—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 20.1976
86
I—S district 5 meets
By SUSAN KAUFFMAN
Feature Writer
LANCASTER “I have
nothing but good news for
you today,” Boyd Gartley
told the members-of District
5 of the Inter-State Milk
Producers Cooperative at
their annual dinner meeting
held at Meadow Hills Dining
House, New Danville Rd.,
March 4.
Gartley, director of
memberand public relations
for Interstate, came attired
in a “Spirits of 1776”
costume complete with a
Pennsylvania coon skin cap, -
an antique Pennsylvania
rifle made by J. Cline in 1835
and an antique milk bottle
filled with powdered milk.
Throughout the year Mr.
Gartley is promoting
through his costume and his
speeches many valuable,
ideals of the past. Several
“Spirits” he enumerated
were the spirit of respect, of
awareness of others, of
frugality in all things not just
money, of independence, of
agronomy, of thankfulness,
of Godliness and of hope as
found in the new generation.
Moving from the general
to the specific, Mr. Gartley
addressed the dairy farmers
attending and praised the
Inter-State organization as a
whole for its “real
cooperation, honesty, in
tegrity and longevity as an
organization.” “This co-op
yields more to the farmer
than any other farming co
op,” he explained.
Giving credit to the Young
Cooperator program,
Gartley explained a one
page six months financial
report now accompanies
milk checks so farmers can
get a better picture of the
actual market demands and
costs changes.
Stressing the legal arm
Inter-State projects, Gartley
pointed to the Feb. 13, 1976
United States District Court
ruling that all eight dealers
in South Central Penn
sylvania must pay in more
than $500,000 withheld from
the Order 4 producer set
tlement fund by March 3.
Withholding began June 1975
when Order 4 was expanded.
Gartley also stated that
the PMMB has written a
final order for Area 6 setting
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Giving part of the credit
for the success of the Inter-
State to finding more ef
ficient marketing methods,
Gartley explained action
now being taken to re-align
trucking routes in the future.
In closing, Gartley
challenged the members in
attendance to become more
aware of “what is going on in
the market place” and how it
will effect them and secondly
to plan, to invision, new
possibilities in marketing
their products such as
making the butterfat content
unsaturated. “You have the
best product and the best
cooperative; Keep com
munication lines open and
there will be fewer problems
for all of us,” Gartley con
cluded.
J. Wade Groff, recently
elected director for the new
District No. 5 presented
awards to Mr. and Mrs. John
Barley, The Young
Cooperators from Conestoga
and Snavely and Kenneth
The B. Snavley Garber family was Pictured in front are B. Snavley and
presented a plaque for having a wife Barbara with children Thelma
collective 50 year membership. and Kenneth in the background.
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Inter-State.
County Extension Agent
Jay Irwin asked the group to
see the “good old days are
now; this is the best time
ever right now.” “America’s
strength is in agriculture.
Foreign countries want our
food not our cars or
clothing,” he stated. Irwin
also proposed that the far
mer take government in
tervention and “build it in
your favor.” By way of
example, Mr. Irwin cited the
October, 1976 deadline for
pesticide certification for
purchasing restricted use
pesticides. “Agriculture has
had bad publicity in the past;
perhaps town people will
better trust the farmer when
they know he is certified.”
Elections for the three
locals in pistrict 5 were held
during the meeting.
Millersville Local selected
Nelson Habecker, president;
Melvin L. Shertzer, vice
president; Kenneth L.
Shertzer, secretary
treasurer; Jay E. Landis
and J. Clayton Charles,
delegates; and J. Robert
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alternates. Andrew H.
Martin will serve on the
Lefever Hauling Committee.
West Lampeter Local
elected Henry B. Leaman,
president; Arthur L.
- Breneman, vice-president;
Jacob R. Houser, Jr.,
secretary-treasurer; Robert
M. Mylin and John M.
Harnish, delegates; and
Harlan N. Keener and J.
Mowery Frey, Jr. as
alternates.
Witmer Local elected
Harvey E. Heller, president;
C. Richard Landis, vice
president; J. Donald Myer,
secretary-treasurer; J.
Donald Myer and J. Robert
Esbenshade, delegates; and
John L. Landis and Frank L.
Hershey as alternates.
Fieldman Andrew Marvin
announced a district meeting
for the newly elected officers
for March 9 at 7:30 at the
Coca Cola Building, Lan
caster and a bus trip to the
Southhampton Interstate
office and Quality Control
Laboratory the week of
March 22.
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spoK the “Spirit of
76" during a recent district meeting. Carrying an
authentic rifle and antique milk bottle flask,
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