Lancaster Ford Tract
celebrates first year
One of the area’s largest
implement dealerships,
Lancaster Ford Tractor, will
be celebrating their first
year in business this coming
week.
Lancaster Ford, located on
the Flory Mill Road exit off
Rt. 283, began its operation
last summer under the
direction of the general
manager Paul Boyer.
Boyer, who had worked for
Ford dealers before, wanted
to put his dealership in an
area which would be easily
accessible to the area far
mers and looked some time
before settling at the present
location.
“This area has been good
for us,” Boyer commented,
“It is easy to reach from
mrny areas including
Lebanon County, Dauphin
County, northern Maryland
and of course Lancaster
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The business has seen real
growth in the first year w ; '
the 13 personnel membt
keeping quite busy. Lai
caster Ford now has sev<
men working in the mai
tanence department atom
There is also a full tim*
manager who is in charge
the parts department.
To facilitate the summi
production season, Lai
caster Ford, has mcreas<
their hours and will be opt
from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p..
Although basically a farm
oriented business, Lancast'
Ford has been business fro)
the urban and surburbi
groups who are interested
lawn and garden implement
and also from the industri
market for heavy equii
ment.
“We like to relate that
have from 3-130 horsepower
implements here,” Boyer
stated.
“We do see many groups of
people who have differing
needs.”
Expressing his faith in the
people of the area, Boyer
noted, “in part we must
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Paul Boyer, general manager of Lancaster Ford
Tractor, has seen his dealership expand and grow
during its first year of business. The business will
celebrate its first year in service this coming week.
thank those people in far- County.”
ming for our success-we Asked if the urbanization
have a faith in Lancaster of much of the farm land was
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12,1975
a concern, Boyer stated,"
people will have to realize
soon that all of our precious
farm land cannot go for
developments.”
“Food is a necessary
commodity and must come
from some where.”
Along with their-success,
Lancaster Ford has also set
precedents with its modem
building and service center.
“I didn’t want the usual
frame building,” Boyer
stated, “I wanted something
attractive yet practical and
worked with the architect
Growing Degree Days
For the week ending July
7, 1975, the average tem
perature in Lancaster was 72
degrees.
Days for crops beginning
at 40 degrees was numbered
2140 with days for 50 degrees
recording 1288. Rainfall for
the week totaled .12 inches
and from April 1 was 15.67
inches.
Weather Summary
Rather pleasant dry
weather prevailed across the
Commonwealth most of the
past week. A large high
pressure system in Eastern
Canada provided sunny days
with low humidities and
clear cool nights the
beginning of the week.
Daytime temperatures were
in the 70’s to mid 80’s while
nighttime readings were
mostly in the upper 40’s to
low 60’s. Pleasant Mount
reported 40 degrees Tuesday
morning. A southward
moving cold front crossed
the State Thursday ac
companied by showers and
thunderstorms some of
which produced hail and
damaging winds. Most
rainfall amounts were under
0.5 inch with a few locally
Holstein field
day slated
The Chester County
Holstein Club will hold its
annual Field Day on
Tuesday, July 22 at Harry
Troop’s Faggs Manor Farm
located along Rt. 10 south of
Cochranville.
Judging will begin at 10:00
a.m. with Hack King as the
official judge. .
The noon meal will feature
a ham roast. Prices have
been set at $4 for adults and
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until I found something
suitable.”
The attractive modernistic
building and landscaped
lawn has been chosen by the
Ford Company as a model
for future dealerships.
Although Boyer related
many factors which con
tributed to the success of the
business, one of the main
factors has been their
acceptance by the area
people. “People make a
difference and we have
found friends here.”
heavier showers. Tem
peratures reached the upper
80’s to low 90’s ahead of the
front with 92 degrees at
Philadelphia and Lewistown.
In some areas temperatures
fell 20-25 degrees in a few
minutes with the thun
derstorms. The July 4th
weekend was generally fair
with only a few widely
scattered showers Friday
and again Sunday. Tem
peratures were mostly in the
upper 70’s to upper 80’s
during the day and in the
mid-50’s to upper 60’s at
night. The humidity in
creased somewhat by
Sunday but conditions were
still rather pleasant for early
July. Weekly rainfall ranged
from no measurable
amounts in the extreme
Northwest to 0.5 -1.0 inch in
a band from Philipsburg to
Allentown. A small area in
Somerset County reported
nearly 2 inches. Tem
peratures for the week
ranged from 4-6 degrees
above normal in the Nor
thwest to 2-4 degrees below
in the Upper Susquehanna
region.
$2.50 for children. Following
a short afternoon program,
recreation will be provided.
Members are asked to
bring their lawn chairs.
Reservations are asked to be
in by Sat. July 19. They can
be made by calling Glen
Freese 932-9762; Don
Hostetter 857-9648; Paul
King 593-6302; Bob Pepple
932-3975 or David Weaver at
942-2629.
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