Four-H Winners Honored at Lancaster Show Lunch
At the Farm Show circuit through the Eastern District to Harrisburg, winners from the Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club and Shropshire projects earned top marks. The article notes the rapid rise of Shropshires to championship, credits breeder Robert Harnish, and records Harry Lee Hoar of ReGap winning grand championship honors with a baby beef steer, tracing his path from Ephrata to Eastern District to Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster AB Club
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Robert Harnish
Shrops
Harry Lee Hoar
Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club
Ephrata
Wenger Bros Rheevis Warren Sickman J H Reitz
Local names listed include Wenger Bros, Rheevis, Warren, Sickman and J H Reitz in a fragmented OCR snippet likely from a social or business column listing people or entities. No clear event or action is stated.
Lower Clark Farm 142 Acres Sold to Frey Couple
J Harold and Vera B Frey of Running Pump Road bought the 142 acre Lower Clark Farm on Cameron Estates near Donegal Springs for an undisclosed sum. The purchase includes a ten room dwelling bank barn tobacco shed and concrete poultry houses. Possession set for July 1 through Schram Realty Co of Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harold
Vera B. Frey
Running Pump Road
Clark
Cameron Estates
Donegal Springs
Schram Realty Co
Lancaster
Four grand champion bids marked 4H club progress
Abram Flory reports four grand championships over ten years in 4H club work from Lancaster district to West Lampeter, now raising 14 Ayrshires while applying learned business skills. Bruce Boyd emphasizes crop and pig production steps, and capon projects rise to 150 birds as a new 1956 project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Flory
Manheim
Lancaster
West Lampeter
Abram
Smith
Bruce Boyd
RJ Ephrata
Lancaster County
Penn State
Bruce
Seven More Cars Derailed on Pennsylvania Rail Line
Seven more cars derailed early today on the Columbia and Port Deposit branch near Safe Harbor marking the second wreck in a week. Westbound traffic blocked on both tracks as crews from last week assist with clearing the site and wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Port Deposit
Pennsylvania Railroad
Safe Harbor
Bare Minimum Plan from Small Homes Guide
The plan outlines a compact 726 square foot house with well sized rooms and thoughtfully arranged closet space. Open planning creates a spacious feel. Information on blueprints and costs is available from Small Homes Guide, Cent. 1674, 621 N Dearborn St, Chicago 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SMALL
N. Dearborn Street
Chicago
Rogation Day Observed Across Lancaster County Churches
Churches from Chestnut Level Presbyterian to Bangor Episcopal held Rogation Day rites on the 1 504th anniversary of the tradition blessing livestock seed and soil. Rev Emmett Moyer conducted seed and soil blessings at Fal mouth Pike home of Mr and Mrs George W Webb as part of the observance. Dr W W Finlay quipped that man has greater inventing capacity than managing what is invented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Chestnut Level Presbyterian
Bangor Episcopal Church
Churchtown
Bergstrasse Evangelical Church
George W. Webb
Falmouth Pike
Emmett Moyer
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Mount Joy
W. W. Finlay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Purina
Snader’s Mill
Mt. Airy
John J. Hess
S. H. Hiest and
Salunga
H. S. Newcomer
Mr. Joy
Wenger Bros
Rheevis
Warren Sickman
B. F. Adams
J. Fred Whiteside
Kirkwood
John J. Hess II
New Providence
John B. Kurtz
J. H. Reitz
Ray Syndansk
Miss Ullrich
Community Chest
Nathaniel C. Hager
Hall Spinner
Lancaster Abc
Hager
Bros
Fidelity Electric
Robert Hall Clothiers
Armstrong Cork Co. Schick, Inc
Stanley H. Deiter
Champion Blower and Forge Co
Merril
Margaret Hassel
Joseph Moss
Hubley Manufacturing Co
Richard Oblender
Francis Ehrgood
L. B. Herr & Son
Shenk Bros
Carolyn Wiker
Seere
John Deere
Landis Bros
Manheim Pike Lane
F. H. Schotzberger
Elm, Pa
Ph. Manheim
iBedroomer
Small Homes Guide
Grainger Thomas and
Baar
Brit Ant
John F. Weaver Co., Inc
Fulton Bldg
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