nothing to do with the hospitality of the personnel, and after the ceremony,
coffee and cookies soon warmed the participants. Holding the ribbon, left,
iiss Dorothy Neel, office manager, and Mrs. Cathrme Byrd, chief clerk. Hands
scissors 1. to r., belong to "Charles Long, member of the state ASC committee;
;d Seldomridge, county ASC chairman, and Richard Witmer, Lancaster County
imissioner. Looking on 1. to r., are Elmer Huber, county ASC member; Max
irstqrfer, Lancaster City and County Civil Defense Administrator; Harry My-
County Civil Defense Director; Richard" W. .Hoover, County. Supervisor-of the
■mers Home Administration; M. Max Smith, County Agriculture Agent, and
ton Herr, member of the county ASC committee L. F. Photo.
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Seedsmen Elect
bounty Man
M. Nissley, 658 Pine
Sg, Lancaster, has been elect
,«( president of the Pennsyl
» Seedman’s Association.
'“/gNfesley, field representative
n» A. H. Hoffman Inc., Lan
‘mlville, succeeds Milton Hoff
(n|ii, Muncy, as head of the
'«lte association.
' vice president dur
libc an association meeting at
l||nnsyl vania State University
fjflfe Floyd Imes, Manheim.
secretary-treasury
was Charles C. Abbott,
aggiladelphia."
to the board of di-
were Hoffman and
Salaries Storey, Harrisburg,
lamed to the board were
derick Bell, Bedford, and
n Zwaan, New Britain.
larm Calendar
.21 8 .p.m. Lan-oas
j?||ter County Senior Extension
will hold a Christmas
at the home of Mr.
- -Spind Mrs Ralph Kreider,
The 'Buck.
5ic.,25 OHIRISTIMAIS DAY
Bsfc. .30 8 pm. Regular
and Christmas
-‘warty of Fulton Grange
66 at Oakryn, instead of
.23.
Dp. 31 l-3'o pm.
- bounty 4-H corn and tobac
,J|o r °unduip at the Ba-
Cigar Company ware-
B'so N Water Street,
Ijp/ancaster
j pm. ‘Lancaster Coun
y Senior Extension club
few Year’s party at
i.heems ifire hall.
[. 1 New Year’s Day.
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Lancaster Farming
I
Com Plots Are
Below Average
Of Last Year
Lancaster County’s Exten
sion Service- replicated corn
trials averaged- - only * 90.15
bushels per acre ' during the
drought year of 1983.
The 34 hybrids averaged
nearly 35 bushels-per~acre:less
than the 125 bushels of 1962,
which was also a dry year.
Assistant County Agent Ar
nold Lueck said this week,
more trouble with aphids and
smut would account for some
of the difference in yields. The
plots were on two farms the
farm of Raymond Brubaker,
Rohrerstown Road, and the
farm of Allen Risser, Leola Rl.
Both plots were planted on
timothy-red clover sod, and
both plots were sprayed with
atnzme. The Risser plot was
cultivated twice, but the Bru
baker plots were not cultivat
ed. Weed control on both
plots was excellent.
Brubaker manured the field
heavily, worked 400 pounds of
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May the Star of Bethle- §
hem. shine in your heart
a
inspipo you anew g
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&nd
with its promise
Peace on Earth.
From The Staff Of
Farm Bureau
Sets Date Of
Annual Meet
‘Pour fanners will be elec
ted to the board of directors
when the Lancaster County
Parm Bureau Cooperative As
sociation holds its annual
meeting December 31, at 10
a.m. in the Solan'co High Sch
ool, Quarryville R 2.
Guest speaker will be Les
ter M. Shughart, assistant gen
eral 'manager of the Pennsyl
vania Pam Bureau Coopera
tive Association,
The meeting will be called
to order by Charles Burkins,
manager of the farmer-owned
cooperative.
The nominating- 'committee
has proposed the 'following
candidates for the director
posts; Northwestern District
Paul G. Hershey, Manheim
RD 4, and Grayfcill Gihble,
Manheim RD 3; Northeastern
District Willis Z. Esben
shade, 16'31 Esbenshade Road,
Lancaster,, and Sylvan Seller,
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'tables
A $50,000 expansion pro
gram was announced this
week by the New Holland Sail
es Stables, Inc.
Plans call tor a new and
latger hog and-calf barn to be
built on Fulton Street, New
Holland, opposite the present
cattle arena
The 100 x 200 feet build
ing will have a seating capa
city for 150 persons.
In addition a fat cattle auc-
Agri. Teacher
Is Hired By
Manheim H. S.
Jess Erway has been ap
pointed teacher ci vocational
agriculture in the Manheim
Central High School:
JESS ERWAY
Erway, who formerly taught
agriculture in East Juniata
High School, will replace Har
old McAllister, who recently
resigned to continue studies at
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity
A native of Wellshoro, Ti
oga County, Erway graduated
from the Agriculture Educa
tion Department cf the Penn
sylvania State University in
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hedules
tion will lie held on Mondays
as well as the regular Thurs
day date. Two years ago a hog
and veal calf sale was started
on Mondays and has been in
operation since that time.
There was no expansion of
facilities at that time. The last
expansion of facilities was six
years ago.
Along- with the new build
ing, additional parking space
■will be made available in the
area of the horse meadow.
The foliowing sale schedule
will become effectively Mon
day, January 6, 1964: Mon
day Horse Sale - 10:00 a.m.
Tack sale to follow horse sale.
Hog Sale - 11:00 a.m. Beef
Cattle - 1-00 p.m. Sale order
- Bulls, Steers, Cows and Calv
es.
Wednesday: Sale of Dairy
Cattle 12.30 p.m.
Thursday: Sale of Beef Cat
tle 12:30 p.m. Sale order -
Bulls, Steers, Cows and Calves.
J. Charles Hershey was re
elected president of New Hol
land Sales Stables, Inc. dur
ing a recent board of directors
meeting.
Other officers reelected are
Clyde Stumpf, vice president;
Walter B. Lehman, secretary
treasurer; John H. Gingrich,
manager, and Robert H. Kling,
field representative.
Lehman and Aaron Kolb
were elected to one-year direc
torships, with John I. Fntz re
named to a five-year term.
FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next five days are expected
to average nine or more de
grees below the normal
range for this time of year.
Normal temperatures rang©
from 25 at night to 39 in
the afternoon. Cold weather
is expected throughout the
period. General snow is ex
pected about late Sunday
night or Monday with total
precipitation to total about
a half inch, melted.