Flying Farmers Map Meetings for 1956 57 Schedule
Pennsylvania Flying Farmers outline a tentative 1956 57 activities calendar. Plans include January meetings during the farm show two July meetings at Jacob Miller's Milton and at John Gehman's June August Farm Show, a September joint with New Jersey at Walker Gordon Farm and possible Delaware and Air Force Show in May.
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Pennsylvania
Association
Jacob Miller
Milton
John Gehman
New Jersey
Walker Gordon
Delaware
PPL Begins $75,000 Substation Project near Quarryville
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co starts a $75,000 substation along Route 222 south of Quarryville to add a local power supply. The Quarryville area now gets electricity from Mt Nebo south Lancaster and Kinzer substations.
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Pennsylvania Power & Light Co
Route 222
Quarryville
Mt Nebo
South
Lancaster
County Reports 23 Rabies Cases In Nine Months
Lancaster County tallies twenty three animal rabies cases from January through September, per Dr. Ernest J. Witte of the State Health Department Veterinary Public Health. Dr. Oscar Davis notes the rate accounts for about a quarter of the region’s total rabies cases.
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Lancaster County
Ernest J. Witte
V.M.D
Veterinary Public Health
State Department of Health
Oscar Davis
Sportsmen Watch For Farm Workers In Harvest Season
Southern Pennsylvania farmers report much grain still unharvested due to wet weather. The Game Commission warns hunters to avoid trampling standing grain or molesting shocked grain. Farmers may be in fields and orchards during small game season, so seek permission and ask at the farmhouse about workers.
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Pennsylvania
The
Game Commission
Timonium Stock Show Opens with Intercollegiate Judging
The 1956 Eastern National Livestock Show starts at the Maryland State Fair Grounds Timonium with intercollegiate judging and 4H FFA events from November 10 to 15. Activities include hog and lamb weighing, stock judging, and multiple sales and parades featuring Angus Hereford and Shorthorn cattle plus fat steers and hogs.
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Timonium
Maryland State Fair Grounds
FFA
Texas
Jim Robertson
2Nd Army Scotch
McDonogh Cavalry
Atlantic Angus Association
Rains Slow Up Crop Seedings
Rain and cooler snaps hindered fall crop seeding in Lancaster County while a strong corn crop neared crib storage. Warm week preceded by a 40 F high and a 32 F low. forecasts call for above normal temperatures with mild, cloudy, drizzly days to end today and cooler weekend. Farmers warned to dry or mix new corn before feeding and to guard stored corn against mold. Drought in the Midwest fuels crop relief talk as drought-damaged harvests rise.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster
Missouri
Farm Women Convene Saturday in Manheim Township High
Mrs. Charles Shriver state president will install new officers for the Lancaster County Society of Farm Women at its 39th annual conven tion in Manheim Township High School. Guest speaker Mrs. Marion Foster Smith will speak on Ten Great Possessions. Mrs. E. Robert Nolt will report. Registration 9 to 10 a m. Devotions led by Society 15. Greetings by William Nittrauer. Business session opens with secretary’s report by Mrs. Kenneth Eshleman. Mrs. John Herr Jr will present the auditor’s report. Mrs. Raymond Stoner will head the nominating committee. Election with Mrs. Stoner and Mrs. Harold Zook. Mrs. Nolt will report, Elam Buckwalter to give consolidated report. Luncheon in the cafeteria. A solo by Mrs. Henrietta Scott. Memorial service by Society 7. Entertainment by Caroline, William and Robert Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shriver
Societies of Farm Women
Lancaster County Society of Farm Women
Manheim Township High School
Marion Foster Smith
Saxonburg
E. Robert Nolt
Society 4
Lancaster
Wilbur Hostetter
Society 5
Manheim
LeRoy Hottenstein
William Nittrauer
Kenneth Eshleman
Society
John Herr, Jr
Raymond Stoner
Stoner
Harold Zook
Paul Ebersole
Nolt
Elam Buckwalter
Society 10
Lancaster County
Shriver
Henrietta Scott
Society 9
Society 21
Society 7
Caroline
William
Robert Wilson
Fulton Grange Hosts Hallowe'en Party
Fulton Grange No. 66 held a Hallowe'en Party Saturday evening at Oaklyn Grange Hall with about 50 attendees. Prizes went to youngsters and adults for funniest ugliest most original and prettiest in each age group. A full evening of fun and refreshments followed. The Youth Committee led by Mrs. Ruth Jann Wood organized the event.
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Fulton Grange No
Oaklyn Grange Hall
Lois
Elaine Tindall
Ethel Halsey
Betty Hess
Karol
David Styer
Linda Alexander
Ruthann Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Henry Styer
Evelyn Matson
Ruth Jann Wood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Flying Farmers
Lycoming
Williamsport
Leo C Willamson
Raymond Cowden
Thomas Conway
John McBride
Avco Manufacturing Corp
Vernon O. Pond
Oho Flying Farmers
Pond
National Flying Farmer Association
John M. Lane
Ohio
Lane
Pete Barnum
Watkins Glen
N. Y
Barnum
Empire State
Williamson
Gehman
Elmo Travis
Elwood Homan
L. L. Logan
Logan
Florence Kimmel
Region I
Pp&l
Kinzer
Spring Hollow
Louis G. Stoltzfus
al Elverson
El-Mar
Morgantown
Stoltzfus
Ivan, Hess
New Holland
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
Thunsday
Fulton Grange
Hallowe’en Party
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