6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 16, 1956
Groundhog FFA Chapter Receives
Citation at Father-Son Banquet
By ERNEST J. NEILL
“There will always be a place
for the efficient farmei There
will always be a need for food ”
This admonition from V A.
Martin, Harrisburg, state advisor
for the "Future Farmers of Am
erica, sparked the anpilal Father-
Son Banquet of the Ground Hog
Chapter of the FFA Tuesday
night m Memonal Methodist
Church, Quarryville.
Around 20 Future Farmers
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BAREVILLE
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TRACTOR MOUNTED
N.
MANHEIM
and their fathers or guests were
on hand to see the Southern
Lancaster County Joint Commun
ity High School chapter receive
a standard award -- silver seal
citation from the National
FFA for participation in the na
tional chapter -'award program.
The Groundhog Chapter was the
first in Pennsylvania to be so
honored.
Advisors Introduce Guests’
Master of ceremonies was Rob
ert Ecklin, president of the
chapter established an 1936 At
present the Ground Hogs boast
112 members to be one of the
largest m the Keystone State
Chapter advisors, Jackson H.
Owen and Luther D. Peck, in
troduced guests of honor, thSt
included Stanley Musselman,
former SoKnco vo-ag department
head who is now with the farm
er relations department of the
Lancaster County National Bank
in Lancaster.
Ralph Kreider, assistant vice
president, took over duties of
Donald Groff who was unable to
attend Mr. Kreider also led
group singing Miss Mary Kreid
er, chapter sweetheart, and her
father, Landis Kreider, were also
honored guests, with Mr ; Owen’s
father, H- W Owen of the Mt.
Nebo vicinity
State President ..Reports
Robert Welk, Lampeter, pres
ident of the Pennsylvania State
Future Farmers, "gave highlights
of the national convention last
October in Kansas City
Thomas Malm, York, area FFA
advisor for York and Lancaster
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Special Planter for Narrow Row Width
G. HERSHEY & SON
Safety violations on a tractor staged
for benefit of the Southern Lancas
ter County 4-H Tractor Club are point-,
ed out here by Fred Frey, club leader, at
a recent meeting of the club in the C. E.
Wiley & Son implement store in Quarry-
counties, also reported and made
the national award. Only six of
the 14 chapters in this area
earned the Silver Seal.
' A quartet composed of Rich
ard Hastings. James Hastings,
Robert Eckhn, and Donald Herr,
with Jack Heidelbaugh at the
piano, provided music-
Other reports included; Eugene
Graver, on Interstate Milk Pro
ducers meeting an Philadelphia;
Raymond Deiter on progress of
purebred Yorkshire gilt he re
ceived last year from the Sears-
Roebuck Foundation; Robert
Bucher, on steer he received as
winner of the trucking industry
essay contest this year. -
A second quartet, Gene Grav
er’ Merl Aument, Glenn Aument
and Bob Ecklm, sang “The Bells
of St. Mary’s,” “Moonlight and
Roses,” and “Kentucky Babe.” -
Freshmen Recite Creed
Four Freshmen, James Rup
pert, Kenneth Miller, Harold
Clark and Rodney Martin recited
the FFA Creed. Bill Jackson gave
his report on the FFA week at
State College, attended by 19
from Quarryville. Darrell Lewis,
member of the State FFA Band,
told of activities at the 1956
Farm Show, "attended by 19 from
the Groundhog Chapter; Jack
Heidelbaugh, winner of the 1954
trucking industry essay contest,
urged increased interest in the
Southern Lancaster County Com
munity Fair, Wilbur Sollenberg
er, on the Chicken of Tomorrow
Contest.
Kenneth Rutt, who won a trip
to the National FFA Convention
on livestock judging ability, also
reported James Hastings told of
the recent Interstate Milk Pro
ducers Cooperative meeting in
Quarryville.
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Tractor Cliib jSafat
Manheim Central
FFA Wins Meet
Manheim Central Future Farm
ers of America won two events
of three in competition with
Lampeter-Strasburg Chapter.
James Graybill, Manheim, and
Raymond Huber, Lampeter, each
scored 12 points as Lampeter won
the basketball game by a 'score
of 37-24.
Melvin Shenk, Manheim, won
two of three ping pong games
from Leroy Brubaker to give his
school the lead in that contest
and the Manheim Volleyball team
won two - straight tilts from the
Lampeter school-
As a final musical selection, a
brass trio, Marion Findley, Dar
rell Lewis, and Glenn Aupient,
offered “Welcome Sweet Spring
time” and “The Band Played
On.”
,Women of Memorial Methodist
served the baked ham dinner.
97 Examined
By Orthopedic
Surgeons Here
At the six clinics
held, 97 patients were examined
by the orthopedic surgeons, P
David Nutter, M.D, and Marvin
C. Goodman, MD There were
31 new patients admitted to the
services of the Lancaster County
Society for Crippled Children
children and Adults, Inc, 129 E.
Orange Street.
Seventeen children attended
the Pre-school Cerebral Palsy
Center for the concentrated serv
ices of psychological evaluation
and guidance, for kindergarten
teaching, for speech, occupational
and physical therapy
Nine children attended the
Corrective Swimming Class held
at the YWCA a Red Feather
agency.
Orthopedic follow-up, occupa
tional and physical therapy
treatment® were given to handi
capped individuals in their
homes and in the Treatment
Center 571- visits were made in
giving these services in Febru
ary.
225 hours of
volunteer ervice was giveii by
individuals and drivers at the
Pre-school Cerebral Palsy Cent
er. Board members, Venture
Club, Junior League, Shrine
dub, volunteer drivers for Craft
Class and friends of crippled
children offered their services to
the Society.
The Community Chest loaned
the Society typewriters and did
multilithing for the Society.
Infallible Sign
We shall not expact the mil-
lennium until we see a bronze the startled clerk,
statue honoring a man who! "Well, it’s a bit fishy, ain’t it,
merely attended to his ownworkm’on the books at this time
business.—Akron (O.) of night?”
* * if'',*.
Reminders
ville. Mr. Frey advises the club welcomes
youths interested An tractor safety and.
maintenance, even though they may not
yet be old enough to join any 4-H Clubs.
(Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). -
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Milk Surpluses
Provide Squeeze
On Dairymen
“Dairying Ten Years from
Now,” may continue to place a
squeeze on southeastern Penn
sylvania if-the business remains
as profitable then as now
Joe Taylor, head of the ex
tension dairy work at Penn State
University, indicated this in a
speech at Lancaster last week,
addressing the second annual
meeting of the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding
6ooperative.
Good Dairymen Can Survive
Only good dairymen can con
tinue to survive; more milk will
be produced from fewer cows.
“No one is going to starve anyone
off his farm,” Mr. Taylor continu
ed, “but we must continue to
improve our efficiency to main
tain a standard of living that
will keep our sons and daugh
ters on the farm.'’
Five directors were reelected:
from the Lancaster District,
District, Samuel Groff and J. Z.
Herr; from Adams, Lester Ja
cobs; from Montgomery, Wilbur
Seipt, and Cumberland, Ivo -V.
Otto.
Cows under Dairy Herd Im
provement Association tests will
increase to possibly 220,000 in
the next ten years, and with- ma
chine-kept records, such as the
SEPABC now employs, more
rapid handling will be possible.
Roughage Value Emphasized
The increasing value of rough
ages in dairy rations also receiv
ed emphasis at the meeting. Mr.
Taylor believes 80 per cent of the
nutrients in a cow’s ration should
come from roughages.
During the past year, the five
Pennsylvania artificial breeding
cooperatives increased first serv
ices 5 9 per cent, or 23,000 cows,
while the SPABC led all for the /
second year in a row with a
gain of 9.8 per cent and bred
26.5 per cent of all cows bred
by the ABCs during the year.
Earl L Groff, president, was
chairman of the meeting at the
Landisville Fire Hall. Approxi
mately 75 attended. Reporting on
the cooerative’s activities were
David Yoder, manager; Oren
Seavers, assistant manager, and
Lee M Poorbaugh, secretary
treasurer.
Rather Fishy
Just after midnight the burg
lar let himself into the city of
fice. He was startled to find the
room brightly lit and a clerk
hard at work on some account
books.
“Here, what’s all this?” he
demanded threateningly. ,
“What’s all what?” responded