MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.) When Three-Mile-Island
was stilfa farm instead of a nuclear
electricity plant, John Alwine
began to sell seed com for DeKalb.
In fact, after this 86 year-old far
mer visited the 1954 Pennsylvania
Farm Show and bought seed com
for himself, he was asked by
DeKalb to start to sell seed to his
neighbors, which he did.
Along with fanning his own 143
acre farm, Alwine drove a ’39 Fbrd
around the Middletown/
Harrisburg area selling seed com.
At the time, even the parking lot at
the Harrisburg Airport was a farm.
At one time, shortly after he
started selling for DeKalb. Alwine
The Pennsylvania Farm Show display Irom the late 1950'5.
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John Alwine Honored For 54 Years
lost interest and was going to quit
But officials persuaded him to
keep going. And after selling 1200
bags one year, he received a trip to
Mexico as a sales production
bonus.
In the early days, com was sold
by the peck, not by the kernel. And
farms were much smaller. And
while the new technology that pro
duced genetically engineered com
was not known, even then the com
pany had a good number of
varieties.
Alwine was honored last week
for his hard work, leadership, and
drive for perfection at a dealers*
meeting at the Bird-in-Hand
Restaurant Both a plaque with a
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message Grom the company presi
dent and vice president, and an
enlargement of an early advertise
ment were presented as a retire
ment gift
“You may never know the influ
ence you have had on improving
crop yields, increasing the eco
nomy of the area and helping to
provide food for consumers
around the world.” the message on
the plaque said. “It’s individuals
like you who make others proud to
be associated with DeKalb. We
salute your success-.” Signed:
Richard O. Ryan, president and
Dinnis R. Schlott vice president
sales.
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Nevin or Bob
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John Alwlne (right), was honored at a dealers’ meeting
last week for 54 years of service. Making the presentation is
John Wysolmerski, district sales manager, (center) and
Dale Brandt, Aiwine's grandson-ln-law.
where you keep on going,” Alwine
said. “Sure I would do it again if I
had it to do over. But now it is time
to let the younger generation take
over.
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Moving Out Of
Good’s Store
to new location in Goodville
1542 Main St.,
East Earl, PA 17519
New Phone:
717-445-4490
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And that is what is happening.
Dale Brandt, A 1 wine’s grand son
in-law. has taken up the work as
the elder salesman has begun to
retire.