—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 13, 1956
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Chester County,
Quarantines
Dogs to June 9
HARRISBURG Two State
agencies today joined forces in
a move to control and eradicate
a known increase in .animal ra
bies in Chester County.
Dr. William L Henning,
State Secretary of Agriculture,
ordered a 60-day dog quarantine
to begin Friday, April 13, 1956,
placed on 38 townships of the
county, principally lying south
of the Lincoln Highway- All
dogs an the area must be con
fined or kept under proper re
straint by the owner through
June 9, 1956.
Dr. Logan J Bennett, Execu
tive Director of the Pennsyl
vania Game Commission, has
delegated a crew of game pro
tectors to start trapping foxes
in the quarantined area next
Monday morning.
Rabies Cases Increase
Both men explained that the
increase in the known number
of cases of rabies, chiefly among
dogs and grey foxes, necessitat-
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ed immediate action to prevent
further spread of the disease
to other-animals and man.
Department of Agnctulture
records show that Chester Co
had 117 of the State’s total of
167 known cases of rabies in
animals during 1955. This was
approximately a 300 per cent
increase in animal rabies over
1954 for the county. Out of last
year’s 117 Chester County cases,
75 were foxes
“The disease is still rampant
in Chester County,” Dr'. ’Hen
ning declared today. “The trend
is continuing Out of 47 cases
reported so far this year more
than half occurred in Chester
County. Recent reports disclose
evidence that the disease is
spreading m Lancaster and
Montgomery Counties-
Cooperation Asked of All
“We are highly gratified with
the splendid cooperation offered
by Dr. Bennett and the Game
Commission in efforts to wipe
out this menace to human and
animal life in Chester County-
It is hoped that the quarantine
on dogs will stop the spread of
disease among man’s best friend
in the animal kingdom.”
Dr. Bennett said; “In the in
terests Of all the people, the
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The service at Rock Spring Old School of the founding of the church.
Baptist Church of Christ, on Rt. 222 near There is no other church of this same
the Maryland line, Sunday morning, April denomination the Old School, or Primi
1, marked the one hundred-fifieth year tive Baptist —in Lancaster County.
cooperation of all dog owners
and sportsmen in observing all
quarantine regulations will pre
vent dogs from being caught in
traps set by the Game Commis
sion. We have every prospect of
.a successful campaign. Intensifi
ed-efforts during 1952 cut the
State’s total number of cases of
animal rabies from 300 an that
year to a total of 27 in 1953. No
poison will be used in the con
trol program. The increase since
1953 indicates the desirability of
again' intensifying our efforts.”
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Dr. H. A. Milp, director of the
Bureau of Animal Indistry, said
the State last year pail ouf $4,-
643 25 to farmers in the form of
indemnities for livestock losses
due to rabies. Of this total, $3,-
741.75 was paid to farmers in
Chester County.
Licensing, Vaccination
Dr. Milo again urged all dog
owners to have their clogs license
ed, also vaccinated against ra
bies to protect their families.
Persons bitten by dogs, or other
animals suspected of having ra
bies should consult their family
physicians immediately.
The quarantine is imposed on
the following namec townships
in Chester County, including any
cities and boroughs located whol
ly or partially therein: the town
ships of Birmingham, Cain, East
Bradford, East Cain, East Fal
lowfield. 'East Goshen, East
Marlboro, East Nottingham,
Easttown, East Whiteland, Elk,
Franklin, Highland, Kennett,
London Britain, Londonderry,
■London Grove, Lower Oxford,
New Garden, Newlm, New Lon
don, Penn, Pennsoury, Pocop
son, Sadsbury, Thornbury, Tre
dyfjin, Upper Oxford, Valley,
West Bradford, West Fallow
field, West Goshen, West Marl
boro. West Nottingham, West
Sadsbury, Westtown, West
Whiteland, Willistown.
Cities and boroughs in the
quarantied area include. Coates
ville, West Chester, Paoli,
Downingtowh, Parkesburg, Ken
nett Square, Oxford, South
Coatesviile, West Grove, Mal
vern.
HARRISBURG Pennsyl
vania potato growers this year
will reduce their planted acre
age by 11 per cent, according to
a Federal-State survey of in
tention.® reported by potato men
as of March 1, announced today
hv the State Department of
Agriculture.
Growers plan to plant only
53.000 acres of potatoes- this
year, a drop of 7,000 from the
60.000 acres planted in 1955, the
Department said.
If these intentions are carried
out, the acreage will be the
smallest ever known in Penn
sylvania, it was said. The aver
age planted acreage for the 10-
year 1945-54 period is 91,000
acres. '
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There is no other church of
thus same denomination —the
Old School or Primitive Baptist
—m Lancaster County.
The church was organized as
a Branch of the Church at
Little Britain, m 1806, the moth
er church being the London
Tract Church of Chester County.
The Church was constituted with
these seven original members;
Nathaniel Jenkins, Rebecca Jen
kins, Sarah Jenkins, Robert Han
num, Martha Low, Martha
Hannah, Hannah Jenkins.
This branch of the Church
was separated and set apart
from the mother church on
August 30, 1812.
801 l Of Pastors
The ministers who have serv
ed the Rock Springs Church
down through the years are as
follows: Jethro Johnson, who,
served during the period that
the local church was a branch
of the church at London Tract,
slightly' over 6 years; Charles
Moor, 3 years; Thomas Poteet,
a little less than 5 years; Thomas
Barton, over 44 years; William
jGrafton, 39 years, John G. Eu
banks, slightly less than 16
years; Douglas L. Topping, over
19 years; and John D. Wood,
present pastor, over 7 years.
Some of these same ministers,
and other ministers, being
Licentiates, or ordained Elders
have filled the pulpit as supply
during the total of about 11
years the church has not had a
regular pastor.
Monthly Meeting
Meetings are held oh the first
Sunday of each month, at 10.30
a. m., Standard or Daylight Sav
ing Time, whichever is in effect
at time of meeting
Some of the old family or
surnames of this community are
not in use hereabouts at this
time. For instance, the names
Lowe, Thomas, Freestone and
Whipple. Besides -4hese, the
names of Jenkins, Hanna, Reyn
olds, Gregg, Wicks, Scott, Huff,
Weaver, Rowland,- Jackson,
King, Griest, and others appear
in the earlier records—the most
predominate being Jenkins and
Hanna-
The surnames of the present
membership are: Osborne,
Farmer, Conner, Anderson,
Rakes, Stuart and Mackey.
• | Unique Congregation
Half of the present member
ship are natives of North Caro
lina and the pther half arefrom
the state of Virginia. -
This has come about by the
exodus North by the Southern
Mountaineer to Maryland and
Pennsylvania and other nearby
states. This little church, per
haps, is unique in the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania and—it
could well be—in all the states,
in having such status of its
membership.