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Recycled 55-gallon vegetable oil drums have
been turned into musical instruments for the Steel
Band of Chambersburg Area High School. Here,
one of the 17 members pounds out rhythms on his
base section grouping.
Farm Women Societies
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A representative of each
county offered a brief report
of their activities. Some of
the more unusual programs
included Fulton County’s
25th anniversary celebra
tion, a hoe-down, braille
lessons and belly dancing in
Berks County groups,
Cumberland County’s spon
sorship of a blind youngster
to summer camp and coupon
exchanges and a Hawaiian
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ty, whose members also
serve as a security guards at
the county fair. Also includ
ed in the nearly endless
variety of Farm Women ac
tivities are charitable con
tributions, fund-raisers, pic
nics, parades and a state
safety program focusing on
smoke detectors.
Highlight of the afternoon
program was the
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School “Steel Band” which
received a standing ovation
and calls of “More!” from
the audience of 400 Steel
band sounds are
synonymous with the Cam
bean Islands and include no
instruments other than per
cussion types. Music is made
on whole or portions of 55-
gallon drums, with the top
removed and inverted, then
tuned to notes by hammer
ing the curved disk mto flat
tened sections that produce
varying ’ sounds.
Chambersburg’s unique 17-
member band acquired then
vegetable oil drums from a
chip manufacturer, flew two
musicians from Trinidad to
tune the drums and painted
them in a kahedoscope of
brilliant colors. Dressed in
glowing shades compatible
with the hues of then- in
struments, the outstanding
student band made a strik
ing and colorful contrast to
the polished wooden
background of the Forum
stage.
Featured speaker for the
day’s program was Dr. Paul
Unrue, a clinical counselor
and founder and director of
Family Counseling Service
m Greencastle. He dealt
with improving family rela
tionships, focusing on the
points that can be used to
make changes in interper
sonal relations, if the desire
is there and the time is
taken.
Following the Forum ses
sions, the Farm Women
were bussed to the Penn
Hams Motor Inn, for the an
nual dinner banquet Speaker
for the evening was Grant
Hurst, teacher and coach at
Lancaster’s McCaskey High
School, who talked on
developing a sense of humor.
Musical entertainment was
presented by the
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Maryland Secretary of
Agriculture Wayne A
Cawley, Jr. has expressed
his support of President
Jimmy Carter’s embargo of
grain sales to Russia.
Carter’s move came last
week in retaliation to the
Soviet Union’s invasion of
Afghanistan.
“As a farmer,
businessman and veteran, I
wish to commend you for the
action you have taken in
response to the Soviet
Union’s invasion of
Afghanistan,” Cawley wrote
in a letter to the President.
He said while the decision
to embargo 17 million metric
tons of livestock feed gram
to Russia will have an
“Carlaiers,” a choral group
composed of wives of ser
vices men stationed at the
Carlisle Barracks.
V
Md. Agriculture Secretary
approves Carter’s embargo
economic impact on all
Americans, there are times
when money must become a
secondary consideration.
“As a gram farmer, I am
heartened by your an
nouncement that fanners
alone will not have to bear
the brunt of this economic
loss, but that this commodity
will be utilized in productive
U.S. efforts to ease the
energy crisis,” he said.
Cawley was commenting
on additional restnctions
imposed on the Russians
limiting their unport of high
technology items and
restricting fishing nghts.
Speaking as a
businessman, Cawley said
he applauded Carter’s
decision to honor the original
contract for sale of eight
million metric tons of gram
to Russia.
“Terms of that contract
should be honored as
negotiated,” he told the
President.
“As a veteran, I heartily
agree with your reasoning
that retaliation is necessary
now and in such form as to
make USSR officials realize
then- aggression will not go
unopposed.
“Officially, I speak only
for the Maryland Depart
ment of Agriculture and
myself, and I recognize your
immediate liaison with the
agricultural community is
USDA Secretary Robert
Bergland,” Cawley said.
However, he added, if he
or the Maryland Department
of Agriculture could be of
any assistance in helping the
President with the embargo
on a local level, he would be
willing to hear the
President’s desires.
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