M—-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 7.1970 World’s Omelet The World's Omelet Kinc came lie about the i espouse fiom the (o Lancaster Coun:> on Nucusl home economists 25 and made a few bundled He noted that one told him omelets she had Just bought a heavy ski let and intends to pul on her Intel.sting. pel Imps, but not own demoiisli.it ions sensational—until it's noted that \ 0 m . thnt home economists the good news of his iis.l was „ e on „ of tmo st intluential carried by the nation s ma-s groups in the country in deter •ommunications media to mil mimnf . d .et. Bicksler teimcd lions of persons all potential ]s m; , u , sl bv the home econo esc consuimis mists .. (l u . nl bieakthiouch foi The Penr.svKama Ponltn Ftd the ecc indu I y " eration sponso.ed the Omelet n o lida. Inn pioposal foi Kind's visit to Lancastei County an omelet sem.nai tenatuely in the hopes of pick.nc up the . AoU i d involve the Pennsylvania kind of pubheitv .hat would diaw Restaurant \ssociation chefs and (ho consunu: s attention to the borne economists egg And the pi emotion woiked Thiouch its contacts, the Poul •—beyond anyone » fondvst t'c- j rv Federation cot a large stoiy pectations of Stanish’s visit and some oinc- The Ome’.et King. Rudolph let iecipe« in the New York Dail.v Stamsh, had similai outstanding News, one of the biggest news success at Dutch Da>s later in papers in one of the biggest mar toe week at Heishej kcts in the country News about the Omelet King Mails, who handled the pub the egg and the omelet, at last licity for the Federation, said count, had appeared in at least that both Pittsburgh and Phila -36 newspapers, including some of delphia newspapers had “nice the large national dailies, 31 in- spreads ” Good coverage w>as al quines were iccened at the Hil- so leceAed in the Lancaster and ten Inn in Lancaster where Stan- Lebanon dailies The stoiy ap ish appeared, the Pennsvlvama peared first in Lancaster Faim- Poultry Federation received 27 mg ■written requests for information. News releases were sent to all and the Hilton has made a pie- Pennsvlvama weeklies and dai- Lminary request foi a follow-up j ies Lancastei - Lebanon radio omelet seminar to tram the an( j -py Canons weie phoned firm’s chefs how best to piepaie ajjout event and an advance an e S§ photo was sent ovei the Phila In addition. 45 home econo- delphia AP wne ■lists from schoo’s extension Afteiward tollow up icpoits offices, public utilities and pri- were sent to the food trade pi ess vate Aims wee involved and and certain poultiv publications many were enthusiastic about Altogether, it was an impies the piogram Homei Bicksler, sive one dav stand by the Poul- Poultiy Fedration executive sec- ti> Fedeiation and the Omelet retary. is paiticularlv enthusias King Shriners Easter Egg Program Wows Everyone in Philadelphia Earl Hess of Eplnata has con ducted the Eastei Egg Progiam at Philadelphia Shnneis Hospital foi the past two yeais The program foi voting binned and cnppled children leceives veiv very wide publicity It piO vided fun and excitement foi bundled? of the childiui In 1968, the Poultiv and Egg Kat onal Boaid woiking closelv with the Na'ional Headciuaiteis of the Shnneis Hospitals lot Cnppled Ch’ldien and the Ala bama Pou'tiy Industiv Associa tion, conducted Eastei paities on a pilot basis in five Shnneis Hos pitaiS and seveial o hei hospitals canng foi 'he diseases of chil dren The piogiam was so suc cessful that in 1969 the Eastei party pioject was expanded to become a tiuly national eftoit In a letter to Di L A Wil helm the Impel lal Potentate of the Shrine, Chestei A Hogan said that ‘the coopuation given our hospitals by the Poultiv and Egg National Boa d was utteily fantastic the ch'ldien loved eveiy minute of it thank you for bringing so much happiness to oui patients ‘Utteily fantastic fairly de- # r„d' E ££ s Are To P> Inexpensive Protein Source, Horn Says coordinated the local efforts, it is appaient that the Ea-vei Paity Eggs aie the best piolein buy Biased oi not, Hom backs up met with success In almost every the housewife can find in the his contention with figuies instance the lepoits weie ac- supei market today u . ~ companied b> heait-warmmg That s one message Donald He llotes tlla: a dozen largo thank you letteis from hospital Horn of Yoik County nevei gets e SSs weigh one and a halt sdministiators, physicians and tued of giving pounds Al 60 cents pei dozen in other personnel at the Shnneis Horn’s mteiest in eggs is Ih e 4 su P el^ ar keL, these eggs: will units im oh ed understandable He was past COSt 40 cents pex pound Publicity for the 1960 and 1970 president of the Pennsyhama Considering that eggs have p/ograms was generally excel- Poultry Federation at the time long held in the supermarket at lent no* only the tiade pi ess re- when the oigamzation launched 30 to 50 cents a pound, Hom sponge given to the many le- its United Voice” piogiam He challenges anyone to come up lease-, of PENB, the Alabama is a punciple officer of D E with a better and chcapei high Poultry Industry Association and Horn & Co, Inc a local feed piotein food Most meats cost at otters, but in many cases local supply firm least twice as much, he notes. newspaper iadio and TV sta tions gave full coveiage to the Eastei paities In some instances, =uch as m Chicago, spoils pei sona’ities 01 othei celebrities loined in making Eastei a iov ous one fo l the childien In addition to the Shnneis Hospitals Eastei paities weie also conctucUd in many geneial 01 pediatiiLs hospitals These in cluded 3 in Los Angeles, 1 in NewAo’A East Chicago Indiana and Hoa'ion Texas, and 21 in Alabama Theic being no Shnn eis unu in that state, the Ala bama Poultiv Industiv Associa tion visiicd 21 hospitals in 11 cities dining Easter week The total number of childien benefited bv this pioject must smelv numbei in the thousands It has become one of the tine success stories of public lelations piogiammmg ard is ceitam to giow in significance in coming veais Hess is hoping otheis in the Pennsylvania Poultiy mdustiy v* ill jOiii him in making the pio giam an even biggei success next v eai King Plays to Millions '*•♦* » ,♦ * t Rudolph Standish, World’s Omelet poses w ith an omelet and the Leghorn lay- King, who successfully displayed his skills ers which made it possible, in Lancaster and Hershey this Summer, Public Affairs Committee Entourages Laws to Strengthen Poultry Industry The public aTans committee of the Pennsylvania Poul iv Fedei a tion is concerned piimau'v with legislate e activit'es on the state and national levels The function of the public affans committee is to encomage legislation to stiengthen the poult’v mdustij and to oppose legislation that would cupple the pouluy industiy 01 hazm the consumer On the national level, this involves coopei ation with NEPPCO At the state level, it involves coopei ation vvuh othei state poultiv oigamzations and with the Pennsylvania Feed Deal eis and Millers State legislation in which the Mtlll Fedei ation was active duung the past yeai included Senate Bill 487 and House Bill 1564, an amendment to the state legislation known as the packag ing bill The ongmal 1929 act made no piovision for enfoi ce ment of egg quality standaids on out-of-state eggs With the Fed ei ation’s support, this legislation was passed, making out-of-state caitoned eggs meet the same high standaids as eggs cai toned in Pennsylvania The Fedei ation opposed HB 2013 lestucling haul phosphate deteigents “If passed as wnl ten,” one membei Said, “it would have mined many faimeis who would have had no substitute” cleaning pioduct So lai, the lull has not passed The Fedeiation opposed 118 1236, the packaging dating bill This bill which was supposed to piotect consumers did not have any stipulation 01 ledatmg This meant that a product on the it tail shell could continually be ledated, making it possible loi the pioducl to icmain on the shelf indefinitely and leaving the consumei with no probation The dany mdustiy and consumei advocate Bette Clemens helpid the Fedeiation wage the battle against this legislation and ap parently it has been slopped Two bills the Fcdei alien would like to see enacted are Senate Bill 123 and House Bill 709 These bills aie amendments to <f the educational act They would define same bleeders and give them the status ot farmcis so they wouldn’t have to pay sales taxes on then feed The Federa tion's position is that pheasant pioducers aie pioducing food and should be exempt from pay ing the sales tax on feed sup plies, the same as broiler and turkey pioduceis On the national level during the past year, sevei al Federation members tiaveled to Washington to explain the ins and outs of the egg inspection bill to U S Sena tois and Congiessmen This activity helped to sidetrack the Mondale Bill Now the Aiken Bill, which is more acceptable to the industiy, seems "o have a chance to pass The Federation has woiked at maintaining equitable railroad fieight rates, which help deter mine the costs of teed and other poulliy supplies The Fedeiation has been par tiuilaily concerned about the much lowei fi eight rates charged m the South than in the North east This cost diflerence helps the South to maintain a com petitive advantage in broiler and egg pioduction In iceinl jiars, the railroad mdu-diy has sought rale in u eases on a pc i tentage basis, which widens the cost difference (Continued on Page 3i) * u > A •i * ’i C?,’
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