Letters From Home Show The Simple Life Enduring
The column reflects on sibling letters from Alice and TI, detailing farm life, garden harvests, baskets of vegetables, and daily chores. It contrasts handwritten correspondence with modern phone calls, arguing letters preserve personal histories and family memory beyond fleeting digital traces.
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Polk
Erik
Rochester
Alice
R.F.D
Ashland
Retired farmer builds new wagons from old wagon parts
Phillipburg AP Ralph Johnston, a retired farmer, has spent 25 years turning scraps from old wagons into more than 35 show and parade wagons. He buys, crafts, and assembles rough oak, flare boards, brakes, and seats into creations prized by pony and draft horse enthusiasts.
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Phillipsburg
Ralph Johnston
Johnston
Congress moves to guarantee grain contracts amid embargo tensions
Congress advances a plan to guarantee pre embargo export contracts for grain, aiming to restore foreign buyers’ confidence after past embargoes. The measure faces a presidential veto clash with the CFTC bill and amid administration reluctance to tie foreign policy to trade rules.
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Congress
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Reagan
CFTC
David Stockman
Farm Bureau elects officers in Lorain County
Tom Denes of North Ridgeville is the newly elected president of Lorain County Farm Bureau for the coming year. Florence Parsons of Wellington is vice president Elaine Holt of Wellington is secretary and Sandy Denes of North Ridgeville is treasurer. The group focuses on the Farmland Preservation Act to shield farmers from unfair utility assessments nuisance lawsuits and eminent domain. The group will meet Thursday at 8:30 p m at the Production Credit Association building south of Oberlin.
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Tom Denes
North Ridgeville
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Florence Parsons
Wellington
Elaine Holt
Sandy Denes
Denes
Production Credit Association
Oberlin
Pesticide training school set for December 16 in Avon Lake
Northeast Ohio Pesticide Applicator Training School will be held December 16 at Tom's Country Place Avon Lake. The program updates private and commercial applicators for recertification in Ohio, with exams after 1 p.m. Private permit holders must recertify by March 31 1983. Registration begins 3:00 a.m. in three rooms. For details contact County Extension Office 1575 Lowell Street Elyria.
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Tom's Country Place
Avon Lake
Ohio
Lorain County
County Extension Service
County Extension Office
Lowell Street
Norm Widman
Elyria
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