>2—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 7. 1976
5:
Peach grower’s
(Continued from Pate 511
were going to serve them right away. She freezes small
quantities in each container, only enough for one meal.
“After all,” she says, “you'd only slice enough fresh
peaches for one meal at a time. leftovers, whether
thawed, frozen or fresh sliced, arc not as good as just
sliced or just thawed,” Carol continues.
When canning peaches, Carol uses a light to medium
syrup and cold packs them, leaving a pit or two in each jar
to improve the flavor.
In her leisure moments which come in the winter when
she is tending the store, Carol enjoys crewel work, knit
ting, reading, string art, and sewing. Her crewel pictures
range from flowers to mushrooms and beach scenes
“Any design at all is alright with me,” she says.
She sews mainly for herself, and recently learned to knit
afghans and sweaters. Her ambition is to make a quilt
some day. She has helped to make quilts at the June Smith
Center in Gap but has not tackled one by herself as yet
“It is such a big project to do by myself in odd
moments; I’d probably never get it done,” she sighed.
Carol is an active member of Farm Women 31, the
Women’s Committee of PFA, and the choir at Middle
Octorara Church. Carl belongs to several fruit growers
associations, the Solanco Fair Board, having served as
president, and for the last five years handled the PFA
newsletter which was mailed to as many as 1500 mem
bers.
The Groffs are busy people, and they will be busier
every day now that the peaches and com and cantaloupes
are peaking their production.
There’s a reason
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supposed to be “lively” and "something everyone
would want to read.”
What he came back with, however, was a 200-
word article about horse diseases that began with
the line, “Who has noticed the sores on the tops of
the horses in the animal husbandry building?"
That’s where Thurber’s story ends, and it is left
up to the reader to decide whether Haskins sank or
swam in the newspaper business. I’ve always
hoped that he swam, but I have a feeling that from
that infamous first line, he may have sunk
I think of that story often when I go to write an
opening line of a story and as I make corrections on
my copy for all the times my fingers have hit the
wrong keys I can really empathize with Haskins.
I also notice that sometimes my writing bears a
strong resemblance to Thurber's. That happens
many times when a person becomes enamored
with someone else, and they begin to copy their
hero's style. So, when I went to write a headline for
this column, I entitled it, “My Thoughts and
Welcome to Them,” and suddenly realized that this
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was a paraphrase of one of Thurber’s works, My
World and Welcome to it. And. I also knew that on
occasion, I would try my hand at humor, and would
also have a few Haskins-like stories to my name So,
I didn't change the headlme'Since it fit so well, but
rather apologized for my feeble attempts at humor
and gave credit to the author who inspired the title,
and the writer, as well
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in the Northeast Region of
the United States. Events
will start at 9 a.m. All 4-H
and F.F.A members are
invited, and these with V«, Vi,
and blood Chianina Steers
are to bring their steers to
the show. One hundred
dollars will be awarded for
Grand Champion, $50.00 for
Reserve Grand Champion,
and prizes for class winners.
etc. There will be no entry
fee.
After the steer show the
national sale cattle and the
regional sale cattle will be
picked and discussed along
with the other merits of the
Crossbred Chianina. The
Northeast Regional Sale will
also be held at Lauxmont
Farms, Friday evening,
November 5. Finally, after
the placing and selection of
the cattle, there will be an
auction of assorted goodies
to raise money for the
Northeast Region to help
promote this breed of cattle.
All cattlemen and their
families are invited to come
and enjoy these events.
There will be a free Chianina
barbeque. There will also be
an exhibit of purebred cattle.
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