HARRISBURG Twenty-seven
farms were designated official
Pennsylvania Century Farms
during 1983, bringing the total
number of Century Farms in the
commonwealth to 845, according to
Penrose Hallowell, State
Agriculture Secretary.
Hallowell said, “The Century
Farms Program was established
to help publicize the strengths and
durability of our farm families
which have contributed so much to
our commonwealth’s economic
and agricultural heritage. For
more than 200 years our farm
families have kept Pennsylvania
growing better, as the leading
agricultural state in the Northeast.
Our 59,000 farm families produce
more than $3 billion annually in
farm products and help make
agriculture Pennsylvania’s
number one industry.”
To be recognized as a Century
Farm by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, the
farm must be owned by the same
family for 100 consecutive years to
the date of application, and a
family member must presently
live on the farm. The farm must
consist of at least ten acres of the
original holding.
The Secretary urged other
Pennsylvania farm families who
qualify for the Century Farm
honors to make application for the
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Following are the present farm
owners recognized in 1983, with
year of purchase by their an
cestors:
BERKS COUNTY. Charles and
Betty Kissling, Rl, Robesonia,
farm purchased in 1972 by his
great grandfather Amandon
Kissling.
BUCKS COUNTY: B. Harrison
and Myrtle Landis, Rl, Perkasie,
farm purchased in 1734 bv his
great great great great grand
father Jacob Detweiler.
CENTRE COUNTY: Phyllis and
Carl Royer, R 2, Spring Mills, farm
purchased in 1883 by her great
grandfather Benjamin
Frankenberger.
CLARION COUNTY: Harold
and Marie Beels, Beels Hill Farm,
Rl, Emlenton, farm purchased in
1844 by his great great grandfather
Daniel Beels.
CLEARFIELD COUNTY:
William S. McKenrick, Rl,
Grampian, farm purchased in 1841
by his great great grandfather
William Wood.
CRAWFORD COUNTY:
Crawford County Farm, Rl,
Saegertown, farm purchased by
the county in 1881.
FRANKLIN COUNTY: Grace
and Clarence Burkholder, Bricker
Road, Chambersburg, farm
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purchased in 1877 by his great
grandfather Jacob Knoll; M. Dice
and Roberta Statler, Social Island
Road, Chambersburg, farm
purchased in 1872 by his great
grandfather Daniel Statler; Daniel
and Anna Rice Myers, Hollowell
Church Road, Chambersburg,
farm purchased in 1766 by the
great great great great grand
father Jacob Leashore; Harry and
Dorothy Reitz of McCord Road,
Chambersburg, farm purchased in
1876 by her grandfather John
Gross; Mary Louise Sauder,
Price’s Church Road, Waynesboro,
farm purchased in 1883 by her
grandfather George Foltz; and
Vernon Fox of Harbaugh Church
Road, Waynesboro, farm pur
chased around 1876 by his great
grandmother Sarah Fox.
FULTON COUNTY: R. Boyd
and Freda Cromer of Star Route
North, McConnellsburg, farm
purchased in 1881 by his grand
mother Emma Cromer.
JUNIATA COUNTY: C. George
and Nancy Book of Mexico, farm
purchased in 1851 by his great
great grandfather John Book; and
James and Fleda Wilson, Star
Route, Mifflintown, farm pur
chased in 1869 by his great grand
father J. Banks Wilson.
LUZERNE COUNTY: Gordon
and Judith Dawe, Downland
Farm, Lehman, farm purchased in
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LANCASTER COUNTY: J.
Clayton and Dorothy Charles, R 2,
Lancaster, farm purchased in 1774
by Clayton’s great great great
grandfather Jacob Charles; Paul
and Emma Krantz of Rl,
Strasburg, farm purchased in 1864
by Paul’s great great grandfather
Peter Herr; Grace and Clarence
Shearer, Jr., Rl, Washington Boro,
farm purchased in 1883 by his
great great great grandfather
Jake Hershey; and Labertha and
Charles Tindall, Jr., Rl, Peach
Bottom, farm purchased in 1882 by
his great grandfather Silas Herr
and brother David.
MIFFLIN COUNTY: William
and Helen Bratton, R 2, Mc-
Veytown, farm purchased in 1779
by his great great great grand
father James Bratton.
MONROE COUNTY: George
and Katherine Kitchen, Spring
Willow Farm, R 4, Stroudsburg,
farm purchased in 1881 by her
great grandfather William Haney
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Jeffrey Wright, R 2, Stroudsburg,
farm purchased in 1835 by her
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TY; Francis and Shirley Follmer,
R 3, Milton, farm purchased in 1799
by his great great great great
grandfather Johannes Follmer.
SOMERSET COUNTY: Ray and
Gladys Spangler, R 2, Friedens,
farm purchased in 1854 by his
great grandfather Perry Spangler.
TIOGA COUNTY: Basil and Joe
Stevens, R 5, Wellsboro, farm
purchased in 1883 by their great
grandparents John and Elizabeth
Hatherill.
WARREN COUNTY: Raymond
and Lucy Mahan, R 3, Sugar Grove,
farm purchased in 1882 by his
grandfather Harry Mahan.
Applications or additional in
formation on the program can be
obtained by writing to Century
Farms, c/o Press Office, Pa.
Department of Agriculture, 2301
North Cameron Street,
Harrisburg, PA 17110, or by calling
717-787-5085.
interested in learning more about
roadside marketing.
Starting at 7:30, the meetings
are free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
Meetings will be held on the
following dates and at the
following locations:
- April 3, at Barton’s Fruit Farm,
Stewartstown, York County.
- April 4 at Kohler Farm,
Prospectsville, Montgomery
County.
- April 5 at Seiple Farm Market,
Bath, Northampton County.
- April 10 at Trax Farms,
Library, Allegheny County.
- April 11 at Apple Castle, New
Wilmington, Lawrence County.
- April 12 at Crum Brothers
Orchards, Catawissa, Columbia
County.
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