THE unVrsiiY
VOL 1 NO. 46
Some Progress Seen In Landowner
Association Pipeline Battle
Lari downers in Lancaster and
Chaster Counties have been
given hope in their protest
against the laying of a new
gas pipeline in this area by the
Manufacturers Light and Heat
Co Xfi Pittsburgh, a landown
er’s spokesman said this week
The objections to the gas line
are based upon the fact that
this company already owns a
right-of-way paralleling the
proposed route only .two miles
nva> and that a 75-foot nght
-of-way (50 ft permanent plus
a 2c ft temporary) is report
edly far in excess of the neces
sary footage to lay a 20-mch
diameter pipe
Members of the LanChester
Landowners Association an
nouned Tuesday that a letter
was received October 11th
from Joseph Gutnde, Washing
ton D C. Gntnde, who is Secre
tary of the Federal Power
Commission, states that “the
petition to intervene by the as
sociation, and its request to
suspend the temporary certifi
cate _n 'this matter, as now un
der consideration.”
In other avenues of protest,
Fred Cadmus, solicitor for the
association, announced that a
“petition for Supersedeas” has
been filed with 'the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania This
petit, on requests that the Su
preme Court provide a hearing
for landowners who, up to this
Farmers Association Sets Annual
Meeting & Banquet For October 18
The Lancaster County Farm
ers Association will hold its
annual banquet and business
meeting at 7 pm, Tuesday,
October. 18, at the Blue Ball
Fire Hall, according to Noah
Wenger, association president.
Featured speaker for the
evening will be Gerald Biggs,
president of the Pennsylvania
Fanmeis Association parent
organization of the county
famer association, and state
arm of the American 'Farm
Bureau Federation
Farm Calendar
October 16 3 pm., annual
Bai-vest Home Program and
Open House 'at Shock Pres
bytenan Home, 37 E Mam
St, Mount Joy.
October 18 7 pm, Lancas
ter County Fanners Assn,
annual banquet meeting at
Blue Ball Fire Hall.
—7 30 p.m, LanGhester
Landowners Assn, ait Paul
Z Martin Sales Stables, Blue
Ball
.—8 p m.. Watershed Meeting,
at home of Vincent Hoover,
New Providence.
October 10 8 pirn, Water
shed Meeting, ait home oi El
vin Hess, Jr., Strasburg B 1
October 20 6:30 p.m., 4-H
Leader Recognition Program,
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15, 1966
time, claim they have not been
allowed their constitutional
right to be heard before their
land was taken from them
Added strength to the posi
tion of the landowners was
given on October 6th by Sena
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County SWCD
Plans For ’67
State Meeting
Directors of the Lancaster
County Soil & Water Conser
vation District met Wednesday
night at the Farm Credit
Building with associate direc
tors and County Commissioner
Arthur R Campbell, Jr, to
further plans for the State
SWCD convention to be held
here in mid-November 1967.
Directors voted to hold the
meeting at the Host Farm Mo
tel, and the following commit
tee heads were appointed by
district chairman Amos Funk-
Tours, Aaron Z Stauffer, pro
gram, Henry Hackman; regis
tration, Forney Longenecker;
speaker, Arthur R Campbell,
Jr, ladies, Mrs. Hem-y Hack
man; general chairman, Amos
Funk
It was decided that this
year’s state convention, to be
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Biggs is a grain and live
stock famer from Fulton
County and a breedei of An
gus cattle
Terns of six of the county
association’s 13 directors are
expiring, and these will be
filled by membership vote at
the meeting
Members will also vote on
policy recommendations sub
mitted' by the policy develop
ment committee.
At the November meeting of
the hoard of directors, officers
will be elected for the coming
year .Officeis of the county
farmer’s association during
1966 were Noah Wenger, pres
ident; Clyde Wivell, vice pres
ident; and Donald Ney, secre
tary-treasurer.
Warmer than the normal
67-44 degree temperature
range we could expect for
this time of the year is the
outlook for the next five
days. It will be mild Satur
day, turning cooler Sunday
and Monday, then warming
up about mid-week, says the
weatherman.
Precipitation in the form
of thunder showers Satur
day, and rain about mid
week, mky total' yihctt.-
Six Area Holstein
Breeders Post Records
Six, Lancaster County breed
ers of registered Holstems re
cently had cows completing
lactations for official records,
according to the Holstein-Fne
sian Association of Ameiica
In the Manheim area, an 11-
year old cow owned by Elam
Bollinger produced 17,340
pounds of milk and 592 pounds
of butterfat in 304 days. She
was Jane Segis Rag Apple
Pabst
Another Manheim dairyman,
Donald L Hershey, had three
individuals completing records.
Connie Hershvale Sovereign, a
six-year-old, had 23,394 milk,
724 fat, in 365 days, Hershvale
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Turkey Shoot Dote
Set By Manheim YFA
The Manheim Young Farmer
Cnapter announced tins week
that its annual Turkey Shoot
will be held next Saturday, Oc
tober 22, at 2 pm
This popular event will be
held this year on the Jay Fore
man farm, Snavely Mill Road,
Lititz R 1
The shoot will be open to
all interested persons, the as
sociation spokesman said, add
ing that shells and taigcts will
be available at the site
An Editorial
Farm & Home Campaign Needs You Now
So near, yet so far' That about
sums up the goal of the Lancaster
County Farm & Home Center building
fund at the moment.
We refuse to believe that Lan
caster Countians, who have already
contributed more than $300,000 to
this worthy cause, will now be satis
fied to settle for “half a building”.
But half a building is as far as the
fund will reach at present, and the
Farm & Home board of directors decid
ed several weeks ago that unless sub
scribers would match the latest $25,000
challenge gift by the October 15th dead
line, it would not be financially fea
zible to complete the whole building
project at this time.
It has not been matched, as of
now But the directors apparently feel
as we do; now that the chips are really
down, and now that the long-time dream
ot a farm community center for Lan
caster County is within a whisper of
reality, the farmers and farm associa
tions will carry the ball across the goal
line.
Therefore, it has been arranged to
postpone the day of decision two weeks.
Bust if the additional money can not be
raised by that time, it will have to be
the office section of the Center now
because of its income-producing nature
and the large multi-purpose room
later, as funds become available.
Although it is hard to believe, there
may be some farm folks in the county
who are not convinced that a Center
for •' agricultural - activities ~ is needed.
Annual Livestock Tour Oct. 25th
To Hit Non-Farm Points In Md.
This year’s livestock tour
will be a on,e-day trip into the
Baltimore, Maryland area, and
will include several non-agu
cultural points of interest, the
counity extension office an
nounced this week
Because of the “non farm”
nature of some stops, the tour
will have to be limited to 200
people, four bus loads, county
agent M M Smith stated Res-
eivations will be on a fiist
come basis with the hue fa. e
set at $3 per person
The tour will leave at 645
am, Tuesday, October 25.
from the Lancastei Shopping
Center, located between the
Lititz and Oiegon Pikes, Smith
said
The group will see automo
biles made at the Cheviolet
Assembly Plant of the General
Motors Corp at Baltimore The
next stop will be at cattle
feeder Roland Mullimx' farm
where 2000 head are fed auto
matically This Woodbine, Md,
farm contains 1600 acres
The group will picnic at the
West Friendship Sales Barn
for lunch Each tomist is re
minded to bring his own lunch,
although ice cream, coffee and
doughnuts will also be avail
able
Fortunately, there are many more in
dividuals farmers and businessmen
who do believe in it They have
supported the fund drive with their
sweat and with their money so that all
the agricultural interests in the county
can share in the ultimate benefits
This plea for further help is direct
ed to the many who take pride in being
a part of the farming heritage of Lan
caster County, and yet may not have
supported this project as well as they
might
Perhaps the greatest benefits of
building the entire Farm & Home Cen
ter at this time will accrue to our more
than 1600 4-H’ers and countless other
active young farm people Just as Lan
caster Countians are proud of their fine
farms, we have noticed repeatedly that
they are extremely proud of the fine
youths the county continually seems to
produce.
These young people and their asso
ciations need a central place to gather,
and they need it now; the multi-purpose
room at the Farm & Home Center will
supply this need. And the Farm & Home
Center, when completed, will in itself
be a source of pride to the agricultural
community. We predict that once farm
ers get used to using it, they’ll wonder
how they ever did without it.
The Center’s board of directors
have bought us a little bit of time by
delaying the fatal decision We hope
their effort will not have been in vain.
It will not be if YOU will make YOUR
investment in the future of Lancaster
County farming now.
$2 Per Year
After lunch, the plant of the
world’s largest maker ot drills
saws, and small tools Black
and Deckei, will be visited at
Winchester. Md
The final tour stop will b 2
back in Pennsvlvama, in \oik
County, at the Famous Han
over Shoe Faim This larm is
one of the country’s largest
breeders of lace hoises. Smith
said
The tom will return to Lan
caster at about spm
Anyone inteiestecl in going
along on this popular annual
jaunt is urged to get their res
eivations in eaily so they may
be among the first 200 to ap
ply
Lancaster Not
Among Drought
Relief Counties
Ten Pennschama counties
were appioved foi di ought-re
lief assistance through the fed
eral livestock feed program
Tuesday, but Lancaster was
not among them
The county Agucultural Sta
bilization Sr Conservation of
fice repoited that to its knowi
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