a La i © tion is not Over Bac The Fence By Max Smith THE WEATHER continues to prevent normal farm oper ations throughout the area, Too many acres of first-cut hay are siill standing, the barley crop has been severely lodged too long, and tobacco plaiting is so late that it is expected that some intended tobacco land will be planted to c'hzr crops. All of this adds up to a wet, backward grow- ing season needing more sun- shine and dry weather. Good quality hay and straw may be a scarce commodity this winter unless weather condi- tions improve. Second cutting of alfalfa is ready on some farms and is a crop contain- ing high feed nutrients when it can be properly harvested. Growers are urged to be on the alert and to take advan- tage of every good drying day. SINCE THE heavy rains of several weeks ago, and due to the constant rainfall in many bvarts of the county, we have received a number of phone calls relating to the applying of additional fertiliz- er to crops and vegetables; the thought being that the - heavy rains 'moy have leached. most of the plant food from the topsoil. On sand, gravel, or shale-type soils this may be true and- extra amounts of ni- trogen may be needed; gard- ens on these types of soil will surely respond to extra nitro- gen or an application of com- plete fertilizer, However, on most of our heavy or clay- type soils for the average farm crops it is doubtful if extra fertilizer is needed, Some vegetable crops such as tomatoes and sweet corn will respond to extra fertilizer if they are to be grown on the lighter soils. THE OFF-COLORED leaves in many corn fields has been called to our attention many times in the past days. As we drive the rural areas of the county we ‘notice that about 10 percent of the corn plants have one white or a yellow- ish-green leaf. In some low, wet areas nearly 50% of the plants have this condition. I assume there are many ans- wers to this unusual situation but feel that it is due to ex- cess moisture and to the food intake of the plant. Larger plants do not seem to have this dis-coloration. At the pre- sent we would place the blame on the wet conditions and suggest that the plants will continue to grow and to look more normal several weeks from now when more sunshine prevails, This condi- to be confused with yellow corn plants try- ing to grow in low, soggy areas. SMALL GRAIN producers are urged to make every ef- fort to get all of their straw into the barn for bedding purposes this summer. In the past several years there has been a bedding shortage with extremely high prices being paid for straw and other types of bedding. In this bar. ley and wheat harvest season we hope that the weather will improve so that all grow- ers will be able to get all of their straw. The demand is strong for it and the prices should continue to be favor- able for selling the surplus. The straw may have to be turned several times in order to get it dry enough for bal- ing without becoming moldy or musty. THE SUMMER days are cree- ping along rapidly and in less than a month it will be time to make that August seeding of alfalfa. The ground should July 5, '72 Dear Sir: As life-long residents of Marietta, and athough not di- rectly affected by the flood of 1972, may we take this op portunity to express our deep gratitude to all who have giv- en so much of their time, en- ergy, resources, and innate goodness to alleviate the sad misfortune of so many of our townspeople. Being “not directly affect- ed” is meant to convey the fact that, fortunately, our home was not in the flood area; but, being a small close- knit community, each one of us has seen the utter shock and despair on the faces of our families and friends when they were driven from their homes by the angry waters of the normally peaceful Sus- qguehanna. A sister and brother-in-law, now 66 and 72 years old, whose life now primarily con- sists of maintaining, painting, and improving their well-kept home, and working in a now- ruined garden, which, happily, in other summers, produced all sorts of vegetables, fruits and flowers; a niece with her husband and family who have improved and extended their trailer into a moderate-sized home, most of which they have built themselves; a nep- hew with his family including two young boys and a baby daughter whose home on Ha- zel avenue was in the path of both the rising creek and the river; a close friend with her two sons, one of whom had to carry her through knee-deep water from their home to the shelter of ours on that awful Thursday night; other friends who lost waluable furniture because the husband, recuper- ating from a reeent heart at- tack, was unable to move it to the second floor. These are a few of the many families in Marietta who are flood victims; not be- cause of any .negligence, nor of any immoral or un-clean habits, as one of our council- men implies when he states that the promised mobile homes would be placed in a public park so that “they will be kept clean if they are out there for everyone to see” .. But because floods are not re- specters-of-persons (even our Governor’s mansion was vul- nerable). The first week-end is like a dream now (or, a night-mare) and it’‘s difficult to remember any sequence, There were news reports, and predictions, false rumors, the incessant Engagements LAMBERT — EBERLY Mr. and Mrs. Park N. Eb- erly, 121 N. Market Street, Mount Joy, announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Donna L. Eberly, to Da- vid M. Lambert, son of Mr and Mrs. Marshall Lambert, 67 S. Colony Rd., Denbigh, Virginia, Miss Eberly is a graduate of Donegal high school and is employed by National Central Bank in the trust department. Her fiance is a graduate of Warwick high school and is employed by IBM. The wedding date is set for October 23. be plowed several weeks in advance of seeding so that it can be worked down firm and fine. A complete soil test will reveal the amount of lime and fertilizer that should be worked into the ‘soil prior to seeding. Varieties should be selected with staggering ma- turity times and ones resist- * ant to the common alfalfa dis- eases. Certified seeds are al- ways very important in mak- ing this type of long-range seeding. Alfalfa is still one of our very best forage crops and early August is one of the very good times to make the summer seeding. @ Lotter to the Editor rain, the slowly but surely ris- ing river, and finally, the Crest, and the water began to recede, But long before that, our town was alive with people wanting to help, There were volunteer firemen and fire police, civic defense work ers, boy scouts and girl scouts, church and . civic groups from every communi ty in the county, the National Guard, the Red Cross, bring- ing food and clothing, guard- ing, directing traffic; our own volunteers serving food and coffee to weary workers, teen-. aged girls feeding and enter- taining children at Riverview, teen-aged boys relieving the guards. They wanted to heip —and they did! With the recession of the water, the mud ard debris re- mained. But with the kind help of the Amish and Men- nonite people the massive clean-up had begun. Each morning they came by truck, separated into groups, went from house to house, clean- ing, doing what needed to be done, until dusk each night— with no thought of remunera- tion. The Clean-up will go on for a long, long time, but without the help of these kind people who really ‘Live’ their religion and who came imme- diately to initiate the first at- tempt of return to normalcy, our situation would be much worse. To cite any individual or group for any special kindness is an impossibility because so much has been done for us anonymously by so many. There are, undoubtedly, scores who have given of themselves and their talents to those less fortunate. YOU know who you are, GOD knows who you are, and the people ‘of Marietta are etern- ally grateful. Very sincerely, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Brayman Marietta, Pa. If You Would Write -. Would you like to write to your state or federal repre- sentatives in Harrisburg or Washington? Here are their addresses: FEDERAL Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room 260, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C., 20515. Sen. Richard S. Schweiker, Room 4317, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C., 20515. Rep. Edwin D. Eshleman, 416 Cannon House Office Bldg., Washington, D. C,, 20515. STATE Senator Richard A. Snyder, Box 21, State Senate, Harris- burg, Pa, 17120. Rep. Jack B. Horner, 23-A S .Market St., Elizabethtown 17022. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO. Julian Goodman, President 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, N. Y. 10022 COLUMBIA BROADCASTING CO. Charles Ireland, President 51 W. 52nd Street New York, N. Y. 10022 AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO. Elton Rule, President 1330 Avenue of the Americas New York, N. Y. 10022 The Mount Joy BULLETIN 11 EAST MAIN STREET MOUNT JOY, PA. 17552 Published Weekly on Wednesdays Ixcept Fourth of July Week and Christmas Week (50 Issues Per Year) Richard A. Rainbolt > Editor and Publisher — Advertising rates upon request. Entered at the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as second ‘class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. PAGE 5 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1972 A Long Hot Summer? a There’s nothing like Florida sunshine—especial- ly the kind in Miami Beach — to cause things to grow! Best growth in recent days has been noted in such areas as hopes, fears and frustrations. Hopes, of course, are for many Democrats who have seen McGovern nominated as party candidate. Fears are by more Republicans than might be ex- pected and frustrations by hundreds, thousands and yes, millions, of Democrats who are disappointed, confused and disoriented. Those with hopes are those who have espoused the left side of the political spectrum and who have: come to believe that the senior senator from rural South Dakota “has the answers.” These people, many of the delegates to the Flori- da eonvention, but not all, overwhelmingly found for McGovern’s far left position and thus are presu- med to be feverishly hopeful. Some revealed situations last week, however, have caused increasing concern among the Republic- ans, who until the Democrat meeting, were secretly rooting for McGovern, feeling that he would be “the easiest to beat.’ But, such facets of the situation as “where do the new, young voters really stand?” suddenly has loomed as important. Republicans are asking them- selves “are the people really this disturbed?” The concern in GOP ranks this week is of a different breed and variety than the attitude just two weeks ago. But, the frustration of the rank and file of the Democrats is the biggest story of the convention postmertem. Democrats we know in this part of the country are not the wild-eyed, far:leftists who automatically espouse McGovern’s brand of philosophy. : Many Democrats in this area have grown up with an entirely different philosophy. Basically, they are more nearly aligned with. Mr. Wallace and his right ideas. The Pennsylvania Dutch code is strict— more like the Alabama governor’s—and about as far from McGovern as Southeastern Pennsylvania is from South Dakota. ‘These people wish that the senator — because he is a Democrat — could be their candidate. But, they just ‘can’t buy” his brand of liberalism. _ These are the people who found the Florida sun- shine to be the hottest. These are the people who are feeling the hurt of political sunburn for which there is no magic balm. These are the people who are now ex- periencing the “long hot summer!” 4 Courage Is The Word The word this week is COURAGE. When the rains came and people were driven from their homes, the community acted with respon- sibility to provide for their immediate needs. But, now, with the streams and rivers back in their banks and most of the world back to normal, those people who were given shelter from the storm are now fighting back to reclaim their homes. Even to face the job is an act of courage. To be- gin to salvage and to clean is another. And, to con- tinue in the face of the almost interminable task is almost more than one can measure. A slow drive along Front street in Marietta is a heart-crushing experience. Homes are placarded one of four ways — “Occu- pancy Permitted,” “No Occupancy Permitted,” “Cleanup Permitted,” or “Danger, Do Not Enter.” Multiply Front street by hundreds—yes, thous- ands—up and down the Susquehanna river basin and you begin in your mind to comprehend the magni- tude of the recent disaster. Harrisburg, which some people of this community have had an opportunity to see, makes the Marietta damage insignificant by comparison. Yet, the natural courage of people comes rush- ing to the front. They tackle the herculean problem of remaking a sorry building back into a home or into a business. They heap huge piles of their belong- ings onto the curbside and with whatever they can, begin to scrape and wash ceilings, walls and floors. Politely we speak of their approach as an act of courage. Realistically it is a matter of pure guts and a tough stomach. Yet, work back they do. It must take a lot of tears, a lot of philosophical stoicism, a lot of faith and, by whatever name they choose to call it, a lot of what the world recognizes as prayer. In a recent essay on the subject of courage Nor- man Vincent Peale said that “you'll need it to carry on, to stand up to things, and to keep on keeping on. That is the story of the river communities this week,
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