DEFIES BEAST!—Seconds after
picture at top was shot during
atom bomb explosion in “Sur
vival, City” test on Nevada
desert, house at right was de
molished-and, as seen in lower
picture, the huge, exposed LP-
Gas bulk storage tank came
tbrough shock virtually un
scathed.
Eastern Polled
Hereford Sale
(Continued from page one)
Schellsburg, Pa, and White Oaks
Farm, Clearfield, Pa. Buyer was
iCnssmger Stock Farms, Rebuck,
Pa. •
Summary of Sale
Quality,' as well as price, was
varied The high-selling bull had
chalked up more winnings at
expositions than any other two
year-bid bull m the east.
Here is a summary of the sale
9 Bulls totaled $8,575, avg
$953,
41 females totaled $24,470, avg
ss97
50 Lots totaled $33,050, avg.
$660
Two outstanding marks were
recorded for the EPHA, first the
average gamed $lOO over last
year; and the bull average was
the best in association history.
Col. Jewett Fulkerson, auc
tioneer, described the consign
ment was one of the top sales of
the east, “top cattle have come
here, and many of their sons
and daughters sell ”
Cattle sold into 11 states, with
Pennsylvania taking 12, Mary
land 11, Delaware 10, New York
6, Maine and Virginia 3, and
two bach to Massachusetts, West
Virginia, New Jersey and Illi
nois, one to Georgia.
Reserve Female $lBOO
One animal sold into Lancas
ter County, lot 2 female going
to B. F. King at Kirkwood, and
two into Lebanon County, the
sale topper and the lot 48 fe
male.
John T. Claud, Dreweyville,
Va, purchased the reserve cham
pion bull, Royal Choice 2d, from
Arthur McArthur of MacFbrd
Farm, Port Deposit, Md., for
$l5lO. The champion female, lot
55, sold early at $l5OO to L. J.
Moore’s Holly Spring Farm,
Covington, Ga. She was Tejay
Miss Letston, consigned by
Hhomas D. Jolly of Tom Jolly
Farms, Parker, Pa.
Reserve champion female, MB
Miss Cha Perfect 4th, selling as
lot 36, and consigned by Falk
land Farms, went at $lBOO to
Cove Farm, St. Leonard, Md.
A complete list of sales fol
lows, with lot number (identifi
cation ot£ 'consignors by Jot num
ber will be found in show story),
calving date, buyer, buyers’ ad
dress and price:
BULLS
Lot 1, May 22, 1954, C. W-
Engel, Elk Hill, Va„ $550; lot
9, May 2, 1954, Paul T.-Reggen,
Wellsville, N. Y„ $700; lot 22.
T. J. (Mike) Reynolds, .edford,
Va., $1200; lot 23, Sept. 28, 1954,
Raymond A, Anderson, Nash
ville, Mass., $1240; lot 34, May
3, 1953, Crissinger Stock Farm,
Rebuck, Pa., $1750; lot 35, Sept.
12, 1954, Shadow Stone Farm,
Havre de Grace, Md., $750; lot
38, Sept. 18, 1964, John T- Claud,
Dreweyville, Va., $1510; lot 42,
Jan. 23* 1954, Shadow Stone
Farm, $375; lot 51, Sept. 26,
1954, J. D-' McKinnon, Elmira,
N. Y., $500;
FEMALES
Lot 2, Dec. 6, 1954, Cove
Farm, St. Leonard, Md., $325;
lot 2a Dec. 8, 1954, David K.
PP&L Reports Electric Use Last
Year Up 8.5 Per Cent, at New High
In 1955 you probably used 8%
per cent more electricity than
you did the year before- And
over 38 per cent more than in
1951. These figures represent
the .average increases in those
periods for all Pennsylvania
Power & Light Company resi
dential and farm customers, ac
cording to the utility company’s
1955 annual report mailed to
approximately 100,000 company
employees and shareowners
In his letter to shareowners,
Chas E. Oakes, PP&L president,
points out that the increasing
use of electric service by all
classes of customers, the normal
increase in numbers of customers
and the serving of a larger area
as a result of merger have helped
send company revenues to a
new high-
Wages, Materials Higher
Mr. Oakes also points out that,
among other things, increases
in prices of materials and in
wages were contributing factors
in increasing the company’s op
erating expenses, offsetting some
what the gain in revenues. Taxes,
too, were a major 1955 expense,
amounting to $22 4 million or
13 times the amount paid in
dividends to the company’s 94,-
198 shareowners.
Earnings applicable to the
company’s common stock out
tandmg at the year end were
$3.02 per share, as compared
with $2.88 per share for 1954.
iCushwa, Williamsport, Md.,
$210; lot 5, Dec 12, 1954, B. F.
King, Kirkwood, Pa, $200; lot
11, March 8, 1954, Pine Valley
Farm, Bethel, Me, $4OO, lot 12,
April 16, 1954, Spring Valley
Farms, Poolesville, Md., $825;
lot 13, July 22, 1954, Rengppi
Corp, Wilmington, Del, $355;
lot 14, Oct. 21, 1954, Falkland
Farms, Schellsburg, Pa,
lot 17, Dec 7, 1953, Circle R
Farms, Slippery Rock, Pa, $665;
Lot 18, Dec 14, 1953, White
Oaks Farm, Clearfield, Pa,
!<1000; lot 19, Jan. 18, 1954,
Karl Marks, Lewes, Del, $lOOO,
lot 20, Oct. 9, 1954, Tom Jolly
Farm, Parker, Pa; lot 21, Oct
16, 1954, Clyde O. Garber, New
Oxford, Pa., $285, lot 24, May
26, 1954, Norman F. Greenway,
Greenway Farms, LaGrangeville,
N. Y., $1725; lot 25, Sept. 24,
1954, om Jolly Farm, $700; lot
26, Sept 27, 1954, Clove Creek
Farm (Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr.), Poughquog, N. Y., $450,
lot 27, Sept. 10, 1953, Rugh Hill
crest Farms, Inc, New Cumber
land, W. Va, $1050;
Lot 28, Sept. 30, 1954, Pine
Valley Farms, $200; lot 29, Oct
2, 1954, Pine Valley Farm, $2OO,
lot 30, Oct. 10, 1954, David K-
Cushwa, $225; lot 31, Oot. 12,
1954, David K. Cushwa, $205; lot
32, May 30, 1954, Fred D. Wil
son, Stockton, N. J. $350; lot 33 2-
10, 1954, Renappi Corp., $500;
lot 36, May 31, 1954, Cove Farm,
St. Leonard, Md. $1800; lot 37,
7-3-1954, “E’s” Hereford Farm,
Evans City, Pa., $700; lot 39,
Sept. 12, 1954, David K. Cushwa,
$250; lot 40, Oct. 4, 1954, Rugh
Hillcrest Farm $400; lot 41, 11-18-
1954, Cumberland Trail Farms,
(C. E. Nance), St. Elmo, Hi.,
$860;
Lot 43, April 15, 1954, Fred
D. Wilson, $410; lot 44, June 11,
1954, White Oaks Farm, Clear
field, Pa., $450; lot 45, Feb. 12,
1954, J. H. Sprecher Farms,
Lebanon, Pa., $2000; lot 46, Jan.
14, 1955, Raymond A. Ander
on, $480; lot 47, Jan. 17, 1955,
Renappi Corp., $355; lot 48, June
30, 1954, J. H. Sprecher Farms,
$910; lot 49, Jan. 2, 1955, J. A.
Watson, Jr, Sheridan Point
Farm, Odelina, Md, $310; lot ’5O,
Jan. 2, 1955, Clove Creek Farm,
$410; lot 51, Sept. 26, 1954, J.
D. McKinnon, Elmira, N. Y.,
$500; lot 52, March 23, 1954,
Cumberland Trail Farms, $600;
Lot 54, July 15, 1954, Sheri
dan Point Farm, $360; lot 55,
Jan 4, 1955, L. J. Moore, Holly
Springs Farm, Covington, Ga,
$1500; lot 56, March
. Gilmer Rose, Mt. Airy, Md.,
$400; lot 57, Sept. 4, 1954, David
K. Cushwa, $3OO.
These 1955 per share earnings
would have been $3 10 if effect
of the merger of Pennsylvania
Water & Power Company, in
June of 1955, had been given
for “the full year This merger
and that of The Scranton Electric
Company increased PP&L’s util
ity plant by $lll million
Another important phase of the
report is discussion of the com
pany’s construction program for
providing adequate facilities with
which to supply the increasing
demands for electric power in
homes, farms, business and in
dustry throught out Central
Eastern Pennsylvania
Construction $31.4 Million
Construction expenditures in
1955 totaled $314 million. Based
on present estimates of future
electric usage, an estimated $157
million will be needed to carry
out the company’s construction
program in the next five years.
PP&L’s postwar constrction pio
gram, 1946 through 1960, is now
expected to total approximately
$447 million
Among the several interesting
charts in the report is one which
shows that some $59 2 million
of the company’s total income
is returned to service area. Of
this amount, $35 5 million was
paid in wages to employees; $14.5
million in local prchasues of fuel
materials and supplies; $4 3 mil
lion in state and local taxes; and
$4 9 million in dividends to local
shareowners, representing a sub
stantial contribution to the
economy of Central Eastern
Pennsylvania
Another important repoit item
is the estimated new job op
portunities -resulting from inten
sive postwar industrial develop
ment activities throughout Cen
tral Eastern Pennsylvania. Over
91,500 30b opportunities, accord
ing to the report, can be credited
to incoming new industries since
the close of World War II
Employment Potential
”• The fact that the new industry
employment potential is more
than the equivalent of the com
bined industrial employment of
four major communities in the
area shows how important such
development efforts are to every
community in -offsetting the
migration of older industries,
declines in anthracite mining and
any industrial business mortal
ity. According to the latest state
figures available on industrial
employment by communities,
Bethlehem has 27,740 employed
in industry; Allentown, 25,020;
Scranton, 19.738; and Lancaster,
Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 30, 1956
17,234, or a total of 89,732
Looking toward being of even
greater service to Cential East
ern Pennsylvania it is under
stood that the utility, as part of
its recently announced Business
Development department plans,
is aiming at an even more con
centiated drive in this direction
An expanded program will be
directed both at- generating in
creased community activities as
well as intensifying the com
pany’s direct promotional efforts
Pasture, Small Grain
MATHIESON
ireose your yields and your profits.
;Uy applied. Saves Time. Saves Labor.
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PH BUTLER 4 4467
R. D. 1, Quarryville BUCK, PA.,
CHICKEN HOUSE COLLAPSES
Frank Aulthouse, R 1 Stevens,
escaped injury when a two
story concrete block chicken
house on his farm collapsed late
last week He had just left the
building when it fell Damage
was estimated ut $12,000.
with industry over the entire
nation.
and Corn
ANHYDROUS AMMONIA
82% NITROGEN
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