Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, January 27, 1956, Image 5

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Phone Building Concrete Poured
The weather was snowy, the ground was
white, but nothing stopped the Sordoni
Construction Co. when it was time to pour
ready-mix concrete at the new Pennsyl
vania Community Telephone Co. Building
in Quarryville. Luther Davis, construction
superintendent, heads the crew. Here the
east wall is starting to rise.
Dirt excavated for the basement of the
Quarryville Building is being hauled to
Kirkwood and 'Penn Hill for fills where
other new Exchanges are under construc
tion by the Telephone Company. Tuesday
First earth was turned recently on the
new Pennsylvania Community Telephone
Co. Building, Quarryville. Earth mover and
power shovel combined to start digging
Farm Women 8
Initiate Two
Two new members were initiat
ed into the Society of Farm
Women No 8 meeting Jan 21 at
the home of Mrs Robert F. Esble
man west Of Mount Joy They are
Mrs. Clarence Felty and Mirs
Harold Ney Mrs. Charles Felty,
.president, officiated and made
program arrangements.
Devotions were in charge of
* LIVABILITY * LAY ABILITY * LONGEVITY
LOGAN’S CHICKS
Logan Dominant White Cornish Cockerels for produc
ing famous Logan Cornish Crosses.
For most efficient meat production: Cornish Crosses,
White Rocks, Delaware Crosses, Silver Crosses.
For High Egg Production: Demme Leghorns from
Candidate Matings or Mt. Hope Leghorns for White
eggs. Logan fatuous Sex Links, Logan Whites, or R. I.
Reds for brown eggs. /
Pa.-U. S. Approved Ppllorum Typhoid Clean
Brand. New Catalog available
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L. L. LOGAN, BOX L, KENNETT SQUARE, PA.
First Earth_ Being Turned
Mrs Clyde Sumpman Roll call
was answered by a New Year’s re
solution A report of the Farm
Womens’ state convention in
Harrisburg was given by Mrs
Paul Erb.
“The seven Basic Poods’’ was
the subject of a talk by Mrs Esh-.
leman and the club president, and
a demonstration of ‘“Meals for
Busy Days” was given by the pair
Refreshments were served by
ithe hostesses, Mrs Eshleman,
Mrs Felty, Mrs Sumpman, and
the cutover to dial is scheduled for Atglen
and Gap, which with the Quarryville, Kirk
wood and Penn Hill projects will extend
further rural telephone service in the
southern,ehd of Lancaster County and the
southwestern corner of Chester County.
Workmen here report frost and frozen
ground has been no great problem, al
though other projects underway by the
company elsewhere in Pennsylvania have
been delayed, and some suspended until
Spring because of frozen ground. (Lan
caster Farming Photo.)
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the basement which will house cable vaults.
Work is progressing on schedule, despite
adverse weather conditions. (Lancaster
Farming Photo.)
Mrs Norman Garber. Anna Mae
Eby is reporter.
SOCIETY OF FARM WOMEN 20,
‘Society of Farm Women No.
20 sewed for the Cancer Society
Jan. 19 at the home of Mrs
Joseph Best, Kirkwood. A cover
ed dish lundheon was held at the
all-day event
Seventy-five cancer dressings
were made by the following mem
bers Mrs Park Reinhart, the
president; Mrs Jack Ferguson,
Mrs Elam 'Hess and Mrs. Silas
Rice
Farm Women No. 15
Thirty-five members of the
'Society of Farm Women No 15
were present at a meeting held
dan 19 at the home of Mrs
Jaimes T. Hastings.
Mrs Robert Weicksel, the
president, conducted the meet
ing She wore the lovely cor
sage of orchids presented, to her
on Monday, when attending the
(State convention, and also
(brought her cuckoo clock, given
her at Christmas by the Society,
to show the ladies. - *
Reports by the delegates at
(the Convention - were given by
Mrs Weicksel and Mrs. James
Hastings.
Consumer loan interest rise is I
expected, next month. ]
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, Lancaster Farming," Friday “January 27, 1956^—S
Holstein Top in
Shady Willow’s
Sale at $1,400
Selling to J. R Hansel, Clear
field county, the five-year-old
Holstein cow, Sunrise Farm Dawn
Burke,. offered in Shady Wil
low’s Holstein dispersal Friday,
brought a top of $1,400, highest
selling Holstein cow in Lebanon
county for severtal years.
Her annual record included
19,253 lbs of milk, 81*0.8 lbs of
fat, with an average test of 4.2
per cent.
Harry S. Good, Shady Willow
owner,'" started his herd in the
eastern section of Lancaster
County, moving to Shady Willow
about 18- months ago.
Lancaster county buyers in
cluded: Edward J. Kreider, Rl,
Quarry ville; C. S- Petersheim, Rl
Ronks; Edward Y Hershey, New
Holland; Richard H. Hershey, Rl
Manheim and Arthur S Kauff
man Rl, Parkesburg.
Among those buying from LebJ
anon County were: William Mey
er, Rl Myerstown; Charles Gra
by, R 2 Annville; Allen A. Klem
felter, Rl Lebanon; Grant Krall
Jr., Rl, Lebanon; Harold Heiser,
Palmyra; Arthur Heisey, Fred
ericksburg, and Clarence Stoner,
Rl Jonestown.
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MANHEIM
for dean, dry houses, excellent C iIOAC
fertilizer, and real savings for you .. j Q'fciOvv
Prompt Delivery Service!'
A Ton of SHAVINGS goes twice as far. . .
O & D Sawdust Co.
109 North
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Telephone service isn’t like the ordinary busi
ness service We are not always assured of,re
turns on investment but our responsibility for
public service ever increases.
Just about everything in your family or busi
ness budget has risen far beyond the cost of
telephone seivice. In the same fashion, bur
opeiatmg costs have continued to rise. And
now, v/ith our service 'improvement and dial
conversion program in full swing thioughout the
system, we have had to ask for a basic adjust
ment of our rates a
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We know your improved service will be every
thing you could ask. Your new telephone serv
ice will more than ever remain one of today’s
high value bargains. ' ,
PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITY;
TELEPHONE COMPANY
Bangor Elizabethville QuarryvilL
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WHICH IS WHICH?
Along those lines, you’ve prob
ably heard about the couple oJ
recruits who were bird hunting
v/hen one of them shouted to th(
other that he found a dead ani
mal on the road.
“It’s got three stripes,” he yell
ed-
“Leave him lay,” shouted back
his partner. “It’s either a skunk
or a sergeant?
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