84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13,1989
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Joyce B
Did you ever really think about
windows?
Well, I certainly never did.
Windows were just a convenience
in a building for looking outside
from the inside. To check the
weather. Enjoy a pretty view. See
what’s happening in the
neighborhood.
And to be thoroughly washed at
least once a year, whether they
need it or not.
No more. When I look at a
building, I see the windows...!
mean, really SEE the windows.
What color are the frames?
How large are they? Are the win
dows plain, old rectangular or do
they have special decorative
touches?
Yes, there is a reason for this
change in my appreciation level
for the finer points of windows.
You see, one day last week, I
spent several hours being intro
duced to the window manufactur-
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Over SO Years Of Service
ing business by Dennis Kelly,
vice-president, engineering, for
Graham Architectural Products
Corporation.
Dennis’ and my jobs were
paired in the York Chamber of
Commerce’s Ag Day Exchange
program. Purpose of this popular
exchange is to “have two people in
totally different job circumstances
get a true flavor of what each does
in a typical day,” explained the
introductory letter.
Graham Architectural special
izes in a unique type of window
business, the manufacture of
replacement windows for com
mercial buildings. These are gen
erally much larger windows than
the sort on your home and mine.
They are designed for schools,
colleges, hotels and restoration of
old, historic buildings. Their alu
minum structure often reproduces
the intricate craftsmanship of
woodworkers who crafted original
windows a century or more ago.
After sharing background infor
mation on the firm, less than ten
miles from our front door. Dennis
took me on an extensive and fasci
nating tour of window making.
Fronts intricate computer design
(no more penciled blueprints), to
heat-baked painting applications,
to extreme-weather testing, to
final careful packaging of these
sometimes huge aluminum-and
glass sections, the business
demands constant attention to
quality and safety.
The day before, Dennis had
arrived at our front door at a chilly
7 a.m., for his day of dairy farm
ing. He was soon dipping and
cleaning udders, putting on milk
ers and learned fast to keep an eye
in all directions when working in
an alley with the business-end of
cows in close proximity on both
sides.
Then Jt was on to feeding the
young stock, as Dennis delivered
bottles to a dozen baby calves,
scooped feed for heifers, fed hay
and helped bed pens with straw.
vowel sounds (ba,ba, wa,wa,
da,da . . .) are punctuated by
‘making raspberries’ and ‘pig
snoots.’ I understand her (most of
the time) and she seems to under
stand me (most of the time). We
mimick each other like mirror
images, becoming closer with
each new conversation we have.
And, most profound, is the love
that I have for my daughter. It’s an
unconditional love. I would lay
down my life if need be for her. I
had that feeling of security from
my mother. I sense that Rachael
sees that in me. Not overprotec-
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A Mother’s Perspective
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He bravely went to scattering
straw, surrounded by at least ten
inquisitive, 300-pound “pets”
(read pests) sniffing his boots and
trying to nibble his pockets. Only
later, did I realize he did not know
that cows have teeth only on the
bottom, and cannot bite.
While we had hoped to give
him a feel for fieldwork, perhaps a
round or two of disking or harrow
ing, rains had left the soil too
damp for that Instead, the week
found us deep - literally - into one
of the least glamorous of all farm
jobs; emptying the manure stor
age. Dennis good-naturedly
observed the process and hopped
aboard a loaded tractor-tank haul
ing rig.
With a registry deadline close
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tion - but rather safety, with plenty
of room for exploration with
encouragement, guidance, and
confidence.
I’m proud of my little girl. She
is the bright spot in every day.
There is nothing more pleasing to
me than to see her smiling face,
eyes wide with wonderment, greet
me every morning. “Good morn
ing Doodle-Bug! Did you sleep
well?’’ Her outstretched arms
soon find their way around my
neck and we swap good morning
hugs and kisses.
Rachael is fourth generation on
the family farm. Though my
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for a trio of weaned calves,
imposed on Dennis’ engineering
background. Armed with clip,
boards, pencils and calf registry
applications, we singled out two
of the calves which needed
sketching. He very ably drew off a
mostly black calf with white feet
and belly, in spite of more curious
nibbling at pockets by our friendly
bovine youngsters.
Neither of us, I’m pretty sure, is
ready to switch careers. But, sev
eral people in our tiny comer of
the universe nowthave much grea
ter insight and understanding of
different sorts of life’s work,
thanks to the Ag Day Exchange.
And, boy, it’s certainly given
me a new outlook on windows.
mother is not with us here in this
life, she lives vividly in my mem
ory. I need only look in the mirror
to see her face. I was fortunate as a
child to have known both sets of
grandparents, and I am richer for
the experience. Rachael is lucky,
too, that she is adored by her
paternal grandparents as well as
my father. And her great
grandmother, whose middle name
(Emily) she carries, has shared
some special times with her too.
Rachael Emilijean will come to
know and cherish the memory of
her grandmother, Jean Burleson,
through me.
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