178 —Supplement to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 28,1984 Swope & Bashore (Continued from Page 20) William J. Varano and Larry L. Herr. Receiving the International Harvester XL Dealer award in 1978, Swope and Bashore erected a new building during the same year at their original location along Route 645, six miles north of Myerstown. By providing modem parts, service, and office facilities and doubling its floor space, Swope and Bashore has responded to the needs of a loyal and growing clientele. The company counts plenty of Gleason & Baker (Continued from Page 18) managing the parts department, books, and, as of late 1983, Rick Located near the New York Allison in charge of sales. border, Gleason & Baker has the Marvin Flynn, a former G&B opportunity to service many employee under the previous Steuben County, NY, I.H. partnership, is Jacob’s Shop customers, as well as farmers Foreman, with Woody Midgett from nearby Potter County, PA. Mansfield customer Wilbur Wood's sturdy mailbox post; a new I.H. 4186 4WD tractor, courtesy of Gleason & Baker, Elkland, PA. R.S. Hollinger the original Kauffman address of 113 West Mam Street, in Mount ville. With the newer of the two buildings in use as a showroom, parts department, office, and two shop bays, the original Kauffman building is now used as a warehouse. Bollinger's remains a family operated firm with Russel in charge of sales, LaMar as Shop Foreman for farm equipment, Mifflinburg Farm Supply (Continued from Page 8) bays, as well as its own com puterized accounting system. Key management personnel include Sales Manager, Frank Saner, Service Manager, William Tallman, Parts Manager, Rick Smith, and accountant Lois Elliot. One of the firm’s veteran em ployees is Albert Wolf, brother of the former owner, and an In ternational Harvester serviceman with 30 years experience. This year’s Open House is scheduled for the week of March 15, with special savings on all parts and equipment. The week-long event includes Pancake Day, this year scheduled for March 6, featuring pancakes and sausage for everyone; an annua! token of the firm’s appreciatio,' for its valued customers. experienced personnel among its 16-member work force, including Road Serviceman Guy Thier wechter, and Partsman Wally Mowrer, with a combined total of 75 years experience in I.H. parts and service. Larry Herr announces that he’ll be looking for everyone at the company’s Open House from February 13 to 18, featuring equipment displays, refreshments, parts discounts, and special prices on wholegoods. Those who attend on Valentine’s Day will have the opportunity to direct questions to several factory representatives scheduled to be on hand. (Continued from Page 11) Lynn as Parts Supervisor, and Leonard as Shop Foreman for outdoor power products. Russel, himself, is Sales Manager and his wife Esther lends a hand in the office. Russel invites everyone to attend R.S. Hollinger & Son, Inc.’s Open House on February 27 and 28, for a look at what the elder Hollinger feels to be International’s finest product line yet. Pictured with Mifflinburg’s Service Manager (L-R), Bill Tallman, are Bud Wolfe, Ron Miller, Keith Herman, and Don Getty, the firm’s service technicians. ■gmr*' /- > :/n' t | iF , >^4#r^ Jf ** L* / |OS|*V 'N. "v Backed by a three-year or 2,500 hour warranty, the new performance-matched power train in International Harvester’s 50 Series two-wheel drive farm tractors features a high-displacement, turbocharged IH diesel engine, and a fully synchronized, constant mesh, 18 speed transmission with precision ground helical gears. The power train also a hydraulic-powered mid-mount master clutch, a computer sensor which protests the power shift portion of the transmission, differential lock, independent PTO, planetary final drives and heavy duty axles, fts modular design packages the speed transmission, range transmission and final drives in a strong unitized design for longer life and easier serviceability. Internationl Harvester’s new 150 h.p. 6588 and 130 h.p. 6388 2 + 2 tractors feature improved fuel efficiency and easier shifting and steering. Both are powered by large displacement six-cylinder diesels and have transmissions with 16 forward and eight reverse speeds. With these transmissions, the operator can power shift up or down on the go without declutching between 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and 7 and 8. X '4K - i , ’4*^