A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1983
Crawford Farm
By NANCY KUNICK that comprise the council werJ
Staff Correspondent represented. Among those that
SAEGERTOWN The participate are breed associations
Crawford County Council of Farm maple and wool growers
Organizations held their annual associations, dairy and crop nor
awards and recognition banquet provement associations,
Thursday, Sept. 29 in Saegertown. beekeepers, auctioneers, etc.
Each of the 24 farm associations According to Jack Waddell,
Hall of Fame Award from Crawford Council of Farm
Organizations is presented by Harold Hines, left, of Nor
thwestern Rural Electric Co-op Assn., to Jack and Jean Rynd.
78 to dinner
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Chens of the women of nearby right spot, the skies suddenly
Centre Presbyterian Church. lightened for several minutes
“They had been praying for a while photographers clicked away,
fund-raising idea to help supply Soon after the last shot was made,
some new equipment needs for the the gray mist closed in again,
parish house,” explained Gail. When all the picture-taking was
“Catering this was a perfect an- finished, models and support
swer. While they sometimes have crews turned their attention to. the
difficulty getting enough help, for “groaning board” of food,
church dinners everyone just The colorful array of foods
pitched in to assist with whatever touched on nearly every segment
was needed.” of American food production, with
Arranging of the food items, and
the 78 people, took longer than had
been anticipated, with gray, mist
laden clouds more threatening by
the minute.
But by the time the full com
pletment of foods graced the red
and-white cloth covered wagon,
and each of the 78 was in just the
Vegetable relish tray is arranged by raincoat-dad Gail
McPherson.
about 70 pounds of meat, including
two baked hams, a large cut of
roast beef and a huge roasted
turkey.
Tossed fresh vegetable salad.
relish trays, scalloped and sweet
potato casseroles, succotash, and
baked beans represented
vegetable producers. Trays of
Council honors 4 the best’
former President of the Council,
the group was formed in 1980 to
enable each to work together for a
more organized Farm-City Day
and, as one large unit, to have
more influence in county
agriculture; Two major goals have
been to improve facilities at the
county fairgrounds and future
construction of the more ser
viceable accomodations for the
Cooperative Extension Service.
Following dinner served by the
Saegertown American Legion
Auxiliary, musical entertainment
and comments by the commodity
queens, awards were presented.
The first to be recognized were
the Executive Directors of 1983
Farm-City Day held June 25 at the
Crawford Co. Home Farm.
President (of the CCCFO) Charles
Black presented Jeff Ailio and
Ralph Hines with plaques for their
outstanding service for organizing
City Day. Each of the recipients
expressed their gratitude to
Charles Bruckner and Ken Custard
for their cooperation at the
Crawford County Home.
The next recipients were the
hosts of Farm-City Day. This
year’s hosts were a bit unusual as
the Home-Farm is owned by the
County. County Commissioners
Richard Ruhlman and Ivan Rose
accepted the award on behalf of
the county. Also honored was
deviled eggs, baskets filled with
crackers, bread and rolls, with
butter, rounded out the choices.
Plenty of desserts were on hand
for those still hungry, after
working their way across the table,
with choices from assorted fresh
orchard fruits, cheeses, ice cream,
eight pies, three cakes and plenty
of milk and cider to wash it all
down.
Pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn
and other seasonal produce added
the final perfect background touch
and brilliant color contrasts.
“When we first began calling to
invite people from different
professions to take part, their first
reaction was ‘You’re doing
what?’,” commented Gail on the
detailed arrangements of setting
up the photo.
“Everyone came in just a
wonderful mood, and they were
such a great cross-section of
people,” she added.
Part of the credit for assembling
the 78 representatives goes to 10-
year-old Gretchen McPherson,
who spent much of her spare time
during the family’s Labor Day
Peachilicious weekend writing a
listing of all the professions she
could remember.
Inevitably, a few minor
problems cropped up as the photo
session drew closer.
About ten of those originally
contacted to take part were unable
to attend, forcing a few last minute
substitutions.
The sticky problem of ice cream
melting before the shutters
snapped was solved with the
temporary use of a white vegetable
shortening stand-in, later replaced
with a dish of the real thing.
Worries that the food would
become sodden and stale in the
humidity never materialized, and
even the crackers kept their
crunch under the clouds.
The McPhersons express special
thanks to food producers who
contributed items, including
Green’s Dairy of York, for dairy
products. Seltzer’s Bologna
producers of Lancaster County,
and the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture staffers who made
contacts to a mushroom supplier.
It was Paul McPherson,
reflecting back on the several days
of hectic preparations and dread of
a downpour any minute during the
photo session, who had the final
word.
“Farmers will do anything to get
rain,”
General Manager of the Home- can be doing six things at once and
Farm Charles Bruckner. Leon still give a cool, calm answer to
Sweatman, incoming President of any problem." Bruckner thanked
the CCCFO, spoke of Bruckner as the commissioners for "being the
being a “unique gentleman who ' (Turn toP«geA3s)
Ag Industry Award of Crawford Council of Farm
Organizations was presented by Dave Reusing, right, of the
NW Pa. Colored Breed Assn., to Stan Bradshaw, left,
Production Credit president; and Hope Leise, of Federal Land
Bank.
Awards for Farm-City Day were presented by Leon
Sweatman, left incoming president of Crawford Council of
Farm Organization, to, from the left, Charles Bruckner,
manager of Crawford County Home-Farm; and County
Commissioners Richard Ruhlman and Ivan Rose.
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