.6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20,1979
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Agway opens new store
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Agway
Inc., headquartered here,
has made a commitment to
the farm equipment com
munity for Lehigh Valley
and areas served by its John
Deere dealership at
Wescosville, Pa.
The Board of Directors of
Agway, Inc., voted for the
financing of a new farm
equipment facility at
Chapman, just outside of
Allentown, Pa.
The Board approved a
$375,000 facility with a total
of 18,000 square feet con
sisting of a service shop,
parts room, offices and
display floor. The building
will be located on land now
owned by Agway at Chap
man Road and Ruppsville
Road at Chapman. Plans are
to have the building com
pleted in time for a Spring
grand opening. The con
struction of the steel building
is under the direction of
Abram S. Horst, Inc., of New
Holland, Pa.
With approval of the new
facility, the Board also
approved the forming of a
new corporation under the
name of Chapman Equip
ment Center, Inc., with
common stock owned by
Agway Inc., and preferred
stock being made available
to farmer customers. The
area is being canvassed for
sale of the preferred stock.
In March of 1960, Lehigh
Farm Bureau Cooperative
near Allentown
Assn, started to handle the
John Deere line of equip
ment as a sub dealer of I. G.
Rosenberger. In 1962 John
Deere and the Farm Bureau
Cooperative at Chapman
entered into their first
contract. In 1965, with the
merger of Farm Bureau into
Agway Inc., the first con
tract was signed with Agway
Inc. A new contract has now
been signed in the name of
Chapman Equipment
Center, Inc.
State committee
HARRISBURG - The
President of the Penn
sylvania Association of
Conservation Districts
recently concurred in the
appointment of a State
Reclamation Committee to
advise the Soil Conservation
Service on the new Rural
Abandoned Mine Program.
“The Committee will
recommend to SCS which
projects on a priority basis
will receive Federal
Funding this year,” says
PACD President, William
Lange, “it also will serve to
open up channels of com
munication among land
owners, conservation
district officials, and federal
and state reclamation
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The new Chapman
Equipment Center, Inc. will
employ approximately 20
people to serve the many
customers of Agway. Hal
Keeler has been appointed
manager of the center.
Keeler has been associated
with the farm equipment
industry since 1947 at dealer
level, company zone level,
company supervisor level,
company store level and
dealer management level.
appointed
agencies who are involved in
the program.
“First on the committee
list will be projects that will
protect public, health,
safety, general welfare, and
property from extreme
danger caused by passed
coal mining practices,”
Lange pointed out.
RAMP, a voluntary
program, will help par
ticipating landowners
develop and apply plans for
the reclamation, con
servation, and development
of eligible lands affected by
past coal' mining. The U.S.
Soil Conservation Service
will provide technical and
cost sharing assistance.
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