Egg experts tout breakfast role at Lancaster Poultry event
Lancaster County Poultry Association president spoke on a Saturday sign dedication and introduced contest winners Mrs. Samuel Bailey and Charles Millinger plus Ruth Weichsel as Poultry Queen. Leslie Hubbard outlined farm board work and regional expansion while noting egg nutrition and per person production figures. John Copenhauer provided a dozen eggs for media attendees.
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Lancaster County Poultry Association
William E. Wilson
Hubbard Farms
Samuel Bailey
Eden Road
Lancaster
Charles Millinger
Lancaster Boy’s Club
Lanccaster County Poultry
Ruth Weichsel
Kirkwood
Poultry & Egg National ‘Board
Leslie S. Hubbard
Wok Am
Chicago
Boston
San Francisco
South
United States
John Copenhauer
Elizabethtown
Negro teachers face job losses amid integration
Benson notes farmers are adjusting to peace as integration proceeds, outlining broader social changes and local impact on employment and education.
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Benson
Local Couple Keeps 55th Anniversary Cheer
Mr. and Mrs. Phares M Habecker of near Mechanic Grove observed their 55th wedding anniversary with a Christmas Day dinner at home. Attending relatives included Marie Wagner and others from Denton and nearby areas. the couple wed on December 8, 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phares M Habecker
Mechanic Grove
Marie Wagner
Loren
Russell
Darlene
Tommy
Denton
H. Roy Grove
Philadelphia
Beulah M. Grove
Lebanon
Leah K. Meyer
Collegeville
Sylvia A. Nicholas
Habecker
Keystone Farmer Degrees Awarded in Southeast Region
The Future Farmers of America will confer Keystone Farmer degrees on 68 FFA boys in southeastern Pennsylvania and 33 in southwestern counties during the 1956 State Farm Show. Recipients include students from Gettysburg to Dillsburg, East Berlin to Myerstown, with multiple high schools named across Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, and York counties.
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Southeastern
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Southwestern
Adams County
Gettysburg Joint High School
Ted Crouse
Arthur Shannebrook
Gettysburg
H. Thomas Elledge
Dale C. Biesecker
Ortanna
Robert M. Welzel
Biglerville
Lower Adams Joint High
Yellow House
Schuylkille Valley
Shoemakersville
Richard C. Kline
Harburg
Bucks County
Central Bucks
Doylestown
Robert E. Kessler
Halifax Area
Owen Ronald Etzweiler
Halifax
Lebanon County
Cornwall
Elwood E. Houser
Lebanon
Schaefferstown
Glen K. Zeigler
Myerstown
Luke E. Krall
Northern Lebanon
Jonestown
Mark E. Deaven
John Moyer
Abram E. Brandt, Jr
Fredericksburg
Lebanon Township
Carl William Arnold
Lester J. Miller
York County
Dover
Leon B. Lankford
Glenn W. Fetrow
Northern Area Joint High School
Dillsburg
David E. Harhold
Duisburg
Elwood W. Orner
Donald C Myers
Elwood K. Myers
East Berlin
Southeastern Joint High School
Fawn Grove
Charles E. Winemiller
Stewartstown
Spring Grove
George F. Hoke
Farm Show to Open Monday with Record Cash Premiums
The 1956 Pennsylvania Farm Show opens Monday under Dr William L Henning as Farm Show Commission Chairman. A record 55 968 dollars in cash premiums will be shared by winners as 36 statewide farm organizations host educational meetings. Governor George Leader will dedicate the show on Governor’s Night with a horsemanship display by state police mounted unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Show Commission
Pennsylvania
William L. Henning
Henning
George” M. Leader
Pennsylvania State Police
Ralston Purina Founder Dies Christmas Eve
William H. Danforth founder and chairman of Ralston Purina died of a heart attack at his St Louis home on Christmas Eve aged 85 He was a pioneer in the feed industry and founder of the National Christmas Carols Association. His company began with horse and mule feed in 1894.
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ST Louis
William H.danforth
Ralston Purina Company
St Lows
Danforth
National Christmas Carols Association
Robinson Danforth Commission Co
Erie County Health Bureau Approved by State
Harrisburg report states Erie County will establish a county health department after a referendum victory by four to one. Dr Berwyn F Mattison, State Secretary of Health, predicts improved local health services and nationwide adoption. over 4.3 million Pennsylvanians will gain direct access to local health units, with Philadelphia Bucks Butler and Pittsburgh already served by local or city departments.
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Harrisburg
Department of Health
Erie County
Berwyn F Mattison
Emme County
Progress Takes Job In Bangor Michigan
Murray Hurlbut, longtime night watchman for 39 years in Bangor Michigan, loses his job after street lights paved streets and police took over. The town population is 1694.
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Bangor
Mich
Murray Hurlbut
Hurlbut
Commerce Secretary Weeks Forecasts Strong Christmas Sales
Secretary Weeks foresees robust holiday shopping with stores likely to post the best Christmas sales in years. He cited favorable economic conditions and rising consumer confidence as factors driving optimism for this fall season.
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S. Chinchilla Ranch
Marietta Ave
Roherstown, Pa
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Lance
Hastings
Solanco
Richard
John Hastings
Herr
Grable Herr
Quarryville
Ecklin
Luther Ecklin
Drumore
Lampeter-Strasurg
Richard D Mylin
Mutual of
New York
Robert H. Phillips
NEW “Mony
TMT
Duke St
Lancaster Pa
W. Main St
Mountville
Mutual OF New Yori
Ralston Purina
Edward G. Wilson
S. Lime St
Lancaster, Pa
Ea le Pels
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Farm Bureau Broilermaker
Farm Bureau
Dillerville Rd
Manheim
New Holland
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Keystone
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