Vol. 1, No. 14 Three County Residents Die In Auto Crash Three well-known Southern Lancaster County residents were killed instantly in an autoraobile- collision near Morehead, Ky Saturday, Those killed were; Thomas W. Matthews, 52, Quarryvxlle, concrete block man ufacturer; His wife, Katie Eshleman Matthews, 53, and Mrs. Clayton M Woerth, 53, Nickel Mines Returning from a vacation business trip in Florida and Louisiana, the three were riding with Mr. woerth when the car skidded, colliding with a truck on an ice-coated bridge eight miles west of Morehead, Ky, at Farmers Well-Known Here Mr Matthews was well-known among many Lancaster County farmers, especially among mush room growers, who were exten sive users of concrete blocks produced by the Quairyville Con crete Products Co, of which he was a partner with A H. Burk holder. Mrs Matthews was the . daughter of the late Ezra M and Adeline Warfel Eshelman, born and raised in the Chestnut Level community. All three were active m com munity work and church work. Mrs Matthews, a member of Farm Wometfs Society 16, helped design the kitchen -at Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church? .Her husband was recently named a church elder, and headed the building committee of the chapel at Middle Octorara Woerth Funeral Sunday Funeral services for the Mat thews were Thursday afternoon from the Brown Funeral Home, Christiana, with burial in the Georgetown Methodist - Church Cemetery. Services for Mrs. Woerth will be at 230 P M. Sunday from Browns, Christiana. Mr Woerth operates the store at Nickel Mines. Ernest J. Neill, editor of Lancaster Farming, made his home with the Matthews in Quarryville. Hess Again on Tobacco Co-Op Board 3 Years Mark S. Hess is starting his second three-year term as a di rector of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Cooperative As sociation The acting manager of the cooperative resides on R 6 Lancaster, and he was named again Saturday night. Others elected as directors were Elmer Balmer, HI Man heun, northwest district. Walter S. Witwer, R 1 Gordon ville, northeast district Mr. Hess represents the south ern district Egg Gathering Time - Lancaster County Lancaster"’County* 'setting records of all' kinds in the poultry field, just added its share to January Egg Month, dn ths Al vin Adams £arm,.RlXititz, Dick Adams, a Hospital in Ephrata Aids Tobacco Study The National - Tobacco Re search Council has made a sec ond grant to the Ephrata Com munity Hospital, this one total ing $9,947. This is the only hos pital in the County to receive such a grant at this time. Research between tobacco and medicine will be - conducted by the hospital’s pathologist, Dr- Russell W. Weller Several changes in committees were made. David R. Eaby, pres ident, named a committee to in vestigate possibilities of joining the Lancaster County Commun ity Chest. Others on the com mittee are Ira Fasnacht, Charles Getz, and H- K. Luttringer. Also named to the board were the Rev. Daniel A- Shearer, presi dent of the mimsterium. and Samuel 'M. Mohler, Ephrata Mr. Fasnacht was named to the building and fi nance committee, Karl J. Rohr bach to the finance committee. POULTRY EXCHANGE MEET Election of officers and ap pointment of committee members will be made by the Board of Directors of the Lancaster Poul try Exchange Monday at 8 p. m. The meeting will be in the Ex change Building at Rohrerstown- yuarryvme, * a., r nday, February 3, 1956 Amish Aid Salesman During Bad Weather Recently a salesman repre senting a seed corn company and chick hatchery became stalled by some southern Lancaster County weather- But that didn’t stop Harry -Kreider, 70. He just up and borrowed a horse and buggy from a nearby Amish farmer and completed his rounds, delivering his products on time. Old Fairground . Hall Burns; Was Assembly Plant Fire Monday evening destroy ed the historic Exhibition Build ing on the old Lancaster Fair grounds with loss estimated around $llO,OOO. Built in 1920, it was taken over in 1948 by the New Holland Machinery Co. and has been used since that time as a farm machinery assembly plant augmenting the New Holland factories- Called to help check the fire were companies from the Lan caster Fire Department, South ern Manheim Township and Rohrerstown Fire Companies. The building, 130'feet by 75 feet containing 18,000 square feet, was of stucco and frame, and was used by New Holland as a final assembly plant for forage blowers and forage harvester harvester sickle bar attachments. Value of the building was esti mated at $75,000, contents $35.- 000. Some hoses were strung at least 2,000 feet to assist in fight ing the fire. son, is shown leaving the laying house with jtwo baskets of eggs. Dick operates the farm with his father, mother and sister. Refusal to Give Up Phone Line Probed No arrests are planned in the investigation conducted by state police at Ephrata where two women were charged with re fusing to give up conversation on a nine-party line so a third could report a fire m the Den ver area Mi’s Allison Messner reported that when she tried to call the fire department twice, the two were talking on the nine-party line Readings telephone opera tors said they have a record of a call made by Mrs. Messner when she dialed that office by mis take in her confusion following (two attempts. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law, Walter Wenrich, had started to Denver to notify firemen. DeLongs Purchase Guernsey Sire PETERBOROUGH. N- H. Peach Bottom, Penna., have just Harry S & O. Lorene DeLong, purchased the Guernsey sire, Highland Toni Victor, from J, Thomas Carman, Glen Rock, Penna, according to the Ameri can Guernsey Cattle Club- This richly bred bull is out of the high-producing cow, High land Chief’s Idabelle, that has once been classified Very Good for type, and has two production records of 11,996 lbs of milk and 604 lbs of fait, made on two times daily milking for 365 days, as a junior two-year-old in the Herd Improvement Register, and 14,- 419 lbs of milk and 747 lbs of fat, made on three times daily milking for 365 days as a junior four-year-old in the Herd Im provement Register. He is sired by Highland Chief’s Toni. $2 Per Year Minor Floods Add to Rough Winter Winds Minor floods poured over low lands in scattered sections of Lancaster County this week* closnig the month otf January that was abnormally dry In the month just closed, fhe Bphrata Weather Station reports total precipitation in January of 1.83, against a normal 307 Winds were strong and biting Sunday morning churchgoers faced a sheet of ice—and many stayed home Those who did drive found Saturday night’s sleet and rain on top of old snow no combination for safe driving. Rains Sunday Morning Rams came Sunday night and Monday morning again, and by Monday afternoon many streams and runs were spreading flood waters over lowlying lands. Be ween Quarryville and Christiana, near Green Tree, 'water was re ported bumper deep Elsewhere on the same road, nearer Chris tiana, water overflowed the highway, providing slick spots Tuesday morning There was a paradox in the flooding, following a month so dry. Pequea Creek left its banks on the west end-of -'Paradise. Bellmont Run at Intercourse covered the New Holland-Inter course road. Mill Creek jumped four feet to overflow a bridge between Monterrey and Bird-in- Hand Six Above Saturday •* Saturday night and Sunday morning’s storm was an after math of one that caused sleet and glazing from the middle west east. In the midwest high ways too were treacherous, and numerous accidents were re ported all over the country The sole cheering note on the weather situation "was that a snow and sleet storm predicted for Monday night encountered a strong, high pressure area and missed Lan caster County. Elverson Girl Wins Holstein Citation Miss Esther Eileen Stoltzfus of Elverson, Chester County, was recently awarded a certificate-by the Holstem-Friesian Association of America when her 4-H calf. Elm Becca L Tilhe, was nomi nated for Junior All American. Her calf was selected by three top Holstein judges in Lacona, N. Y., seeking the best six ani mals of each age' group from those exhibited in the United States during 1955. • L Tillie is by a daughter*of the Tillre cow, a three-times grand champion in 1952, milked 100 lbs of milk a day on a twice daily milking for 60 days in the Elm Becca herd- The sire’s dam is Colantha Lady Monogram (Ex) who recently made a record of 21,408 lbs of milk with 1,012 lbs butterfat milked twice daily for 365 days. FARM PRICES GAIN Farm product prices moved up one per cent at the start of 1956, following a seven per cent de cline last year, the United States Department of Agriculture re ports. Improvements in hog and cattle prices were noted Voting is expected Saturday on the pro posed “Soil-Bank” program.
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