—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 31, X 974 32 McHale To Attend 25th Solanco Fair Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture James McHale will participate in opening ceremonies of the 25th An nual Solanco Fair at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18. the annual baby parade will also be held that evening with registration at the fair grounds from 6 to 6:30 p.m. George Mann, Tobacco Firm Owner, Dies George S. Mann, prominent Lancaster businessman and banker, died Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Lancaster General Hospital after an illness of several hours. Mann, trustee emeritus and former president of the board of the General Hospital, was 84. The husband of Anna Hess Mann, he lived at 1111 Wheatland Ave. In 1964, Mann retired after many years as owner and manager of A. K. Mann and Son Tobacco Co. Bom in Manor Township, he was a son of the late Abraham K. Mann and Elizabeth Groff Mann. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall Academy and attended Franklin and Marshall College. He was a director for 38 years and former president of the Lancaster County National Bank. Upon his retirement as director in 1961, he was honored at a testimonial dinner at the Hamilton Club. One of his sons, William H. Mann, a Lancaster attorney, succeeded him as a director of the bank and became the fourth generation of the Mann family connected with the bank’s board. Mann also served as a trustee of Millersville State College and headed the local draft board during World War H. He was a member of the Hamilton Club, Rotary Club and the Pirates. In addition to his widow, at home, Mann is survived by these children: a son, A. Kenneth Mann, Lancaster; a daughter, Anna Georgia, wife of Charles D. Sparks, Vero Beach, Fla.; a son, William H. Mann, Lan caster, and another son, Dr. Richard H. Mann, Lancast er, and another son. Dr. Richard H. Mann, Lancaster R 2. Thirteen grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren also survive. Read Lancaster Farming For Full Market Reports COMPLEfE FARM PAINTING SPRAY-ON AND BRUSH-IN METHODS For FREE Estimates Write DANE $. ESH C. RALPH MILLER) Prejudging will be from 6:30 to 7 p.m. with the parade starting at 7 p.m. Rain date is Friday morning. Any child six years and Re profi with a Farm Credit Lancaster, Pa York, Pa. 411 West Roseville Road 3301 West Market Street 393-3921 792-2641 Lebanon, Pa. The Agway Building Chambersburg, Pa Carlisle, Pa. 17th and Cumberland Streets 183 Lincoln Way East 133 West High Street 273-4506 263-3315 249-1711 under may participate. A small gift will be given each parade participant, corn plements of Paul Risk Associates. A combine, thresher, tractor, silo, more land, more livestock, a new car, a truck You can get a low-cost loan from Farm Credit for any of these things, or anything else to make your farming bigger and more profitable, or your farm life more comfortable Talk to Farm Credit and start reaping profits today. Farm Credit. We’re your kind of people First prizes for the six trophy and $25 compliments various float categories are of Wenger Implement Inc. $l5, ranging down to $5 for The prize for best of the fourth place. A grand prize walking parade will be $lO, for best float will be a small compliments of John F. baa Hershey, Pennsupreme Milk Distributors. The committee is headed by Mrs. John Hershey, assisted by Mrs. Glenn Fite, Mrs. Judy Hodson, Mrs. Glenn Herr, Mrs. Robert Badger, Mrs. Robert Braightmeyer, Mrs. Walter Koch and Mrs. Robert Herr. *fsp
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