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Hard to believe, isn’t it!
Yes, it’s the last month for
iller’s Tire & Service
Maytown, PA Phone 426-3430
Unit illustrated takes less
than 52 square feet of floor
space. Smith makes boilers
for homes of all sizes.
. R.V.RI
Make sure you'll be
warm next winter
Smith Company.
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426-1836
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install a new, compact gas-fired
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Don’t take chances with an old,
tired heating system next winter
when you can be sure of a warm
and comfortable home heated by an
efficent H. B. Smith boiler.
home heating
worries and get the most out of the
fuel you are buying.
We'll be glad to submit an estimate
of replacement cost. No charge or
obligation. Call today.
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Susquehanna Times
[USPS 055-530]
Box 75-A, R.D.#1, Marietta, PA 17547
Published weekly on Wednesdays
[52 issues per year]
Telephone: [717] 426-2212 or 653-8383
Publisher—Nancy H. Bromer
Editor—Diane Krantz
Advertising Manager—Diane Krantz
Marietta Editor—Hazel Baker
Mount Joy Editor—Cherie Dillow
Vol. 79, No. 38, October 3, 1979
Advertising Rates Upon Request
Entered at the Post Office in Marietta, PA, as
second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879
Subscription Rate—$6.00/year
[Outside Lancaster County—$6.50/ year]
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EMERGENCY
MEDICAL CALLS
Saturday Afternoon
and Sunday
Dr. Thomas W. 0’Connor
(Mount Joy Area Only)
of Ownership Management
Circulation week of September 28, 1979. Owner:
Nancy H. Bromer, Box 75A, R.D.#1, Marietta, PA
17547. Editor: Diane L. Krantz, 26 S. Market St.,
Mount Joy, PA 17552. Total paid circulation: 1348.
Mail subscriptions: 1071. Dealer sales: 277.
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Gene Mellinger, Eric Wolgemuth
motorcycle west to harvest wheat
on large scale; see California also
Gene Mellinger and his
second cousin, Eric Wolge-
muth, both of RD1 Mount
Joy, rode their motorcycles
last May to Thomas, Okla-
homa, where they joined a
harvest crew that would
work its way from the wheat
fields of Texas to those of
Nebraska, combining wheat
for farmers.
Their first work was in
Texas, where they stayed
two weeks. It rained most of
the time they were there;
consequently, they had to sit
around and wait for the rain
to stop. When it did stop,
they harvested 700 acres in
four days. Obviously, they
worked long days, 17 hours
each day.
Then they returned to
Oklahoma, following the
weather north as the wheat
ripened. Next they took off
for Nebraska.
The harvest crew moved
from one place to another in
- a caravan, consisting of a
Chevy Tandem truck 10-
wheeler with a hauling
capacity of 650 bushels of
wheat, a Chevy single axle
truck with a capacity of 400
bushels, two trailers, one for
a
Eric Wolgemuth
each Massey Ferguson com-
bine, a 51@ and a 750, with
20-foot and 24-foot headers
respectively, a service
wagon with tools and fuel
tanks and portable work-
shop, a house trailer with
kitchen and bathrooms, and
a pick-up truck which towed
a bunkhouse.
The boss of the crew was
Ernest Switzer. His wife,
daughter, and son, plus
Gene and Eric were the
personnel of the crew. Mrs.
Switzer and her daughter
did the cooking, bringing
hot meals to the fields. After
work they had a midnight
snack, in addition to the
three squares. The food was
excellent.
Gene drove his Suzuki 750
and Eric his Honda 750 out
to Oklahoma. It took them
two and a half days to get
there. After the harvesting
was finished they went to
Los Angeles and then to San
Francisco. In the latter city
they visited a mission of the
Brethren in Christ where
Gene has previously work-
ed.
They were anxious to get
home, and on the last leg of
their return trip covered
Gene Mellinger
over 1000 miles in 22
continuous hours.
Gene said the experience
was ‘‘challenging.”” He
learned how the farmers
operate in the Midwest.
“They are really super
people, very hospitable.
They work with you and help
you.”’
Gene observed that there
is less manual work on the
farms in the west than here.
Tractors have 4-wheel drive.
A 50-foot rod weeder is not
uncommon.
But Gene was most
impressed by the farmers’
sociability. They usually get
together early in the
morning before starting
their work, in coffeehouses.
“They cling together,”’ he
said.
(Unfortunately, Eric did
not have time in his busy
schedule to give the Times
his impressions of the trip.
The Times did, however, get
a picture of him on his
- Honda.)
Gene is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold H. Mellinger,
RD1 Mount Joy. Eric is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Earl
Wolgemuth, RD1, Mount
Joy.
October 3, 1979
Chester’s
chestnuts
Some words of wisdom
from Chester Wittel.
A wooden nickel used to be
A zany possibility,
But no one need be
apprehensive;
Lumber now is too expen-
sive.
Some folks burn candles at
both ends—
A practice I deplore.
I break my candlesticks in
halves
And burn them at all four.
There’s no such thing as
income tax,
As surely you must know.
No matter how or what
they’re called,
All taxes are out-go.
NOW RENTING
IN HISTORIC MARIETTA
TWO - BEDROOM
TOWNHOUSES
AT
Reverview Sank)
FEATURING:
e SUPER INSULATION
* EFFICIENT ELECTRIC HEAT §
» TWO BATHS
* LAUNDRY FACILITIES
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
OFF-STREET PARKING
LOVELY PARK-LIKE SETTING
$225. y month
WATER AND SEWER INCLUDED
.Slaugh-Fagan Associates
CALL: 367-3535 or 653-1896 §
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BARGAIN OF
THE WEEK
3 rooms of furniture
$777.00
Bed Room Suite complet
with Serta bedding. 8
piece Living Room group-
ing; sofa, chair (early
American or Modern,
choice of colors), 2 end
tables with matching
coffee table, 2 decorator
lamps, choice of any oil
painting in the store. 5
piece Dinnette, with a
butcher block top.
Shelly’s Furniture
237 Locust St., Columbia
Phone 684-3780
free delivery