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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1978
Page
4
A caller negotiates absurd airline bargains with a playful agent. The dialogue juggles dates, destinations, and bizarre rates from September 1978 to August 1984, ending with the traveler picking a simple bus option amid the spoofed travel black humor.
Winners of the Dairy Promotion coloring contest pose proudly for a photo with Mrs. Louis Abahazi president of the Lorain County Dairy Boosters. Left to right are Dawn Knapp 5 daughter of Carl and and Mrs. Knapp West Road Wellington Catherine Waite 10 daughter of Gerald and Mrs. Waite Merriam Road Wellington Susanne Hanmer 9 daughter of Robert and Mrs. Hanmer Route 20 Oberlin.
Results from the Lorain County Fairgrounds Wellington announce first place junior winners Kim McCreedy and Scott Ball of Barnyard Boosters. Senior first place honors go to Mary Beth Ung Avon Pioneers and Jim Denham LaGrange Sod Busters with numerous second and third place team and individual awards across junior and senior divisions.
Fifty cattle from five counties competed in Wellington’s District Hight Summer Black and White Show. Judge Ron Long of Plain City named Richman Farms first in Bull Calf and Grand Champion Bull, with Lundview Farm and Sunny Acres also placing highly. Awards covered calves, yearlings, cows, and showmanship, featuring multiple firsts for Richman Farms, Lundview Farm, and Dallhome Farms.
Burton and Blanche Sorrell, Vermont dairy farmers, must use food stamps despite owning 258 acres and 126 cows. Their monthly milk earnings and debt payments leave little cash, illustrating cash-flow crises in small farms nationwide and the fragility of farming margins.
Sperry New Holland introduces the TR-70 Twin Rotor combine with Turbo Thresh, eliminating straw walkers and using opposing rotors to move crop for gentler threshing. The design yields less damage, cleaner samples, and potential savings, with LaGrange Tractor Sales promoting the machine and offering tailored purchases.
Ohio's 1978 winter wheat crop is forecast at 41 million bushels, the smallest since 1973 and 31.4 million bushels below last year. Record low fall temperatures ice cover and slow thaw plus rains this spring drive the predicted low yield. Thin stands and black spots appear in many fields as wet conditions prevented top dressing.
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