First Bricks Laid At Penn Hill Phone Exchange
In official ceremonies on
Thursday morning, the first
bricks were laid at the new
Pennsylvania Community Tele
phone Co. unattended dial center
building at the intersection of
Jiighways 222 and 72, just north
of Wakefield. Officiating at the
event were J. Rankin Wiley,
clerk of Lancaster County
New Penn Hill
Phone Exchange
Building Starts
Walls are rising on the new
Penn Hill Exchange of the
Pennsylvania Community Tele
phone Co at the intersection of
Highways 222 and 72 just north
of Wakefield.
In official ceremonies April 26,
William Tollinger and J. Rankin
Wiley laid the first bricks of the
20 by 24 unattended'dial center
that eventually will serve terri
tory now under the Hensel ex
change.
•Mr. Tollinger is owner of the
land from which the telephone
building tract was purchased.
Mr. Wiley is Lancaster County
clerk of quarter sessions court
and Quarryville-Wakefield bust
ness man.
Also attending was Ross Kim
ball, equipment engineer from
Wellsboro-
Completion date has been set
as Nov. 19 when some 410
subscribers will cut over to dial
telephone under Klmball-8 pre
fix.
At the start, there will be 150
lines, 700 terminals on the termi
nnl-per-station equipment. It
will serve subscribers in part of
East Drumore, Fulton and Little
Britain Townships, with Lancas
ter as toll center
Toll lanes will be connected
from the Kimball exchange to
Quarter 'Sessions Court 'and
Quarry ville-Wakefield business
man, and William' Tollinger,
owner of the land from which
the tract was purchased. Shown
above, left to right, are Ross
Kimball, company equipment
engineer; “William A. Frutchey,
district manager; Mr. Wiley;
Mr. Tollinger; Luther Davis,
Quarryville, Rawhnsville and
Kirkwood, neighborhoods the
present Hensel subscribers will
be able to dial directly.
The Penn Hill project is one
of several now underway by the
telephone company. Other ex
changes are being constructed
at Kirkwood, - Valley View,
Elizabethville, Lykens, Eagles-,
mere, Penn Argyle, Tower- City
and Quarryville.
Friendly Farmers
Hear Rev. Knecht:
The Friendly Farmer’s Club
met with Arthur and Charlotte
Brown on Feb. 25. wßh all fami
lies represented. Minutes of the
January meeting were read and
approved.
Ira Rutt and James Herr were
appointed on the -nspection com
mittee during the business meet
ing. The hostess and her helpers
served a delicious roast beef din
the club members and
guests.
The Rev. Rov Townsend pastor
of _ Little Britain Presbyterian
Church, read from 2 Peter first
chapter 2 to 10 verses and led in
prayer. The devotions closed by
singing the Doxology.
The inspection committee re
ported on the new machinery in
the barn and young stock and
laying hens. Mr. Bucher report
ed everything in fine shape.
construction engineer; and brick
ay ers James A. Tierney and
Earl A. Potts. (Staff Photo.)
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gistered Holstem-Fnesian cows
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completed production records
were recorded by the Advanced
Registry- Department of The
Holsem-Fnesian Association of
America are the following
Owned by H M Gans, 'Cans—
Ebonite Julia Ona Wayne, 14,983
lbs milk, 555 lbs butterfat,
milked two times daily, 327 days,
2 years 7 months of age Aver
age quarts daily 21.
Owned by William P Mussel
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Leading Lady, 24,350 lbs milk,
870 lbs butterfat, milked 2 times
daily, 365 days, 4 years 11
months Of age. Average quaits
daily. 31.
Owned by John G Stumpf,
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Violet 10, 12,980 lbs milk, 516
lbs butterfat, milked 3 times
daily, 345 days, 3 years 8 months
of age Average quarts daily. 18
Owned by Lewis Zimmerman,
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they bad averaged over the past
10 years, according to the Ameu
can Can Company.
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representative of the can-making
firm, said that Pennsylvania
farmers received $1,102,000 for
the bean crops destined for can
ning and freezing in 1955, com
pared with the previous 10-
years’ average of $866,000
Although less acres of the
crop were harvested than m
1954, the 1955 production total
was above the ten-year average,
Mr De Land said He noted that
the nationwide green bean crop
was worth more than $34 million
to farmers, almost $8 million
above the previous 10-year aver
age from processors.
butterfat, milked 3- times daily,
365 days, 5 years 9 months of
age. Average quarts daily: 34.
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Pennsylvania State University,
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