Weather Slows Telephone Building
Unfavorable weather conditions caused
construction work 1 on the new Community
Telephone Company building to fall three
weeks behind schedule according to Lu
ther "Davis,, construction superintendent.
Area Telephone System Involved
In Proposed Company Merger
An application has been filed
by the Commonwealth Telephone
Company of Dallas with the Pen
nsylvania Public Utility Com
mission for approval to merge
its two subsidiary companies,
Pennsylvania Community Tele
phone Company and Blakeslee &
Femridge Telephone Company
with Commonwealth.
The merger of the two subsi
diaries with Commonwealth is a
necessary step leading toward a
permanent financing program.
Such permanent financing, it
was explained, is required to
continue the large scale con
struction progarm that is pre
sently in progress throughout
the companies’ service area.
In late Spring or early Sum
mer, Commonwealth Telephone
plans to make public offerings of
securities upon approval by State
regulatory authorities of the
merger and State and Federal
authorities of the company’s
financing program.
It was stated that the com
panies’ merger plans provide
that the Commonwealth Com
pany upon approval of the merg
er, will file a tariff supplement
adopting the existing rates to
subscribers in the Pennsvlyania
Community and Blakeslee &
Fernridge operating territories.
The two subsidiary companies,
which are to be perged into
Commonwealth, are owned by
Commonwealth. Consolidation of
operations in a single company
will avoid duplication of ad
ministrative operations and op
erating companies affected.
Greater flexibility will likewise
be provided in the use of capital,
supplies and equipment of a
single company.
As of Feb. 29, the three com
panies served a total of 55,557
stations as follows; Common
wealth, 38,155; Pennsylvania
Community, 16, 941 and Blakes
lee and Fernridge, 461. Together,
they compose the third largest
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However, he expects that if the current
pleasant weather continues, work on the
East State Street, Quarryville structure
will soon be caught up. (Staff Photo.)
of the more than 100 indepen
dent telephone companies in the
State and are 30th in size of
5,100 independents in the nation
Commonwealth Telephone
Company acquired the Pennsyl
vania Community Telephone
Company in August, 1954, and
the Blakeslee & Femridge Tele
phone Company in July, 1955.
Pennsylvania Community oper
ations encompass three districts
in eastern Pennsylvania with
district offices- in Bangor, Eliza
bethville and Quarryville. The
Blakeslee '& Femridge Tele
phone Company serves the Po
cono Preserve, Pocono Crest and
Blakeslee Area.
Commonwealth Telephone
Company in the past ten years
has been committed to a pro
gram of modernization and me
chanization of its facilities. A
similar and intense mechaniza
tion program has yeen in process
since January, 1955, in the Pen
nsylvania Community Area.
In 1955, total construction ex
penditures for the three com
panies were $2,990,160. In 1956,
$4,555,100 has been programmed
for the continued improvement
of plants, service and the con
version of eight more exchanges
By the end of 1957, all seven
teen Pennsylvania Community
exchanges will have been con
verted to dial operation. When
acquired in 1954, Pennsylvania
Community' system was entirely
manually operated.
From both an operational and
financial standpoint, the merger
effect will further economies of
operation and allow a permanent
financing program designed to
meet the requirements of Com
monwealth’s- programmed con
struction.
The boom in credit is seen as
simmering down.
JOHN D. GRAHAM
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QUARRYVILLE. PA
It’s The Law
“It’s the Law” with simple an
swers is offered by LANCASTER
FARMING in cooperation with
the -Pennsylvania Bar .Associa
tion. General interest questions
are welcomed, and will be an
swered as soon £s possible. Let
ters must be signed. Answer
will not be published on a speci
fied, requested day. Questions
cannot be answered by mail, and
LANCASTER FARMING will
reject any inquiry which is not
of general public interest. Ad
dress all inquiries to “It s ttie
Law.” LANCASTER FARMING
Quarryville. Pa.
Q At what age does support
for a child by a former mainage
cease in Pennsylvania’ Is the
father required to support that
child through college if he is
over the age limit? C L.
A. The requirement to sup
port a child by a former mar
riage generally is said to cease
when that child reaches ma
jority or prior thereto in the
event the child becomes self
supporting The duty to support
children is imposed by law upon
the father. It is possible also
that this duty may of necessity
continue after the child attains
majority in the event of illness
or infirmity of the child If the
child pursuses additional educa
tion even atter attaining an age
where the child might be self
sustaining, an order to support
may be continued upon the fath
er.
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Q Is there a law against rent
ing a third floor apartment to a
blind person or persons?
A. No. It might be imprud
ent, heartless or improper but
it is not illegal. In case of per
sonal injury to such person, the
landlord would be faced with
possible suit for damages be
cause of negligence.
Q. My brother owned several
houses, and made a will for
these houses to go to his two
children, a daughter and a son,
but the deed of the house has
my name on it. I am his sister.
He has been dead three years.
What are my rights?
A. The answer to your ques
tion depends on the manner in
which your name appeafs on
,the deed. l£ only your name ap
pears, your brother’s will could
not Effect your rights and you
are still the sole owiler. If both
his and your names appear, and
nothing else, then a half interest
in the houses passed to his chil
dren, and you are still the own
er of the other half interest.
If both names appeared along
with the words “as joint tenants
with right of survivorship and
not as tenants in common,’’ or
similar language, then your
brother’s interest passed auto
matically to you upon his death,
and you are now the sole owner
of the houses. It would be a
good idea to have your attorney
investigate this matter promptly
and make a determination as to
your rights with respect to the
houses.
Spring Crops in
State Cover Five
Million Acres
HARRISBURG—Spring crops
will be planted by Pennsylvania
farmers this year on nearly five
million acres, a moderate in
crease over last year, but 155,000
acres above average, Dr William
L. Henning, State Secretary of
Agriculture, announced today .
A Federal-State survey of
farmers’ intentions to plant the
seven major crops gives a total
of 4,943 000 acres. It compares
with 4,926,000 acres planted in
the spring of 1955 and with the
10-year 1945-54 average of 4,-
788,000 acres, Dr. Henning said
Plantings for all field crops
except corn and potatoes will
be larger this spring than a year
ago, the survey showed Wheat
was seeded last fall for Harvest
this summer on 656,000 acres, 2
per cent below a year earlier
Rye plantings, totaled 55,000
acres, an increase of 11,000
acres.
Corn Off Two Per Cent
Fulfillment of the March 1
spring crop intentions of Penn
sylvania farmers may depend to
a large extent on weather and
soil conditions at planting time,
the Secretary explained Acre
ages actually to be planted also
will include farmers’ reactions
to their corn acreage allotments
in the 29 designated commercial
corn growing counties of the
State, he added.
Early indications are for a
reduction of two per cent in
corn acreage this spring to a
total of 1,372,000 acres. Barley
at 235,000 acres is an increase
of 2 per cent and oats will be
planted on 838,000 acres, also an
advance of 2 per cent The bar
ley acreage includes that which
was seeded last fall and will be
record high for the State, if in
tentions are carried out.
Soybeans Stand as Leader -
Hay, which accounts for al
most one-half of the combined
total acreage, is expected to be
increased by 1 per cent to a
total of 2,344,000 acres.
Potato growers reported in
tentions to plant only 53,000
acres this year, the smallest
acreage ever known in the State
and 11 per cent below last
year’s 60,000 acres The 1956
tobacco acreage is indicated at
29,000 acres, about the same as
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 13, 1956—11
in 1955,
Percentagewise, soybeans
stand out this year as the leader
in acreage expansion Growers
plan to plant 55,000 acres which
could be the largest since, 1947.
Nationally, spring planting in
tentions come to about 35JJ mil
lion acres lor the 59 principal
crops on which reports were ob
tained This is 3 4 million dcub
less than last year
Holstein Meet
On June 5 to 8
At Milwaukee
Holstein breeders fiom all 4S
states will see Wisconsin’s finest
dairy animals on parade during
the 71st Annual Convention of
The Holstem-Fnesian Associa
tion of America at Milwaukee
June 5-8
Wisconsin Holstein breeders
are grooming the cream of their
herds for the Black and White
Show scheduled for the first
day of the event.
The show, incidentally, will
be the first statewide event of
its kind ever held in “Ameri
ca's Dairyland” apart from the
Wisconsin State Fair
Female Classes Split
Another Black and White
Show precedent will be' set-with
the splitting of all classes for
females, two-years-old or over.
Under the new plan, separate
■classes will be provided for
milking and dry animals in each
age bracket
Site of "the competition will be
Pabst Farms, world-famous .Hol
stein breeding establishment at
Oconomowoc Merle Howard,
Dairy Superintendent at Moose
heart Farms, Mooseheart, 111,
will place the classes
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