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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1983
Page
10
A personal essay recalls weighing 130 pounds and rejecting the idea that being lean defines beauty. The writer reflects on past years when 115 or 120 sparked concern, celebrates returning softness, and credits a roommate Mimi whose love of food influenced their shared college life. The memoir notes nostalgia for postwar abundance and the resolve to be fat.
Washington AP reports 1982 shows corn as the nation's leading cash crop for the second consecutive year with cash receipts surpassing 13.4 billion dollars, ahead of soybeans at 12.4 billion. The Agricultural Outlook notes corn and soybeans made up 35 percent of total crop sales of 74.4 billion.
Ohio farmers increasingly grow sweet potatoes with October harvests preferred after mild frost. Curing involves 80 to 85 F and 90 to 95 percent humidity for 6 to 10 days, then storage at 55 to 66 F and high humidity. Readers are warned about toxaphene labels and dairy cattle safety, including grazing restrictions and meat animal withdrawal periods.
Olmsted Falls Grange will host a pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. October 15 at Grange Hall 8154 Columbia Road. Adults 2.75, children under 12 1.25, spokeswoman Lillian Smith says. Also notes other events and OSU Agriculture Career Day at Columbus campus October 27.
The Stems and Fluffs 4-H Club of Grafton received the Henry Schriver Youth Award from the Easter Seal Society of Lorain and Huron Counties. The $100 award went to the club and adviser George Schaefer at the society’s annual meeting. For three years the club has aided Crestmont Nursing Home in Elyria, visiting residents and bringing the fair to them with animal displays and 4-H projects. Over 40 residents benefited from the program in the last three years.
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