First Bricks Laid At Penn Hill Phone Exchange Ceremony
Officials attend a ceremonial brick laying for the Pennsylvania Community Telephone Co unattended dial center at the junction of highways 222 and 72 north of Wakefield. Participants include J Rankin Wiley and William Tollinger, with others pictured.
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New Pennsylvania Community Telephone Co
Wakefield
J. Rankin Wiley
Lancaster County
Charles Palack
Penn Hill Exchange
Pennsylvania Community Telephone Co
Hensel
Kimball
Hancagten
New Penn Hill Phone Exchange Building Starts
Walls rise on the Penn Hill Exchange of the phone Co at the intersection of Highways 222 and 72 near Wakefield. Officials April 26 laid the first bricks for the 20 by 24 dial center, to serve areas of East Drumore Fulton and Little Britain Townships with Lancaster as toll center. completion set for November 19.
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New Penn Hill Exchange
Pennsylvania Community Telephone Co
Wakefield
William Tollinger
J. Rankin Wiley
Hensel Exchange
Tollinger
Wiley
Lancaster County
Quarter Sessions
Quarryville-Wakefield
Ross Kimball
Telegraph Service Expansion Builds in Central Localities
The Penn Hill project spawns multiple construction sites as Hensel subscribers gain direct dialing. Other extensions are under way in Kirkwood Valley View Elizabethville Lykens Eagles Penn Argyle Tower City and Quarryville.
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Penn Hill
The
Telephone Company
Kirkwood
Valley View
Elizabethville
Lykens
Eagles, Mere
Penn Argyle
Tower City
Quarryville
Friendly Farmers Hear Rev Knecht
The Friendly Farmer's Club met with Arthur and Charlotte Brown on February 25 with all families represented. Minutes from January were read and approved. Ira Rutt and James Herr were appointed on the inspection committee. The Rev Roy Townsend read from 2 Peter and led in prayer. The inspection committee reported on new barn machinery, young stock, laying hens, and all in fine shape.
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Friendly Farmer’s Club
Arthur
Charlotte Brown
Ira Rutt
James Herr
Roy Townsend
Little Britain
Holstein cows record production in Pennsylvania farms
Registered Holstein Friesian cows in Pennsylvania listed with owners H M Gans Gans-Ebonite Jua Ona Wayne William P Musselman John G Stumpf Lewis Zimmerman and others. Records show milk yields from 10 12 thousand pounds to 26 591 pounds with butterfat ranging from 516 to 953 pounds and ages from about 2 to nearly 5 years.
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Brattleboro
Pennsylvania
Advanced Registry Department
Holsein-Friesian Association of America
H M Gans
Wayne
Daly
William P Mussel
New
Carnation Lola
John G Stumpf
Lancaster
Carnation Skylark Violet
Lewis Zimmerman
Lehighton
Zimmerman Par Star
Pennsy Green Bean Crop Value Surges Above Ten Year Average
Pennsylvania farmers earned 1,102,000 for beans destined for canning and freezing in 1955, well above the 10 year average of 866,000. The nationwide green bean crop topped 34 million, with gains in processor value.
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Pennsylvania
American Can Company
D J de Land
de Land
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Quarter “Sessions Court
William A. Frutchey
Luther Davis
James A. Tierney
Earl A. Potts
Penn Hill Phone Exchange
Rawlinsville
Neighborhoods
Rev. Knecht
Ennsylvania But
Pennsylvania State University
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Istandar
Wenger Implement CO
Butler
DEERE
Buck, Pa
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