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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1978
Page
4
In a breezy diary tone the writer mocks fashion trends now popular in Time and Women’s Wear Daily, noting natural fibers and wrinkled looks. She jokes about trying on outfits, size anxieties, and the clash between rural country image and metropolitan couture, concluding the country klutz stays unfashionable.
Lorain County 4-H Clubs are invited to join a July 30 garage sale at Lorain County Fairgrounds Wellington from noon to 8 pm. Sponsored by the Lorain County 4-H Committee to raise funds for clubs. Booths 10 by 6 feet cost ten dollars. reservations due July 19.
The Ohio Farm Bureau received a special resolution of appreciation at the June board meeting for contributing $5,000 to CARE to build a rural primary vocational school in Belize. The project, a cooperation of CARE the Belize government the Peace Corps and Peer Project International, funds nine pilot schools with mini-farms to teach farming and literacy. Betty Cooper of Grafton Farm Bureau and Tim Buchs of Kipton Elevator attended a customer relations seminar sponsored by the Ohio Council of Farmer Cooperatives and Ohio State University.
Three U S senators traveled to Canada and reached an unofficial agreement to push for a $4 international wheat price floor. They agreed to form a joint U S Canada task force to work on the price, with plans to meet in Washington and coordinate if a floor is not set during ongoing talks.
The 1978 Ohio State Fair, begun in 1845, will run August 15 through 27 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus. The fair originated with a Board of Agriculture to aid exhibitors, with the first event held in 1850 at Camp Washington near Cincinnati. The inaugural fair featured six exhibit divisions and drew about 25,000 visitors from across Ohio. railroads offered special rates to enable attendance.
Nebraska farmers compare current locust swarms with 1930s Dust Bowl outbreaks as grasshoppers blanket fields and even cling to farmhouses. A county farmer notes insects thick enough to obscure painted siding while government officials move to assist with control efforts.
The third sheep clinic is scheduled for July 31 at 7 30 p m at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Well ington. Jim Clay Jackson Area Extension agent will discuss fitting and showing for the fair. County Extension Service and the Junior Fairboard support the events with March and May clinics. Attendance is open to all, though some Nebraska ranchers fear timing.RELATED entities include Lorain County Fairgrounds Well ington Jim Clay Nebraska. Grasshopper outbreak and control efforts are noted with state funds and EPA bans on Heptachlor amid widespread infestation.
A farmer warns that grasshoppers hatched earlier this year now measure a half to an inch, threatening grazing grounds as cattle lose access to good forage. The speaker notes that an area farmer sprayed to combat the infestation.
Consider Star Builders Route 113 west of Route 58 as a local firm with 20 years of experience building timber designed pole type barns for livestock machinery crops and supplies. They offer turn key service at about half the cost of conventional buildings and promise personal attention before during and after completion. Stop at Star’s office or call 986 5951 or 986 8022. Starbuck and Costello invite discussion with no obligation. a retail facility at Route 113 provides replacement and repair components.
Tracy Liszak demonstrated proper window cleaning at Henrietta Homemakers meeting while Andrea Liszak discussed sewing needles. A dog show by Columbia Dog Gone IIs is planned for August with 4-H dog members invited. details later. Five Huron County 4-H members attended the 1978 State Dairy Bowl at Wooster with Becky Sherman, Neil Konst, Mindy Palm, Heather Knoll, and Scott Horn competing.
Landmark Inc plans dedication of a modern feed manufacturing plant south of Massillon on July 25. The facility will produce formula livestock and poultry feeds using new techniques, touted as the first of its kind in northeastern Ohio. Landmark is a cooperative with 200 outlets offering grain marketing, fertilizer, seed, feed, petroleum, chemicals, hardware, appliances, and food processing, formed over 40 years ago by farmers to boost profits.
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