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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1956
Page
12
Oxford Agriculture 4 H Club held its monthly meeting at Grange Hall in Arnsley. Ruth Wrigley spoke for the Chester County Achievement Banquet publicity committee seeking help with the event details. A bake sale is planned and date and location to be announced.
United States Steel Corp announces a price increase for tin plate set to take effect on November 1. The move affects tin plate used in can manufacturing and related packaging sectors, signaling broader cost pressures for steel users.
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania slaughter plants produced nearly 69 million pounds of red meats in July, a four percent rise from June and fifteen percent above July 1955. For the first seven months, production reached over 512 million pounds, five percent higher than the same period last year.
The Quarryville Fire Company issues its annual appeal with a proposed budget of 8400 for the coming year and cites 150 750 in property saved while fire losses totaled 74 375 during the year. Calls covered Fulton Twp Providence Twp East Drumore Twp Eden Twp Bart Twp Little Britain Twp Drumore Twp Martie Twp and Quarryville. The 1946 Ford truck was replaced by a Ford F6 cab and the borough wide dial telephone conversion will add costs. Ella Graybill has been hired to handle emergency calls for the fire ambulance and related services.
Police seek a small-size thief who burglarized a South Side Decatur tavern. Entry was gained via a 12 by 15 inch rear window and $200 was stolen.
Cattle feeders will tour the area with a 6:30 am assembly at Conestoga Transportation garages Lancaster. Bus transport preferred though cars allowed. Round trip by bus 190 dollars. Thomas B King of Penn State will join with a portable PA system to explain points of interest.
Rain across central and western Pennsylvania forced hay shortages and some livestock sales, but August pasture quality kept milk production higher than usual. The State Department of Agriculture reported July and August results with total milk output for the first eight months of the year reaching 4,587,000,000 pounds.
Fulton Grange 66 to host a Hallowe'en party on October 27 and stage the play An Old Fashioned Mother on November 29 at Oaklyn Grange Hall. Booster Night featured Grange Spirit with Mrs Henry Styers and Clair Murphy as soloists. Miss Jenette McCummings directed Grange 82 Years Ago and Mrs Elizabeth Stemnberg with Mrs Abbis Bradley presented a skit.
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