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reported several trees in
ighborhood were felled by
inds that covered a large
York and Columbia too
te brunt of the storm that
electrical power m many
On the Astle farm, both
; and telephone service
;ut off.
.■aster reported .49 of an
ram, Ephrata 1.07, and
ines at Lincoln measured
it of marbles.
(Lightning struck the steeple
4>f the Ifamed, historic Zion Lu
Tractor Removes Debris
Weather of all kinds there was last Sunday night. Down
in the Oxford-Kirkwood region it was rain and wind. Up in
the northern sections of Lancaster County, hail was re
ported. Here a tractor removes debris from the wrecked
barn on the Arthur Astle farm, just east of Octoraro Lake
on Route 472. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo).
Two-thirds of the three-section barn on the Arthur Astle
farm between Kirkwood and Oxford fell before a thunder
ing wind Sunday night. Here is a general view of the Rus
sellville Grange helping clear the wreckage. (Lancaster
Farming Staff Photo).
Only the south wall of the barn on the Arthur Astle
farm, R 2 Oxford, Sunday night, stood after winds of torna
die force ripped through the countryside. Here members
of the Russellville Grange are shown removing machinery
that was buried under the debris. (Lancaster Farming
Staff Photo).
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theran Church the “Red Rose
Church” causing a stubborn
fire in the belfry. Firemen from
Manheim and Lancaster quelled
the blaze.
Light irost damage was re
ported in low places Tuesday
night, but not as severe as that
which struck Lancaster County
Saturday, when a heavier frost
came, accompanied by colder
temperatures. Fruit trees ap
parently escaped damage, but
there was some minor damage to
tomato plants, where some
leaves were burned off by the
ffost
Cora planting will get
underway this week and
next in Lancaster County,
and grass spraying for spit
tlebug and alfalfa weevil is
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recommended now. Tobacco/
planting. h‘ rfbw,' and 'll Wifi’
can be done in this line un
til the last week of May,
according to County Agent
M. M. Smith.
Mr. Smith advises that use of
chemical weed sprays is advise
able at this time, especially pre
emergence sprays of 2,4-0 five
to seven days after corn is plant
ed and when it just comes
through in spike form. Two
pints of amine form of 2,4-D per
acre gives a protective covering
Time To Tell
f One and all agree that the
world is m a ferment. Only time
can tell whether the end result
will be champagne or vinegar
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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TlfoWQppfSiiES MAWN MOWER
JAMES S. MESSNER
Bareville
Ph. Leola 6-6911
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Grandfather Clock
$312 at Bird-in-Hand
'Highlighting the sale of prop
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a grandfather's clock that
brought $312.
Frank L. Steller was auc
tioneer Other items sold in
cluded two $5 Confederate bills
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 11, 1956—5
boree
HARRISBURG Miss Genev
ieve (Blatt, Secretary of Internal
Affairs, today announced that the
industries of Erie County in 1954
manufactured pioducts valued at
$575,647,200. The value of pro
ducts amounted to $680,533,300 in
1953.
at $B, Indianhead pennies from
50 cents to $6 each, decoiatcd
salt box $57
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