Fulton ' (Continued From Pagel) was a vote for home rule. “The people who stand the best chance of getting onto the study com mission,” he said, “are the ones + PtTTER JL * POWER PAYS * THERE'S A FETTER THAT'S BETTER FOR YOUR APPLICATION: IT’S THE TIME TO BUY A FETTER AND SAVE! 20% on Engines in stock TILL DEC. 20, 1972 Buy Now - Pay Later With Fetters Exclusive Warranty Your Satisfaction Is Guaranteed. LET US KNOW YOUR SERVICE PROBLEMS Gas and Diesel Engines Sales and Service GEHMAN BROS. 1 Mile North of Terre Hill on Route 897 East Earl, R.D.I, Pa. Phone 215 445-6272 Is 2? per bu. too much!! -—t--vwv— m0 ~ r - *■ *s*&um?*?j* Jf&jA£bit*MM.*€ *'WV**m. r *r&sr£&M*fii***j*&*jp**a9***?*>K**** ata i’AU«AVA‘«wr« , K»'«rv>wiwi«m«w who’ve been endorsed by the politicians. And the ones who were endorsed are in favor of home rule.” Weaver stuck to his guns. He claimed the study commission, if it was formed, would be beholden to no particular cause, party or. person. Their task would be to V/2 TO 45 H.P. CONTINUOUS RATING OFF You can purchase a high moisture corn Harvestore for 2/ per bu. per months For further information contact — Richard Enck - Holtwood, Pa. Bill Wingenroth - Ephrata Henry Stauffer - Elizabethtown Penn-Jersey Harvestore Systems Inc. Phone (717) 354-5171 Hew Holland, Pa. deliberate the home rule issue and either adopt a home rule charter or decide that the present form of government was the best possible government for the county. “The county government today is just an arm of the state legislature,” Weaver said. “Maybe that’s the best way to do things. I don’t think it is. But unless we vote for a commission, we’re never going to decide for sure whether or not we want home rule. Nobody’s going to be happy.” One drawback of the present system, Weaver feels, is that the state mandates which county government offices must be elected. This results in some redundancy which might be eliminated if the counties were allowed to determine their own governmental needs. An example Weaver gave was that the county was now required to have both a clerk of the courts to handle criminal court records, and a prothonatary to handle civil court records. “We used to pay these offices around $12,000 a year,” he said. “Last year the state said we’ve got to pay them $17,500 a year. We had no choice in the matter. Here we’ve got two offices doing work that could be accomplished in one office, and it’s costing us $35,000 a year. Last year, because of changes like this, the state forced us to add $76,000 to our budget. We wouldn’t have these problems with home rule.” Weaver pointed out that today every elected official is more or less his own boss. He feels that a central administrative head would be able to consolidate offices, eliminate governmental redundancies, and give the county better government with a smaller price tag. Another objection he has to the present system is that too much power rests in too few hands. “There are three county com missioners,” Weaver said. “Two of those commissioners form a majority, and a majority of two is all you need to slap a bond in debtedness on every citizen in Lancaster County. “For example, the Conestoga View Nursing home required a $4.7 million bond issue. All three commissioners voted for the nursing home, but it could have or Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 28,1972 PennAg Slates 1973 Directory (Continued From Page 1) I - 3 p.m. - Lancaster County Gourmet Cooking Workshop, Farm and Home Center. 8 p.m. - Ephrata Adult Farmer meeting, “Worming Cattle,” vocational agriculture department, Ephrata Area High School. Garden Spot Young Farmer meeting, vocational agriculture department, Garden Spot High School. Cattle Feeders Tour, Virginia, October 31-November 1; leave Farm and Home Center, 7 a.m., Oct. 31. Wednesday, November 1 4:30 p.m. - LCVATA meeting, Penn Manor High School. Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District meeting, Farm and Home Center. Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb Club meeting, Farm and Home Center. Chester County Extension sewing course, Men’s Fashions, Paoli Presbyterian Church Hiursday, November 2 1 p.m. - Chester County Ex tension Dairy meeting, Honey Brook Grange. 6:30 p.m. - Lancaster County Poultry Association annual dinner banquet, Farm and Home Center. 6:30 p.m. - Southeast Penn sylvania Poultry Association annual fall meeting, Frank Reeser’s, north of Reading. 7:30 p.m. - Ephrata Young Farmers officers meeting, Ephrata Area High School. 8 p.m. - Chester County Ex tension dairy meeting, Oxford Grange, Dairy Management gone through with just two votes. ~ meeting. The same was true for the prison Cancellation - Dairy remodeling project which cost Management meeting witti $2.4 million. That’s just too much Sam Guss, Penn State power, too much responsiblity in Veterinarian, too few hands. Ttere are no on ****** November 3 checks and balances to this am ; * r f hester Coun^ Extension Dairy meeting. Weaver pointed out that if Collegevillelnn. home rule were adopted, the Sll ver Spurs 4-H Horse and P.my state would still have certain n J eetl ”g> • powers which couldn’t be Nor A theast f . Egg Marketing , , , , . . „ Association sth annual changed by local municipalities. meet Marriott Motor Counties cannot change boun- , „ daries between municipalities, Hotel - Newton ’ Mass ' they cannot alter the subjects of 6.45 p.m. 4-H Dairy Banquet, taxes nor the nature of Good and Plenty Restaurant, assessments; they cannot devise Saturday, November 4 their own public school Keystone International Livestock regulations, change eminent Exposition, November 4 - 10, domain procedures, nor tamper Farm Show Building, with the penal code Harrisburg. JAMESWAY | | All-Season Ventilation t I i ! PennAg Industries Association has announced the publication of its 21st annual Manual and Directory. The 200-page book will list all Pennsylvania agribusiness firms alphabetically as well as by city and county. It will also contain information on taxes, licensing fees and regulations, laws and the names of agricultural ex perts. The publication date has been set for January 25, with a cut-off date for submitting ad vertisements of December 15. Dairy Meeting Postponed The dairy herd health meeting orginmally scheduled for November 2 at the Farm and Home Center has been post poned. The meeting, featuring Dr. Sam Guss from Penn State, will be scheduled at a later date to discuss current herd health problems. In 1611, nine years before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, the first dairy cattle were brought to Jamestown. 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