Eight Annual Reunion of Steam Threshers in Lancaster County
The Rough and Tumble Engine and Machinery Historical Association hosts a three day exhibit August 16 to 18 at the Young Company Kinzer on US Rt. 301 Lancaster County. A large steam engine display will run with threshing and sawmilling history. Threshing contests and a hobby show are planned. A memorial service Sunday for Arthur Young will be held at 10 am. The association seeks a permanent engine display building as a living memorial to Mr. Young.
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Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association
Young Company
Kinzer
US Rt
Lancaster County
Arthur §. Young, Kinzer
Mr. Young
Classified Advertising Big Money From Oyster Shells and More
Local column lists multiple sale offers and wanted items from Pennsylvania towns. Includes for sale notices on Maytag appliance, cross pallets, and 600 Leghorn yearling hens, plus earning prospects selling tableware and a farm ad offering 3 nitro poultry feed and Guinea pig raising opportunities. Names and contact details for Fred Whiteside, Paul M Weaver, Aaron Zimmer, Keeney Bros., F. W Fisher, Amos G Esh appear with towns like Kirkwood Manheim Quarryville New Holland Leacock Leola Gordonville and intersections near Intercourse Pequea Creek.
Farm Maid Of 1956 Crown To Be Awarded At Reading Fair
A concerted drive to procure entries for two open-to-the-world contests at the Reading Fair is bearing fruit. The fair, one of Pennsylvania's largest, operates to showcase local agriculture and talents with community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Pennsylvania
Classified Advertising Rates and Farm Maid Contest Entries
Classified rates advise 25 cents per word with 80 cent minimum and four cents a word for repeated ads. Deadline is Wednesday at 10 am during Sept 9 to 16. Farm Maid 1956 features Helen Hollenbach and three early Miss Reading Fair candidates Maria Mangler, Harriet Krauss, and Eileen Dotterer, all single. contestants must live on a farm and showcase needlework, pie baking, and hand milking.
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Lancaster Farming
Quarryville
Ates
America
Helen Hollenbach
Strausstown
Reading Fair
Mary Jane Mangler
Philadelphia
Harriet L. Krauss
Spring City
Stanographer
Evansburg
Eileen S. Dotterer
Wilson High School
West Lawn
Reading Fair Contest Entry Details and Dates
Official entry forms for both contests are available at the Reading Fair office 522 Court St Reading Pa. The Miss Reading Fair beauty contest requires entrants to be at least 16 by September 1 this year. Entry deadline for Farm Maid is August 31 and for the beauty contest is September 1.
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Court St
Reading
Remote problems remain hard to settle for distant peoples
It remains extremely difficult to resolve the issues of people living hundreds of miles away, though many continue efforts to address them.
Dallas Trucker Wins July State Safety Award
W Frank Gosart of Dallas Pa 18 years of safe trucking and 1150000 accident free miles earned him the PMTA Driver of the July Month Award and a governor Paul Leader presented him with a gold lapel pin. The Mushroom Transportation Company honored Gosart and his wife with watches for his record.
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Harrisburg
W. Frank Gosart
Dallas
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
George Leader
Gosart
PMTA
Leader
Mushroom Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
New York
M & G Convoy
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Fred Whiteside
Kirkwood
Paul M. Weaver
Manheim
Skyline Harvester
Aaron S Zimmerman
East Earl
Box
New Holland Rd1
Keeney Bros. Farm
New Freedom, Pa
Salisbury
F. W Fisher
Leacock
Leola
Henry J
Ephrata
Mt Hope
Intercourse
Pequea Creek
Amos G
Gordonville
Freedom Hull Angus Breeders
Narvon, Pennsylvania
Reist Seed Company
Mt. Joy, Pa
Mt Joy
Smith & Sponholtz
Rawinsville
Muss Hollenbach
Blue Mountain View Farms
Issu
KET
Quarryville, PA
Clyde E. Keener
R. D
Lance
Dallas Trucker
Union Stock Yards
Lanc
Lanc. Livestock Exchange
D. E. Morrison
Guernsey Dispersal
Association Sales
Lancaster
S.T
Penna
Guernsey
Ass'n
P. O. Box
Harrisburg, PA
Keystone Holstein Sales
Lauxmont
Lucifer
Harvey Retten
Harvfy
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