KEMPTON (Berks Co.) You
probably could call this antique
engine tractor and toy club the
fastest-growing farm organization
in the world. Only organized last
year, the club already has 313
members, and about 200 of them
At the. ie, .actor at jy_ ...ine»
Charles Snyder, Kermlt Klstler and Russell Angstadt
| t ra M.M. WEAVER & SONS
Antique Tractor Club Hold Banquet
were out at the annual dinner social
last Saturday evening at the Kemp
lon Fire Hall. Everyone seemed to
be having a wonderful time.
David Scmmel, secretary
treasurer, and Sterling Zimmer
man, chairman of the board, were
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We're holding a special field demonstration to show off our new
MF 3600 Series tractors: the turbocharged and charge-cooled
130 hp MF 3650 the turbocharged 115 hp MF 3630 and the
rugged 95 hp MF 3090. it's the prefect opportunity to watch the
new fuel-saving electronic 3-point linkage control system on
these new MF tractors in action. And there are a number of
other new cost-cutting, time-saving features you’ll want to look
over yourself, too After all, seeing is believing.
So come on out, have a little fun and see some great new
Massey tractors in action. And while you’re at it, why not •
bring a neighbor along.
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honored as charter members, and
Emma Burkhart, 86 years young,
received the table bouquet as the
oldest member present.
Four farm equipment dealers
who happen to be members of the
club were honored for long-time
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rman
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31, 1987-A37
service to the community: Norman
Flicker (Massey Ferguson), Ker
mit Kistler (John Deere), Charles
Snyder (Ford New Holland) and
Russel Angstadt (John Deere).
According to Mel Riehl, presi
dent, these dealers have served
agriculture a combined total of 138
years. Some have the third and
fourth generation now in the busi
ness. And m earlier times, they
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will have four directors.
Chester County dairy farmer
William Moore has held the
appointed position since 1982. He
declined the opportunity to run for
election, and after a lengthy nomi
nation process, two candidates
emerged for voter scrutiny and
decision. Although both arc lead
ers in their respective industries,
there is a marked contrast in their
cooperative and Farm Credit
leadership.
One is 49-ycar-old York County
dairy farmer Ralph McGregor. He
is an involved cooperative
recall that farmers traded in horses
and cows for tractors.
The Lehigh River Chorus, a bar
bershop group, presented the
entertainment To provide funds
for the organization, model trac
tors were auctioned off to the high
est bidder. The donated models
brought $35, $42.50, $35 and $4O
respectively.
Credit
member-owner, serving for six
years as a director of the York
Farm Credit Association; he is also
past chairman. He also markets his
milk cooperatively through Atlan
tic Dairy Cooperative and served
as a district president in that
organization.
Moreover, McGregor is a mem
ber of the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Cooperative
Director School Advisory Com
mittee and is a graduate of the
annual leadership school. He is
also a member of the PFA Legal
Defense Fund and vice president
of the Dover Area School Board.
Active in his community, McGre
gor is a member of the Washington
Township Planning Commission
and is active in the Lutheran
Church.
He is opposed by a poultry
processor/operator from Harrison
burg, Virginia, R.H. “Twig”
Stridden Stridden a 59-year-old
poultryman, retired in 1985 as
chief executive officer of Rocco
Enterprises, Inc; he currently
serves as chairman of the board.
Rocco is a vertically integrated
turkey and chicken operation with
350 farmers.
S trickier also owns Dogwood
Hill Farms, a poultry and sheep
operation.
He is currently vice president of
the Rockingham Memorial Hospi
tal Board of Trustees, board chair
man of Blue Cross of Virginia and
a member of the Methodist
Church. In the 1960 s and 19705,
Strickler was active in the Virginia
State Poultry Federation and the
Virginia Agribusiness Council,
serving as president of each.
The Baltimore Farm Credit Dis
trict encompasses Delaware,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia and Puerto Rico.
There are approximately 52,000
farmer owners in this system;
about one-third of IboMtvwners
are from Sys
tem has Mifc’ikaii Sl+Slen in
PCA and fILBA
approximately one-thir£ of that
loan volume originalff jn the
Commonwealth.
Ballots for the at-large scat were
mailed the first week in October
and must be received by the Farm
Credit Administration by Decem
ber 4. If you have not done so, find
that ballot and vote. Biographical
information on each candidate is
available in your local Farm Credit
office; information for this article
was taken from those data sheets as
well as a mailing Strickler made to
Farm Credit borrowers.
System stockholders have a
unique opportunity to exercise loc
al control with the advent of this
general election.
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