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Furmano’s strong on legacyby John L. Moore grandson of J.W. and Emma. His o ce, in the company,” says Geise. ey rangeFurmano’s, the food- located in a renovated farmhouse, in age from their mid-50s to their 30s. products company occupies a room that was once the based in Point bedroom of his grandmother, Elnora Geise, who is 33, says he startedTownship, has come a long Furman Geise. working for the company when he wasway during the past nine 11. His rst job involved tending cropsdecades without veering far Members of the rst and second for a roadside stand near Lewisburg.from its roots. generations who served the family business have all passed away. e last During his college years, he spent Back in 1921, founders J.W. and member of the second generation, summers as an intern at Furmano’s.Emma Furman used the kitchen stove longtime CEO Foster Furman, died in Following graduation from Penn Statein their farmhouse to prepare 360 jars 2006 at age 95. University, he obtained an MBA fromof tomatoes. Ninety-three years later, Duke University.the family owned company still raises In recent years, many third-generationtomatoes in its own elds, but employs members of the Furman family have “When Imore than 200 full-time workers and retired. “ ere are two who are still graduatedannually processes 50,000 tons of employed full-time,” Geise says. from college, Itomatoes, which it markets under theFurmano’s label. Although several others continue to work on a part-time basis, David Geise, “We’re a small company on the verge of a third-generation family member whobeing big,” says Chad Geise, president, served as president and CEO for manyCEO and chairman of Furmano Foods. years, has fully retired, his successor says. Geise also happens to be a great- “Of my generation — the fourth — there are 10 (members) who are active Welcome to PINE BARN INN 570-275-2071 ou rn ew R estau ran tan d T av ern aw aits you rv isit 1 P ine B arn P lace •D anville,P A •W e have co m pleted a reno vatio n o fthe restaurant • E xpansio n o fthe T avern w ith a new barand expanded seating area P ineB arnInn.com • E xciting new m enu w ith o ld favo rites and m any new sandw iches, salads and entrees • O urpatio is the finestco vered o utdo o rseating in the area • S ee ournew m enu atP ineB arnInn.com52 Inside Pennsylvania | August 2014
got a job with Johnson & Johnson,” Geise PHOTO PROVIDEDsays. “that they have the skill sets needed” to institutions across the country. ese During his seven years at J&J — a help the company. products include a variety of beanscompany he says has “great values” — and tomatoes that come in large cansGeise worked in consumer products, With its centennial year — 2021 — less weighing more than six pounds. than a decade away, Furmano’s faces the nance and mergers and acquisitions, short-term future with con dence. Furmano’s has found the food serviceamong other areas. market so promising that “over half of “Our goal is to continue to grow and to our product are in dry beans,” Geise says. “I enjoyed myself there,” Geise says, continue to expand,” Geise reports. “Nowand adds, “For a while I didn’t see myself we’re selling nationwide in food service.” Although the green beans thatcoming back to the company.” Furmano’s processes fresh come from He explains that although its consumer the Susquehanna River Valley, the dry While employed by J&J, he lived in retail products — tomatoes and cut beans are grown in other states and aresuburban Philadelphia. Meanwhile, beans — are sold principally in regional dried before being shipped to the Pointback in Point Township, in 2007, as markets, products targeted to food- Township cannery. Black beans, forDavid Geise completed his 30th year service customers have found acceptanceas president and CEO of Furmano’s, in schools, prisons, health care and other CONTINUED ON PAGE 57company leaders began discussing thequestion of locating a successor. In 2009, Chad Geise decided to returnto Furmano’s. In 2011, he was selected tosucceed the older Geise, who is his father.In 2012, he became president, and lastyear he became CEO and chairman. As this suggests, being away fromFurmano’s doesn’t hurt a family member’schances of returning to the fold. “Familymembers need to work outside thecompany for at least three years,” Geisesays. To come back, they need to showFurniture of all periods... “A beautiful blend of past and present”www.insidepamagazine.com Inside Pennsylvania | August 2014 445588665566 53
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SPRECK E N SIE PE NNS Y LVA N I A I SH ? | by Cindy O. Herman Do you have aPennsylvania accent? Coulda, shoulda … Pennsylvania accent. better woulda? Pennsylvania accent? I didn’t know there was such a thing! ere’s no denying we here I challenged her to give me an example. With no e ort in central Pennsylvania have some whatsoever, she rattled o three: unique ways of expressing thoughts and pronouncing words. We might could take a Land. is is tough to get the pronunciation on paper, but lesson from our fellow citizens to the north apparently we here inside Pennsylvania say a at-out, short-a, and south. land, while elsewhere people add a little lilt action to that “a,” Might could. at’s an expression I learned almost a lay-and e ect. from a former neighbor of mine who hailed from Alabama. e ladies in my rural neighborhood liked to Orange. Do you say AR-ange or OR-ange? New Yahkers go walk together, and Miss Alabama would say, “We might could with OR, while we Pennsies tend to be AR-ange people. (Andwalk tomorrow if it doesn’t rain.” Only she didn’t say doesn’t, as when you hear Bucknellians in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, singin DUZ-int. In her sweet, Southern twang, she said DUH-int. their ght song, “Yay for the orange and the blue,” listen for the Funny how the place you grow up in shapes the words you beautiful blending of the ARs and the ORs.)speak. Another neighbor who had grown up in the Boston areajoined our daily jaunts. She’d say, “ e neigh-bahs can walk County. is one took me by surprise. I was sure my newtomahrah if it doesn’t rain.” New York friend would laugh at the Pennsylvania Dutch way of And our local-born neighbors would say, “We should take our saying cahn-tee instead of cown-tee, but what gave her a chuckleumbrellas along, just in case. We better would.” was not the pronunciation of the vowels but the near-absence Only they didn’t say um-BRELL-as, like the rest of the nation. of the “t” sound. I said it out loud a few times, laughing when I ey said it the Pennsylvania Dutch way: UM-brellas. realized she was right. Try it: Union Cow-nee, Snyder Cow-nee, I recently met a very nice woman from New York. Naturally, Cow-nee Fair — we almost never hit that “t” very hard, do we?my husband and I teased her about her “New Yahker” accent. Right then and there I decided it was more of a silent “t,” a erBut she turned the tables on us by pointing out our big all. Practically optional, really. e great thing about language is that we all think we’re doing it right … even when we’re fehunst as all get-out and might could be giving others some good, inward giggles.Can you sprecken sie “Pennsylvania(ish)?” better would – ought to AR-ange – orange, pronounced the Pennsylvania way might could – can, could (Southern) cow-nee – same as a county, but with the recently invented silent “t”UM-brella – same as an um-BRELL-a, only Dutchified fehunst – messed up, mixed up land – when spoken with a flat-sounding “a,” it’s PennsylvaniaishCindy O. Herman lives in Snyder County. Contact her at [email protected] or on Twitter @CindyOHerman.www.insidepamagazine.com 55Inside Pennsylvania | August 2014
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 53 Eighty percent of plants seven days a week,” but with family our tomatoes come members at Furmano’s deeply committedinstance, come from Michigan. from Pennsylvania. to Christian values, this won’t happen at Furmano’s kitchens use the dried beans the Point Township plant. tomato-processing facility that we use.”as raw materials when preparing such With Pennsylvania farmers producing “We’re closed on Sunday,” Geise says.items as kidney beans or spiced chili “ at’s always been part of our familybeans. most of Furmano’s tomatoes, the philosophy.” remaining 20 percent come from Furmano’s has begun o ering its food growers in Delaware, Maryland and New One of Geise’s tasks as Furmano’s topservice-line in plastic pouches rather Jersey. “ ese are all family farms,” and executive will be to involve the great-than metal cans, a move that institutional Furmano’s tomato products “are from great-grandchildren of Emma and J.W.customers like because the pouches trusted family farms,” Geise says. as h-generation members of theweigh less than conventional packaging, company.and thus cost less to ship. ey are also At Johnson & Johnson, some of Geise’seasier and safer to open, and generate less work involved mergers and acquisitions. “ e oldest just graduated fromwaste. Asked if any acquisitions may lie ahead college,” Geise says. e young man has for Furmano’s, the executive says, “We’re spent summers at the company as an In the foodservice sector, “we were the looking. … We don’t have any plans for intern. rst company in the nation to bring our the next year or two, but acquisitions are(bean) products to market in a pouch,” a possibility.” ere are also “some who work out inGeise says. the elds,” Geise says. Whether diced, crushed or as pizza With more than 200 regular employees,sauce, canned tomatoes remain “we’re processing year-round. We’re “Our whole goal is to help them getFurmano’s top retail product. working in three shi s ve and six days a an understanding of our company” as “Eighty percent of our tomatoes come week,” Geise says. well as the family legacy, traditions andfrom Pennsylvania,” Geise says. values, he says. About 40 percent of these tomatoes “A lot of other processors run theirare grown in elds located less than a At least one member of the h20-minute drive from the Cannery Road generation is just too little to know muchplant, which Geise says “is the only about the company at all. at’s Geise’s daughter, who was born in February. “Her name is Emma in tribute to her great-great-grandmother,” Geise says.Affordable Elegance. We’re more than just a Christmas Tree Farm! We offer the ideal picturesque setting to celebrate your most September Eventscherished moments. Our professional staff will work with you topersonalize your event and customize it to fit your special tastes Corn Maze - Open November 2nd and budget. Call today or visit us on-line for more information. Car Show - at the Maze Sept. 13 with Corn Roast & Chicken BBQ Indian Hills Pumpkin Patch & Fall Hayrides Golf & Tennis Club Howl at the Full Moon - Sept. 12 & Oct. 10 $$)*B_WEXTW\aZEbTWCTk\abf C4\"(*# )'+ )&#& Follow us on jjj!\[ZgV!Vb`X`T\_-[email protected] www.kohlsstonyhill.comwww.insidepamagazine.com 3021 Mexico Rd., Milton PA 570-437-3442 • 570-204-2995 000527 57Inside Pennsylvania | August 2014
D AT E B O O K August 10-16 August 21-28 76TH ANNUAL MONTOUR- CENTRE COUNTY GRANGE FAIR Events DELONG COMMUNITY FAIR Grange Fairgrounds, Centre Hall That Can’t Route 254, Washingtonville Concerts, rides, food, games, competitions. Be Missed! Old-time, small-town festival featuring live- General admission. Season ticket: $15 stock, crafts, food vendors, tractor pulls, en- (ages 11 and under free); single admission, Visit us tertainment. New this year: Great Monster one day: $6. Vehicle day/season passes. online today Beef Challenge (eating contest, August 13) (866) 236-3247, www.grangefair.net and discover (570) 437-2178, www.montourdelongfair.com August 22-24 our area’s August 14-16 MIDDLECREEK VALLEY ANTIQUE largest FREE GET MORE SUNBURY RIVER FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION’S 18TH ANNUAL Downtown Sunbury MACHINERY SHOW calendar Live entertainment, car show, Old Colony Road, Selinsgrove train rides, vendors Exhibits and demonstrations of numerous an- Sign up online (570) 286-7768 tique equipment items from rural Pennsylvania, or call to receive: flea market and craft items, food vendors, August 14-24 Minneapolis Moline tractors and equip- Our Weekly Events 75TH LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES ment and Stover Hit and Miss engines. E-Blast Howard J. Lamade and Volunteer sta- (570) 374-9420, www.mvaapa.org diums, South Williamsport Our Quarterly Four teams will be eliminated from advanc- August 23 Calendar of Events ing in the tournament by virtue of losing their 44TH ANNUAL NEW BERLIN DAY first two games. Those four teams, two on ANTIQUES, ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW via Postal Mail each side of the bracket, will play “crossover” 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine games – U.S. team vs. International team. This Town Square and Firemen’s Field, New Berlin is the only time in the tournament, except the Antiques, collectibles, arts, crafts, World Championship and consolation games, food, museum tours. U.S and International teams oppose each oth- (570) 66-2677, www.newberlinpa.com er. All teams will play at least three games at the World Series, and all 32 games will be tele- August 21-23 vised by the ESPN family of networks or ABC. NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY FAIR (570) 326-3607, www.LittleLeagueMuseum.org 3-9 p.m. Thursday, Friday; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday August 16 Tall Cedars of Lebanon #65 Grove, 22ND ANNUAL PIONEER DAY 522 Seven Points Road, Sunbury 10 a,m. to 5 p.m. Contests (bale stacking, water hauling, nail driv- Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine, ing, corn shucking, etc.), animals, goat show, 19th and Oak streets, Ashland art contest, food, entertainment and vendors Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train in (570) 286-5131, www.northum- Ashland will hold its 22nd Annual “Pioneer berlandcountyfair.com Day” in celebration of its 52nd anniversa- ry; variety of special events will be held in September 6 Higher-Up Park adjacent to the Tunnel. ANNUAL FALL ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL (570) 875-3850, www.pioneertunnel.com Mill Street, Danville More than 100 crafters and arti- August 17 sans from throughout the state. SUSQUEHANNA RIVER ARTS Free parking, shuttle service, and admission. PLEIN AIRE SHOW (570) 284-4502, www.visitdanvillepa.org Noon to 5 p.m. O’Donnell Winery, 25 Hayes Road, Berwick September 6-7 Join the Susquehanna River Artists “in the RIVER TOWNS CYCLING CLASSIC open air” for an afternoon of art, wine and Danville food. Fare from Smokehouse Bar-B-Q The Mon-Tour bike races have been re- in Benton will be available for purchase; born as the 2014 River Towns Cycling O’Donnell Winery will provide wine pairings. Classic. Rides, races and demonstrations. Free Register with Active.com; www.riv- RSVP: http://www.itourcolumbia- ertownsrace.com/races montour.com/, (800) 847-4810 September 7-13 August 22-23 123RD ANNUAL MCCLURE BEAN WASHINGTONVILLE FIRE SOUP FESTIVAL AND FAIR COMPANY FESTIVAL Route 522, Cold Springs Grove, McClure 9 Strawberry Ridge Road, Washingtonville Bean soup made according to Civil Cake wheel, soda ring toss, 50/50 raf- War recipe, parade, garden trac- fles, kids activities, crafts, food and more. tor pulls, fireworks, entertainment. Activities start at: 5 p.m. Friday; 3 p.m. Free. Saturday. Bands both evenings. (717) 543-5467, www.mc- Free clurebeansoupfair.com (570) 437-2069, www.washingtonvillefireco.org 1-800-847-4810 iTourColumbiaMontour.com 58 Inside Pennsylvania | August 2014
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