As the dusk silently drapes It’s Christmas Eve. winter-garbed hillsides, and And much of the world will pause daylight fades into memory, the to remember, to rejoice, losing, to hustle and bustle, the frantic pray for peach on earth, goodwill rushing that has filled recent days, to men. begins to subside. In our country church, as in HIH Aft PENNSYLVANIA BENEDICT’S FORD TRACTOR R.D.2 Wellsboro, PA 16901 717/724-2839 BERKLEIGH POWER EQUIP., GO., INC. 10S.2ndAve W. Reading, PA 19611 215/376-6506 NORMAN D. CLARK & SON, INC. Honey Grove, PA 17035 717/734-3682 GRUMELLTS FARM SERVICE R.D.02, 80x36 QuarryviUe, PA 17566 717/78^7318 On being a farm wife -And other hazards Joyce Bnpp • k x o —<=> - The storm will pass. And thankfully, so will you with a Kubota snowblower. We have snowblowers that attach to most Kubota diesel tractors, and they are a cinch to operate. They clear snow from driveways, roads or parking lots. Break up and clear heavy drifts. And the large diameter chutes give you excellent control of casting distance. MARSHALL MACHINERY, INC. DASHING THROUGH \\l\lfc PAUL W. HIST AND CO., INC. 697 N. Main St., Box 795 Doylestown, PA 18901 215/348-9041 KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO. R.D. #7, Lebanon, PA 17042 717/949-6501 730 S. Broad St, Lititz, PA 17543 717/626-2121 R.D. #4 Honesdale, PA 18431 717/729-7117 O.C. RICE, INC. 104 N. Main St, P.O. Box“C” Biglerville, PA 17307 717/677-8135 thousands of others across this land, the sanctuary will glow with softly flickering candlelight and the radiant bnllance of red poinsettias. A manger, filled with straw from the cow bam, cushions, a symbolic baby doll, the focal point of one of the most beautiful of worship services. And down the aisles processes our own choir of angels. They range in age and size from the self-conscious, taller, almost teens on down to a few of the tiniest cherubs, barely past toddling size. Robed in white, they come, tinsel sparkling from blonde and brunette heads, a few of the halos slipping slightly sideways. We teachers forgot the bobby pins again. Bringing up the back of the procession are the usually mischievious boys, now tran- So next time the forecast calls for snow, relax. It’ll blow over. With a little help from Kubota. UKUBOin We’re looking for work. RISHEL’S SALES & SERVICE R.D. #2, Spring Mills, PA 16875 814/422-8826 State College, PA 16801 814/238-7788 SEBRING’S POWER HOUSE North Fifth At Ave. “C” Stroudsburg, PA 18360 717/421-8980 STRALEY FARM SUPPLY, INC. > 1760 East Canal Road Dover, PA 17315 717/292-4443 or 292-2631 THOMAS POWER EQUIPMENT AG " ,N^ E S , { ,PME, ! T o C0 V ,NC- So. Penna. Ave., Box 546 1207 Telegraph R<*d Avondale PA 19311 Rising Sun, MD 21911 A mS^L9l«i U 301/658-5568 & 398-6132 215/268-2181 215/869-3542 TRACTOR PARTS COMPANY 355 Central Road Bloomsburg, PA 17815 717/784-0250 sformed into shepherds. Garbed in borrowed bathrobes, fabric squares framing their fair and freckled faces, they seem so serious in the re-enactment of this drama. These angles and shepherds surround the two chosen to portray Mary and Joseph, who take their places keeping vigil at the manger, and study the baby whose parents they symbolize. One smaller angel fidgets, twisting her curls m nervousness, while a shepherd momentarily forgets a song verse as he searches the dimly-lit sea of faces for parents who are fighting to hold back tears of pride. With a lisp or two, a few slightly off key, voices respond to a final piano cue and begin their last vocal offering of this night: “Away in a manger, no crib for a bed....” 0 MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS 1320 Route 38 Hainesport, NJ 08036 609/267-6100 PONIATOWSKI BROS. EQUIP. CO. Route 31 & Church Street Flemmgton, NJ 08822 201/782-3514 Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 24,1982—817 NEW JERSEY MARYLAND ARNETT’S GARAGE Rt. 9, Box 125 Hagerstown, MD 21740 301/733-0515 Suddenly, the miracle has happened all over again. And it comes forth, not in presents nor partying, nor m government edicts nor decrees, but in the simple hope of children gathered around a small manger where a baby lies in the straw. This is Christmas. May its peace, its love, its joy, its hope, be yours, always. Merry Christmas! GEBHART’S SANDBLASTING & RESTORATION INC. $ Box 109 AA, R.D. 1 M Abbottstown, Pa. i' : 17301 717-259-9868 ' • Water Blasting • Chemical Cleaning ' , • Brick & stone Re- - s i pointing & Water proofing MEMO. HAY, STRAW & EAR CORN SALE EVERY MONDAY At 11 A.M. NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 Lloyd H. Kreider, Auctioneer
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