Cl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1980
"Oh, puuulllleeeeezzzz-
zeee” begged the youngsters
on a recent Saturday af
ternoon, “can’t we go
Christmas shopping’ ’ ’
It was a task I knew had to
come sooner or later. There
was a small amount of
allowance money burning
holes in Dockets and two
eager gift-_givers chomped
at the bit To go make their
modest selections for the
family.
Now, my ideal shopping
excursion takes place on a
rainy Wednesday morning
when the majority of the
world is otherwise occupied.
The thought of spending a
sunny Saturday afternoon
waiting in traffic and
jousting with thousands of
other harried shoppers had
about as much appeal as an
appointment with the In
ternal Revenue Service
I stalled The living room
needed dusting and a visit
from the vacuum cleaner
Dust and hay bits had
collected a quarter-inch
thick it seemed on the kit
chen floor. Upstairs, there
were a couple of children’s
rooms that resembled the
local landfill
How could I abandon this
mess’ Even worse, how
could I face it later’
Henry Kissinger would
have been proud We
negotiated our own version
of the SALT treaty I’d shop,
if they’d clean.
Dust was still settling as
we departed a few hours
later, three crusaders (one
still reluctant) out to do
battle in the annual holiday
buying skirmish
Rounding a turn onto the
large parking lot of a
favorite local discount
department store did little to
ease my dread. In all
directions, the pavement
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On being
a farm wife
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hazards
Joyce Bupp
was packed with cars! We
spotted an opening about an
eighth-mile from the store
and grabbed it quick before
the guy behind us could aim
his steering wheel
Inside, the air was heavy
with crowds of people.
Carols played against the
noise of shopping carts,
crying babies and the whirrs
and beeps of electronic
games, operated by fathers
ostensibly trying them out
for the kids
Our youngster’s eyes
glowed with anticipation and
big grins spread across their
faces Suddenly, what could
only be the Christmas ;> n f
touched this mother’s jaded
heart, and the shopping
expedition transformed into
what holidays should be all
about a time of sharing fun
with your family.
Selecting gifts for Dad and
for each other, making
delightful secrets to whisper
about, brought us closer
together as conspirators
Even the half-hour wait in
the longest check-out line in
history became a chance to
giggle and observe that
Santa was going to be big on
socks under lots of trees this
year.
Although they probably
didn’t realize it, our children
gave me a wonderful gift
that afternoon.
For a few brief hours, my
mind fled adult worries, the
hassles of the past several
months of building and
restructuring our own dairy
operation, the ever-present
financial worries that weigh
on all farmers today, and the
unsolvable concerns laid on
our minds with each daily
newspaper and radio or TV
news report
It was the Christmas
season once more I was a
kid again
And it was good
Fulton Grange sets meeting plans
OAKRYN - Fulton
Grange No. 66 held their
semi-monthly meeting
Monday night at the Grange
Hall, Oakryn, with the
Master, Thomas C.
Galbreath, presiding at the
business session George
Blevins, Richard Drumm
and Ruth Ann Baker were
IJ.S.-Mexico sign ag
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The United States and
Mexico Wednesday signed
an agreement providing for
the purchase by Mexico of at
least 6 million metric tons of
US. agricultural com
modities in calendar year
1981.
According to Secretary of
Agriculture Bob Bergland,
the agreement is similar to a
pact for 1980 signed last
January covering 4.76
million tons of commodities
and amended in September
to 7.2 million tons.
Including purchases which
had been made before the
signing of the 1980
agreement. Mexico has now
purchased 10.4 million
metric tons of all specified
commodities for delivery in
1980. This will make Mexico
a $2 billion U S market, the
third largest customer for
U.S. agricultural products
“There are some dif
ferences m terminology and
in numbers,” Bergland said
of the new agreement, “but
the supply and purchase
assurances are continued,
and the avenues for
cooperation are broadened
and spelled out.”
accepted into membership
Mrs. Howard W. Miller Jr.
announced that the Oakryn
Senior Citizens were to hold
an Acme dinner december 10
and are planning a bus trip
to Baltimore to tour the
McCormick & Co. warehouse
next spring.
Charles McSparran
trade agreement
Bergland said the new
agreement permits Mexico
to purchase a minimum of
6.15 million tons of U.S.
agricultural products m
1981, chiefly sorghum, com,
soybeans and wheat. “For
its part, the United States
will endeavor to assure that
supplies are available, and
will do all it can to facilitate
their purchase by Mexico,”
Bergland said. < .
He said sales of com
modities covered by the
agreement will be made
through normal commercial
channels and the prices will
be those prevailing in the
market at the tune contracts
are negotiated.
“We have learned from
our experience with the 1980
agreement that cooperation
in agricultural trade is
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beneficial on both sides of
our common border,”
Bergland said. “The new
agreement emphasizes the
joint effort.”
“It specifies consultations
within six months or at the
request of either party for
the exchange of information
on supply and needs, and it
pledges the fullest mutual
effort to assure delivery of
the commodities, par
ticularly a continuation of
the work that has been done
this year on rail tran
sportation.”
Bergland termed “un
precedented” the
cooperation between US.
and Mexican governments
and railroads to alleviate
transportation bottlenecks
which might have prevented
Mexico from eetmg its 1980
needs
Switc
fertilizer tanks
to a Calumet vacuum tank
with soil injector
Liquid hog manure can save thousands of dollars in
commercial fertilizer costs. So it makes sense to
preserve that value with good management
That’s why Calumet recommends pairing our
vacuum tan'/ with a 2 or 4-shank Calumet soil injector.
Soil plow down retains about four times the nitrogen
lost with surface spreading, plus reduces odor and runoff.
Stop in to see the full line of
Calumet vacuum tanks in
capacities from 1180 to 4500 gallons
and choice of two vacuum pumps
And ask about the benefits of using
a Calumet 2 or 4-shank soil injector.
The Calumet Company, Inc.
CALUMET &
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DISTRIBUTOR
reported that he attended the
annual meeting of the Walter
Aument Family Health
Center.
Clifford W. Holloway Jr.
announced that the Lan
caster County Pomona
Grange will hold a covered
dish supper at Fulton
Grange Hall Saturday,
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January 17 followed by their
regular meeting.
The Lecturer, Mrs. Jesse
Wood, presented the
program. She conducted a
quiz concerning individual’s
Christmas preparedness
with Mrs. Cecil Campbell the
winner. Several individuals
told about the best or the
worst Christmas they ever
had.
Sharon McCauley, Fulton
Grange’s contestant in the
Miss Solanco contest, did a
gymnastics routine which
she performed in the contest,
Kenneth McCauley,
president of The Gaelic
American Society of Lan
caster County, gave an in
teresting talk about their
organization. It was
organized in 1976 and meets
the second Thursday of each
month at the Stauffer
Mansion on the Lititz Pike,
Lancaster. Mrs Wood read a
poem “At Christmas” by
Edgar A. Guest to conclude
the program.
The youth and young
marneds committees will be
in charge of Christmas
carolling and the Christmas
party December 22 Grange
families are invited. They
will leave the Grange Hall at
7 p.m to go carolling and
return afterward for the
party. Everyone should
bring a gift valued between
$1.50 and $2 for the gift ex
change
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