—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30,1971
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Co. Farmers Assn. Holds Annual Meeting
The Lancaster County Far
mers Association held its 19th
annual meeting at the Harvest
Drive Restaurant, Gordonville,
last Friday evening
The evening included election
of directors, a speaker, passage
of the local association’s
recommendations on resolutions
for the Pennsylvania Farmers
Association and entertainment
Seven directors were elected,
including four who were
reelected and three new direc
tors
The three new directors are -
Robert H Kauffman, John
Garber, and Aaron S Click.
Directors reelected were
William Guhl, Donald L Her
shey, James L Martin and Ivan-
Yost '
Speaker for the evening was
Roy Battles, American Farm
Bureau Federation information
Discussing organization business at the Lancaster County
Farmers Association annual meeting are: William Guhl, left,
and Jim Shertzer, new membership chairman
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director for the Northeast region,
Battles said there are two kinds
of people in the world; those who
work and those who rest. He
explained that the system of self
determination adopted in this
country is based on working and
looking after yourself.
To keep the system working
well, he advised: be for
something, make things better
and not just be against the
establishment
Some of the key questions
facing us, he said, include; How
high should taxes be? Are we
going to have a cheap food
policy’ Which way should prices
and costs go’ What should be the
export and import policies’ Can
the individual live with pollution
regulations’ And is he going to be
part of the decisions made in
relation to pollution’ What should
be the policy on chemicals’
He warned that non-farm
persons increasingly are making
important decisions for the
farmer. “R’s almost imperative
that you belong to your farm
orgaization and make your voice
heard.”
He also said that “its tough to
be a good citizen today,” but
“you’ve got to make it your
number one goal to make the
system better.”
Members of the Milkmaids Trio, which
will represent Lancaster County in the
Pennsylvania Farmers Association talent
contest, is shown entertaining at the
Jim Shertzer, the new mem
bership chairman, reported that
the Lancaster County
organization topped 1,000
members during the past year
and said that if everyone pulls
together the organization can be
even better in the coming year.
Mrs. Vivian Stauffer gave a
women’s committee report.
Eugene McDowell gave a report.
James Kreider, president of
Lancaster County Farmers Association
annual banquet last week. They are: left to
right, Mrs. Dale Hiestand, Mrs. Richard
Shellenberger and Mrs. Richard Garber.
the County orgazinization, was
master of ceremonies.
He reported that the
association was instrumental in
helping to beat a proposal for a
six per cent state sales tax on
farm supplies. He noted that if
adopted, this proposal could have
resulted in several hundred
dollars additional taxes for many
farmers.
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