Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women - Wise Acres Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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she manages her own poultry farm- From hero, wo find ourselves on a beautiful Florida beach. In the foreground is a race track, Tho crov d is moving about, since one race has just finished.-, As wo walk back to tho stablos, wo pass .the thoroughbreds, and there is Emmy Lou giving ono of thorn his final rubdown boforo tho race. Sho, her dad, and Jimmy arc partnors in raising and training raco horses. (Jim is tho business managor - and a good one!) Wo now travol up tho coast to tho farmlands of Now York. Joan, Frank, amd family aro all working at top speed, harvesting their crops and getting them to market. Even tho youngest Odell can help, bccauso duo to Joan’3 ingenuity and Frank's mechanical ability, they have devised several new farm tools which may bo pporatod easily by young or old. Now to tho Wost - Montana - and thoro sitting in tho shade of a hugo troo is Dusty, notebook and pencil in hand. Sho is a busy woman those days for her novels aro selling as fast as she writes them. Hor spacious ranch provides planty of atmosphere for her storios. Her latest publication is Prairio Lovo . Aftor tho war, Carol became interested in the restoration of farmlands in Europe. She did such an outstanding job that she is now a recognized authority on modern agricultural methods, both here and abroad. But look into the vapor - there she is on horseback - Pill, no doubt. She also finds time to play a game of tennis now and then, which usually results in an additional medal or trophy for her collection. Wo are back once moro to tho mountains, but this time they aro in New Hampshire. A windinding country road leads to a group of rustic, but v oll-landscaped buildings-, The sign above the entrance gate roads Haffenroffer1s Haven”« This is a boarding school which combinos tho good old-fashionod mothods of teaching the three R s with classes in swimming, tennis, and

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Class Prop-hop.; - T 44 Higlcy Pigloy VVigley Wco, S5.1 oneo while I make -ho brew -Horses’ hooves ana Morly Cup, 4-12-4 to spioo -t up Wait now for tho steam to pour. And v o may road its hidden loro „ As tho vapor ricos from the magic kettle, I soo acres of rolling green pasture land closed .in from the rest of the world by high and beautiful mountains It seems very familiar0 Is it Garrett County, Maryland? Ye.s, it must be, for there’s Cara . She has married a strong, blond dairyman, and they are viewing their A-l dairy herd with smiles of pride. This peaceful scene is rudely interrupted by tho resounding of a gavel on a platform tabio. That's Ginger, Her enthusiasm for agricultural improvement 5n Virginia has automatically sent her to tho top in form politics. Her faithful public is campaigning for her election as roprosonbativo to Congress From tho sunny South, tho scone is shifting Ice, snow and mountains appear• This is Alaska, There at vho foot of the mountain is a hospital. Tho call girl with blond wavy hair, in a v hito uniform, is Pussy. Sho is making her v cy to tho laoor-a-tory v hcro 3ho is head technician- Her horticultural training is not lost, for she specialises in the extraction of va la at 2.0 drug3 from plants. Sho has made certain astour.ding discoveries nev s of v hich will be poD.oasod within a yoar. This is net hussy solo interest, hoY cvor; her engagement to a promising young doctor has just been announced, Noy I see ripplos of water - v avos - the ocean - a Colonel and Libby, Johnny is stationed in North Africa, and Libby hue become auito accustomed to moving from post to post. She keeps up with all tho obligations of an Army v ifo, and on tho side.

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horseback riding as woll. Accredited collogos are recognizing tho advantages of Haffio’s teaching methods, since all her students arc known to oxcol in whatover fields they pursue. Wo hardly ncod consult tho magic kettle to know what Amolio is doing. Hor results with tho growth of flowers in nutrient solutions arc nationally known. Recent issues of tho Botanical Roviow havo included two of hor articlos. Hor Alabama accent still porsista, she is as buoy as ever, and loves it. But who is that over thorc, addressing the Boy Scouts? It must bo Nini. Who else could spoak so convincingly on growing squash in a window' box? As for hor drawing, sho docs wonders in portraying the now typo watermelon pcrfoctod yoars ago by Louis, Sho is also an author of no moan merit: her latest book was on the advantages of having a compost pile under tho back door stops, written oxpros3ly for pooplo confined to city back yard gardons. Hor favorito pastimes still arc laughing and slooping. And apparently - witness the 3ix woody children - her cooking has improved. If you turn right at the noxt corner, you can’t miss tho littlo shop with tho big sign - ’’Plant Parsnips with Your Petunias I Buy Vesta Scods. They GrowI” And judging by tho throe pound tomatoes and seven inch pea pods, they certainly doj Strung across tho top of her vegetable display are pictures of famous athletes who subsist on Vesta’s Vegetables, Businoss is alroady flourishing, but Vos has started on a bigger and better bean. Tho fire under the kettle has become embers, tho stoarn has disappoarod, and its hidden loro with it. V e are in the prosent onsrc more, so lot’s wish each other just loads of luck and futuro happiness. Vesta Shaw