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84-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 26, 1999
On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other
hazards)
Joyce Bupp
They’ve been used to salutes
heroes and holidays.
They’ve been used to salute
cartoon characters, wildflowers,
automobiles. With annual
dependability they pay tribute
to love with a new graphic depic
tion. And we’re all stuck on ’em.
Postage stamps, that is.
We hundreds of millions of
Americans may come from all
walks of life, all corners of the
country, all sorts of colors,
creeds, faiths and heritages, but
we have at least one thing in
common. If we have an address,
we get mail.
Long before the advent of
cyberspace, our mailboxes were
proclaiming, “you’ve got mail.”
Well, geez, if nothing else, one
could at least count on getting
bills and junk advertisements.
Lately, the Postal Service, at
least in several local York
County rural post offices with
which I’m familiar, has begun
marketing itself. While once the
lobbies of post offices displayed
little more exciting stuff that the
obligatory Internal Revenue
Service tax forms (who wants
extra of those?) and those grainy
photocopies of “most wanted”
criminal mug shots, today
they’ve become virtual gift
shops. For fairly reasonable
prices, you can now buy colorful
ties for the favorite guy in your
life, lovely note paper, postcards,
gift wrap, even jewelry. All with
a postal theme, many of them
holiday related.
But even if none of those trip
your consumer trigger, you still
need stamps. (Believe me, you
can’t mail anything without
them. I stuck an insurance
check in the mail just the other
day with a whole stack of other
bills, and accidentally missed
putting a stamp on that enve
lope. It promptly came back
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shaking it’s “returned for
postage” finger at me.
The day some Postal Service
forward thinker suggested mar
keting adhesive stamps was
truly a “red letter” day for those
of us who abhorred the taste of
the glue (yuk!) on the old-fash
ioned “licking” ones. Yes, one
could wet them with a sponge
and then one would have them
sticking to one’s fingers.
While Old Glory is an always
loved symbol of the country, and
adds a professional and busi
nesslike touch to a letter, when
available I opt for the colorful
theme stamps. So long as they
stick themselves fast.
Those annual Valentine’s Day
“love” stamps are a personal
favorite. I even used one this
year to send our income tax pay
ment on April 14 to the IRS.,
Except for the one put out a cou
ple of years ago with the pair of
cherubs, which I initially liked,
then decided they were some- >
what gargoyle-ish looking.
Nature-related stamps are my
usual choice, depicting animals
or wildflowers or trees.
Currently, our mail is going out
ornamented with seasonal
strawberries, blueberries and
raspberries.
But... can your believe this?
There is no U.S. postage stamp
which pays tribute to the dairy
cow. No commemorative honor
to the “mother of mankind” *
whose devoted production has
helped to nourish and sustain
billions of peoples’ diets around *
the world. No tribute (egads!) to
the source of ice cream. Now cow
stamps! In a country which has
commemorated Elvis Presley on
its stamps for crying out loud.
So, it just tickles me to no end
that there’s a grassroots move
ment growing from some of the
country’s dairy farmers to
Bedford County "Dairy Maids
To Do Princess’ Work
EVERETT (Bedford Co.) No
dairy princess was crowned at
Bedford County's Dairy Princess
Pageant recently, but that doesn’t
mean dairy promotion won’t get
done.
Dairy Maids Cindi Mearklc and
Jennifer Ship will work together
promoting one of die counties
largest industries—dairy farming.
Cindi, IS, is the daughter of
Gerald and Barbara Mearkle,
Everett. Cindi is a sophomore at
Everett High School, where she
cheers for varsity football and
wrestling. She is a member of
senior band, senior chorus, Student
Council, National Jr. Honor Socie
ty, Chieftain staff, yearbook staff,
talent pool, and senior high
envirothon.
In the community, Cindi is a
member of Girl Scouts, National
Holstein Association Jr. member,
secretary of Chapman’s Run 4-H
Club, and a member of Grace Bre
thren Church.
Cindi also served as dairy maid
last year. She said, “I enjoyed it
very much. It’s a great opportunity
to promote the dairy industry, and I
will enjoy serving another year.
Jennifer, IS, is the daughter of
David and Penny Ship, Cleatville.
She is also a sophmore at Everett
High School. Activities include
Talent Pool, Electronic Magazine
change that. And wouldn’t it be
fitting to have a cow-salute
postage stamp in place by the
first Dairy Month of the new
millennium, honoring the dairy
cow?
How appropriate. Want to
help?
Send your comments about a
dairy cow stamp to: U.S. Postal
Service, Citizen’s Stamp
Advisory Committee, 475
L’Enfant Plaze, Washington,
D.C., 20260-2437.
In lieu of colorful stamps of
the dairy cow breeds, I’d even
settle for a plain black stamp
with the white-lettered message
“Got Milk?” stamped on them.
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Agricultural and Environmental Education (AEE) students
brought a variety of farm animals from the School’s AEE Animal
Center—including sheep, a pony, rooster, and calf—to visit the
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