A24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31,1981
Artist's sketch shows new Chow feed manufacturing facility
to be built by Ralston Purina Company in the East Hempfield
Industrial Park. The new plant, costing in excess of $6 million,
will have an initial annual capacity of 150,000 tons of dairy,
hog and poultry Chow feed products. Start-up is planned for
November of 1982.
Dub Jones tells visiting dignitaries that location of
new plant in Lancaster County will significantly
•mprove efficiency of Chow manufacturing and
delivery operation.
Groundbreaking site for new Purina chow plant is ringed by Stoltzfus, of West Willow Farmers Assn.; Dale Dickson, of
trucks of area dealers. Front to rear, drivers of trucks include West Willow: and Bob Rice, of Hess Mills.
David Esh, of High Bros.; Jay Weaver, of Keystone Mills: Ben
Purina breaks ground for new plant
Manning the shovels in ground breaking
ceremonies for new Purina plant are, from the
left, Tom Potterfield, director of operations for
North American area, headquartered in Camp
Hill; Davis McCarty, divisional vice president
and director for Eastern Region; Noah
Wenger. State legislator; Gary Anderson,
jrcssing jrge group . civic leaders, members
Most appropriately dressed for groundbreaking is Pol't'c a llwders,Tom
Michael Hubbard, wearing Purina Chick Starting , P ° tteriled etpla.ns lha Punna .s f
coveralls. His mother, oUse. Is it controls of ,u,ure ° th * Lancast f ar 2„,lan,rna
stroller. Gene Hubbard is district manager for declslon t 0 expand ™uulacturmg
Purina. In background are, left, Doug High, dealer; 'acillt,es
and Dave Hoogmoed, Purina district manager.
divisional sales manager for Keystone
Division, headquartered at Camp Hill; Lester
Murray, vice president, Koppers Co., Inc.; Dub
Jones, group vice president and director of
Chow Division; and Paul I. Hann, field sales
manager. '