Thursday, October 29th, 2009

PUBLIC AUCTION

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48+/- Acre Gentleman’s Farm

2-1/2 Story Home, 2-1/2 Story Bank Barn & Outbuildings

Farm Equipment, Tools, Antiques, & HH Goods

Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 9:00AM RE sold at 11:00AM

111 Frantz Rd, Bethel, PA Bethel Twp. Berks Co. Tulpehocken Area School District

From Rt.78 going West ½ mile past Midway Diner, take Exit 15 (Grimes) to farm on right. From Rt.501 North thru Bethel, turn right on Schubert Rd. for 2 miles, turn right on Frantz Rd. to farm on left.

Real Estate Consists of: 2 ½ Sty Log House, Circa 1750, w/2575 Sq. Ft. 1^st Flr has kit, DR w/open stone FP, LR, parlor & half bath. Enclosed rear porch & full front porch. 2^nd Flr has 4 bdrms & one full bath. Full walk up attic & full basement. Oil radiator steam heat. Water supply from spring in basement & on site well. On site septic. 110`x 40` Stone, Block, & Frame 2½ Sty Bank Barn w/11`x22` block addition. 20`x40` Frame Shed

w/4 bays. 30` x 36` Corn Shed w/equipment storage. 48+/- Acres w/approximately 20 acres tillable. Includes 3 Acre Lot on Schubert Rd. Farm is zoned Agriculture and development rights have not been sold. Taxes: $6350.00

Note: This farm has many possibilities with frontage on Rt.78 & Frantz Rd. Farm setting is very peaceful w/buildings setting back off Frantz Rd. Would make an ideal gentleman’s farm w/20 acres tillable & balance in woodland w/stream. Also great potential for horses. 3 Acre lot on Schubert Rd is on same deed as farm, but would make a beautiful building lot. Check with township for subdivision. Make plans to attend this auction!!

Personal Property

Vehicles: 1986 Oldsmobile Station Wagon; 1972 Ford pick-up w/Knapheide tool boxes, Pride electric scooter.

Tractors: 1938 Oliver, 70 row crop sn#221178; 1941 Oliver, 70 row crop sn#237030 w/cultivators; 1945 Oliver, 70 row crop sn#250156 (engine stuck); 1946 Oliver, 70 row crop sn#256249; 1940 Farmall A sn#FAA20011 w/cultivators; 1950 Farmall Super A sn#292330; 1952 Farmall Super C sn#FC135944, fast hitch w/sickle bar mower; 1959 Massey Ferguson 65 sn#666595; Case 580B Construction King backhoe/front end loader sn#5267255.

Equipment: Oliver Plowmaster 100, 2 bottom; Oliver Superior grain drill; Oliver 2-row corn planter; IH 2-row corn planter; JD 3pt., 3 bottom plow; Woods Bros. 1-row corn picker; 3pt sickle bar mower; Case sickle bar mower; Cobey 16` flat wagon; Ford baler; New Idea hay rake; harrow/cultipacker; 2 cultipackers; 2 IH potato diggers for parts; Mid-Western Industry loader, 102-H, sn#25599; 3 pt. stalk shredder; 3 pt. scraper blade; 3 pt. buck saw; 3 pt. wood splitter; fast hitch carrier; 2 hammer mills; garden cultivator; lawn sweeper w/Briggs engine; White snow blower; wood splitter; 3 farm trailers; Snapper & various riding & push mowers; Stihl & various chain saws; weed whackers; gas & diesel furl tanks; one-hole corn sheller built by Hocking Valley Manu. Co., Lancaster, O.

Antiques: leather worker’s bench; wooden vise; wooden wheeled wheelbarrow; Mall 2-man chain saw; Remington chain saw; Water Wizard wringer washing machine w/copper tub; N. Lebanon Foundry wood stove; sm. wood stove w/4 lids; Farm Ette lawn tractor w/mower deck; floppy-handled milk cans; old books, incl. History of “Bethel & Tulpehocken Townships of Berks Co., Pa.”; butcher kettle.

Tools: 20-ton press; drill press; band saw; table saw; scroll saw; Rigid pipe wrenches; other wrenches; socket sets; hand tools; garage size air compressor; sm. air compressor. Misc: several tons timothy-orchard grass hay; ext. ladder; tool boxes; jacks; railroad jack; hydraulic jack; Maytag washers & parts; plumbing & electrical parts; pipe; lumber; cast iron radiators; drums of oil; cut & split fire wood. Appliances: refrigerator; Panasonic microwave; Roper stove; South Bend cook stove; chest freezer.

Furniture: 2 sofas; matching chair; recliner; rocker/recliner; square & round tables; phone table & desk; floor & table lamps; piano; non-working TV; child’s chair & rocker; china closets, servers, & buffets; high-top desk; arm chairs; coffee tables; lg. & sm. speakers; “Hoosier” style Nappanee cabinet; step-back white cabinet; white jelly cabinet; step stool; dry sink; rolling desk chairs, straight & rocking chairs; filing cabinets; clothing rack; pedal organ w/seat; metal kitchen sink cabinet; 3 treadle Singer sewing machines; 12 wooden folding chairs; BR suite: bed, bureau w/mirror, dresser & washstand w/mirror; safe; nursing rocker; chests incl. cedar chest; 4 trunks, flat & round-topped; twin metal bed & day bed; bed w/matching wash stand & bureau w/mirror; metal crib; wooden high chair; wooden potty chair; metal dbl bed; bureaus w/mirrors; blue jelly cabinet; wooden frame mirror; 8 crocks; canning jars; telephone; milk can; laundry basket and other miscellaneous items.

No out of state checks, please. Food provided by Women’s Fellowship of the Little Swatara Church of the Brethren.

Open House: Sat., Oct. 10^th, 17^th, & 24^th from 1-3PM or anytime by appointment call 610 286-5183.

Terms: 10% down day of sale; settlement within 60 days.

Terms By: The Estate of Irwin H. Frantz Atty. Thomas Cooper

Merle Eberly 610 286-5183

Alvin Horning · 2417-L · C. Ivan Stoltzfus CAI