—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28, 1966
12
• Reflections
(Continued from Page 8)
FIVE YEARS AGO
the plan was developed
Masonic Homes Has Top
Heifer in National Sale
A purebred Ayrshire heifer
consigned by Masonic Homes
Farm, Elizabethtown, to the
Grand National Sale at the
State Farm Show Bldg., re
cently was third high animal
in the sale
The open heifer. Masonic
Homes Polly Ann 2nd, was
purchased by F Ambrose
Clark. Cooperstown, N. Y, for
$1,050 The 35-head sale aver
aged $71114
Lititz Dairy To Open Bulk
Milk Salesroom Milk sales
in gallon jugs have been le
gal for several years, but few
establishments have been mak
ing such sales
This will be changed in the
Lititz area next week (May
20) when Neil Claik will be
gin sales of milk in gallon
containeis at Spruce Villa
Faim He presently operates
two retail routes in and
aiound Lititz
Milk has been retailed at
Spiuce Villa since 1905 when
the fathei of the present op
erator. Milton Brubaker, went
fiom door to door with a
horse and wagon, selling milk
fiom cans
The milk routes will con
tinue, Clark said, “but if any
body wants to drive out to the
farm to, take advantage of the
wholesale puce of milk in
bulk, we will be glad to serve
them ”
Ten Years Ago
May, 1956
Poultry Exchange Reports
Jz-Million Bird Increase
The Lancaster Poultry Ex
change reported that its re
ceipts for the first four
months of this year exceeded
the corresponding period in
1955 by nearly 600,000 birds
Although prices in January-
Apnl last year ranged higher
with a top price of 31 cents
for the first week of April,
only 1.5 million birds were
handled versus 2.1 million
during the first quarter of
this year.
Neighbors Aid In Fire Clean-
Up Nearly 100 friends and
neighbors descended on New
Holland Wednesday afternoon
(May 2) to clear up the de
bris left by the $75,000 fire
which destroyed the Lancas
ter County Farm Bureau
building in April
New Pequea Valley High
School Constructed at Record
Low Cost Dedication cere
monies were held last Satur
day (May 11) for the new,
$1 Vi -million Pequea Valley
Joint Senior Junior High
School, located between Inter
com se and Gap
This school, in use since
last Septembei, was construct
ed at a record low cost of $l,-
666 per pupil, according to
school authorities It was
built to accommodate 750 pu
pils, although present enroll
ment is 520
The new school also has a
vocational agriculture depait
ment, including shop, class
loom and storage room
Big Hits Southern
End A freak windstorm ac
companied by heavy lams
lashed southern Lancaster
County Sunday night (May 6),
causing damage to buildings
in the thousands of dollars
the roots, and barns were
blasted open by tornadic
winds in the Kirkwood-Oxford
area.
At the Arthur Astle farm,
Oxford R 2, wind, tore through
a large barn causing an esti
mated $lO,OOO damage. In the
York-Columbia section, winds
cut off electucal and phone
services over a wide area
To add to the weather mix
ture, light frost was tossed
into low places at midweek,
with hail shredding some al
falfa and clover in the Lititz-
Lincoln area Sunday night.
4-H’ers Honored By Lancas
ter Businessmen Four Lan
caster County 4-H Champion
ship winneis and their coun
selor explained to some 50
Laneastei businessmen Mon
day (May 7) the whys and
wheiefores of the livestock
show business
Each received silver 4-H
cloverleaf cufflink set, or, in
the case of one 4-H Club gnl
cited, eamngs, as the Ameri
can Business Club of Lancas
ter honored the 4-H winners
The four youngsters were -
Doiothy Stehman, Bruce Boyd,
Hany Lee Hoar, and Abram
Flory
Let
For
Contracts
Poultry Center Raymond in ti actor driving, Merle
N Miller, Lancaster, has been Groff, Strasburg Rl, a junior
named general contractoi for a t Lampeter-Strasburg High
the $30,000 Lancaster Poultry School, placed first, with Sam-
Center to be constructed at uel Long of Manheim Central
the Roseville Rd-Route 230 High School in the runnerup
Bypass site spot
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Excavations for the one
story, concrete block and brick
building have been started,
and volunteer help wilf do
much of the work as the proj
ect progresses.
Claude F. Smith, 1776'-Lin
coln Highway East, Lancaster,
has been named to
stepped-up drive for the 1 hfeC
essary funds.
At this time, about $12,400
have been raised through do
nations and pledges. June 15
has been set as the deadline
to raise the necessary funds.
Outstanding Farm Youths
Cited Jeanette Breneman,
Mount Joy R 2, and Walter
Augsburger of Remholds R 1
were named Lancaster Coun
ty’s outstanding farm "youths
for 1956 The occasion was
the spring party of the Lan
caster County 4-H Clubs at
the Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Each received a check for $25
on behalf of the Lancaster
County Farm Bureau’s Youth
Award Fund
FFA Tractor, Land Judging
Winners Named—Clifford • Hir
neisen, Cocalico Union High
School senioi, won the Future
Farmer of America land judg
ing contest Thursday (May
10), held at the Paul M Metz
ger faim, Mount Joy R 2 He
scored 409 of a possible 550
points
$30,000
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Pa. Aar. Dept. Cited ThLs ®*fort was an ouutand-
Xrx* example of how state and
per .Superior Service fedora! cooperation can aid in
The Bureau of Markets of dustry, said George Goldsbor
the Pennsylvania Department pugh, director of USDA match
of Agriculture was presented * n § fund program.
According to State Secre
tary of A S riculture Leland H.
culture \fiis ll Wdbk Bull. the lamb program served
/ Btlrfeai} and ’itsT ‘dlrec- as an example of other suc
tor, Clarence W.’ Funk, -"toere ce ssful programs conducted
selected for the award after j ater by t he Bureau of Mai
agencies throughout the na- -
tion. were considered. Eight -
bureau employees were also A s early as the beginning
individually Cited. Q f the Christian era, Roman
• The awards were made for scribes were using a writing
the Bureau’s efforts in sue- fluid that penetrated the body
cessful lamb marketing and of the papyrus. This “ink,”
Lamb-B-Q promotion pio- it is said, was made by boi’l
grams, both of which helped ing apple ring and beer wort,
improve the economic posi filtering the mixture, and
tion of lamb producers, USDA adding a small amount of
said. alkali.
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