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field flo ° r > exposing proud,
v OOGOOOOOWSOOOOOOOBa ° OO * straight stalks showing off trio
n , _ X dusters of brown fuzzy pods fat
(I VU DvillK jp||b | | with beige-toned beans.
I 1 " j®'*' MpigS ||- In the boggy area below the
II m fa«l«|l VgSF || pond, swamp maples add flaming
I I tt iflXlli ww AAC gm orange accents to the meadow’s
[ subtle shading of fading greens
| and tired, tan grass.
A «|j9 I Oaks dot the fencerow with
AUU UvJlv* muted bronze, giant old patriarch
_ _ H watching yet another season
fI&Z&FQS transform the pasture. Through
MIACiIIA U 0 their rustling canopies, a host of
squirrels race - do squirrels ever
I Hf_ walk? - about the pressing
II ■ -» «MOB O seasonal business of stashing nuts
dOVC6 HUPP and the bounty of acorns against
* * * ”'** ■ BHHRO the winter hungries.
ImnDDnaonnaDano inaganaanncr Even the fading, grayish thistles
* flash with gold, as tiny finches
Golden. That’s a word that has of golden days for storing it away. cling to the thorny, jagged stems,
always designated something very This particular October gobbling their fill of the nourishing
special, very rich, very precious. promises to be especially rich, a seeds buried through the fluffy ripe
We laud the rarity of golden wed- rejoicing in the gathering season of heads,
ding anniversaries, golden eagles, nature’s golden goodness. Much of the garden has passed to
glittering, pure golden objects. Corn, kernels of mellow obscurity beneath late fall weeds.
And fewer things are more pure yellowness wrapped in rustling What remains are pale-gold lumps
than this month of October. Of the cloaks of a more faded shade, has of butternut squash, slowly
year’s dozen diverse months, lived up to all the glossy, glowing emerging as the tangled mass of
October has always been a favorite promises of shiny advertising vines wither. We gather them by
of mine. pamphlets. Fat ears, many stalks the wheelbarrow loads, piling this
Like couples celebrating their blessed with a matching set, make last harvest on the porch, to share
golden 50th year of wedded apologies for the sparseness with with friends willing to help whittle
togetherness, October knows, which farmers scratched through down the stack,
understands and is totally com- the past belt-tightening months of Some, though, will find their way
fortable with itself. Either it has bare bins and wind-swept, barren into the kitchen to be transformed
been a productive year or a lean bam floors. into just about the very best tasting
one, and October can no longer Soybeans are going golden as harvest gold of the season :
change what the growing months well, dropping their limp, pumpkin pie.
have wrought, save to offer strings yellowing leaves to blanket the
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Carlisle 4-H'er wins national award
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Veterinary Science Award winner
in the 1984 4-H National Awards
program.
Schlusser will be eligible to
attend National 4-H Congress in
Chicago on Nov. 25-29.
Support for the Veterinary
Science Award is provided by the
Cumberland County 4-H program,
PA Friends of 4-H, and The Upjohn
Co.
Carroll L. Howes, associate 4-H
youth program director at Penn
State University, who announced
the award selection, said Schlusser
was judged on the basis of project
work, leadership ability, and
participation in county and state
activities.
Schlusser was picked from
among the more than 145,000 youth
who annually take part in the
Extension Service educational 4-H
program.
The son of Chester and Winifred
Schlusser, Tom is a freshman at
the Pennsylvania State University.
He has been a 4-H member for 10
years.
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County 4-H club, he served as
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