form Philosophy By BY NEWTON BAIR Saturday night has always been a kind of special night, especially for common working people. It marks the very end of the week, and if it has been a particularly hard one, here’s our chance to unload the burden and get ready for a fresh start. In bygone days, Saturday night was celebrated with the ritual of the weekly bath. A whole week’s accumulation of whatever, was abolished at one good scrubbing. Of course, in summer we might have had several opportunities to skmny-dip in the crick after a hot day in the sun. A cake of Ivory soap could be shared by everybody the whole length of the swimming hole without sinking. But in wint er, the weekly bath sufficed, and did little harm to our health. A change of underwear and clean socks in the middle of the week, and the company was at least bearable. Summertime was the time for Sunday School Picnics and “Festi vals ” Every Denomination and DON'T BE SLOW Call Now To Place Your CLASSIFIED AD Ph: 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 CENTRE COUNTY GRANGE FAIR FREE AUGUST 28 thru SEPTEMBER 3, 1987 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Fit, August 28, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.BELLAMY BROTHERS Sat., August 29, 2:30 and 8:00 p.m LEAHY FAMILY Mon., August 31, 2:30 and 8:00 p.m LETTERMEN Tues., September 1, 2:30 and 8:00 p.m.PORTER WAGNER Wed., September 2, 2:30 and 8:00 p.m SYLVIA Thurs., September 3, 7:00 and 9:00 p.m ATLANTA DAILY ADMISSION $3.00 PARKING $2.00 LIMITED OVER-NIGHT TRAILER PARKING Newton Bair organization held a summer “Fes tival” on a Saturday evening. The Lutherans and Grangers held theirs at the Community Grounds, where there were buildings and conveni ences. The Methodists and Church of God used the playgrounds along the Yellow Breeches at Lisburn. One fire company used the Ball Park, another held their annual shindig in Trimmers meadow (If the cows hadn’t messed up the parking area too much). Others were staged in a favorite patch of shady woods, which had to be cleared of brush and poison ivy prior to the event. They all featured Chicken Com Spup, boiled in large open kettles over a wood fire, brim full of the summers fattest hens and fresh sweet com from the family corn patch. Watermelon slices of the face washing kind, ice cream con es for a nickel, and a whole bag full of Tootsie Rolls and licorice sticks for a dime. Little kids marched, and old ladies fanned their free funeral parlor fans to the beat of the locrjl High School Band, 113th CENTRE HALL, PA ENTERTAINMENT oomped-pa’ing Sousa and Berlin. The men congregated in the shade, sucking on Sarsaparilla and swap ping tall tales. Who knows what the unattached young couples were doing;- there were lots of trees for privacy? It all blended together for an event that could wipe out all the aches and pains of the past week. Winter time Saturday nights were not all that dull either. After all the kids were properly scrubbed and brushed, it seemed only fitting that the whole family could ride along into town for the week’s groceries. That wasn’t too exciting in itself, but it often led to more adventurous events, like a Tom Mix movie at the Majestic Theatre. Before the Great Bust of 1929, we got pretty chummy with Buscr Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, and the Keystone Kops. Nobody could ever lop the perfor mance of Tom Mix. Then there was a period of several years in the early 1930’s that we had to be con tent with reading the Katzenjam mcr Kids, and Maggie and Jigs. Movies were a luxury we couldn’t afford. Saturday was also Market day. The week’s production of butter was packed in the ice chest, the cel ery dug from the trench and washed., turnips and potatoes sorted and packed in wooden crates, and the lilacs and peonies bunched and tied. This was Mama’s day, even if it did begin at 4'30 AM and lasted ‘tii long after sundown. She ruled over the pre paration of the market produce as well as the stall m the Broad Street Market. We couldn’t have sur vived without her master hand in the art ol merchandising every thing that could be produced, picked, and packed on the larm Saturday night is soil a special night. It means no studying lor the scholars, and a night out lor parents i( they can find a “sitter ” For the young and free, it’s the favorite time for dating. For most of us however, it pre cludes the Day of Rest, when everything we worked for last week' takes on new meaning at Sunday School, or singing in dje Church Choir, or just meditating on the Sunday Sermon. incasl Laurie Frederick of New Hope, Pa., left, shows a young volunteer how to milk a cow. Farmers Educate Adults, Children SOUTHAMPTON, PA. The Young Cooperators are again edu cating city children and adults alike this summer at the Philadel phia Zoo. These young farmers, members of Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, arc hosts of a special demonstration every Sunday at noon m the Child ren’s Zoo. They show visitors how to milk the zoo’s cow, while explaining the milking process. They also answer questions about dairying and life on the farm and distribute farm literature. In sharing information with their Guinea Pigs Make “Cow Models” Guinea pigs make nice cow ‘models’ and are providing clues that will help dairy fanners main tain good milk production in their herds. University of Missouri- Columbia dairy scientists reported this week. “Because the guinea pig is so small and has such a short lacta tion, we can monitor its milk com- position in three weeks instead of the 10 months it would take us to • study the same cycle in a cow,” Shid Ralph Anderson. In a paper presented to the American Dairy Science Associa tion, Anderson and Ibrahim is^SsMMiaiisiiP 2388 Old Leacock Rd., Gordonville, PA 17529 NOW AVAILABLE ■ Hot & Cold High Pressure Washers By Ghibli - NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER YOUR WOOD OR COAL STOVE FOR WINTER (Custom Built) -TRAILERS MADE TO YOUR <1 » SPECIFICATIONS - HIGH-TENSILE FENCING and HARDWARE IfonHnll -KENDALL OILS IVCIIUUI| & LUBRICANTS J audience, they explain, for exam ple, how a cow converts feed, water and time to produce whole some, nutritious milk. Since 1977, the Young Coopcr ators have served as hosts ol this popular program at the /00, which is sponsored by Atlantic Dairy Cooperative and Dairy Council Inc. of Southampton. Atlantic Dairy Cooperative rep resents 4,100 dairy farm families in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir ginia and West Virginia. Wahab told how they used guinea pigs to study “markers” during the animal’s milking peoriod. “We’ve seen a change in the concentration of these markers as the animal’s milk production declines,” Anderson said. “By studying the factors involved in that decline, we are learning things that can be applied directly to dairy cows. By under standing that biochemical process, we could alter feed rations, engi neer genes or give cows drugs that would help maintain a good level of milk production throughout gestation.” A UPS Service luqu! City
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