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What can you do with a
beat-up tricycle, an old
cardboard box and a pile of
field rocks?
Why you can have a
“tractor pull,” that’s what.
Our yard currently 1 sports
the dustiest, hardest-packed
stretch of bare ground you
ever did see. It’s the track
worn down by our would-be
tractor pullers, wfao’ve found
one more way to relieve the
before-school-starts blahs.
The spark of this
imaginative activity was lit
several weeks ago when we
attended our tint night at
the Buck Tractor Pulls, my
candidate for the noisiest
spot on the Eastern
Seaboard on a Saturday
night And we were hooked!
From the roar of those
throbbing diesels, through
the whine of the turbine
powered job and on through
the weighted four-wheel
pickups, we dung to our
seats in fascination with this
sport that has hooked both
farm and non-farm spec
tators. (I confess tospending
a goodly portion of the
evening with my fingers
plugging my ears.)
For days afterward, a
small boy powered sound of
whining motors sporadically
resounded through the
house, along with bursts of
enthusiastic recollections of
some of the more
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memorable pullers, like the
rig that belched dozens of
smoke rings. And the
tractor-pulling fire
smouldered a bit brighter.
Recent mini-pulls at our
York 4-H Fair further fanned
the spark. Who would ever
dream that you could be so
captivated by toy tractors,
powered with miniature
airplane motors, as they
pulled 150 pounds of weights
and upward. It seemed to be
a toss-up as to who was
having the most fun: the
boys, the fathers, or the
audience.
That did it The flame of
tractor pulling desire finally
consumed our youngsters.
They promptly laid off a dirt
trade, “borrowed” their
dad’s tape measure and tied
a cardboard box to the large
tricyde, using a piece of
baler twine (what else!).
Using ever-increasing loads
of heavy stones, they’re off
in a cloud of dust, flying bits
of gravel and pedaling feet.
Those sanctioned pullers
who spend thousands of
dollars on their rigs couldn’t
possibly have any more fun
than our pulling team is
having right outside the
door.
And at least tricydes and
cardboard boxes have never
been known to blow an ex
pensive engine five feet
'down the track.
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Societies \
Berks Co.
Society 6
A family covered dish
luncheon and swimming
party was held at the home
of Nora Schweitzer,
limekiln, in August.
A group family picnic will
be held on Sunday, August 24
at Daniel Boone Homestead,
Birdsboro. In case of rain it
will be held at Sally
Hauseman’s garage.
Several women will be
attending the tenth an
niversary celebration for
Group 9, on September 17, at
St. Paul Lutheran Church,
Douglassville.
Mrs. Jacob Hartz will be
helping with the memorial
service at the County Con
vention on October 4 at the
Ag Center, Leesport.
A trip is planned for the
Allen Berry Playhouse in
Boiling Spring, October 8. A
donation was given to be a
patron to the Reading
chapter of the Sweet
Adeline’s. -
A thank you note for
serving food was received
from Mrs. Jacob Hartz,
whose house roof was blown
off by a recent storm.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Ruth Herbein,
Oley on Tuesday, September
9.
Lebanon Co.
Society 5
Twenty-one members of
Lebanon Society 5 met last
week for miniature golf at
Kauffman’s in Rehrersburg.
The Lebanon County Farm
Women Convention will be
held October 8 at Palmyra
First United Methodist
Church. County Farm
Women will have a
promotional booth at the
Lebanon Valley. Mall Sep
tember 10-13. Members are
asked to man the booth for 2
hour shifts.
Betty Sattazahn, Minerva
Lentz, and Florence Kaylor
were apointed to the
nominating committee to
prepare a ballot of
prospective officers for tbe
next two years.
The next meeting will be
on Tuesday, September 9 at
7:30 p.m. in the home of
Marion Clay, at which time
the members will par
ticipate in an old fashioned
spelling bee.
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Lancaster Society 32 held
their August meeting at the ,
Chiques Church of the
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Following the business
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Everyone brought some
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