Trust Elects Three To Board
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Eileen Rockefeller Growald and
Nan Tucker McEvoy of the San
Francisco Bay Area and William
M. Dietel of northern Virginia
have been elected to the board of
directors of American Farmland
Trust (AFT).
Growald is a farm owner and
daughter of late AFT board mem
ber and co-founder Margaret Mc-
Grath Rockefeller. McEvoy owns
and operates a Marin County,
Calif., olive oil producing ranch
and is director emeritus and form
er chairman of the San Francisco
Chronicle publishing company.
Dietel, a former AFT board mem
ber, serves as chairman of the Na
tional Center for Nonprofit Boards
and president of the Pierson-Love
lace Foundation. He has a farm in
Flint Hill, Va.
Public Auction Register
Closing Date Monday 5:00 P.M.
of each week’s publication
JUNE
SAT. JUNE 22-9 AM Birds,
animals, housewares. New
Danville Fire Co. Social
Room, 2094 New Danville
Pike, Lane., Pa. along Rt.
324 near RL 741. For Ben
jamin A. Keller T/A Keller
Exotics. Keller, aucts.
WED, JUNE 26 - I:3OPM
Belleville Livestock Market.
Small herd of mixed breed
and Holstein cows in all
stages of lactation. For
Info: Sale Barn
717-935-2146 or Qene
Click 717-667-2703.
FRI. JUNE 28- 6PM Valu
able Bellvue Park real
estate & personal property.
2304 Chestnut St, Hbg.,
Pa. Estate of Mildred Wel
gle. Kerry Pae, aucts.
2 Day PUBLIC AUCTION
OF CONSTRUCTION, HOME OWNER
& MISC. SUPPLIES
Saturday, June 29 and Saturday, July 6
Commencing at 8:00 a.m. Each Day
Located along Route 15, 1-1/4 mile North of Lewisburg, PA, approxi
mately 50 miles North of Harrisburg.
John Deere Mini-Excavator Backhoe On Cleat-Trac; Model 781 New Holland Skid
Steer w/bucket & Forklift, 500 Hrs.; Gas Driven Concrete Trowels - 29”, 2-36”, 42”
& 46”; Model 180 CFM Chicago Pneumatic compressor, 1,400 Hrs.; Ingersall Model
100 CFM Compressor, 200 Hrs.; Smith CFM Compressor, 2,700 Hrs.; 2 Steam
Jennies; Construction Heaters; Various Sizes Generators; Various Sizes Gas &
Electric Heaters; Acetylene Torch Set - No Tanks; 2 Gas Driven Post Hole Diggers;
Stump Grinder; 23 Ft. Lift w/Platform; Host Carpet Cleaner; New & Used Air
Compressors: compactors; Concrete Vibrators; Atla 16”x5” Metal Lathe; 20 Ton
Shop Press Electric Elevators; Engine Host & Stand; ANgle Head Grinder
w/Terrazzo Stones; Demolition Jack Hammers; Engine Chain Hoist; 9 Ft. x 10 In.
Pillar base Mounted Jib Crane; Airless Paint Sprayer; Paint Stripper; Post Driver;
Electric Gas Pumps; Riding Lawn Roller; Rototillers; Routers; Sand Blasters; Air,
Belt, Edger, Floor & Oscillating Sanders; Chain, Circular Concrete, Jig,
Reciprocating & Tub Saws; Bosch Tampers; Wall Paper Steamers; High Pressure
Washer; Projectors; Tampers; Leaf Blower - Squirrel Cage; 15 Hp. Brush Chipper;
Brick Elevator: Walk Behind Concrete Saw; concrete Scabblers; Log Splitters; Pipe
Thawer; Pipe Threader: Hammerhead; Rotary & Standard Drills; Floor Stripper;
Insulation Blower; Power Impact Wrenches; Shop & Carpet Vacuums; Electric Sewer Eel.
Masonry Drill Bits, Saw Blades, Buckets & Trowels: Plastering & Dry Wall Trowels;
Concrete Hand tools; Sandblasting Tools & Helmet; Host Carpet Cleaner; Misc. Saw
Blades; Display Shelving; Chimney Cleaners; Appliance Cart; Lawn - Aerator, Edger,
Rollers, Sweeper, Seeders & Thatcher: Extension Ladders: Carpet Scissors; Carpet &
Linoleum Stripper; Kero Burner; Safety Belts; Sewer Snakes; Signs; Staple Guns;
Socket Sets: Tree Trimmers; Weed Eaters; wheelbarrows; 3 New & Used 250 Gal.
Gas Storage Tanks; Banding Kit: Misc. Brick Cutters; Bull Float; Misc. Axle Pullers;
Pilot Lift; Piano Mover; Hydraulic, Ladder, roof. Transmission & High-Lift Jack;
Drywall Lift; Pallet Pullers; Hedge Trimmers: Ring Compressor: Linoleum roller;
Tile Cutters; torque Wrenches; Tow Bars & Hitches; Auto Polisher; Floor Polisher;
Ring Compressor; Metal Scaffolding; Scabblers; Dutchman Pry Bar; Dehumidifiers;
Moving Pads: Party Items - Arch, Chafing Dish, Champagne Beverage Fountain,
Clam Steamer, Chairs, Tables; 4 PA House Hutch Tops; Various Types Shop & Repair
Tools; Automatic Nailer. Nails & Many, Many More Items Not Listed.
717-523-1261
* AUCTIONEERS’ NOTE: Mr. Ruhl Is Going Out Of Business, Selling Good
Brand Name Equipment, Well Maintained.
Wayne Hess: Auctioneer
AU-000411-L • (717) 922-1206
Lori Hess-Lauver: Auctioneer
AU-002854-L • (717) 966-2512
* Some Items May Be Sold Before Sale Day. Large Compressors, Skid Steer &
J-D. Backhoe Selling July 6, At 1:00 P.M.
Owner and Auctioneers not responsible for accidents
“We are pleased to have three
individuals of this calibre joining
our board of directors,’’ said AFT
President Ralph Grossi, a third
generation northern California
rancher. “Eileen Growald brings
to us the same strong commitment
and dedication to farmland con
servation and stewardship as her
mother. Nan McEvoy has exten
sive firsthand knowledge and ex
perience in the management of a
start-up agricultural enterprise.
And Bill Dietel provided out
standing leadership and service as
an AFT board member in the past.
All are truly welcome additions to
our board.”
As a child, Growald spent
weekends on her parents’ farm in
Tarrytown, N.Y. She went to
school on a 260-acre farm in up-
WED. JUNE 26 -10 AM
Tractors, farm equip, irriga
tion equip, 1972 Qhevy
refrig, truck, 10 tons of hay,
tools, cherry lumber, anti
ques, household goods.
2884 Safe Harbor Rd., Mil
lersville, manor Twp, Lane.
Co., Pa. By Mr. & Mrs. Earl
E. Breneman. Howard E.
Shaub, Inc., auct
SAT. JUNE 29 - 9AM Anti
ques & collectibles, at the
Auction bam in American
Comer, Md. on Auction Rd.
between Denton and
Federalsburg, Mdf A. Cur
tins Andrew Auction, Inc.
SAT. JUNE 29 - & SAT.
JULY 6 • Construction,
home owner & misc. sup
plies, Along RL 15, VA mi.
N. of Lewlsburg, Pa.
approx. 50 miles N. of Har
risburg. Ruhl's Rental,
Ruhl’s Rental, Owner
state New Yoik, later spending
four years at Oldfields School in
the cornfields of Maryland. After
receiving a bachelor’s degree in
geography from Middlebury Col
lege and master’s from Lesley
College, she worked for Shel
burne Farms in Vermont, first
helping to create their education
program and then becoming dir
ector of communications and de
velopment
A native San Franciscan, Mc-
Evoy began her career as a jour
nalist. In 1961, she became one of
the first members of the Peace
Corps, eventually co-running its
office in Africa and becoming
special assistant to the director.
She later became associated with
several nonprofit organizations in
Washington, D.C. and was named
CRI Signs Pact
fKZT«ST’ M With New Zealand
Dairy Board
THURS. JUNE 27 - 9AM
Appliances, furniture, glass
& china, jewelry, antiques &
collect., clocks, lawn'ff gar
den, tools. 114 Kready
Ave., Millersville, Lane.
Co., Pa. In Millersville take
George St. to E. on Kready
Ave. to auction, by Henry &
Betty Niesen. Roy & Eric
Probst, auct
THURS. JUNE 27 -
3:3OPM Tractor, farm
equip, tools, furniture & col
lectibles. Warwick Twp.
Fire Co. banquet hall, Rt.
263, Jamison (Bucks Co.),
held for Mr. Donald Spun of
Pipersville, Pa. Robert H.
Clinton & Co., aucts.
THURS. JUNE 27 • 4PM
Household goods, tools
and baseball card collec
tions. From Rt. 322 take
Churchtown Rd. south to
right on Meadeville Rd. to
left on Buchland Rd. to sale
on left, Salisbury Twp,
Lane. Co. By Charles E.
Spotts Estate. Horning
Farm Agency, Inc.
SHAWANO,
Wis. Cooperative
Resources International
(CRI), a global marketer of
United States cattle semen
has signed a cooperative
marketing agreement with
New Zealand’s largest
dairy cooperative. Lives
tock Improvement
Cooperative (LIC), a sub
sidary of the New Zealand
Da#y Board.
LIC sells about 2.14 mil
lion unites of semen annu
ally, about 1.4 million of
which are sold as fresh
semen. The have about 75
percent of the artificial
insemination business in
New Zealand, which has
2.8 million dairy cows in
14,500 herds.
CRI is heralding the
agreement as a historic
event, in a news release this
week.
Public Sale
OF
TRACTORS•
FARM EQUIPMENT
IRRIGATION EQUIP.
1972 CHEVY REFRIG. TRUCK
10 TONS of HAY - TOOLS
CHERRY LUMBER
ANTIQUES -
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
WED., JUNE 26, 1996
at 10:00 A.N.
Loc. 2884 Safe Harbor Road, Nillersvllle.
Manor Twp.. Lancaster Co.. PA
(Dir: Between Letort Rd. ft Safe Harbor)
1972 CHEVROLET. #3O REFRIG. TRUCK
w/Refrig. Comp., B’xl6’ TRUCK REFRIG, BOX
w/Rcfrig. Comp. #64 M-F HIGH CLEARANCE
DIESEL TRACTOR w/power steering. Might Mac
Hydra Skid Loader w/2 buckets, 6‘ King Kutter Bush
Hog, 8 Ton Elec. Bin Wagon on rubber, 2 Sect. Spring
Harrow, Grain Drill, Rear Cult., Krause Chisel Plow,
NH Flat Bed Wagon on rubber, Myer 100 Gal. Air
Sprayer w/P.T.O. & 3 P.T., #37 I.H. Baler, New Idea
Manure‘spreader, M-F 18” Roll Over Plow, 24 Disc
Harrow w/3 P.T., Cultipacker, 3 P.T. Boom Sprayer,
Cardinal Belt & Cham-Driven Grain Elevators, Circ.
Saw Buck & Blades. A-C Mower (As Is). 1/4T. Elec.
Hoist. Log Chains. Platform Scales. Elec. Fences. 10T.
Mixed Hay. IRRIGATION EQUIP: Wisconsin 3”
Marlow Pump, Palcer 2”«Pump w/Elec. SHP Motor,
800’ of 2” Irrig. Pipe, 1000’ of 3” Irrig. Pipe, #3O
Sprinklers & Fixtures. Risers,. Heat & Pressure Cut
Off Controls. 42’ Alum. Ext. Ladder. 1/2” Drill, 3HP
Motors. HAND & BARN TOOLS. Slater’s Tools.
Toledo Store Scales. Wdn. Fruit Bins. Crates. Berry
Boxes & Carriers. GOOD CHERRY LUMBER A IC.
OAK. WATERFALL. MAPLE. PINE & MAHG.
FURNITURE: IRON: Ice Tongs, Mt.ville Pump
Trough. CROCKS. Glass Jar Butter Chum. HH
GOODS Partial Listing. Not responsible for
Accidents. No Out of State Checks. Food Served.
Mr. & Mrs. Earl E. Brenemai^
Howard E. Shaub, Inc. (717) 464*3541
Auctioneer (AU-000831-L)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1996-A39
“Woman of the Year” in 1973 by
the Washingtonian magazine. She
started her olive oil producing
ranch in Marin County several
years ago.
Dietel held academic positions
at the Universities of Connecticut
and Massachusetts. He served as
assistant dean of Amherst Col
lege. In 1970, after nine years as
Farmland Group
Elects Rancher,
Newspaper Publisher
WASHINGTON, D.C. Ed
ward H. Harte, Laredo, Texas,
rancher and retired publisher of
the Corpus Christi Caller-Times,
has been elected the first director
of American Farmland Trust to fill
the Peggy Rockefeller chair.
The chair is a life member of
the board position created to hon
or the memory and spirit of Mar
garet McGrath Rockefeller, AFT
founding board member who died
March 26. AFT is a national, non
profit farmland conservation
group working to stop the loss of
productive farmland and to pro
mote farming practices that lead to
a healthy environment
“Ed Harte has served with dis
tinction on AFT’s board of direc-
“This agreement develops a
relationship with one of the pre
mier cooperatives in the world,”
said Keith Heikes, chief operating
officer of Noba Inc., a CRI subsid
ary based in Tiffin, Ohio. “LIC is
totally guided by cooperative prin
ciples and their goals are very
similar to those of CRI.”
Key points in the agreemnt
include an exchange of personnel
training, joint research program-
principal at Emma Willard School
in Troy, N.Y., he joined the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, serv
ing as president from 1975 to
1987. He then entered the consult
ing field. Dietel served on AFT’s
Board from 1987 to 1993, when
he stepped down to become a
member of AFT’s President
Council.
tors since 1985,” said AFT Presi
dent Ralph Grossi. “We are de
lighted that with his election to the
Peggy Rockefeller chair, he can
continue to provide the invaluable
guidance, commitment, and dedi
cation to the board and staff of
AFT that we have come to expect
of him.”
Harte is a director of Harte-
Hanks Communications, a public
ly owned company based in San
Antonio. He has served as presi
dent and director of the Inter-
American Press Association, an
association of publishers and edi
tors from all the Americas. For
five years in the late 19705, he
also was chairman of the board of
the National Audubon Society.
ming, and an exchange of prog
ramming ideas regarding process
ing of dairy records.
CRI will be the exclusive distri
butor of semen on LIC Holstein
and Jersey sires and is likely to do
some sourcing of United States
embryos for LIC, according to the
news release.
Belleville
Livestock Market
Wednesday, June 26,1996
at 1:30 PM
We are offering for sale on consignment a
small herd of mixed breed and Holstein
cows in all stages of lactation. Cows are
bred for year round freshening.
For more info: Sale Barn 717-935-2146
Gene Click 717-667-2703
ilk PUBLIC AUCTION
CBTHURS., JUNE 27,1996
at 9:00 A.M.
Loc.: 114 Kready Ave., Millersville, Lancaster Co.,
PA. (Dir.: In Millersville, take George St to East on
Kready Ave. to_auction).
ANTIQUES * COLLECTS.. Umtron Astronomy
Telescope, early Mother’s Flower Garden quill lop. mm.
figs IRON- muffin pan. early locks; OAK tool cab , UN:
Moore milk box, Hanson scales, AGATE pc in Blue
Swirl; GRAY: dipper, puddm pan, etc.; BRASS'- Troup &
Cadet horns, sconces, Indian brass figs.; WOOL): barrels;
ROOKS: 1811 British Spy, 1913 Donohue Peter Rabbit,
child’s cloth-bound book, lot cookbooks: APY.: hand cro
cheted & beaded purses, daguerreotypes, etc
CLOCKS: Hammond mantel, Sessions horse, Ansoma
Mantel, etc German Fein Werk Bau air rifle; FISHING:
Daiwa, Penn & Mitchell leels, lot rods, lot sinkers &
molds, etc Werk Bau air rifle; FISHING' Troy Bill Super
Tomahawk 2 in 2 chip/shred. Agway mower, air comprs..
sprayer, weed eaters, hyd jack, 16’ alum. ext. ladder,
hatchei. pruners, Briggs gas engine. Coleman & Thermos
lanterns, etc. ,
TOOLS: Harding Bros Cataract 38" Precision bench lathe
(inc.: slide rest, tail stock (31-5 c collects 1/8 to I” dia.),
repulsion indicator, 1/6 H P. motor, steady rest, 3-jaw
Universal inside & outside chuck, Ig. throat for gun barrel
work. etc.). Rockwell 3” belt sander, 50 amp, arc welder
(flame torch). Sears 3/8” elec, drill, 1/4 drill on stand;
Craftsman jig saws; drill press tapping attach., saws,
wrenches, files, metal tool box, elec, motors, etc
Food served. No out of state checks. Not responsible for
accidents day of auction. Sale by
HENRY & BETTY NIESEN
SARAH H. BIEHLE ESTATE
ROY & ERIC PROBST, Aucts.
AUOOO73OL, (717) 464-3190
UN A.