P4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1981 'J’Jjg
BY JANE BRESEE
Staff Correspondent
TUNKHANNOCK - Tom and
Judy McCarty and their three
small sons recently welcomed
Governor Richard Thornburgh for
a visit of their farm in Sugar Run
near Wyalusing. Their 220-acre
farm was chosen as a convenient
supper-time stop for the Governor
and his party before he was
scheduled to ride in a 1928 fire
engine , during a parade in
Tunkhannock, Wyoming County.
The parade was to climax an af
ternoon tour of Bradford County.
The McCarty’s were notified just
six short days before they were to
host the affair, and neighbors and
friends rallied to help the young
couple “spruce up”. The pic
turesque farm nestled in a creek
valley between two high hills, was
readied complete with a buffet
supper arranged for the 40 invited
farmers and spouses from
Bradford and four adjacent
counties. On hand to greet the
governor and his wife, Ginny, were
Secretary and Mrs. Penrose
Hallowell; Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture Chester Heim; Mr.
and Mrs. Russel] Gunton, regional
director of agriculture,
Tunkhannock; Orville Yoder,
Bradford County Extension agent,
commissioners from Bradford and
Sullivan Counties, and local
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The McCarty’s escorted the
Thornburghs through the 160-cow
stanchion barn as the three hired
helpers were finishing the evening
milking. The modem barn, flanked
by three silos, is complete with
pipeline and a 200-gallon bulk tank.
A short distance from the cow bam
is another structure housing about"
120 calves and heifers.
The governor admitted he had
never been persuaded to milk a
cow yet, but posed for pictures
with one of the men beside a cow.
Following the buffet supper
completed with a homemade cake
decorated with the state seal, Ok
governor spoke briefly on the
importance of the family farm,”
the backbone of our agricultural
family.” He pointed out it was
Secretary Hallowell who had
helped him gain his reputation as
an advocate of agriculture.
When asked what he considered
to be his administrations greatest
coiitiiLiit.'uji. lu icuiture, me
governor mentioned his efforts in
obtaining a milk security fund,
amendments to the Clean and
•Green Act, and others. He cited
town meetings as his best method
for keeping in touch with farmers
in the state.
Inflation and high interest rates
are the farmers’ biggest problem,
Thornburgh stressed and noted the
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the Governor came to dinner
Rural Development Council which
boasts Secretary Hallowell as- a
member is moving in the direction
of the Industrial Development
Agency and will, hopefully, make
more money available to farming
and agricultural projects.
Asked about abating the threat
of radioactive and toxic wastes in
rural areas, the governor referred,
to the “Hazardous Waste Law, and
that “for the first time there is a
law with some teeth in it”. He said
the next task is to locate secure
(dump) sites in the state, adding
that hauling Pennsylvania Wastes
to neighboring states “can’t go on
forever”.
Howard Smith, Jr., treasurer of
the Bradford County Republican
Party organization, presented the
governor with a letter of ap
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legislators of the region:
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Henry Hager. Bradford County
Commissioner Francis Douglas
also presented a letter signed by
the commissioners which praised
the governor for his efforts in the
field of agriculture.
After the governor and his party
had departed, many stayed to visit
with McCarty family.
Tom and Judy McCarty, both
teachers, gave up their teaching
careers about ten years ago to go
into farming. Tom said he decided
he would rather be a farmer and
has since worked to modernize his
father’s farm. He rents several
hundred acres of cropland from
neighbors and milks one of the
largest dairy herds in the county.
They were highly honored, they
said, to be chosen to host the
Governor.
-Their boys, ranging in ages from
4 to 11, thought it was one grand
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party, but would rather have been
playing little league ball. But
someday, they too, will be telling
their children and. grandchildren
about the time Governor and Mrs.
Thornburgh dropped in for supper!
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