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WEIGHING, AND HANDLING EQUIPMENT. MARTIN DISTRIBUTORS INC. Mrs. Hershey was guest speaker for “Ladies Night” at the Pennsylvania Egg Marketing Association meeting which took place on February 11 at the Sheraton Conestoga near Lancaster. She is the secretary treasurer of Hershey Equipment Company, Inc., Lancaster, as well as half of the husband and wife team that own the operation. Speaking on “A Woman’s Role in Business,” Mrs. Hershey made reference to 36% DISCOUNT ON GRAIN BINS IS EXTENDED TILL FEB. 25, 1977 HURRY! GET Sales-Designing-lnstallation Parts & Service on Modern and Mix Mill Equipment Rl, Lebanon. PA 17042 Phone 717-866-4906-866-^5 her beginnings in the poultry business, using this as a gauge to show her growth in knowledge of the industry. From her meager beginnings as a chicken feeder and a gatherer of eggs, Mrs. Hershey has moved forward to selling poultry equipment as com plicated as an egg packer which packs 30-egg flats at the rate of 50 cases an hour. 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Says the lady who learned to grow in expertise when the need arose - “Women can do just as much as we want to when it comes to business.” Mrs. Hershey firmly believes that women are good for the business world because their ideas are so different from men’s. “Oh, sometimes our ideas are not that feasible,” she com mented with a grin, “but, most of the time we can come up with some fairly new angles that they (men) wouldn’t even think of.” So, at the Ladies Night, she urged the women to get involved and add their points of view, because in her ex periences, “Men are always willing to listen, and they Unit Sale SAVE $ $ $ $ $ BUY DIRECT FROM PA’S ONLY MANUFACTURER OF LIQUID FERTILIZER SOLUTIONS. With our modern mixing facilities, you are assured of receiving an accurate formulation of your required analysis. YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR HI-SCORE LIQUID FERTILIZER SOLUTIONS WITH POSSIBLE SAVINGS OF IOO’S OF DOLLARS. 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To illustrate her point, she gave some examples of what she and other women are doing to help advertise their com modity. “We can use eggs in our hors de oeuvres at parties,” she noted. And, she told the story of one friend who uses eggs as a snack food for her children when they come home from school. She also brought to light the example of a business she visited recently where the em ployees have large bowls of hard boiled eggs available to them to eat along with their coffee breaks in the mor ning. “At the tune I visited, the eggs could be purchased for five cents a piece,” she commented. “Now, where can you get a breakfast snack for that low amount of money with all the nutrients as well?” The egg marketing meeting and dinner was a good example of the case she cited. For the first time since the group has begun assembling for their monthly meeting, they displayed an edible egg centerpiece at Friday’s meeting. They are trying to get more restaurants interested in the idea. Another suggestion Mrs. Hershey offered was that women should share their recipes with each other. IContinued on Page 56} 55
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