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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1963
Page
6
August brings abundant supplies of red meats poultry dairy and fruits and vegetables. Specials or leaders offer quality foods at near cost to draw shoppers with lower prices on fryer chicken steaks chuck roasts lamb and ham. Fresh vegetables and fruit like peaches apples and watermelons are in good supply with moderate prices and careful selection advised.
Report notes peaches like Sun Havens and Red Havens being picked while apples such as Rambo Lodi and Transparents run small but of good quality. Bulk of crops still developing with time to reach size and grape crop in Erie County sizing satisfactorily.
Lancaster County 4 H Wildlife Club met August 2 3 and 4 at Camp Malcroft the hunting cabin of Melvin Long in Potter County. Members visited Woodsmen's Carnival at Cherry Springs and hiked to observe wildlife signs. A plan was made for a trip to the Gladfelter Pulpwood Company on August 9 and a fishing party on August 15 at Graybill Gibble s pond Manheim R D with John Erb as vice president presiding.
Louise Hamilton of Penn State extension nutrition notes that excess weight in school age children stems more from low activity than overeating. She says few games exercise all muscles equally and urges regular home exercise to boost activity for overweight children.
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