ClS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 28,1980 “Please sign on the line.” Have you ever thought about how many times in a week you sign your name? Seems there’s precious little you can do today without recording it on some impressive-looking docu ment. Affix your signature to a piece of paper and you can get married (or unmarried), drive a car, take out a per mit to remodel, rebuild, remove or release, sue somebody, open an account, take out a loan or charge anything from a cruise around the world to a pair of roller skates. Long ago, I learned that the farmer would occa sionally approach me with a pen m one hand and a carbon-inserted loan ap plication in the other. “Sign this,” he’d request. Farming being the large-investment and hne-of-credit business it’s become today, I scrawled my name on the spot provided and learned to accept the ever-larger opei citing amounts without staying awake all night worryjig about it. iso, when we recently found ourselves situated at a law office table surrounded by a retinue of loan organiza tions representatives, we knew that “sign on the line” time had again arrived Qigidply filters Mini Green douse • All wood specially treated ♦ Roof frame continuous with galvanized connections for greater strength S stability • Peak height approximately 7 • No pamt necessary • B ji)t lo utilise e;ery inch of space • Convenient height • Designed with minimum ■ ght resistance Other curved arches available for larger green house structures On being a farm wife -And other hazards Joyce Bupp After a year-long marathon of plans, changes, delays, frustrations and the nation’s shakily balanced money markets, a refinancing pro gram to up-date our dairying facilities was finally coming to fruition. “Would you please sign right here?” came the inevitable request with the first paper handed across the table. Sheaves of fme prmt and stacks of first, second and third copies later, the ink was drying on the last signature. An emotional mixture of elation and that now-we’ve-dug-the-hole deeper feeling was setting in. It was then that I glanced at the checkbook stub where out of curiosity I had decided to keep track of how many tunes we’d signed our names. During the brief morning’s transaction, we’d scrawled a collective total of 72 signatures on papers to bor row, pay, open, close, and attest that we had not been discriminated against nor would discriminate against any others Every eventuality was Covered and we were not thoroughly enwrapped in the' tender arms of legality and indebtedness. The phrase “sign your life away” had suddenly become my motto • One 2 6 3 wide door allows easy access • Designed to relocate if necessary • Tie down anchors to keep building in position • 15 year Green House panels • 94°0 light transmission • Built locally— will custom build to your need Size Width s Length 8 & 10 8 & 16 Telephone XN (717) 86S-S5Bl MANUFACTURERS •( M LAMINATED RAFTERS ** ,*nd WOOD ROOF TRUSSES RICHLAND ROl Pennsylvania 17087 National Grange sewing winners named WASHINGTON, D.C. - Winners of the nation’s largest sewing competition, sponsored by the National Grange, were announced this week by Mary Buf fington, Director of Women’s Activities for the Grange. Following national judging held at the Simplicity Pat tern Company in New York City, the first place winners in four divisions selected were: Sherry! Hodgkins, Mt. Vemon, Maine; Rebecca Lyford, Caledonia, Illinois; Mrs. Leslie Rivard, Games, Michigan; and Sandy Thelen, St. Johns, Michigan. Mrs. Hodgkins’ winning entry in Class A, women’s clothes, was a pale blue floral print Gunne Sax designer dress. She is a housewife, has two children and raises Golden Retreivers. Rebecca Lyford. Class B, teen’s clothes, used three patterns to achieve a Western look that includes a denim skirt, matching reversible vest and plaid blouse She is 13 years old and the paperwork was ready for the filing for posterity and lifetime of paybacks. The word was “go.” Hold it. The world was “stop.” Seems that there was still one teeny, weeny paper an absolute, must have, necessary one that was tied up in the web of the U.S. Postal Service. At this writing, that lone paper that was mailed two weeks previous has not yet been spit out of the jaws of the postal people It may well be resting in Nome, Alaska, or vacationmg in Melbourne, Australia, or have died and gone to postal heaven in Timbuctoo Or maybe it just got stuck somewhere on one of its pieces of red tape and lives on a farm with her parents and three sisters. Mrs. Rivard, Class C, children’s clothes, won first place with an old fashioned Christening gown and cap made for a great grandson. She is a homemaker and mother of seven. Miss Thelen, Class D, boys and girls, took top honors for a dress and coat combination. She is 11 years old and has A single 150-lb hog yields about $ll 00 of fertilizer value a year Multiply that by the number of hogs you raise and you have a substantial supply of M R K you don t have to buy But it has to be managed That means the right handling and spreading equipment Calumet vacuum tanks are built to last with heavy-duty components and a choice of two vacuum pumps both engineered to load fast and run cool To get the most value from hog manure pair your Calumet vacuum tank to a Calumet 2 or 4-shank soil injector and put manure where it does the most good Take advantage of the value produced by your living fertilizer factories with Calumet manure management equipment The Calumet Company, Inc. CALUMET & NESSETH DISTRIBUTOR F. ERNEST SNOOK RD 3 - Box 84, Mifflinburg, Pa. 17844 - Phone: 717-966-2736 been sewing since age five. Each of the four winners will be awarded a trip to the National Grange convention this November where they will compete for Best of Show and a $lOOO prize given by the National Grange. Other national prizes include a $5OO scholarship from Simplicity Patterns for Miss Lyford (teen division) and Singer sewing machines for USED TANKS 2000 Gal Hesston V 2250 Clay each of the first national winners. First second and third place national winners are also eligible for cash and mer chandise awards from other sponsors of the contest . .$3OOO 43060 $2BOO
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