—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. J«n. 24. 1976 62 ASCS officials receive post Secretory of Agriculture Karl L Butz has reappointed William H Ringlcr of Berlin to the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC) Committee The three member committee is responsible for the ad ministration of federal farm programs. The Somerset County farmer plants potatoes, oats, barley and sweet com on the ISO acres he owns and the 270 acres he rents. Mr. Rlngler also milks 50 Holsteins and maintains 65 young stock. Honored as a Master Farmer by the State of Pennsylvania in 1974 and as Granger of the Year in 1969, Mr Rmgler is active in farming and community organizations He has held membership in the Grange for 29 years, serving as a State Deputy for Somerset County for the past 16 years and currently serving on the legislative committee. He is a past committee member of Agway, past Vice Chairman of the Con servation District Committee, and for the past two years he has chaired Farm-City Week, Mr. Rmgler also belongs to the Holstem-Fresian Associa tion, the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, the Pennsylvania Farmers Association and the Somerset County Potato Growers Association. A member of the Lutheran Church, Mr. Ringler par ticipates as a lay minister and Sunday School teacher. He and his wife, Mildred, have two children. Claude R Hetherington, Zion Grove, Pa., was also named as Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Stabilization Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed. William Lyon Phelps and Conservation (ASC) Committee Slate headquarters for the Penn sylvania Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service (ASCS) are at Harrisburg, Penn sylvania. Mr. Hctherington, 64. operates a 422 acre general farm that borders on the Schuylkill and Columbia County line. He grows potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, wheat, oats and other crops Mr. Hctherington has been farming since 1946. He is a member of the Master Farmers Association, the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, the Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers, and other agricultural organizations. 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BOX 1197. DILLERVILLE ROAD Maryland ag. secretary sees ‘hesitant’ planting for 1976 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland grain farmers in 1975 set all time com and soybean production records in answering the call for food but State Agriculture Secretary, Young D. Hance, says they have strong reason to “hesitate before doing it again in 1976." Final 1975 crop production survey figures released by the Maryland Crop Reporting Service show that 50.1 million bushels of com were harvested (up 11 percent from the 1974's old record of 44.9 million Two men argued about which would take the only taxi in sight. One returned to his wife at the curb. “Why did you let him have the cab?” she asked, an noyed. “He needed it more than I did,” the husband explained weakly. “He was late for his karate lesson.” Agway Petroleum Service LANCASTER, PA PHONE 397-4954 bushels) and 8.9 million bushels of soybeans (up from 1974’s 8.8 million bushels). 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