—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Novamber 17,1979
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STHASBURG - Three
directors were re-elected to
Lancaster Farm Credit
seats at a split meeting held
in Palmyra Tuesday evening
and here Wednesday af
ternoon.
Wilmer B. Campbell, R 4
Halifax, was elected to the
board of the Lancaster
Production Credit
Association.
Paul L. Kreider, R 2
Palmyra; and Clarence G.
Mase, 1635 Colebrook Road,
Lebanon, won seats on the
Federal Land Bank
Association of Lancaster.
Farm Credit members
were able to attend either of
the two sessions. General
Manager Carl Brown ex
plained the annual
stockholders’ Dinner
Meeting has become so large
that it is difficult to find a
single restaurant which can
bold the crowd.
Members, regardless of
where they live, were per
mitted to choose either
meeting which was con
venient for them.
About 240 attended the
Palmyra session and
another 540 turned out for
the Strasburg meeting.
Stockholders were given
an upbeat report on mem
bership, outstanding loan
volume, and, for PCA
members, a patronage
refund.
As of September 30, 1979,
the PCA was serving 1186
members, with an out
standing loan volume of
$54,571,216.
This represents an in
crease of $11,654,529 over the
previous year.
The association also paid a
5 percent “A” stock dividend
Wilmer Campbell, left, was re-elected director of the Lancaster PCA. With him
are Paul Kreider and Clarence Mase who were re-elected to the board of the
Lancaster Land Bank this week.
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Farm credit members elect new directors
and a patronage refund of
6133,559. -
As of September 30, 1979,
the FLBA was serving 1010
members, with an out
standing balance of
6100,164,944.
This represents an in
crease of 633,581,000, the
largest one year increase in
the history of the
Association.
Brown said the
Association had a “really
good year” and outlined
projections for 1980.
He said he did not expect
money to be as tight nor as
costly next year.
While many commercial
banks are quoting 12.5 to 15.5
percent interest, he said the
Land Bank rate would be at
9.85 percent as of December
1,1979.
Production Credit loans
are at 11 percent. Brown said
they probably will go to 12
percent at the end of the
year, barring any un
foreseen circumstances.
Because of a combination
of factors, the Land Bank
and PCA business is ex
pected to double within five
years.
Brown said one of the'
biggest problems they are
having is keeping up with the
growth. He pointed there are
offices in all of the Lancaster
branches.
He said the Farm Credit
workers probably will be
doing more work on the
telephone to save time to cut
fuel costs. He also noted
Farm Credit has purchased
some smaller cars to cut,
down gas costs. It currently
runs six cents a mile for fuel
alone in business vehicles.
At present, Farm Credit is
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considering opening a few
more branches, Brown said.
But no locations have been
chosen to date.
In an informal poll,
members approved the idea
of an afternoon meeting or a
split session for next year’s
meeting. The 1980 meeting is
tentatively scheduled for the
week before Thanksgiving.
Because of Association
regulations calling for
representation from each
individual district, no
representatives were
nominated to the Board of
HERSHEY - Richard
Newpher, 33, of R.D. 1,
Shermansdale will become
Administrative Secretary-
Treasurer of the Penn
sylvania Farmers’
Association (PFA) on
Thursday, November 15 - the
day following the end of
PFA’s 29th Annual Meeting.
He will succeed Charles
Mohn who was named to the
post on an interim basis this
summer. The PFA Board of
Directors selected Newpher
for the Administrative top
spot before the annual
meeting. He has been the
manager of PFA’s Public
Affairs Department.
PFA is a general farm
organization with 21,409
family members in 54 county
units. It is an affiliate of the
American Farm Bureau
Federation. PFA’s annual
meeting took place
November 11-14 at the
Hershey Motor Lodge and
NEEDED
Newpher succeeds
Mohn for PFA office
Directors of the Land Bank
from any county but
Lebanon.
Paul Kreider owns and
operates, with his brother,
two farms consisting of 359
acres in Lebanon County.
They rent an additional 300
acres.
Their dairy herd consists
of 110 cows and 70 head of
replacement stock.
Kreider is a member of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association, a OHIA
director, a member of both
the PCA and the FLBA.
Convention Center, Hershey.
Voting delegates established
statewide policy and elected
volunteer leaders.
Newpher, who is a native
of Clearfield County, joined
the PFA staff in 1973 as a
regional fieldman. In 1376 he
joined PFA’s Public Affairs
Department as a legislative
specialist. He later became
director of governmental
relations within the
department, handling PFA’s
national legislative lobbying
efforts, and in February,
1979, he became department
manager.
Newpher resides in Perry
County with his wife, Pat,
and two sons, Brian and
Ricky.
EAST EARL - Shady
Maple Lawn and Garden
recently held their Open
House Days. They an
nounced that Edward
Beachy, Honey Brook, was
the winner of a free chain
saw.
Clarence Mase owns two
farms m Lebanon County
consisting of 217 acres. He
rents an additional 80 acres.
His son operates one farm,
milking 80 Holstems and
keeping 80 head of young
cattle. Clarence is in the
process of remodeling the
home farm to start up a
second dairy operation.
Mase is a member of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association, the state and
county Holstein
associations, and a member
of the state Brown Swiss
Association.
A member of both the PCA
and and FLBA, Mase
currently is serving as vice
president of the ELBA Board
of Directors.
The lone PCA director re
elected, Wilmer Campbell,
owns and operates a 207 acre
dairy farm in Dauphin
County.
The herd, which he
manages with his son,
consists of 65 head of
registered Guernseys and 50
replacement heifers.
Campbell is president of
the Northumberland Area
Guernsey Breeders
Association, Pennsylvania
State Grange Deputy, and a
past township supervisor.
He, too, is a member of
both the ELBA and PCA.-
CH