VOL. 16 NO. 17
State Outlines Highway Plans for Southern Lancaster Co.
Alex Panik, Harrisburg, Plan
ning and Programing Engineer
of Highway Distnct 8, spoke to
a large group of interested citi
zens at Fulton Grange Hall, Oak
ryn, Monday night. The educa
tional meeting on highways was
sponsored by the Grange.
Panik listed 27 projects which
the department plans to com
plete in the southern end of Lan
caster County in the next 15
months at a cost of $BOO,OOO.
He said District 8 has $420,-
000,000 for major improvements
for the next five years.
Major projects listed were,
widening 2,3 miles of Route 30 to
Hartman Station Road; reloca
tion, trf 372 between the Buck and
Quarryville,. which will, be let
sometime between 1972 and 1973
at- a cost of $500,000, a bridge
project in-Christiana; a southern
by-pass from Marietta Pike to
Charlestown Road; a by-pass
from ’MiSersville to- Engleside
which' is - three or four years'
away; a one mile project on
Danville Fifee, which is a relo
cation to overcome a bad curve
and reconstruction of Lampere.:
Boad-fromlLainpeter .to Bridge
port, Which will probably be
rfdne in 1972
He listed these projects to be
completed by July 1 reconstruc
tion of,half-mile section of South
Duke Street, Lancastei, bridge
improvements on Willow Street
Pike over Mill Creek in West
Lampeter Township, 2'TO mile
widening project in Marticville
aiea; resurfacing 7/10 mile of
Oak View Road from route 340
to 30; resurfacing 8/10 mile in
West Willow, resurfacing 17
miles between Danville and Mil-
Safety, Conservation Emphasized in School Art Contest
Judges of the “Conservation Through
Art” contest Monday at Garden Spot High
school, displaying the top art selections,
are: left to right, Mrs. Robert Simon, 583
E. Jackson St., New Holland, wife of the
school superintendent, with the grand
champion art of Joyce Good of Conestoga
Christian Day School; Orval Bass, dis
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■ leisville and 1/10 miles on North
• Queen Street between Orange
i and Chestnut Streets. Lancaster-
These projects were slated to
■ be done after July 1; to be resur
■ faced, Wabank Road to Mil-'
; lersville; route 340 near Bird-an-
Hand, 2 1 miles from Lampeter
i to Pequea Creek, 9/10 mile from
• Mountville to Marietta Pike;
Route 272 from Wakefield to Lit--
i tie Britain, Liberty Square west,'-
Buck, northward; Route '222
south of Quarryville 2.6 miles to
Mechanic Grove; 4% 'miles •from
Maryland' line to "Wakefield -on j
Route 222; Belle Road 11 miles
from Chester County line -to
'Nine Points, 3 miles from Little,
Britain to Wnghtsdale, remam-.
der ,6f 1.8 miles from Little,
'Britain to Oakryn, 1.4 miles from
Farm Calendar
Saturday, March 20 ■
1 p m.—Trail ride. Broken Bit'
4-'HT Horse and Pony Club,
home- of Mr., and Mrs,
Charles Risser, March 20-21.'
Monday,-March 22
7:30 pm. Lancaster County
Farmers Association poultry
marketing meeting, Produc
tion Credit Building, Lan
caster
7:30 p m —Penn Manor 4-H Club
xeoigamzation meeting, Ann
Letoit School
7 45 pm—Gaiden Spot Young
Farmers executive commit-,
tee meeting, Garden Spot
High School
National Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association, Inc . an
(Contmued on Page 7)
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 20,1971
Washington Boro to Fairview
Also, these bridge replacements
- two in West Hempfield Town
ship and one east of Oakryn on
.272; also budge improvements
- in. Little Britain over Octoraro
Creek, * in Paradise Township,
and one-half mile east of Colum
-bia
'.Businessmen who have large
-lumbers of school buses, large
• trucking companies, auto insur
ance, a, perishable vegetable crop
broker and many farmers and
concerned rural citizens who use
-'fheseriiighways were most inter
est m the projects listed to be
started after July 1 and were in
. agreement that projects have
- priority in this order- 1 resur
facing route 222 from Quarry
ville to Unicorn; 2. widening a
’Small-bridge about % mile east
of, Oakryn on Route 272; and 3
lesurfacmg the road between
W r akefield and Peach Bottom
If' was generally agreed that
'there are many road impiove
menls needed in the southern
'en'd of the county
It was stated that 349 bus trips
are made on Route 222 south of
Qliafryville twice a day and a
t'o%roL4so cars go to the Quar
ryyille Jumoi High and Elemen
ta’ry Sehool, Solanco High School
and Swift Junior High School
An estimated 18,000 people also
attend school sports events a
year This is in addition to all
other tiaffic on Route 222, back
ing up the need foi priority in
'resurfacing Route 222 between
Quarryville and Unicorn
William J Gioff, Lancaster
Assistant County Superintendent
of Highways was in attendance
tnct soil conservationist for Lancaster
County, displaying the trophies the win
ners and Mrs. Earl Hess, 4 For
rest Road, Lancaster, secretary at Lan
caster Laboratories, displaying the re
serve champion art of David B. Smucker,
Beartown.
Alex Panik, Planning and Programing Engineer -of
State Highway District 8, indicates on a road map the
highway improvements scheduled for southern Lancaster
County. Panik spoke this week to a large group of local
citizens at a Grange meeting.
and verified existing highwaycording to need, traffic and safe*
improvements slated foi thety
southern end of the county. The state relies very heavily
Pamk said money is allocatedupon recommendations of the
to the counties on a mileage-county planning commission for
population basis It is used ac-puonties, he noted
-More than 250 pieces of art
were entered this week m com
petition designed to promote
conservation and faim and
home safety
The contest was conducted
under the elementary agricul
ture program of Eastern Lan
caster County School District
in cooperation with the dis
trict’s art teachers.
Grand champion in the farm
and home safety category was
Kris Lowry, New Holland
School
Grand champion in the con
servation category was Joyce
Good of Conestoga Christian
Day School, followed by David
B Smucker, Beartown School,
as reserve grand champion
Winners in the farm and
home safety competition by
category were:
School Safety Amos Mar
tin, Brecknock school, first,
Anne Martin, Caernarvon
school, second, and Cmdi Bow
man, Brecknock school, third
Animals Kris Lowry, New
Holland School, first, and later
grand champion; Edwin Reiff
Zimmerman, Terre Hill School,
second, and Cathy Shhk, New
Holland, third.
Home Safety Miriam Zim
merman, Brecknock, first; Ray
$2.00 Per Year
Gonzalez, Bi ecknock, second,
and Frank Voler, New Holland,
third.
Farm Machinery Edwin K.
Shirk, Caernarvon, first; Tom*
my S Coleman, Terre Hill,
second, and Phares W. Martin,
Blue Ball, third
Farm Safety Millard H.
Hahn, Union Giove, first; Bill
Stewart, Caernarvon, second,
and David R Esh, Caernarvon,
third
Street Safety Craig Zeim
er, New Holland, first; Rose
anna Rmgler, Brecknock,
second, and Philip Miller, New
Holland, third
Hunter Safety Arlene S.
Smoker, Conestoga, first; Dean
Fox, Caernarvon, second, and
David Hildebrand, New Hol
land, third.
Winners in the “Conservation
Through Art” contest by cate
gory were
Soil Conservation David B.
Smucker, Beartown, first and
reserve champion, Erma W.
Shirk, Beartown, second, and
Martha Saudei, Beartown, third.
Water Conservation Lucy
Sensenig, Lincoln Independent,
first, Ivan B Newswanger, Bear
town, second, and Rachel L.
Smucker, Beartown, third.
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