68—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Oct 25. 1975 Lancaster grange elects officers Lancaster County Pomona Grange 71 held their fall meeting at White Horse Fire Hall Saturday, Oct. 18, as guests of Salisbury Grange. Pomona Master Jesse Wood presided at the business session when the Grange adopted this resolution: "WHEREAS, Agriculture (s in the need for security from natural disasters. WHEREAS, Most of the state’s farmers are not given the opportunity to par ticipate in the Federal Crop Insurance program. Therefore be it RESOLVED, That we seek expansion of this insurance facility to more counties in the state. Election of officers for a two year term took place when Jesse Wood was reelected Master. Other officers elected and to be installed in January are: Overseer - Harry Baker; Lecturer - Mrs. J. Stanley Stauffer Jr.; Steward - Mrs. Clifford Holloway III; Chaplain - Loran Brinton; Treasurer - Charles Mc- Sparran; Secretary - Mrs. Ira Welk; Gatekeeper - Alfred Wanner Jr.; Ceres - Miss Peggy Galbreath; Pomona - Miss Helen Wanner; Flora - Mrs. Richard Holloway; Executive committee member for a two year period - Richard Maule and for a three year period - Ralph Wanner; Finance Committee member for a two year period - Melvin C. Boyce and for a three year period Clifford Holloway Jr.; and pianist • Glenn Hough, Reports of officers, the Women’s Activities com mittee and the committee for entering the Penna. State Grange Oct. 27-30 in Lan caster were given: The business sessions will be held in the mornings and af ternoons at the Fulton Theater. J. Luther Snyder, Master of the Penna. State Grange, will conduct the business sessions when approximately 150 resolutions will be acted upon and Grange policy adopted. There will be election and installation of members to the Executive and Finance committees. Evening meetings will be held at McCaskey High School. Talent contests will be featured on the program for Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to which the public may attend. Sixth degree will be conferred Wednesday at 8 p.m. preceded by an address by John W. Scott, Master of the National Grange. The tour committee, Elmer Funk of Montgomery Co. chairman, has planned four tours for Wednesday afternoon. The tours will leave the Fulton Theater at the close of the morning session. Tour number 1 is an agricultural tour taking in the farms of Noah Kreider and Sons, Harold Kreider Mum Farm, and Miles Fry and Son. Tour 2 is a com* mercial tour to New Holland to visit Weaver Poultry Processing Plant and the New Holland Machine Co. Tour 3, the historical tour, will visit the Hans Herr House, Wheatland, Landis Valley Farm Museum and the Wax Museum. Tour 4 is a local colour tour, touring the Amish country. Wednesday afternoon will also feature the youth ritual and demonstration contests, Masters meeting, conferral of the Junior Grange degree and the fifth (Pomona) degree. The youth banquet will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. and youth party at 9 p.m. at McCaskey High School. There will also be other groups having banquets during the week, special speakers and the Lecturer, Women’s Activities, Junior Grange and youth exhibits will be at Lancaster Hilton Inn. Pomona Lecturer, Mrs. Jesse Wood read a poem “And God Said” and con ducted a game with Mrs. Joseph Hess the winner. The next meeting will be an evening dinner meeting January 17 when Thomas Galbreath will in stall officers and a memorial service held. Blood tested free The November schedule of free blood pressure clinics sponsored by the American Heart Association, Lan caster Pennsylvania Chapter was announced recently. These free blood pressure testings are provided by Heart Fund dollars and will be provided at the following locations and times: Lung Association 630 Janet Avenue, Lancaster, from 10 a m. to 12 noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m on November 4, 1975. Sloan’s Pharmacy, 61 E. Mam Street, Mt. Joy, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. American Heart Association, Lancaster Pennsylvania Chapter, 246 W. Orange St., Lancaster, every Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Pharmacy Labs, 335 W. King St., Lancaster every Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. McElroy’s Pharmacy, 100 E. Mam St. Lititz, every Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and every Friday evening from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Lancaster Community Health Center, 545 Pershing Avenue, Lancaster, every Monday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and every third Saturday from 1 p m. to 4 p.m. All testing at these centers are Free of charge and are supported by your Heart Fund dollars Apple sales need boost HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department is attempting to boost sales for com monwealth apple growers with letters to chain stores to buy the Pennsylvania grown varieties. Agriculture Secretary Jim McHale said Pennsylvania, like the other major apple producing states in the east, is having a difficult time unloading its apple crop at prices worthwhile for producers. The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), McHale pointed out, recently issued an appeal to apple processors to “reassess their producers prices..." In a letter to the Safeway Stores Produce Buyer Department in Landover. Poultrymen gathe’round The Lancaster County Poultry Association will hold its annual Banquet on November 6, 1975 at 6:30 p.m. at Historic Strasburg Restaurant. The speaker for the evening will be Howard Helmer, “The Omelet King”. A brief business meeting will include the election of four directors. There will be a drawing for door prizes for all 1976 members. Mem bership fee of $5 can be paid the night of the Banquet. A family style meal will be served; tickets are available from the directors at $6.50 per ticket. The Badger BN 615 Round Baler SHOW-EASE STALL GRUMELLI'S FARM CARL L SHIRK CO. SERVICE ffs* SHI 523 Willow Rd Mechanics Grove Lebanon Pa Lancaster. Pa Quarryville, Pa Ph 274 Idlfi Ph 299-2536 Ph 786 7318 Ph. 274-1436 RALPH KETTERER ISAAC W. HURST LLOYD E. KREIDER Perkasie, RD 2 R.DJ2 RD#l Deep Run Road East Earl, Pa Cochranville, Pa Ph |2ls| 766-8531 Ph. (215| 445-5767 Ph |2ls| 932-2934 Md., signed by McHale and agriculture commissioners and secretaries from Maryland. New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia, NASDA urged the chain store “to purchase locally produced apples for your retail outlets in the eastern part of the country. It would certainly seem to us that such a buying practice would be in the best interest of the communities you serve and your consumers.” In Pennsylvania, McHale noted, the department’s Bureau of Markets is augmenting its usual apple promotion program with an appeal to processors to buy locally. Processors account for at least 60 percent of the market for Pennsylvania apple growers. Bales up to 15 tons per hour! We call our baler the ROLL-n-STOR m It brings you all the advantages of harvesting and handling forages in big round bales Badger s new baler enables one man to bale upto 15 tons per hour, with 1,200 to 1,500 lb bales Operates efficiently with 50 to 70 H P tractors Ruggedly designed and constructed Posi tive drive platform rollers No expensive platform belts Available with an accessory bale carrier for standard 3-pomt hitches See your nearest Badger dealer or write for information The commercial apple crop this year in Penn* aylvania is forecast at SSO million pounds, up 15 percent from last year. This large crop and the fact that processors have carried over large inventories from last year have created bad market problems for apple growers. According to the depart ment’s Bureau of Markets, prices for apples have been low with some varieties selling in the $6-a-bushel range. “Our apple growers can only get a break if the processing market opens up,” said McHale. “This is why we are now taking special care to urge chain store buyers to purchase Pennsylvania grown ap ples."
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