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City kids just don't know
S. By JOANNE SPAHR
>1 I never cease to be ama/cd by the cultural dif
tercnccs between city reared and farm reared
I individuals When I first v,cnt to college I had to
f adjust to "dinner being called lunch and sup
' per' being called dinner Then too. the size and
importance of the meal was switched because the
? office employed father looked forward to a good
meal in the evenings when he got home from work
my father always needed a good meal at
,'noon to tide him over during an afternoon of
strenuous physical labor I was also amazed by a
' family that didn’t really know the secure feeling of
being able to locate the father and mother any time
during the day But, after four years of living in the
college environment, I thought I had come to the
end of finding differences between myself and my
I city friends But, I was wrong Just the other day I
1 was surprised again when I had one of my
■ Philadelphia friends up to the farm for a “weekend
vacation "
During the evening we were sitting in the living
room holding a pleasant conversation when a
thunderstorm rolled over us Thunder was
„ cracking, lightening was flashing, and I naturally
was alarmed She, of course, was also But, this was
? nothing out of the ordinary because I think
1 everyone is affected by the strong forces of nature
u But, what was really interesting is that the base for
\i her fear was totally different from mine Whereas
% my first thought and fear is for the barn being
Y i struck and the responsibility of having to get the
% animals out, if possible, she had no concept of this
f kind of fear. Instead, she simply was afraid of the
H sound and flashing. Another thing that was dif-
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Lancaster Co, Society 11
Lancaster County Farm
Women Society 11 met on
September 30 at 1:30 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Martha
McComsey near
Quarryville. The meeting
was opened by vice
president Dorothy Huber.
Roll call was answered by 16
members and three guests.
President Violet Eshleman
was in charge of the business
meeting. Secretary and
treasurer reports were given
and approved. The sunshine
report was given.
Nominating committee
reported, and three new
members were appointed to
the book committee.
Final plans for the bus trip
on October 14 were given by
Marie Bucher.
Members were requested
to bring program
suggestions and hostess
invitations for use of the
book committee. The an
nouncement was made
concerning the county
convention on November 6.
It was decided to have a
bazaar table at the- Ex
tension service Christmas
party on November 8.
Bessie Ressel installed
Mrs. John Hardy as a new
member.
Donald Risk showed a
picture presentation of his
trip to Russia as the en
tertainment for the day.
A small auction was held.
During the social hour,
refreshments were served
by the committee.
A change has been made
My Thought! and Wtkome to Them
(With opok>g*s to Samos Thurhcr)
what they are missing
for October 28. The meeting
will be held in the social
room of the Quarryville
Methodist Church, and Mrs.
Robert Bucher will give a
craft demonstration.
Lancaster Co,
Society 3
The Lancaster County
Society of Farm Women
Group 3 took a field day this
month instead of their
regular meeting night.
The group motored to
“Ott’s Exotic Plants” and
toured the greenhouses on
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(crcnt was that I also (cared being struck were I to
venture outside and that thought never even
crossed her mind In (act, she asked me if I had ever
heard of anything being struck by lightening
because she hadn't To a person who has grown up
hearing about livestock loss due to storms, that
question seemed naive But. m Philadelphia, it is a
rare occurrence to have someone or something
struck by lightening Then, too, she naturally didn’t
know what a lightening rod was
From this, the conversation branched off to what
it was like when I was a child and we had a thun
derstorm We used to all sit together at the kitchen
table invariably in the dark, because our lights
always went out And, we would always have
candles handy so we could spend a nice candlelight
evening, while we waited for the two or three
inevitable things to happen First, the lightening
always seemed to seek out the TV and strike it,
blowing out the tube for three or so weeks until we
got it fixed Or, the phone would suddenly come to
life for one brief second after a bolt of lightening hit
it and then knocked it dead That was always one of
the worst things to happen because we had no
control over the amount of time it took for that to
get fixed like we did for the T.V Instead we were at
the mercy of the phone company, and in those days
rural people seemed to come last on the list of the -
phone company’s priorities.
It almost used to be fun to have a storm because
it called an impromtu family get-together. City kids
just have no idea of all the fun they miss by not
living on a farm-all the way down to something as
non-farm-related as a storm.
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The next stop for the group
was at “Mill Grove,” the
Audabon Wildlife Sanctuary
in Audabon, Pa.
Edward Graham, curator
of Mill Grove, Spoke to the
ladies before their tour.
During a picnic at Lower
Perkiomen Park, Mrs. Mary
Hill, vice-president, con
ducted a business meeting.
After lunch, the final stop
was at the Iron Master’s
House in Center Point where
Harry Haupt gave a tour and
spoke to the ladies.
Mrs. Joseph Bartholomew
announced the October
meeting will be a trip to the
Franklin Mint on October 26.
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and keep it in the ffeezer
until you have enough. Thick
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and use it as a hot sauce over
snow pudding, pound cake,
French toast, or pancakes.
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Lnncmter Co. Society 7
I*nraster fount) ► arm
Women .Society 7 met
rrrmll) at the home of Mrs
Charles Uchty
Heport* of committers
were given Nlnct) dollars
was clean'd at a food stand
at the Schaeffer house sale
The vale of proper!). farm
implements, and household
items of Mr and Mrs Harold
r.b>, Kinters HI will be held
on October IG at 9 a m The
Society will have a food
stand at the sale
The annual banquet will be
held at Historic Slrasburg
Keslaurant on October 16 at
6 .10 pm Husbands and
guests arc invited Ralph
•Schneider of York will
demonstrate '‘Creating
things from gourds "
A group of women will go
to Conestoga View Home on
November 18 at 1 30 p m to
play games with the
patients
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.Several women will write
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The (Txrialmaa llawar will
be held a( the Farm and
Home Center on November I
at 9 .10 Sorirllr* are to have
a food and dlspla) table
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To clean a greate laden oven,
place a pan of water and one
to two tablcipoonv of am
moma in the oven and let it
jtay overnight Sponge off
the grease in the morning
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