Farm Calendar of Lancaster County Farm Women Notes
Editor notes a listing of events from May to August for Lancaster County Farm Women Societies. Activities include meetings, banquets, exhibitions, farm shows, contests, and trips across Centre, Lancaster, Ephrata, Millersville, Lititz, and Harrisburg with dates from May 11 to August 19. Major items include a 200th anniversary celebration in Lititz and events at Rutgers, Penn State, and the Milwaukee convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Creek
Centre County
Bellefonte
Farm Women No
Farm Women Society No
Martic Forge
Pequea
Farm Women
Ward’s Gas Co
Ephrata
Salle West
Society
David B Hess
Lancaster
Richard M. Hershey
Martin Forge
George Kneisley
Conestoga
Lititz
John H. Herr, Jr
Kready Ave
Millersville
Harrisburg
Tillie Miller
al Manheim
Howard Clark
Thieves Loot Meter in Oklahoma City for $1.50
A pair of thieves pulled up a street parking meter with 150 pounds of concrete at its base and escaped with about $1.50 in coin. The incident highlights a bold vandalism act in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Annual farm events and tax deadline listed for Lancaster area
A compiled schedule lists fairs and gatherings from August 1900s through January 1957 including Nat ional Flying Farmers Association in New Orleans Kutztown York Inter State Southern Lancaster County Quarryville Ephrata Farmers Day West Lampeter New Holland Manheim Unionville Mt Joy Dillsburg and county Farm Women's Society convention with a state tax filing deadline for farm tractor and machinery gasoline for year July 1 1955 to June 30 1956 and Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Lancaster County
Quarryville
Ephrata
West Lampeter
Guernsey Cow Sells For 170 At Donegal Auction
On the Lewis G. Good farm in Donegal Township a public sale featured a Guernsey cow at 170 dollars, sows and litters 49 to 65, shoats 16, a tractor 500, a tobacco planter 200, tobacco ladders and wagon 34 and 61, an endless belt 40, and an electric drill 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis G. Good
Donegal
Guernsey
Wentworth Student Hero Costly Rescue at Sea
Henry C. MacNeil, 23, swam 500 yards through cold chop to save Fred Page, 12, drifting from a rowboat off Salem. He spent a night in hospital with a bill totaling 36.70 for rescue plus 24.35 room and board 12.00 lab fees and 0.35 prescription. He is married with a child and studies at Wentworth Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Henry C. MacNeil
MacNeil
Fred Page
Boston
Wentworth Institute
Pekingese Dog Acts as Fireman in Portland Fire
In Sandy Oregon the Morrison couple report their Pekingese dog stamped out a linoleum fire. The small dog suffered burned front paws while performing the heroic act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Sandy
Ted Morrison
Guernsey Bull Sales Reported In New Jersey And Pennsylvania
William M McCulloch of Shippenburg Pennsylvania sold the registered Guernsey bull Rolling Acres B.R.El Toro to J O Ebersole of Duncannon Pennsylvania The dam is Rolling Acres A Elsie and the sire Coldsprings B.R Chief McCulloch also sold Rolling Acres B P Master to Arthur B Mitchell of Newport Pennsylvania The dam is Rolling Acres May Blossom and the sire Flying Horse Belles Privated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
N. H
William M. McCulloch
Shippensburg
Rolling Acres
American Guernsey Cattle Club
J. O. Ebersole
Duncannon
Coldspring
B.R. Chief
McCulloch
Rolling Acres B.P
Arthur B. Mitchell
Newport
1956 a good year to save money despite mood shifts
A brief note suggests 1956 as a favorable year to save money even if no mood downturns occur. The guidance emphasizes prudent savings behavior without linking it to emotional distress.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lancaster Farming
Fulton Juvenile Grange
Wll
Spree House
Baltimore
Lancaster County Farm Women’s Societies
C. H. Reinhold
Holstein-Friesian Asso
Milwaukee
Wis
Lancaster County Poultry Assn
Lititz Spring Park
Future Farmers of America
Pennsylvania State University
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Betty Martin
New Providence
Chicago Stock Yards
Lancaster Poultry Exchange Building Fund
New York City
Summit Hotel
Uniontown
Farm Society
The
Kutztown
Butler Farm Show
Intercourse
Flying Farmers Association
New Orleans
South Lebanon
Iowa
New Holland
Manheim
Unionvillle
Mt. Joy
Dillsburg
Dog
Omnix
Vo-Ag
Pequea High
Pequea Valley High School
American Guernsey Club
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