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Roadside markets conference
GETTYSBURG -
Financial management and
“The Paradox of Pricing”
will be major topics for
extension marketing
specialists from two land
grant universities during
next week’s thirteenth an
nual Maryland-Pennsylvan
ia Roadside Marketing
Conference.
The event will run from
Sunday through Tuesday,
February 10-12, In its usual
location at the Sheraton
Motor Inn, located two miles
south of Gettysburg, Pa., on
the business route of U.S.
highway 15.
Sponsors will again be the
Extension Service at Penn
State and the University of
Maryland, with support
from an informal con
sortium of farmer-to
consumer marketing
organizations in the two
states.
This year’s program
chairman is James S.
Toothman, extension
marketing specialist and
professor of agricultural
economics at Penn State.
Assisting with
arrangements is Jarvis L.
Cain, extension marketing
specialist and professor of
agricultural and resource
economics at the University
of Maryland in College Park.
Cain also will be lead-off
speaker for the Monday
afternoon program session.
His topic is “Financial
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Management for Farm
Market Operators.”
Lead-off speaker for the
Tuesday afternoon session
will be Ransom A. Blakely,
extension marketing
specialist from Cornell
University, Ithaca, N.Y. His
topic is “The Paradox of
Pricing for Direct
Marketers.”
Panel moderator will be
Laurence L. Yager of
Gettysburg, area Extension
marketing agent.
The Cornell, Penn State Advance registration
York-Adams Grange sets meeting
RED LION - York-
Adams Pomona Grange #4O
will hold their quarterly
meeting, February 9, 1980,
beginning at2:3o p.m., at the
Red Lion Grange hall.
A covered dish meal will
be served at 5:30 p.m., with
the evening session begin
ning at 7 p.m. with a “Cake
walk.”
Gladys Sheffer, Pomona
Lecturer, will have as her
special guest speaker, Miss
Debra Hoover, Harrisburg,
for the afternoon program,
beginning at 4 p.m.
Miss Hoover was educated
at the Pittsburgh School for
the Blind, graduated from
Bucknell University, has
taught in the public school
system, and now works at
the Mechanicsburg Naval
Depot.
The public is invited to
hear Miss Hoover on “Ad
vantages and Disad
vantages” of her life.
GIDEON L. FISHER
RD 1. Box 108
Ronks, Pa. 17572
and University of Maryland
specialists will comprise an
informal panel for the final
presentation of the con
ference. Their topic will be
“Direct Marketing
Challenges in the 1980 s.”
The evening program,
beginning at 7:30 P.M. will
feature a member of the
“Yorkarvers” who will show
and tell the art of wood
carving. The evening
program is open to the
public.
Dues nite was held when
Red Lion Grange #l7Bl met
Saturday. January 19,
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UP!
TO BETTER EQUIPMENT
Find It In Laneattor Farming's
Classified Pages •
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 9,1980—€31
deadline for the conference
was February 1. But walk-in
attendees are also welcome
at a slightly higher
registration fee. Total at
tendance last year was 372.
For further information
contact Yager at Get
tysburg, phone: 717/334-6271,
or Cam at the University of
Maryland in College Park;
phone: 301/454-3801.
beginning with a covered
dish meal at 6:30 P.M.
The business session was
in charge of Lee Burns,
Master. Plans to hold a soup
& bake sale were discussed.
Naomi Bupp, Lecturer,
held a quiz on the “life and
tunes of Ben Franklin,” with
all members participating.
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