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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1972
Page
1
Benjamin Hess, a popular Lancaster County farmer with four children, was killed when a falling tree struck him while clearing land for a mobile home on his 121 acre farm. The incident underscored the area’s robust farming reputation.
The Lancaster County Dairy Princess contest is scheduled for Thursday evening June 15 at the Farm and Home Center with a 6 30 p m reception and dinner. Eligible entrants are daughters of dairy farmers aged 21 or younger who are single and never married and who have completed their junior year in high school.
Two representatives of the Philadelphia Electric Company met behind closed doors with board members to discuss plans for an atomic plant. The session aimed to address regulatory, safety, and financial questions facing the proposed facility and local impact.
Solanco FFA Chapter won the regional parliamentary procedures contest at Lehigh County Vo-Tech School among five Eastern region teams. The chapter’s officers included Wayne Kreider president Randy Clark vice president William Krantz secretary William Hershey treasurer Dave Bitler reporter Gary Akers chaplain Charles Coates sentinel and Robert Fite student advisor. Coaches were William Fredd Arba Henry and Steve Leiser. Winners advance to the state level at Penn State during FFA week.
Community schedule lists Soil Stewardship Week events from May 7 to 14 plus a series of county meetings and contests. Highlights include Lancaster County Legislative tour in Harrisburg, Fulton Junior Grange paper drive, Farm and Home Foundation board meeting, Nema Conference in Harrisburg, Cocalico Watershed board meeting in Denver, FFA Small Gas Engines Contest in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvanian Egg Marketing Association gathering in Denver, Penn-Mar Shropshire Breeders spring meeting in Cochranville.
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