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50—Lancaster Farming. Saturday: Jan. I. 1977
Ida’s
Notebook
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I Ida Risser £
With the new year comes
hope of better things. It is
said that hope and an
ticipation are what keep us
going. Even if it is a small
thing, like shopping on the
morrow with a friend. We
need something to look
forward to - no matter our
age.
I’ve just completed 40
years of writing a diary and
never missing a day •
through births, deaths, trips
and operations. Sometimes
some action in one’s youth is
jarringly brought to at
tention by reading old
diaries. Then again one is
reminded of special days in
the childrens’ lives as they
grew from 20 in. to 6 ft. 3 in.
As an example, when our
daughter was 13 month old
we tried to get her to say
“Daddy” instead of
“DaDa”, but she wouldn’t.
When her father disgustedly
told her she was a “dumb
bunny”, she quickly said,
“Daddy, Daddy” and sur
prised us. Another time, one
Agribusiness seminar
set for
YORK, Pa. - The 14th
annual Agribusiness
Seminar, cosponsored by the
York Area Chamber of
Commerce and York County
Agricultural Extension
Service, is set for Thursday,
Jan. 27, at Avalong Dairy
Bar Restaurant.
The day-long event, which
begins at 9:30 a.m. and
concludes at 2:45 p.m., will
feature three prominent
speakers as well as an audio
visual presentation, all
addressed to the general
theme, “Agriculture
Leading the Way to a Better
Tomorrow.”
Lancaster Co, Society 3
Members of Lancaster
County Farm Women
Society 3 and their children
were entertained on
December 18 in the
Fellowship Hall of Swamp
U.C.C. Church in Reinholds.
Mrs. Linda Toledo and Mrs.
Esther Stuber were
hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Chambers entertained the
group by presenting “Humor
with a Purpose.”
Mrs. Doris Miller, Mrs
Erla Gehman, Mrs. Vivian
Stauffer, and Mrs Eilene
Miller took Christmas gifts
to the group’s adopted
daughter at the Hamburg
State School on December
19.
Santa Claus visited with
the members and presented
gifts to the children. A gift
exchange also took place
between the members
The next meeting will be
I
of our boys asked how they
nailed those red lights m the
sky when, at the age of 3, he
saw a high-tower at night for
the first time.'
On occasion, I can refer to
my diaries and find out
exactly how long it takes us
to drive to a distant city; by
checking on a previous trip.
And of course, one can
always use sit to settle a
dispute. I’ve heard it said,
that one should pity the
husband of a wife who writes
a diary because she has
written undisputable
evidence of a past oc
currence - say 29 years ago.
Over the years as I oc
casionally read part of a
certain year, I’ve been
struck by how similar our
ways are now compared to
how they were years ago. We
seem to carry the same
habits with us and they
either please or displease the
people with whom we live.
Now’s the time for a new
start.
Jan. 27
Speakers mclude Richard
McDonnell, agricultural
economist with the Gram
and Feed Division of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture;
Norwood K. Talbert,
director of environmental
quality and engineering,
Agway, Inc., of Syracuse,
N.Y., and a respresentative
from the New Holland
Division of Sperry Rand
Corp.
The audio-visual program,
prepared by the Allis-
Chalmers Corp., is entitled,
“Historical Review of
Agriculture.”
on January 15at the home of
Mrs. Vivian Stauffer. Mrs.
Mary Alice Gregory will
demonstrate scarf tying.
Delegates to the state con
vention will give reports.
Society 9
Berks Co,
Berks County Farm
Women Society Group 9 held
their annual Christmas
party at Sunnybrook, Pott
stown, on December 11.
Eleven members and their
husbands attended
Past president Sue Hen
dricks was presented with a
gift from the group Presents
were exchanged and secret
pals revealed for the year
New secret pals will be
chosen at the January
meeting to be held at the
home of Mrs Ruth Hafer
Fed. grain inspection takeover
beginning on first of
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
U.S. Department of
Agriculture officials
recently announced changes
in a scheduled federal
takeover of grain inspection
and weighing from 15 private
firms and trade groups'
presently designated as
official inspection agencies
at ports around the nation.
Under the new schedule,
as of today (Jan. 1) USDA’s
Federal Grain Inspection
Service will take over in
spection and weighing at two
export elevators and other
facilities served by the
Destrehan Board of Trade,
Cattlemen’s seminar
set for January 22
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The
Maryland Cattlemen’s
Association has set its
second annual “Winter
Seminar” for January 22nd,
1977, at the Montgomery
County Agricultural Center
in Gaithersburg.
MCA president John
Stump will serve as master
of ceremonies for the day
which begins with
registration at 9 a.m. The
morning sessions will be
devoted to panel discussion,
lunch will be served at noon,
the association will hold its
annual meeting at 1:15 p.m.,
and another panel will be
held following the business
meeting.
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grain inspection agencies in
the New Orleans, La., area.
At that time, the Destrehan
Board of Trade becomes the
first official inspection
agency replaced by the
Inspection Service under a
new federal grain inspection
law that went into effect last
month.
On Jan. 16, the Inspection
Service will assume
responsibility for all official
inspection and weighing of
grain m Toledo, Ohio, and
Saginaw, Mich., two major
U.S. grain ports on the Great
Lakes.-On Feb. 1, a similar
changeover to federal in-
The morning panel will be
on'“Managing the Breeding
Herd for Reproduction;”
and the afternoon panel will
be “Improved Profits
Through Production
Testing."
Preregistration is urged.
Preregistered tickets for the
day will be $7.50, and tickets
at the door will be $lO. Wives’
and children’s tickets are
$5.00 each.
For tickets and additional
information contact:
Maryland Cattlemen’s
Association, Box 337,
Randallstown, Md, 21133.
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spection and weighing is
scheduled to take place in
Chicago, 111., the third major
Great Lake grain port now
served by a private or trade
operated gram inspection
agency.
Inspection Service of
ficials noted that each of the
four takeover dates was
moved up from previously
arranged dates at the
request of the affected
agencies. Besides the
Destrehan Board of Trade,
those agencies are the
Toledo Board of Trade, the
Saginaw Board of Trade, and
the Chicago Grain Inspection
Bureau, Inc.
Firm phase-out dates for
the remaining 11 private or
trade-operated grain in
spection agencies operating
at export locations will be
announced on an individual
basis in the future. However,
Inspection Service officials
gave the following tentative
dates, ports, and agencies
for two nearby ports;
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Officials stressed that it
dates for federal takeoveri
inspection and weighing,
these ports remain subject’
change.
Under the new fedeij
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