50 Years Ago

Herald of Sept. 11,1969

A new egg processing plant capable of packing 60,000 dozen eggs a week has been put into operation near East Freedom by Country Best-Agway. The plant replaces a smaller facility that Agway bought four years ago at Brook’s Mills. In its four years of operation in this area, the Country Best egg business outgrew the old Blair Brook Eggs facilities. In its new plant along Route 164 a mile west of East Freedom for a month now, Agway is up to 75 percent of its operating capacity, packing 1,500 cases of eggs per week. There are 30 dozen to a case. The 14 plant employees hope to be packing 400 cases a day by Christmas.

The industrial, business and professional, and civic campaigns of the Roaring Spring Community Fund Drive opened Monday. Chairman of the industrial campaign phase is Robert R. Hoover. Hunter Swope will head the out-of-town industrial campaign. Kenneth C. Stover is chairman of the business and professional campaign. He is assisted by Mrs. Ronald Reffner, J. K. Stern Jr., and Denny Albright.