She (Continued from Page 62) to make a very important point. “Let me make it clear,” she says with a voice that can be stem attunes, but full of motherly concern or laughter and teasing at others, “I do these things for my personal satisfaction - my personal gain from giving - rather than for recognition. I don’t like to brag,” she concludes with emphasis. In her case there is no need for bragging, because her actions do all the talking for her, which affords her the time to do all the “ex plaining.” “I’m on the Ways and Means committee of the York County Society of Farm Women,” she says, “so I got those two projects handed to me. And,” she continues, “I had marvelous help, so all the recognition can’t be given to me, alone.” In the case of compiling the cookbook, four members worked on the committee, gathering' all the recipes, reading them, and categorizing them. As far as the quilts are concerned, she got the basic idea from the Mennonite STOLTZFUS MEAT MARKET A * ATTENTION FARMERS I IV | CUSTOM BEEF BUTCHERING k \i * OUR SPECIALITY ?* 7 —FRESH BEEF AND PORK— If OUR OWN HOME MADE SCRAPPLE & FRESH SAUSAGE Bacon and CpuntryCured Hams C 7 Orders taken for Geezer Meats PH. 768-3941 Directions: 1 block east of Intercourse on Rt. 772 - Newport Road THURS. FRi. SAT. STORE HOURS 9-5 9-8 8-5 relief sale. For a major portion of her life she had been a member of the Mennonite religion, so she is familiar with the proceedings of their fund raising sale. As for the story of the airplane ride, she begins her story by saying. “A doctor I worked with died in an airplane crash, I did not want to fly.” Then, when she actually did take her first flight, the ride was so bumpy and frightening, that when she got off, she vowed that she’d never go up agiaq, “And, I didn’t,” she says with a decisive nod of her head and a stubborn pride in her voice. But, then the Farm Wife Forum in Milwaukee, Wise., came up, where she was asked to take charge of a seminar on compiling a cookbook. This was something she couldn’t pass up, arid before she knew it, “I was in charge of 36 women, and playing mother to them all,” she laughs. She maneuvered them all through Cleveland’s airport, a totally foreign en vironment to her, and got everybody to and from Wisconsin - safe and sound. Why did she do this? “Because somebody had to,” she replies. In the case of group rates through a travel agency, there has to be one person taking charge of everything, to make things simpler for the company and everybody involved. And, when there was a need, Mrs. Gross was there. Since then she has flown several times and is almost over her fright. “It’s not so bad,”_ she admits, but anyone who has flown with her knows she breathes a sigh of relief when take-off is over. These three examples of Mrs. Gross’ leadership only skim the surface. She’s been the president, vice president, and treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary of a nearby fire company where she is mostly active in the “cooking end of things” as she puts it. Every Friday she gets together with the other women of the auxiliary and bakes pies for the bingo games. Another activity that means quite a bit to her is the Christian Women’s Club and Council, a religious organization where homemakers get together for luncheons or dinners. For 20 years she has been on the executive committee and the Council. Along the same lines, she has been involved with teaching Sunday School for quite some time. At present, she is teaching the adult class and is on die Christian education committee. And, - for many years she coor dinated teachers for summer Bible School. “My faith is very im portant to me,” she says. Again, from her actions, she need not defend that statement. Of her work with farm organizations she says,” I would work for anything that would help agriculture, but I don’t believe in being too radical in meeting our needs.” When'she says this sjie has many things on her mind, one of which is her coh- : servative attitude toward women’s role in agriculture. “I do believe that women should have an equal and supportive role in farming,” she begins, “Because I believe the dignity of the farm family should be maintained at all times.” To her, this means the farm wife working with the farm husband with the male in the key role. “The wife should be proud of her own abilities and be a person in her own right, but I don’t believe she should try -to take over the father’s role,” she says. To many in this age of women’s lib, Mrs. Gross’ attitude would be old fashioned, but she points up the fact that a very low percentage of farm children are delinquent which she firmly believes comes from a strong family support system. “Let’s face it,” she states. “My husband can work with machinery better than I can, but I make better pies than he does, and I like it that way.” And, as far as 4-H is concerned she says, “I don’t think there could be anything better to support than something which will directly affect children.” This is her reason for raising the money for the York County 4-H center. “I really believe in sup porting a cause where we can see the direct results of our labor,” she goes on to clarify. And, she believes in promoting agriculture for this reason. “After all,” she states, “agriculture is our livlihood, and we should be out there telling the' other 96 per cent of the population what its all about.” So, as you read Lancaster Farming over the next few months, don’t be surprised if you see her again sometime, making news for agriculture, because she believes in both of them, and when she believes in something, her actions speak out loud and clear. TRY A CLASSIFIED LOW INITIAL COST. FAST EASY ERECTION. ALL STEEL LONG LIFE. 14’ High Opening Easy operating sliding doors • Two Widths 40 and 48 Minimum length 50 feet • Additions to length in 25 sections to whatever length you wish • Multi-purpose building • Optional accessories so you can have the building just right for you For a better Farm Building deal, it’s American. C. DONALD COX GENERAL CONTRACTOR & EXCAVATOR W Ralph Cheek. Sales Manager R D 1 Kirkwood. 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The 30-second “Big Deal” commercial emphasizes milk as a natural ac companiment to casual Meat residue violations down WASHINGTON, * D.C. - During the third quarter of 1976 (July-Sept), chemical residue violations in meat and poultry were less than in the preceding quarter (April-June), the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported. Among the 4,401 samples violation rate of .6 per cent analyzed for residues during was found. During the the third quarter, violations preceding quarter no DES were found .in 62. Thus, the violations were found in 459 rate ofyiolatiQijs was samDlestestgd. During Jhe cent. In the first 'quaitl^Kih.-Mardi), quarter, 81 violations were three DES violations were found in 4,031 samples found m 472 samples tested, analyzed, for a violation rate of the total 62 violations, 58 of 2.09 per cent. were found in red meat and four in poultry for 1.95 per cent and .28 per cent violative rates, respectively. The National Residue Monitoring Program run by APHIS for meat and poultry products covers three phases. The first, basic phase is based on nationwide monitoring by random sampling. When the violations are found, the second “surveillance” phase is initiated for more con centrated sampling. In the final phase, pretesting of specific animals or flocks before marketing is required of owners who have a history of previous residue violations. Residue levels are considered violative when the amount of chemical found is above established tolerances or guidelines. meals by featuring youngsters drinking it in different situation, i.e., at a picnic, with a bring-it home meal, and just prior to a family bicycling trip. Criteria for entries in the annual award program are nutrition soundness, ef fectiveness and ap propriateness for intended audience. The program is sponsored by “Family Health-Today’s Health” magazine and administered by the Society For Nutrition Education. ADA is the advertising and sales promotion arm of the United Dairy Industry Association, an organization dedicated to increasing the sales of milk and milk products through its total promotion effort. This in cludes the product and process R & D work of Dairy Research Inc. and the nutrition research and education programs of National Dairy Council. Officials of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reported three violations in diethylstilbestrol (DES), a growth promotant used in the cattle industry. Five hundred samples were tested for DES and a 63
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