810-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13,1989 Hi. My name is Rebecca Woodrick, age 8.1 like my mom because she buys me toys. She is a good cook. She is pretty. She is neat. I LOVE HER. We like our mother because she is kind. She makes our meals. She sews and mends our clothes. She also takes us to the store and some times buys us some gum. She buys us food, too. She takes care of us when we are sick and hurt. We like to surprise her by doing her work when she is out hoeing and weeding. We are glad she is our mother. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom! I am Lena Mae Weaver. I am in third grade and I am eight years old. I like Mom because she makes good things to eat. She sews nice dres ses for me. I like Mom. Dear Friends, Hi! My name is Rose Ellen Zimmerman. I am nine years old. I am in third grade. I go to Buffalo Springs School. I like to read the Lancaster Farming Kid’s Komer. I like to read the letters, too. I have two sisters and one brother. I ma the oldest of the family. Lin da is eight. Carol is one. Jay Kenneth is five. Linda has a second name. It is Jane. Carol does, too. It is Ann. I wanted to write a letter a long time ago already. We had some pine trees but we cut them down. Today a tractor came to our place to dig out the stumps. There was a dump truck here to haul the stumps around. We had some rides in the dump truck too. That was fun. Our neighbors went to Texas to do missionary work. They have a green house. We are running the greenhouse this year. Right now my mom is down in the greenhouse. We raise hydroponic tomatoes. I never knew there was so much work to a greenhouse. I like school. My teacher is Erma W. Hoover. Linda is in second grade. I have only one classmate that is a girl. Her name is Thelma M. Horst. We have a lot of fun together. I have th asthma. If you do not know the word, look it up in the dictionary. At school we worked for points so we could go on a hike. Then I had an attack and could not go along. I like to draw. Do you? Do you like to write letters. I do. If you don’t you do not know what you arc missing out on. I like to color too. We do not live on a farm. I wish we would. If you live on a farm and wish you didn’t you do not know something. I wish I lived on a farm. When I was little, I lived on a farm. Well, this is the longest letter I ever wrote. I gues I will have to close so bye bye. Mom is special to me because she cooks good stuff, bakes for mark et, and helps milk our cows. Mom is special to me because she made me a saddle bag for Christ mas. She takes good care of our littlest sister Elsie, age 2, and she helps us when we get cut or hurt Mom is good to me. She reads to me and she goes for walks with us. Elly Caroline Welton age 6 I like my mother because she cares. She helps me make and decide a lot of problems and decisions. My mother is kind and friendly to all of my friends. She can always tell when I’m not telling the truth, when I’m really asleep and all the other little tricks I play. My mother teases me a lot, but she is still very special to me. And I love her very much and always will About 32 years ago my mother was bom. She was bom and raised in Ohio. She is grown and an adult now. She is very soothing when it comes to hurt animals and children. She has a warm smile and is friendly. Her blending hair colors are dirty-blond and brown. She is tall and skinny. And her cookies are GREAT! Rebecca Woodrick Bellmead, NJ Brenda and Anna Zimmerman Lancaster Love, Lena Mae Weaver Love to the hole family Erin Kelly, Virginville Love, Rose Levi A. Welton Billi Kaye Welton age 13 Kris Schlegel Topton 0 aJISj (^J)WW^C horv \ yo u cK Stor Dear Mother, I like to surprise you through the Lancaster Fanning. I hope I did. My parents names are Benuel and Sara Stoltzfus. Happy Mother’s Day to you! Your daughter, Priscilla Stoltzfus, Honey Brook rv m 1 p MOLINE, IL. “Family The story, written by Lois and Reunion,” a new children’s story- J.R. Hobbs and Kris Carr, centers book, is the third book of the around four old farm tractors mat “John Deere storybooks for Little share past adventures and ukc Folks” series to be published by part in an antique tractor snow Deere & Company. “Johnny Trac- where they are reunited with sum tor and His Pals” and “Corny Compicker Finds a Home” were lar old tractors, republished last year after being Roy Bosirom, a retired Deere & originally published 30 years ago. Company staff artist, illustrated “This book is a natural exten- “Family Reunion” and the first sion of the previous books,” said two books. Ralph Hughes, Deere & Company The 8 1/2 x 11-inch booK director of advertising. “Even includes 20 pages of full-color though the story takes place today, illustrations. It will be available the setting is Farmer Fowler’s from John Deere dealers through farm where the first two stories out the United States on June 1. occurred.” Suggested retail price is $2.95. book For Little Folks M
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