Farm Planes Might Tour Europe Asia This Summer
Plans are formed to send 30 United States farm aircraft on a five week goodwill tour of Europe and Asia this summer. About 90 participants would travel aboard a U S aircraft carrier with early stops in Italy Turkey Sweden France and Asiatic lands. Costs run between 500 and 700 dollars per person with a government subsidy nearing 7000 per plane.
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United States
Europe
Asia
Russia
Iowa
Lancaster Farming
Fred B. Triplett
National Flying Farmers Association
State
Flying Farmer Association
U S
Aircrat
NFFA
Italy
Turkey
Sweden
France
Ner
Barbershoppers Sing For Tucquan Lions Dinner
The Barbershoppers Quartet, graduates of Lampeter Strasburg High School and active 4H members, performed vocal selections at the Tucquan Lions Club dinner in Martic Township Elementary School. Members included Stan Longenecker bass J Stoner Aaron Landis baritones and Raymond Dentinger tenor.
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Barbershoppers
Lampeter- Strasburg
Tucquan Lion’s Club
Martic Township
Stan Longenecker
J. Stoner
Aaaron Landis
Raymond Dentinger
Roses Near Peak Delayed by Cold Weather at Hershey Gardens
Unseasonably cold weather delays rose bloom at Hershey Gardens but peak bloom is expected this weekend and to continue through the next. About five and a half acres host more than 40,000 roses in full or near full bloom.
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Hershey Gardens
Flying Farmer Queen Kimmel Crowned At Butler Farm Show
Florence Kimmel of Rignon Valley is to be crowned Queen of the Pennsylvania Flying Farmers at the Butler Farm Show in August. Her husband Gail, a pilot instructor and state NFFA delegate, operates a 70 acre farm and flies since the 1940s. The Kimmel family includes four children and two daughters active in 4H. Janice soloed at 16, both mother and daughter have received Lycoming plaques and Piper Aircraft awards.
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Pennsylvania
Butler Farm
Gail Kimmel
Enon Valley
Butler
Florence Kimmel
Rignon Valley
Lawrence County
Janice
Larry
Lynn
Freddie
Lycoming
NFFA
Piper Aircraft Corp
Lock Haven
Kimmel
Little Beaver
Beaver Falls
Postmaster Nominee Verna Murphy Sent to Senate
The nomination of Verna Mae Murphy of Drumore was sent to the U.S. Senate by President Eisenhower on Monday for approval as postmaster of Drumore.
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Verna Mae Murphy
Drumore
U. S. Senate
Eisenhower
Tobacco Growers Tour County Fields Highlights Peak Transplanting
A 30 member Lancaster County tour of tobacco growers and industry men explored transplanting peak activity and seed bed disease control. Stops included Landisville lab and farms of Herr Mount Joy Warfel Hackman Keener Burkholder Esbenshade with Associate County Agent Sloat and experts from Penn State USDA and Carbide-Carbon.
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Lancaster County
Landisville
John J. Herr
Mount Joy
John Warfel
Willis Hackman
Elizabethtown
Clarence Keener
Manheim
John Burkholder
Lititz
Willis Z
Willis Z Esbenshade, Esbenshade Road
Lancaster
Harry S. Sloat
Robert S. Kirby
Pennsylvania State University
Henry W. Thurston
J. L. McMurtary
Usda Tobacco Research
Beltsville
H. E. Haggested
USDA
Henry Engle
Landisville Station
Hubbard Farms Hosts 150 at Barbecue in Lancaster
Hubbard Farms, Inc. hosted a barbecue in Lancaster for about 150 people on a consumer education tour by the Home Economics division of the Pennsylvania Extension Service. Leslie Hubbard, president of the Poultry and Egg National Board, spoke along with Mrs. Eleanor Tompkins and Carl Dossin.
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Hubbard Farms,Inc
Lancaster
Home Economies
Pennsylvania Extension Service
Leslie Hubbard
Poultry and Egg National Board
Eleanor Tompkins
Home Economics Extension
Philadelphia
Carl Dossin
Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture
Poultry Queen Crowned Saturday Night at Lititz Park
Lancaster County Poultry Association selects its 1956 57 Poultry Queen from nine contestants at Lititz Springs Park with stage interviews at 3 30 pm and finals at 6 pm. Contestants include Lois Fisher Janet Hastings Mary Kreider Nancy Newcomer Miriam Roland Dorothy Stedman Margaret Wolf Josephine Wolff Esther Wolgemuth. Rain date June 16 set as backup.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Lititz Springs Park
Lois Fisher
New Providence
Janet Hastings
Kirkwood
Mary E Kreider
Nancy Newcomer
Lititz
Miriam Roland
Mount Joy
Dorothy Stedman
Lancaster
Margaret Ann Wolf
Denver
Josephine Wolff
Quarryville
Esther Wolgemuth
Elizabethtown
Ruth Ann Weickel
Esther) Fisher
Leacock
Ernest J. Neill
Lancaster Farming
Joe Wachtman
Sam Taylor
Ruth Ann Weickser
al Kirkwood
East Petersburg
John Duffy
West Chestnut
Robert Eby
Lititz Pike
Clyde Hottenstein
Manheim
L H. Hottenstein
Robert Kelsall
Pinehurst Ave
Harold Kinsey
Broad Street
Betty Markley
Conestoga
Wilson Miller
Rohrerstown
Harold Weider
Landisville
Elwood Boehler, Jr
Ann Street
Priscilla Bucher
Cooking Club
Myrna Jean Bauey
Eden Road
Lorna Henry
Leola
Louise Herr
Gerald Smith
Dauphin
Mr. Boehler
Mr. Smith
Lancaster Boys Club
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Tucquan Lions
L. L. Logan
Kennett Square
Flying Farmer Queen
Mrs. Kimmel
Queen Kimmel
Hubbard Farms
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