10—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Aug. 10, 1956 Intercourse Plans Summer Jubilee Plans for the Intercourse Summer Jubilee Aug 18 and 19 are well underway, with a horse show for the opening afteinoon A chicken barbecue will start at 4 p m That evening, a con cert will be given by the Pequea Valley High School Band Sunday at 7 p m thei e will be a community hymn sing on the Intercourse Elementary School grounds. ■■■■■■■■■Hl■■■■■■> BELMONT 97 Per Cent Pure Agricultural Limestone Soil Testing Service CALL _ DAVID B. JOHNS m Overland 7-3301 g J WENGER & ■ S SENSENIG CO. | ■ R. D. I,'Paradise, Pa. ■ ■ Phone Gap HI 2-4500 * NEW STYLING NEW COMFORT NEW CONTROL NEW MASSEY- 444 > Here’s a pair with power . . . new 3 plow 333 with the all new 208 cu. in. engine . .. and the new 4 plow 444 with the hi torque 277 cu in. engine Dynamic new performance . . . new features, comfort, control. . more power, speed, traction. ...MIRACLE ENGINEERED TO MAKE YOU FORGET ~ THE PAST! ii M. M. BAREVILLE, R. D. 1 R. SALUNGA Dutch Dishes Featured at “Dutch Days” Hershey, Pa —All of the tradi tional Pennsylvania Dutch dishes, often imitated, rarely duplicated, will be available to visitors at tending the eighth annual Pen nsylvania Dutch Days celebration at Hershey Park, Aug 23 thro ugh 26 Guests will find delight in such epicurean favorites as schnitz and knepp, pot pie, and, of course, good old-fashioned roast beef and gravy In addition, there will be the popular seven sweets and sours, home made bread, smearcase,, apple butter and, for desert, shoo-fly and smtz pie Ladies of Derry Presbyterian Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company will serve full course menus, while the Hanoverdale Church of the Brethren will dis pense chicken corn soup and shoo-fly and smtz pie in the park itself I Baked chicken pot pie will be offered by Derry Church on Thursday and Saturday, with the fire company group featuring the same menu on Friday Schnitz and knepp will be the menu top per at Derry Church on Friday, and roast beef and gravy is sche duled as the featured dish by the fire company auxiliary on Thurs day Barbecued chicken will be served upwards of 10,000 persons at the park athletic field on Sat urday, beginning at 11 00 a m by the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation. The food will be cooked over outdoor pits and served in cafeteria fashion Weaver & Sons Brubaker/ Inc. Two great Massey-Harris tractors packed with outstanding features—from the ffcel of the wheel to the close-cultivating vision of modern styling. Here's a paiiial line-up of the new, nwacle designed 333~and 444 advantages: NEW 10-speed Hi-Lo tiansmissior NEW power steering NEW 12-volt electi teal system NEW power-adjlisted tear wheels NEW Level-Drive PTO NEW Iwur-speed-ipm meter Call us for a demonstration . . . get the complete power and economy story as only Massey-Harns tractors can tell it. Ph. Leola 6-3321 Ph. Landisville 4016 When tomatoes start pouring into re- wagon (left) awaits at a Lancaster County ceivmg stations and packing plants, there’s packing plant. (Lancaster' Farming Staff not a moment to be lost. While a truck Photo) (right) is nearly unloaded, a tractor-drawn Cool and light colors give a leelmg --of more space and are used to make small, dark looms appear larger, Bonnie Dale San som, Penn State extension home furnishings specialist, says. EYE ON MASSEY-HAftRIS KEEP YOUR One Unloading, One Wailing - County Seeks $840,431 For “Red Feather” The 22 Red Feather Services of the Community Chest and the Red -Cross need $840,431 next year to continue serving a growing Lancaster County popu lation, the United Community Campaign Joint Policy Commit tee announced today This amount will constitute the goal of the United Community Cam paign to be held in Lancaster County frpm October Ist through 26th and in the city, from October Bth through 26th The $840,431 is an increase of $68,202 over the $772,229 goal of the 1955 United Community Campaign Increased Demands The Joint Policy Committee stated that the Boards of the Community Chest and the Red Cross based their anticipated needs on the increased demand for services due to- the popula tion growth in Lancaster County and on the current rise in prices Lancaster County population in creased from 234,717 in the 1950 census to an official estimate of 248,296 as of April 1, 1954 If this rate continues,- a popula tion of over 280,000 is expected by the 1960 census The net population gam in 1955 based on births over deaths was the highest in the county’s his tory and higher than the state in general or neighboring coun ties The Community Chest and the Red Cross will also find it more expensive to serve this growing number of persons, the Com mittee declared. Food, clothing, utilities, rent and insurance costs are higher, and social agencies can hardly hold the line m meeting demands and increased costs. The cost-of livmg index has been steadily rising each year, m April the consumer price index in the United States reached 114 9 per cent of the 1947-1949 average. We Have The Resources -~y' f"*' *tr ‘ Martin C Dellinger, Campaign Chairman, stated today that a look at Lancaster County shows that we have the resources to reach the goal. He cited the fact that average hourly earn ings for industrial employes in Lancaster County have inci eased from $llB in June of 1949 to $1 69 in May, 1956 The Lancas ter general business index made a gam of 12 per cent from May 1955 to May 1956 He pointed out that of the 183 standard X «** Two Changes Made By Eshelman Feeds Linwood P. Beltz has joined the firm of John W. Eshelman Soiis as assistant comptroller. R. A. REED L, P. BELTZ A native of Philadelphia, he is a graduate of Temple Univer sity. He is married and father of three children Comptroller for John W. Eshelman & Sons is R C. Heagey, who has been with the firm since March 1, 1911. Meanwhile, Marshall M Ford has retired as head of the job bing division, and Richard A. Reed has been appointed as his successor Mr. Ford served with Eshelman’s since N July 1, 1917 Mr. Reed, a native of Missoun, was owner and manager of R A. Reed Co, Corning, Ark, be fore coming to Lancaster Coun ty. The world is a great place; stand on any street corner and watch the couples go by metropolitan areas in the Unit ed States, Lancaster County ranks 85th in population, but 12th in the United States and first in Pennsylvania in the consumer spendable income per household “The amount of the goal was arrived at after months of analysis and conferences”, Del linger stressed. Problems Alone Grow Worse He explained that the Com munity Chest and the Red Cross drew up their own bud gets Each_ of the 22 Red Feath er Services of the Community Chest had to justify its budget to three separate community groups first, to its own Board of Directors, then, to the Chest Budget Committee, and finally, to the Chest Board of Direc- tors. The original requests of the Red Feather 'Services amounted to $742,667. This was adjusted during the budget con ferences to 656,973. One thing Democratic dele gates to Chicago this month can count on it hot weather.
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