10 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 24, 1963 Chafer Beetle Discovered In Pennsylvania , „ . acres of wheat, and 15 acres HARRISBURG - A new in- * f c tobacco sect pest, the Euiopean cha- R held the office of secre fer'beetle, has invaded Penn- m his loca i cha pter for sylvama, the State Department j, wQ (. erms an( j served one term of Agriculture reported today. gs treasurer dunng the time So far. adult beetles have hg wfls in hlgh school . H e was been detected only in a small & meinber of the scho ors track section of the city of Erie, eam represented the coun according to Henry F. Nixon, ag & delegate to the state director of the departments C o nventlon . Bureau of Plant Industry. Upon graduation he became The insect, first discovered. a j Un ior advisor in the chapter in New York state in 1949, anb ass jsted his teacher of vo is believed to have been car- catlonal agricu iture, Henry Giv ned here from Europe in the lgr m Erecting the work of the late 1920’s or early 1930 s. cha p ter jje has continued to By IS£9, it had spread to 10 bg actiye in ffa activities and Near York counties and the Jn 4 . H club work- Nwf York harbor area, accord- Trunble rented a 60 acre mg to- the U.S. Department of dairy farm during his senior Agriculture. A year later it year m high sc h o ol hut continu wgs- found iu New Jersey a,nd to work at home while he ip Ontario, Canada, near Niag- wag building his dairy herd, ara Falls. He has developed a Holstein The, chafer beetle, Nixon herd from a beginning of one (Continued on Page 11) (Continued on Page 11) ows Bw W find faml the bills by check. Busy women are cor dially invited to open a checking account at the earliest convenience* 3V2% Interest Paid On Certificates of Deposit for 1 Year 21/2% Interest Paid on Savings Accounts Use Our Convenient Drlvo-In Window One-half block from Penn Square on South Queen Street Rear of Main Rank. “Serving Lancaster from Center Squaitevsjtijce J.SB9” LITITZ SRIIING&^RANCH U 1 SOLLERSVILLE BRANCH $lO,OgJ), per depositpr lnsurance Corporation ■>*** ' '--ii ?*£ t