Bl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, MarchS, 1983
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
LANCASTER Once upon a
time soldiers left at the end of
February for a 31-day march, and
found themselves in April!
And then there’s the one about
the guy who fell asleep on winter’s
20th of March and woke up in
spring!
The jokes describing March are
as numerous as its days 31 to be
exact.
Though March traditionally
enters with a blustery display and
ends in subdued tones as nature
stretches and yawns to wake up
from its nap, such was not the case
this year as warm temperatures
pushed the mercury upward with
slow but steady force.
To some, March means late
minute panic over income taxes, to
some a chance to order seeds for
their summertime gardens, and to
others a time to begin summer
cleaning and outdoor repairs.
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March 'springs' to life
The farm animals usually notice
spring’s arrival and celebrate by
being uncooperative and frisky,
while their counterparts in the
forested areas begin a season of
scurrying and dancing, casting
thoughts of another winter aside
till late summer.
March is Red Cross Month, the
Windy Month and the month
harboring Girl Scout Week,
National Poison Prevention Week
and National Wildlife Week.
Perhaps it’s symbolic that
National Ag Day and the first day
of spring occur on the same date
this year (the 21st). Spring implies
growth, freshness,\and hope; Ag
Day strives to present the same.
And while all this awakening is
occuring in the Northern
Hemisphere, many superstitious
people are wandering the woods
and rubbing gold urns wishing a
leprechaun to appear. This could
only mean St. Patrick’s Day on the
17th, the day the Irish honor their
patron saint. In the United States,
those honoring the day usually
wear green and collect shamrocks
for good luck.
Though March lost Easter to
April this year, it still can boast
Palm Sunday on the 27th and the
beginning of passover on the 29th.
Four presidents of the United
States were bom in March: James
Madison, Grover Cleveland, John
Tyler and Andrew Jackson.
History buffs may find it in
teresing to note that Elizabeth
Barrett Browning, Alexander
Graham Bell, Sam Houston, and
that great escape artist, Harry,
Houdini, were bom in March.
This month you’ll hear the crack
of stitched horsehide against the
bat as baseball practice begins and
the snap of fishing line as it sails
toward the stocked and waiting
creeks and ponds.
Enjoy March; you’ll have 31 days
of it to repair those fences that
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EPHRATA The Ephrata
Community 4-H Club is holding-a
drop-in registration, March 7, at
the Salem Lutheran Church, here.
Interested youths will find
projects in bicycling, gardening,
handyman and woodworking,
knitting, electricity, horse and
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THOMASVILLE - The mem
bers of the ThomasviUe 4-H Club
met at the 4-H Center near Bair
recently, as member Mike Weis!,
presented a slide presentation of
various past activities.
Members were reminded that
blue forms were due in the Ex
tension Office on Mai ch 1.
Members are planning a family
fun night on March 26.
The next meeting will be held on
March 22 at the 4-H Center.
Members will be expected to
attend all project meetings if
possible and to participate in the
local round-up on July 26 at the
Trinity Lutheran Church, Ephrata.
For more information, contact 4-
H Agent Donna Lucidi at the
county Extension office or Kris
Fortna at 733-4717.
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