Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
When you get older, it seems
that the mailman’s arrival be
comes more important. Maybe it
is because one has more time to
sit down and read the newspaper.
Our mail arrives anytime be
tween 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
That is quite a difference, and
sometimes we think they forgot
about us.
It is not just the mailman that
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FARMERS EQUIPMENT
& SUPPLY
Airville, Pa.
717-862-3967
B.H.M. FARM
EQUIP., INC.
Annville, Pa.
717-867-2211
MILLER EQUIPMENT CO.
Bechtelsville, Pa.
610-845-2911
cannot be depended on, it is also
general delivery. A while back a
letter was returned to me a week
after I mailed it to a local ad
dress. I’d forgotten to put a
stamp on the envelope as usually
the bank gave stamped enve
lopes, but I didn’t notice the
change. I was so glad that it did
not contain payment for a credit
card as then I would have had to
pay extra for a late payment.
WITMER’S INC.
Columbiana, OH
330-427-2147
HERNLEY’S FARM
EQUIP., INC.
Elizabethtown, Pa.
717-367-8867
WERTZ
FARM & POWER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
PA Rt. 516,
Glen Rock, Pa.
717-235-0111
Several of my birthday cards
came the week after they were
mailed. Two cards mailed at the
same time in the same box ar
rived four days apart. Sometimes
it is amazing to look at the post
marks and see where the letter
has traveled on its way here.
Have you noticed the methods
used to get the public to buy
more of a company’s product?
Sometimes the box of a particular
product will be an ounce or two
less than previous boxes but
you pay the same price. Or, a
soap product will contain a very
large plastic scoop to measure the
powder. Previously the measur
ing scoop was small and that is
when I began to throw away the
large one. They hope we’ll use
more and buy more.
Due to the dry summer last
year I am only picking quite
small strawberries this year. But,
it still takes a lot of time to go
over the patch. I think that I’ll be
picking sugar peas into August as
many of them were chewed off a
few inches from the ground and
are only now starting to bloom.
STANLEY’S
FARM SERVICE
Klingerstown, Pa.
570*648-2088
MANOR MOTORS
On Rte. 553
Penn Run, Pa.
724-254-4753
GRUMELLI
FARM SERVICE
Quarryville, Pa.
717-786-7318
Fabric Donations Sought
COLLEGEVILLE (Montgom
ery Co.) Fabric donations are
being sought by the Montgomery
County 4-H Program for the up
coming Giant Fabric Sale.
Donations will be accepted on
Saturday, June 29, from 9 a.m.
till noon and Friday, July 19,
from 6:30-9 p.m. at the 4-H Cen
ter, located on Route 113, one
mile south of Route 73, near
Skippack.
The 4-H Giant Fabric Sale will
take place during the Montgom
ery County 4-H Fair, Thursday,
Aug. 8 through Saturday, Aug.
10. The actual sale hours are
Thursday, 6-9 p.m.; Friday,
noon-9 p.m.; and Saturday, 10
a.m.- 2 p.m. All proceeds will di
rectly benefit the Montgomery
County 4-H Center.
The 4-H Fashion Show will be
presented by youth sewers at 3
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, during
the Fair. Youth may also partici-
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Quakertown, Pa.
215-536-7523
New Tripoli, Pa.
215-767-7611
Oley, Pa.
215-987-6257
LEBANON VALLEY
IMPLEMENT CO., INC.
Richland, Pa.
717-866-7518
B. EQUIP, INC.
Waynesboro, Pa,
717-762-3193
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 2002-B9
pate in the “Express Yourself
Scrap Revue,” by using scraps
from the Fabric Sale. Everyone
wins a ribbon for participating.
Admission is free for the 4-H
Fair, but a $3 parking donation
is requested to benefit the Mont
gomery County 4-H Program. In
return, you receive a 4-H year
book which tells you all about
4-H and what’s going on at the
4-H Fair. For more information,
call the 4-H Center at (610)
489-4315.
To make silk flowers look
more natural, hold each blossom
over steaming water for about a
minute. The steam will soften the
flower and give it a fresh-picked
look.
Steam Silk
Flowers