NO. 30 tort Miss Is Poultry Queen idisviile I Grains Meet Tuesday pecial Small Grains Field Day at I p.m. Tuesday 11 announced under joint sponsorship of the State n Service and Penna. Crop Improvement Assn, for •heastern Field Station at Landisville. ession will be opened . . . , , 'H B Sprague, head £ ral ” Rowing m the plots. Penn State Dept, of c - F - Cam P bell Wlll be m ay, and Robert Ter- c^ar^e pt of the station. lOimsts Robert P. and Elmer Pifer will a discussion dnd winter grain variety ts at 1 30. 50 pm, Harold G. 1 will conduct an or v session for the wm breedmg program. ivdl be followed by 1011 and discussion Sarley Yellow Dwarf isease (Oat Red-Leaf ' with B F Coon and cliem 15 there will be ob -1 °£ winter gram on and certified seed Producer of certified toed or foundation samples of his powers Quit ' Migrant Labor Comm. H Funk, Millers- F Monday announc ros ignation of the Vegetable Growers he heads, from rern °i’s migrant farm umirtiec r J? ted 111 ‘i letter to 2° l , the ml . Mi a ;>lll currently * dl ° d by the legisla » rl° lUd re uder a 'Ur sJ, egetable grow ie i !f al a time ° f IOVJ ugn production Pifer and Pfeifer are to lead an inspection of spring grain plots at 2:45, with Coon and Schein returning at 3:10 m a session on “Dis ease and Insect Problems in Spring Grains”. Final event of the field day will be observation of certified and foundation seed lots of spring grain, with Campbell. Terrill reports that small grain specialists will be at the station, two miles north of Landisville, from 10 a.m. to 5 pm Tuesday to consult wuth special interest groups There will be a special meeting of the Penna. Crop Imp Assn, in the Station Headquarters building at 10 a m costs is about all we can take ” The current legislation (HB - 1581) would preserve state labor and industry re partment control over mi grant labor, by giving back ing to the committee from which Veg Growers and Farmers Assn. have both re signed Another proposal sponsor ed by the Penna. Grange, would require approval by the State Secretary of Agri culture for all regulations (Torn to page 9) Lancaster. Pa., Saturday, June 13, 1959 MISS VERNA WITMER, 1959 Lancaster County Poultry Queen, seated in the left photo, is shown receiving her crown from the 1958 titleholder, Janice Koser, Manheim R. D. 2 Looking on is Runner-Up Cynthia Mae Landis, Strasburg. In the photo at right, County Poultry Assn Chicken Cooking Contest winners compare notes and swap recipes for their prize-winning creations From left are. Mrs Clayton K. Haverstick, senior division runner-up. Mrs. Walter yjarfel, Sr. Div. champion chef, and Miss Rosenc Snavely, Junior Division Champion —LF PHOTO Miss Verna Witmer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan M. Witmer, Millersville R. D 1, Saturday was elected 1959 Lancaster County Poultry Queen, following the Ninth An nual Poultry Assn. Barbecue at Lititz Spring Park. Following the announce ment of the 19-year-old bru nette’s title, she was present ed with the Royal Crown by Miss Janice Koser, Manheim RD 2, 1958 Queen. The cor onation was followed by pre- sentation of more than $lOO in gifts to the / new Queen and Runnerup in the contest. Miss Cynthia Mae Landis, of Strasburg. . Competition for the Manheim Central Takes State FFA Presidency for Second Year in Row The hottest double-play combination for Lancaster County young people in many years tallied another win Thursday for klanheim Central High School Future Farm ers of America as 19-year-old Gerald, Greiner succeeded Dean Holler to the presidency of the Pennsylvania FFA organization, in convention this week at Univ Park Greiner, athlete, public speaker and successful young farmer son ot Mr. and Mrs Lester G Greiner, of Manhcim, stepped into the state’s top FFA post, befoie the president’s chair had a chance to cool off as his for mer school mate and friend, Hoffer, stepped down Hoffer still has a full slate of organizational activities as head of Penna Young Farmers Greiner was the subject of a recent feature story in Lancaster Farming, reporting his operation of 25 fat steers, more than 50 breeding and fattening hogs, 2,000 layers, tobacco, corn and other crops. He was stale FFA Public Speaking Champion in 1958, competing in the north east district as Penna. representative He was the Southeast Penna Dist. FFA Star Farmer for 1959, being recognized at the Farm Show ■* Queen’s title was preceded by the announcement of winners of the County Chic ken Cooking Contest, with nine of the county’s best poultry chefs vying for the Junior and Senior champion ships. Senior winner was Mrs. Walter Warfel, Lane. RD 6, with Mrs. Clayton K. Hav erstick, also of Rt. 6 as run Jn January- A varsity wrestler in high school, Gerald is credited by GERALD GREINER Pa. FFA Pres. $2 Per Year ner-up Miss Rosene Snavely, Eli zabethtown RD 3, was cham pion junior chef, with Miss Dons Landis, Lititz RD 3, as runner-up among the young er set. All but 150 of 4,000 chic ken halves barbecued for the event were consumed by the crowd estimated at 3,500 at the event. Starting Aug 29 the 1959 Queen and the’ cooking champions will represent Lancaster County in the State contest at Dutch Days in Hershey. Joseph McCahon, Manheim Central FFA instructor, with possession of “truly outstan ding leadership qualities.’ - Joining Greiner on the State FFA Executive Com mittee following Thursday’s election was Glenn Freese, of Oxford as state treasurer. Melvin Erway, Ulysesses, was elected secretary, Den nis Smith, Roaring Spring, reporter, Dale Penley, Sugar Grove, sentinel, and Robert Shields, Brookville, chap lain FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday U. S. Weather Bureau, Lancaster Office Temperatures will aver age slightly below normal range of 62-82 degrees for the next live days. Cooler over weekend, somewhai warmer Tues. or Wednes day. Chance of scattered light showers Sat., and a gain about Tues. or Wed.
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