A3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 18,1983
BY TRISH WILLIAMS
CARLISLE A fire in a
stainless steel storage bin
destroyed $50,000 worth of non-fat
dried milk powder Monday at the
Holly Milk Cooperative. The fire
was detected about 9 a.m. by the
plant manufacturing manager,
Mike Maust, who smelled the
powdered milk smouldering.
According to Kathy Gill, Inter-
State, spokeswoman, the fire was
contained in the stainless steel
storage bin by efforts of the local
fire company. Over 3000 gallons of
water was sprayed into the bin to
cool the powder.
“Fortunately the storage bin
was only about half full, containing
N.W. Pa. Colored Breeds
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to take an active role in planning
the All-Breed Calf Sale held each
Spring at the fairgrounds in
Meadville.
The N.W. Pa. Colored Breed
Assoc, selected two directors from
each of the five colored breeds and
elected officers from among those
ten people.
New officers will be elected each
Fall following the fair. Officers
who will serve until this Fall in
clude: president, Earl Nicolls;
vice president, Jeff Peters;
treasurer, Paula Kunz; secretary,
Janet Peters.
The presidency and vice
presidency will be limited to two
consecutive one-year terms, but
secretary, treasurer, and uirec
torships may be rf elected
repeatedly if voted in by the
members of the association.
The newly-formed group met
originally to improve the quality of
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about 50,000 pounds of non-fat
dried milk powder,” said Ms. Gill.
“If the bin had been full there
would have been a real danger of a
flash fire spreading to the rest of
the plant.”
‘ ‘We believe the fire started from
spontaneous combustion,” Ms. Gill
reported. “The hot and humid
weather over the weekend may
have contributed to the powder
overheating. Our insurance
company will be investigating the
fire later to determine the cause
and damages.”
The Holly manufacturing plant
was shut down Monday for half a
day due to the fire, but was able to
be back in partial operation by 2:30
the open class colored breed shows
at the Crawford County Fair and
have already initiated a few
changes.
This year, the open class colored
breed shows will begin at 9 a.m.
rather than 8:30 to allow exhibitors
time to prepare their cattle. Also,
it is hoped to slow the show so
everyone will enjoy it more.
Another improvement will be the
addition of premier breeder and
premier exhibitor awards for each
of the five colored breeds.
The Colored Breed Association
members also picked committees
to plan arena decorations and to
organize the annual colored breed
picnic at the open class show.
The next meeting is scheduled
for June 28, at 8 p.m. at the
Crawford County courthouse in
Meadville. All owners of colored
breed dairy cattle in Nor
thwestern, Pa. are welcome to
attend.
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p.m. Monday afternoon. Some
milk had to be diverted to other
plants Monday for processing, but
by just after midnight Tuesday
morning the plant was in full
operation.
Although the stainless
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storage bin that contained the fire
must still be cleaned to determine
the damages to it, there was
minimal damage to the plant and
bin.
Holly Milk Cooperative is owned
steel
by the Inter-State Milk Producers,
Grange supports truck
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promise.
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and manufactures powdered milk
and butter. An average of 3.5
million pounds of powdered milk
' per month are manufactured at the
plant. 50,000 pounds of powdered
milk was destroyed by the fire.
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