—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1967 8 SIGNING OF THE PROCLAMA TION DECLARING PENNSYLVANIA YOUNG FARMERS WEEK. (Seated front row, left to right) Fomey F. Long enecker, Lititz R 3, President; Governor Raymond Shafer; Frederick Leiser, Watsontown 81, Secretary; (Standing beck .row j Dr. -Glenn Z. Stevens,'Penn State; Thomas Bookhammer, Duncan ville R 2, Treasurer; Lester .Calhoun, New Bethlehemß2, Vice'President;;J[ay loans from -the TJrS. 'Dept, of standby source of credit for, Agriculture agency to continue farmers who cannot get exner operations damaged (by storms, gency credit from other sourc floods, drought and freezes. e s. Demands on the emergency __ tt„™. a loan program were more than Emergency loans carry an The Farmers Home Atoms- 1966 w hea $509,210 interest rate of three percent, tration made emergency loans wag leaned. Repayment schedules vary ac- r in -Pennsylvania totaling $596,- Kerstetter said -58 counties cording to purposes for -which 520 during the fiscal year 1967 in state were by funds are advanced. to heip farmers recover from tbe secretary .of Agriculture Informat ion on eligibility for natural disasters, PH A state a ur i n £r .fiscal vear >1967 as areas inxormation on-euguHiuyior director Raymond J Kerstetter' which Sw lots’ e ™^ n ? f ailS ™ ay * e announced today. could .be .made iby-the 'Farmers local county .office of An accounting for the year Home Administration to eligi- the ’Farmers Home Administra ended June 30 showed that 212 ble farmers. tion, 222 Post Office Building, farmers in the state obtained The program provides a Lancaster, Penna 17604 FHA Emergency Loons To Penno. Formers Totaled $596,520 a-_w ft » W »*«#• S* vC!f **■ * «*.<•» *. ~-Mm jSy*.j. •****-'? **e-i*.'*. # Rohrer, Manheim R 2, Public Relations; Dean Witmer, Harrisburg, Department of Public Instruction; Brinton Gehart, Area Advertising. .Lancaster County -currently has six Young Farmer Chap ters v ith. five that belong -to the 'State Association. Total state-wide member-, ship’is 1285. The 'annual convention-will •he held .cn Nov. 16 at the Yorktown Hotel, ‘Yoik cJ. xr» v «k *, «**, hums * *r*«. terrj* »-*•