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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1956
Page
11
A Lancaster County farmer argues agriculture lags behind industry in research funding and graduate quality. He criticizes the Soil Bank for idle land and urges higher pay and more rigorous agricultural science to attract top engineers and young workers back to farms.
Herschel D. Newsom of the National Grange notes a five year trend where per capita meat consumption rose while cash receipts fell. From 1951 to 1955 production increased from 136 to 161 pounds per person but total red meat receipts declined from 11.365 to 8.110 billion dollars, illustrating that higher demand does not ensure higher farmer profits.
A 17 year old farm boy Edward Frantz was killed by a lightning bolt on his porch during a storm near Muncy Pennsylvania. His 19 year old brother Jacob was badly burned and may be paralyzed. A mail carrier delayed by hail witnessed the tragedy.
Secretary Samuel Lewis reported nearly 13 000 miles of state highway work in progress in Pennsylvania as of July 1 1931 with over 15 000 workers and plans to spend 1 500 000 on machinery for township roads. Two new Penn State buildings were under construction and Judge Camilla Kelly offered a controversial 1931 view on women’s behavior and societal expectations.
In Camden New Jersey residents tossed loaves into Cooper Creek believing bread would lift a drowned body to the surface. The effort aimed to recover a boy named Pederosky who drowned, with a $100 reward offered by his parents. The breading stopped short and failed. George Wa Householder founder of Kansas City Evening Bulletin died at 81. He served in Pennsylvania legislature before moving to Missouri. George Mitchel of Seattle shot Franz Eamond Creffield in a Holy Roll movement case.
The writer argues that Jesus is God's final Word through a Son not a creed. Hebrews presents Christ as divine, creator, and reflection of God’s glory, making belief in Jesus essential rather than optional.
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