Ida's Notebook: Summer Echoes And Berry Patches
Ida reflects on kids at home and seasonal pastimes from toys to bubbles to biking. She notes ripening wineberries, jelly making, and a meadow thunderstorm memory near the Lititz Club bungalow. The piece also recalls Route 222 impact moving the mailbox closer to home.
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Lititz Club
Grange Plans Fund Parties For Family Health Center
Fulton Grange discussed a fundraising plan to support the Southern Lancaster County Family Health Center. The plan uses a chain of progressive parties where attendees donate, creating a rolling cascade of invitations. Funds will go to the center via the organizing committee.
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Grange
Fulton Grange
Lancaster County Family Health Center
Grange Committee
Grange Hall
Oaklyn
Rebecca Quinn
Virginia Beck
Beulah Mullen
The
Agricultural Progress Field Days scheduled at Penn State
One of the East’s largest outdoor farming events runs August 31 to September 12 at Penn State’s Rock Springs Agricultural Research Center near Pine Grove Mills Route 45. The 1971 event features farm machinery demos, conservation exhibits, 100+ vendor displays, tours, live stock showcases, and a State Plowing Contest with Garda entries.
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East
Rock Springs
Pennsylvania State University
Pine Grove Mills
Route 45
Penn State College of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Grassland Council
State
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Jim McHale
Penn State
McHale
Poultry Science Offers Many Career Opportunities
Dr. Floyd W. Hicks of Pennsylvania State University notes poultry science opens careers beyond farming. Techs, veterinarians, inspectors, regulators, quality controllers, and statisticians join general service and sales roles in the field.
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Floyd W. Hicks
Pennsylvania State University
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