what really counted,
The Boots and Saddles
Horse and Pony Club held
their third Gymkhanna of
the year on Saturday, August
23, at the Fellenbaum farm
with 25 members showing.
Jr. Grooming
and Showmanship
Donna Sammons, Sharon
Gernert.
Sr. Grooming
and Showmanship
Terry Miller, Phil Young.
Dollar Bareback
Elyse Wells, Lon Sam
mons.
Pony Pole Bending
Pam Sammons, Kathy
Van Aulan.
Horse Pole Bending
Sandy Hamilton, Ray
Carmean.
Jr. Western Equitation
Donna Sammons, George
Metzler.
Sr. Western Equitation
Dan Fellenbaum Jr.,
Lashon Bussell.
Egg and Spoon
Elyse Wells.
Western Pleasure Pony
Doug Fellenbaum, Donna
Sammons.
Western Pleasure Horse
Brenda Blaxland, Sharon
Gemert.
Pony Barrel Race
Doug Fellenbaum, Lon
Sammons.
Horse Barrel Race
Ray Carmean, Terry
Miller.
Hunt Seat Equitation
Dan Fellenbaum Jr.,
Elyse Wells.
Crawl thru the Barrel
Sandy Hamilton, Elyse
Wells.
Pam Sammons, Jeff
FeUenbaum.
Deb Carmean, Lon
Sammons.
Doug FeUenbaum, Lon
Sammons.
Ray Carmean, Terry
Miller.
Dan FeUenbaum Jr.,
Lashon Bussell
Lon Sammons, Pam
Sammons
Terry
Hamilton
Rosalind Falk, Sharon
Gernert; Doug FeUenbaum,
Lon Sammons.
Commentary;
Bradstrcet. for example, out first poet
of any substance, lived to be sixty,
and her formidable husband Simon,
stepped down as Massachusetts
governor at 89 We know the
dissenter Roger Williams, who
founded Rhode Island as a haven for
religious liberals, and who. at age 72.
served as a militia captain in King
Philip's War
We recall with special pride the
many - sided Ben Franklin. 70 when
apppmted to help draft a Declaration
of Independence, 82 when he finally -
retired from public life. And it amuses
us to read the diary of Samuel Sewall,
former judge in the Salem witch
trials, as he records his courting of
widow Wmthrop in his late 60s (She
turned him down.) But - and this is a
very important but - the stress on age
Boots-Saddles
horse show winners
Break and Out
Western Riding
Pony Keyhole
Horse Keyhole
Hunter Under Saddle
Pony Scurry Race
Horse Scurry
Miller, Sandy
Pair Class
Pony Trail
Lori Sammons, Beth
Harcelrode.
Horse Trail
George Metzler, Sharon
Gernert.
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