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On and on it goes, this continuing
flap about a national beauty
pEg»*nt winner and the magazine
that is raking in millions off the
public penchant for peeping.
Personally, I haven’t seen that
renowned “skin” publication issue
- and certainly won’t bother going
out of my way to look for one.
Already we have more “girl”
magazines rolling in through the
mail each month faster than
anyone can keep up with the
printed pages of each issue’s
featured beauties.
Thick and glossy, every issue is
chock full of layouts featuring
attractive females shown in head
to-heel living color. Each is
carefully posed to emphasize her
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most charming physical at
tributes.
Should it be considered an in
dignity that the farmer so
frequently buries his attention into
these printed pages?
One recent issue, for instance,
came complete with a fold-out
extra-page, full-color centerfold,
and included such phrases as
“cover girls,” “supurb in
dividuals,” “stylish and well
grown,” “tall and angular,” with
“long, wide rumps.”
Oh sure, each and every issue
carries numerous informative
articles on such diverse topics as
health, investments, travelogues
and computer up-dates.
Face it though. Those pictures
Progress
Days
still command the most immediate
attention.
Long ago, I gave up any hope of
ever weaning him away from his
intense addiction to these sub
scriptions that focus so intently on
female figures.
They go along to meals, the bam
office, on vacation, to shows, sales,
and conventions. Stacks of these
magazines pile up all over the
house.
It came to the point of “If you
can’t lick ’em, join ’em.
And that’s why you’ll find our
whole family fighting for the latest
issue of the Holstein purebred
cattle breed publications.
Franklin County
4-H Shepherds
The Franklin County 4-H
Shepherds recently completed the
required project tour to inspect
and grade all club members’ bams
and market lambs.
The club went in two groups,
with extension agent William
Reagan doing the grading for the
northern half of the county and
club leader Elizabeth Keener
grading the projects in the
southern part of Franklin County.
All market lambs were ear tagged
at that time.
The club met for a picnic lunch
at Caledonia State Park, Fayet
teville, and spent the afternoon
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inspired them to take up the craft
they now loved.
In 1973, Bealer invited about 25
enthusiasts to his home. There
they formed the Artist Blacksmith
Association and scheduled their
first conference for the next year.
In 1974, the group had about 200
members. By 1980 there were
1,260. By the time of this year’s
conference, on the grounds of St.
Norbert’s College, membership
stood at 2,400 and was still clim
bing.
The phenomenon apparently is
international. Richard Quillen of
suburban London attended the 1976
conference and became inspired to
form the British Artist Blacksmith
Association. That group now has
more than 200 members, several of
whom attended this year’s U.S.
conference.
swimming in the park pool.
Earlier, the club had a fitting and
showing clinic at the home of
David and Christiana Keener,
which was conducted by John and
Diane Conaway, Newville.
The Conaways showed the
proper way to prepare a lamb for
competition and how to show the
lamb in the show ring. Following
the clinic, members were joined by
their families for a picnic supper
and outdoor lawn games.
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A survey of the American
association’s membership earlier
this year disclosed that more than
half did their smithing purely for
enjoyment. Most of the rest earned
at least part of their income by
selling their work, and 202 of the
1,500 participants in the survey
worked at it full time.
The growth in numbers has led to
the formation of many local and
reg’ 'oups: the Blacksmiths
Guild of the Potomac,
Ohio Forge and Anvil, Blaci
of Missouri, and the like. There
also has been a spurt m
blacksmithing books, and courses
on techniques are offered at some
universities.
What’s the Appeal?
What is the appeal of this
venerable craft? Many attending
the conference echoed Whitaker,
who said, “It’s a tuming-away
from mass-produced junk, toward
something creative.”
Whitaker should know. At age 15,
he began to study with Samuel
Yellin of Philadelphia, widely
acknowledged to be the greatest
20th-century smith. Yellin’s
workshop had as many as 200
students at one time, before the
Depression destroyed the or
namental iron market.
Now Whitaker, who worked for
33 years in Carmel, Calif., before
moving to Aspen in 1962, is semi
retired. He has been teaching
workshops for nine years, and says
quality has improved “tremen
dously.”
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