This isn’t the type of thing I usually post, but it is a feel-good item I want to share. On Oct. 21, 1952, J. Uhnak, Sr. lost three fingers on his left hand while harnessing a bull on his farm in Walnutport. He was employed at the Zinc Company in Palmerton in Vertical Furnaces. Not only was he unable to work, but he was also about to lose about nine acres of corn that had not yet been husked. Keep in mind there were no automatic corn huskers in 1952.
His fellow workers heard about the accident, and after working the 11-7 shift Sunday night, they reported to the farm art 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 27. By noon they had husked all nine acres of corn and had most of it in the corn crib.
“Zinc,” a magazine published by the New Jersey Zinc Company, ran a picture of the 40 corn huskers in the Feb. 1953 issue.
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