—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978
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Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
On a recent Sunday af
ternoon, my husband and I
took a drive to enjoy the
foliage and to see the Darnel
Boone Homestead. You
know it is said that the
Tourist Bureau’s job in the
Fall is to convince the people
that the leaves 150 miles
from home are more
beautiful than those in their
own backyards.
We were amazed at the
size of the Boone home and
family farm. It is a sanc
tuary of the Pa. Game
Commission and deer,
raccoon, pheasants, quail
and rabbits can be seen. It
also contains a lake and
stone dam. The water runs a
sawmill with a vertical saw.
I expected to see a log
cabin. Well, we did see a
restored one but the real
attraction was a large
brownstone house built
before 1750. In a kettle hung
on a trammel, we could see
and smell the sausage and
apples being cooked. There
were pewter plates and
many crocks displayed. The
parlor contained a tall clock
made near Reading, a tape
loom and a beautiful desk,
chairs and table. In terms of
the 18th century the Boones
were a prosperous family.
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However, when Daniel
was 16 m 1750, the family left
all this and went to fmd
better land m N. Carolina.
Another reason for leaving
was to escape the censure of
the local Friends Meeting as
they were Quakers who
came to America before
1713 His father was a
weaver and a blacksmith as
well as a farmer
Daniel Boone is identified
with the “winning of the
West,” yet the original
colonies were themselves
pioneer areas. At this tune,
Berks County was at the
edge of the wilderness and
Daniel learned to hunt and
trap and shoot accurately
the Pa. nfle given him on his
tenth birthday. These skills
served him well in Kentucky
and Missouri m later years.
Many early Pa. families
faced the same dangers and
hardships to settle virgin
lands as did those who later
moved farther to the west.
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Melvin Houck wins FFA degre
ELVERSON - Melvin
Houck, Elverson Rl, with a
long list of agribusiness jobs
and achievements, has
earned the 1978 American
Farmer Degree in the area
of Agribusiness.
Melvm, a 1975 graduate of
Twin Valley High School,
served as chaplain and
sentmel of his Twin Valley
FFA Chapter. During his
FFA career, Melvin was
awarded with the Soil and
Water Conservation
Foundation Medal. He also
participated in the State
FFA Chorus, livestock
judging, and summer
convention.
The 22 year old started his
agribusiness career by
harvesting potatoes for one
summer. While m high
school he worked at Weavers
Orchard for two years. He
then went to Lois Stoltzfus
and worked with the dairy
farmer for one year. Melvins
next work experience was
with a poultry operation.
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“I have earned the highest
degree m FFA of which I
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and Ruth Houck, is a
member of the Goodwill
United Methodist Church.
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fishing.
Melvins future pla
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February. He plans on hv
in Blue Ball in a trailer
financed through 1
agribusiness endeavors.
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