Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
The delightful island of St. coexistence for over 300 years.
Maarten is half Dutch, half When I took a three-hour tour of
French. They have had a peaceful the island last month, the tern-
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speak Farming,
perature was a balmy 80 degrees
We drive west past the Great
Salt Pond which is no longer in use
but still forms salt Cows and goats
roam freely but seem to stay off of
the roads. Both stone fences and
stick fences are used. We were told
that there are more television sets
than telephones on the island
There are very large estates in the
high hills with iron grill gates at
the entrances
We had a half-hour stop at
Mangot, the French seat of
government and saw the public
markets. I took pictures of the
bunches of bananas piled on the
wharf. We discovered that a dark
green skinned banana is really
sweet and ripe. Plantain, which is
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- .Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 17,1984—89
a staple food of the islanders,
looked exactly like a banana to me.
We drove past coconut groves
and small villages to Cole Bay Hill
where we had a view of the lagoon
and neighboring islands There is a
large airport on the island, golf
courses, and luxury hotels.
When we got back to Philip
sburg, I went shopping with two
sisters. In fifteen minutes, I bought
an embroidered blouse and eight
apphqued hand towels. They
“shopped” for hours in order to
find the particular tablecloth that
they wanted T left them;
Saturday, March 17
Lancaster Society 3 meets at
Florence Weit’s, 1136 Lincoln
Heights Ave., for a program by
Doris Ortman on Irish wit and
song.
Lancaster Society 8 meets at
Grace Bixler’s for a program on
Canadian Homesteaders and
their foods.
Lancaster Society 13 meets to
entertain Society 7 at 1 p.m. at
the Farm and Home Center.
Monday, March 19
Lancaster Society 29 meets for a
program on egg decorating by
Mary Fyock.
Lancaster Society 30 meets for a
program on gardening tips by
Witmer’s Greenhouse.
Lancaster Society 34 meets for a
program on plants.
Sheep Club Holds Meeting
CARLISLE The Conodogumet
Sheep Club held its organizational
meeting recently. Twenty-three
members, including six new
members, voted for their 1984
officers.
The officers are as follows; Joe
Wynn, president; Eric Nace, vice
president; Vickie Holtry,
secretary; Susie Wenger, assistant
secretary; and Michelle Walker,
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found a taxi and went back to the
ship by myself where I was able to
get a few hours of sun by the pool
before dinner
At 11 p.m. all the passangers
were invited to the Continental
dining room to view and take
pictures of a lavish display of very
fancy dishes and ice sculptures. If
we had waited until midnight, we
were invited to eat the picturesque
food spread on long tables.
However since I felt that I was fed
well enough, I skipped the food and
went to bed.
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Lancaster Society 27 meets for a
birthday parties program at
Vera Frey’s home in Maytown.
Thursday, March 22
Lancaster Society 28 meets for an
egg decorating program by
Mary Alice Fyock.
Saturday, March 24
Lancaster Society 23 meets to
entertain husbands at Meadow
Hill Dining Room. Lanco Lads
will have the program at 6:30
p.m.
Lancaster Society 26 meets at
General Sutter Inn at 6:30 p.m.
to entertain husbands. The
program will be an African
safari with Bob at the
Brubakers.
Lancaster Society 4 meets at the
home of Lorna King for a
program by Kristine Van
Erlach.
treasurer,
Other officers include Bobby
Day and Melissa Walker, social
chairpersons; Carol Perry, news
reporter; Vickie Holtry, county
council representative; and Ed
Wenger, alternate representative
Anyone wishing to be a member
of the Sheep Club should contact
the Cumberland County Extension
Office in Carlisle.
Tuesday, March 20
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