A42;Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 9, 2002
Berks County Farm-City Event Honors Longtime Farm Owners
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
Wyomissing (Berks Co.) For
the 19th time, members of the
Berks County agriculture and ag
ribusiness industry gathered to
celebrate agriculture with awards
and a presentation about the an
nualFarm-City exchange.
The Berks County Chamber of
Commerce Farm-City Council
NEWFIELD AUCTION CO.
PUBLIC AUCTION
SAT., NOV. 16, 2002
10 A.M.
For; Marcacci Equip. Co.
Located; 1935 Vine Rd., Vineland, N.J.
(Vine Rd. is off of Main Rd. (Rt. 555)
between Wheat & Oak Rds.)
Vehs., equip., tools, and a Ig. variety of items'
surplus to our needs.
Including: ‘B9 Ford F-150 extended cab, ‘B9
Chevy 1500 p.u., ‘B5 Ford F-150 w/ladder rack,
‘B2 CMC S-10 p.u., ‘B3 Jeep Wagoneer w/snow
plow. ‘B9 Chevy Corsica. Kruger 20’ gooseneck
equip, li 1. Yale 2500 forklift w/air tires (propane)
Comm, kitchen equip.: 2 Berckle meat sheers, 2
- Butcher Boy meat band saws, Hobart meat
grinder, hamburger patty maker, sev. BBQ grills
& port pig roasters, gas stoves & bakery ovens,
sev S.S sinks & tables, 2 - walk-m coolers
Shop equip. & tools: Walker Turner table saw &
drill press. Rockwell wood lathes, woodworking
bench. Lincoln stick welder. Thermal Arc plasma
cutter, welding table & torches, bench grinder, 2 -
sand blasters & cab, Budget elec, hoists. Ig. pipe
threader, hand & power tools, hyd. fl. jacks, shop
vacs, appliances, hand trks.. rigging equip , scaf
folding. dollies, carts, chains, fire ext. roller con
veyors. shelving, bolt bins & contents, plumbing
& elec, fittings, pipe & steel w/racks, 200,000
BTU heater, concrete mixer, Mikasa gas
tamper, Milwaukee demo, hammer, ladders.
New electronic baseball score board 4'xlO’ still
m the crate. Old R.R. lanterns, copper kettle
signs, and much more.
T.J. Sullins Auctioneer
Ram/Shine
Food Available Bar-B-Que Pork
Terms: Cash. Payment in full at sale time.
All items sold “as is”
Sale conducted by
Newfield Auction Co.
(856) 697-4053
Restaurant
Equipment Auction
Nov. 18 - Monday-10 am
Peppermint Lounge
700 Market St., Sunbury, Pa.
This Landmark Restaurant is NOT Going Out of
Business. We are selling Surplus Equipment to
make room for Future Improvements. The
Peppermint Lounge is a large capacity Night
Club, noted for its exciting decor.
We will be selling fifties decor, many booths and
tables, awnings, stack chairs, kitchen equipment,
like new 4 burner gas range, Vulcan combo six
burner range w/grill and double convection
ovens, Hobart 20 qt. mixer, Belshaw gas donut
fryer. Refrigeration Imperial freezer, CRC
refrigerator, toasters, hot cheese disp. Baker’s
Pride pretzel oven, heat lamps. Globe sheer, cof
fee makers, Starr hot dogger, Servend 400 ice
machine, SS bus carts, 3 bay sinks, gas fryers -
new and used, refrigerated sandwich units,
Metro shelving, Henny Penny pressure fryers,
Vulcan convection ovens, steam tables, electric
hot hold cabinets, light fixtures, round tables
look like 45 records, beer signs, TVs, file cabi
nets, small safe, french fry cutter, bar supplies,
- pots and pans and small wares for all types of
food service and bakery.
Special feature; 40’ x 50’ center pole tent - white
color
Directions: From Rt’s 11 & 15 at Selinsgrove
take Rt. 61 North to Sunbury. Continue on Rt. 61
North, I mile, turn right on Market St.
Terms: No Buyer’s Premium, Cash and Pa.
Check.
-24 hr. removal.
MARK BARANOWSKI
AU 2570
(717) 657-2317
sponsored the Berks County
Farm-City Banquet Thursday
evening at the Sheraton Reading
Hotel.
Dr. Robert and Helene Dreis
bach were honored with one of
two Public Relations in Agricul
ture awards. The Dreisbachs,
Hamburg,have 115 registered Jer
sey animals on 120 acres. Dr.
Dreisbach is doing small animal
veterinary work
from the farm of
fice. Helene is na
tional director of
the National Jer
sey Cattle Club.
The second
Public Relations in
Agriculture Award
went to the Berks
County Planning
Commission. Dur
ing the 19905, the
planning commis
sion initiated a
HOLSTEIN HERD
DISPERSAL
FRL, NOV. 22,2002
11:00 AM
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE HEAD
ALL A.I. SIRED AND SERVICED
Dispersal Held For Jonas - Ruth Stoltzfus
in Kent County Millington, Maryland 6 mile
West of Millington 6 mile East of Chestertown,
From Rt. 301 go West on 291 miles, from Rt. 213
at Galena go South on 313 to 290 South to 291
West, 20 years of A.I. breeding. Twenty Five
breeding age heifers, 100 head of milk cows, 75
head 2 and 3 yr old, 59 head fresh and due Aug.
2002 thru Feb. 2003.
November test average 82 lb. milk, 3.8 fat,
R.H.A. presently 24,600 M. R.H.A. last 12
month over 25,000 M. 908 fat presently 20 head,
milking over 100 lb. 32 head over 9.0 lb.
App. 50% of animals have registration papers
animals all eligible for registration if desired.
Auct. note: there are animals in this herd that
would score well.
Call owner for info on animals 410-778-0203.
Bring proper I.D. to obtain buyer number.
Pedigrees Dale Hoover 717-867-2489
Petersheim Auctioneers: W
Steve - Orpha Rose
610-857-5200 , f
AU 001349 L V*\ly
MON. NOV. 18TH 5:30
Furniture: Oak display desk; raised panels; ver
tical tambour mil; from Crieder Shoe Factory, E-
Town: Vic style love seat; old wooden telephone
booth; game table; organ stool; grained blanket
chest; patio chairs; poster bed; cherry display
cabinet; deco chiffrobe; mahog. china; Vic wick
er baby carriage; Fahlin propeller; bedroom suite;
oak table.
Collectibles: 1929 Harrisburg telegraph marble
tournament lapel pin; 16th cent. John Foxes Book
of Martyrs, 1583; Actes and monuments of mat
ters most special and memorable, printed by John
Day with hand written script front and back end
pages; jewelry; 14k ring w/15 diamonds; lct-14k
art deco ring; 14k ladies watch w/diamonds; let.
anniv ring; platinum wedding engage rings; 18k
pocket watch w/chain - Civil War; cartridge box
w/tins; strap; breastplate; sling; belt & buckle;
bayonet with scabbard; the Daily Citizen,
Vicksburg Miss., 1863; colt flask; Rem. 45. cal.
black powder, Italian; Colt 36 black powder;
High standard 22,9 shot rev; WWII German 7.65
Rev; Colt 22 semi-auto; Woodsman w/holster;
Rem. 22 pump; Mossberg 22 bolt; air guns; four
large paintings of black artists Duke Ellington,
Lena Home, Marian Anderson 19505; 20+ water
pitchers & tea pots. Hall, McCoy, Fiesta; radio
Mickey Mouse 19505; mantle clock; regulator;
ruff; bottles; books; alligator suitcase, ruff; top
hat; advertising; 300+ keepsake Xmas orna
ments; 5 Northwood carnival tumblers; castor
set; chase; J. Bros, set of china; toys; cut, pressed
Depression glass; sculpture by Manuel
Felguerez, damaged; oils; prints; photos; lithos;
sleds; oil lamps; comics; Golden Age & up T.V.;
photo covers; Disney; war; Western & classic
illus. 500+ 1984 Honda 500 Interceptor w/extra
new engine.
major effort to encourage more
townships to develop effective ag
riculture preservation zoning.
Through the commission’s Ag
riculture Zoning Incentive pro
gram, about 60,000 acres in 12
townships were designated effec
tive agriculture preservation
areas.
Phina Bodock won the Woman
in Agriculture Award. Bodock is
best known for her work as a
county executive director of the
Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Bodock started her FSA career
as a program assistant and be
came county executive director in
1989. She will be retiring in a few
months.
The Farm-City ichangees
were Brendan Fehily, a news re
porter for Channel 69 WFMZ for
the past six months, and Mark
Hoch, dairy farmer on the Hoch
homestead.
Mark was given a tour of the
Channel 69 station and helped
10% Buyer Premium
3SS 717-944-6537 hrs?^
Honored for having farms in the family for more than
250 years were, from left, Mark and Bernice Hoch, Elmer
and Ruth Petershirm, Richard H. Yoder and Richard A.
Yoder, Joseph Schlegel (kneeling), Harold and Fern Adam,
Mark and Janine Dreibelbis, and Lester and Faye Miller.
Fehily gather a story at the Penn
State Berks campus about cell
phones. Fehily helped out with
the daily chores on the farm. “A
lot of people have the image of a
guy sitting on a stool (to milk),
and it’s certainly not like that
anymore. It’s a very interesting
process.”
Fehily also helped to scrape
down the bam. “I learned that
cows produce a lot more than
milk,” he said.
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ning Commission, and Dr.-Robert Dreisbach. Far right is Er
nest Heckman, master of ceremonies.
3 GREAT AUCTIONS
John Deere LA Tractor
Furniture, Contemporary Collectibles
Household Items
MON. NOV. 18, 2002
2:00 P.M.
125+ GUNS
HANDGUNS, RIFLES, SHOTGUNS
Catalog at www.shaffnerauction.com
By Nov. 15
THURS. NOV. 21,2002
5:00 PM
500+ LOTS
US COINS & CURRENCY
OUTSTANDING FOREIGN
SELECTION
ANCIENT MONEY & ODDITIES
Catalog at www.shaffnerauction.com
By Nov. 15
FRI. NOY. 22,2002
5:00 PM
Located at Shaffner Auction Gallery, 977 West
Main Street, (Route #230) Mount Joy, PA 3 Miles
from either Rheems or Manheim/Mount Joy exits
of Route #283 midway between Lancaster &
Harrisburg, PA.
Preview 3- Hours Prior to Each Auction, 10%
Buyers Premium, Visa/MC.
Can we work for you? At our location or yours?
Receiving hours at the Gallery are Wed 2PM -
7PM & Sat 9AM - Noon or call for a free confi
dential appointment to discuss how to get the
most for your collection.
Shaffner Auction Co.
Mark Diffenderfer AU 2897-L
717-492-0004
Marty Fleck
(717)413-6238
We Treat Your Property As If It Were Our Own
www.shaffnerauction.com
Berks County farms with 250
or more years of family ownership
included properties owned by
Richard A. Yoder, with a family
farm for 288 years; Kathryn
Kauffman Stabler (caretaker
Elmer Petersheim), 275 years;
Mark and Bernice Hoch, 274
years; Joseph Schlegel, 264 years;
Lester and Faye Miller, 261 years;
Harold and Fem Adam, 259
years; and Mark and Janine Drei
belbis, 252 years.
Trust Dinner
Nov. 14
LANCASTER (Lan
caster Co.) Lancas
ter County has pre
served more farms and
acreage than any other
county in the na
tion,more than 50,000.
This spirit of coop
eration will be recog
nized during Lancaster
Farmland Trust’s an
nual dinner on Thurs
day, Nov. 14, at the
Quality Inn and Suit
es, Oregon Pike in
Lancaster.
A welcome recep
tion and silent auction
will begin at 5:45 p.m.
with dinner at 6:30
p.m. The silent auction
will again feature
items produced on
some of the Trust’s
preserved farms. All
proceeds from the auc
tion go toward helping
to preserve farmland.
Fifteen farm fami
lies (a total of 18
farms) who have pre
served their farms this
year will be honored
with land benefactor
awards.
For more informa
tion, call (717)
293-0707.