TOER THE AUCTIONEER’S HAMMER this Angus steer looked every bit the
ion the judges said he was. Maria Fr ey, daughter of Mrs. Fred Frey, Sr. and the
[r Frey, Quarryville R?, poses her 955 pound Grand Champion for inspection by
yers at the the show steers in the Southeastern district 4 H Baby beef club
Lancaster Stock Yards on Wednesday. Maria, sister of Fred Frey, Jr., breeder of
ed Angus cattle at Quarryville R 2, had never before won the top award but you
not have known it as she posed calmly with representatives of Gimbel’s home
lan, New York, who paid a whopping $1.64 per pound for the prime animal.
1 Achievement Day
Observed In County
Winihrop Merriam
slant County Agent
r has-'- toeaar set aside
special day to .honor
are than 45,900 urban
ural boys and girls
irned over 50,000 pro
in our state • during
These young folks be
,to slightly more than
organized clubs guid
the volunteer leader
f 5,000 adult local lea
an caster County the
ft 1,521 club members
d in approximately
ifferent Agricultural
Tome Economics pro-
Shghtly over 180 vol
local leaders were re
lie for the leadership
fe than 80 organized
ind county-wide clubs,
leaders and parents
f county are largely
isible for the success
club members in L.an-
County. While the 4-
Sram is guided on the
a Youths To
amble For
e Calves
s from the Future Fa
ol America and 4-H
■n Lancaster and sur
®g Counties have en
m the -, Calf Scramb
>lll re of the Pennsyl-
Livestock Exposition
Farm Show Building,
ourg.
hoys in groups of 15
ty to put a halter on
calves and bring
the center of the
The first boy in each
h> manage to do this
* awarded the prize
tail.
group of boys will
subdue the uncooper
sives at each perfor-
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County and State levels by
the Agricultural' Extension
Service, the local leaders
and parents do a great deal
to teach, help and encour
age the individual club mem
ber to excel in his or her
,4-H achievements. Without
these folks, productive 4-H
work would be Impossible.
Every year older club
membeife that show’ excel
lence in achievement have
an opportunity to particip
ate in the National 4-H Aw
ards Program. This is a pro
gram that makes awards av
ailable on a local, state and
national basis by leading
Industrial and Agricultural
concerns to honor outstand
ing young folks.
State winners usually re
ceive a trip to the National
4-H Coilgress held late in
November. Club Congress is
a 4 day educational and re
creational event that brings
together 1,200 - 1,400 of the
nation’s outstanding older 4-
H Club members from ev
ery state in the United Stat
es and many foreign countr
ies
The major objectives o 1
the 4-H Club program m
Lancaster County as well as
the nation could be outlin
ed as follows: To build you
ng people into more useful
individuals and stronger
more productive citizens.
The 4-H project is used as a
tool to develop members in
Head, Heart, Hands, and
Health through actually lea
rning by doing, management
record keeping, parliment
ary procedure, citizenship,
and other allied 4-H activi
ties
Club work has much to
offer the young people of
our county and state. The
varied 4-H program avail
able in Lancaster County,
can be participated in by
any boy or girl, rural or ur
ban, who are between the
ages of 10 and 21.
Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, November 7, 1959
Farm Calendar
November 10 7.00 p. m.
County Holstein banquet
in Blue Ball fire hall.
7;30 p.m. Penn Manor
Young -Farmers Clarence
Breiner, small grain agro
nomist will be speaker. ’
November 11 7.30 p.m.
Breed type classification
meetmg at the farm of
John E. Kreider, 523 Wil
low Road, Lancaster.
November -11 Agronomy
meeting for all southeast
ern Penna. counties. 10:30
a.m. at the Farm. Bureau
auditorium, Dillerville Rd
Lancaster.
Nov. 14-19—Eastern National
Livestock Exposition Show
- Tlmonium, Md.
Interstate Co-op
Locals Reelect
Six Presidents
Interstate Milk Producers’
Cooperative locals ’in Dis
trict seven returned six out
of seven presidents to oftice
for 1960.
The New Holland-Leola lo
cal elected last year’s vice
president, Adam B. Esben
shade, New Hollond R 2, to
preside this year and to rep
resent the local as alternate
delegate to the annual meet
ing in Philadelphia tins
month.
Following are the re-elce
ted presidents and their lo
cals; Eby Hostetler, Gap Rl,
Christiana; Samuel A. Dum,
East Petersburg, Lititz; Don
aid S. Eby, Gordonville Rl,
Paradise; J. Wade Groff, of
Lancaster R 7, West Lampet
er; Paul L. Denlinger, 2351
Horseshoe Road, Witmcx;
and Paris D. Herr, Millers
ville Rl, Millersville.
Delegates and alternate
delegates to the cooperative
meeting in Philadelphia, No-
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Maria Frey Has Champ
At 4-H District Show
Maria Frey, daughter of
Mrs. Fred Frey, Sr., Quarry
ville R 2 nudged her beefy
Angus steer into the Grand
Championship spot before
the ram-soaked judges at the
Southeast District 4-H baby
beef roundup held at the
Lancaster Stockyards Wed
nesday morning The Here
ford steer fed and shown b>
Dorothy Groff, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Groff,
Lancaster R 7, took the re
serve championship rosette
to keep both the top placing?
in Lancaster County.
At the sale during the af
ternoon Maria walked away
with a check for $1,566.20
from Gimbel’s Food Plan,
Inc., New York city who
paid $1.64 per pound for the
955 pound baby beef.' This
price topped the previous
high for the sale by 18 cents
per pound.
Gimbels, one of the heavy
buyers in the sale also
bought top animals in both
the other breeds paying $.56
'per pound for the reserve
champion and $39 per
pound for the top Shorthorn.
The Shorthorn championship
went to Terry Petticoffer of
Elizabethtown Rl.
Local and out of town
buyers bid off the 108,545
pound of prime and choice
beef for a total of $37,399.26
making the sale average $34-
ASVz per hundredweight in
ducting the champion. With
the Frey entry out of the
sale average was $33.30, the
highest for the sale since
1952 when average was $37-
—LF PHOTO
Co. Future Farmers Elect
H. Lee DeLong President
H. Lee DeLong, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard E. DeLong,
Quarryville R 2, was elected
president of th'e Lancaster
County Association of Future
Farmers of America at Eliza
bethtown High School on
Thursday evening.
DeLong, a senior in Voca
tional Agriculture at Solanco
High School is president of
the local chapter FFA. as
well as the Student Council
.at the school. He is active in
the sports program of the
school and is varsity center
on the football team.
DeLong placed first in the
state soil judging contest at
the state convention FFA. at
the Pennsylvania State" Uni
versity in June. As president,
DeLong will represent the
county as delegate to the
state conventions at Harris
burg and Penn Stale in 1960
Elected to the vice presi
dency of the group was Don
ald Musser, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elias Z. Musser, Mount
Joy Rl. Musser is a senior at
Donegal High School.
Other officers elected at
the meeting were as follows.
Secretary—Wilbur Hosier,
son of . Mr. and Mrs. Mark
W. Hosier, Manheim R 3,
Manheim Central High
School, Treasurer Clyde
Kreider, Jr., son of Mr. A.
Clyde Kreider and the late
Mrs. Kreider, Quarryville Rl
$2 Per Yeas
.85. This compares to the
larger sale last year when
over 140,000 pounds of beef
brought a total of $47,538 02,
Preceeding the sale a tan
cy Angus steer calf was a
warded to the champion
showman, Darwin Boyd, of
Ephrata Rl, by the Lancast
er Intelligencer Journal
Newspaper.
Included in the sale in ad
dition to the 63 Lancaster
county entries were 29 head
from Northampton county,
20 from Dauphin, 16 from
Chester and two from Dela
ware County.
Show director was M. M.
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures will aver
age 3 to 6 degrees below
normal for the next five
days in Lancaster County.
Normal temperatures here
for this time of year aver
age from a low of 38 at
night to a high of 57 in the
afternoon.
Much colder weather is
in prospect for the week
end moderating Monday or
Tuesday. Colder . Wednes
day.
Precipitation will be Vz
inch occurring about Mon
day or Tuesday. Approxi
mately l /z inch of rain felt
in the county during the
past week.
Solanco; Reporter— Kenneth
Eshelman, son of Mr. and
Mrs John A. Eshelman, Mt.
Joy R 2, Donegal; Sentinal —•
H. Lynn Hess, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold A. Hess, of
Intercourse, Pequea Valley
School; Chaplain Elwood
Heisey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Z. Heisoy, Manheun
R 2, Manheim Central.
Advisor for the group of
over 70 boys was Mr. Thom
as M. Malm, York Lancaster
Area Advisor of FFA. He
was assisted by the teachers
of vocational agriculture
irom Lancaster County,
Conservation
Scholarships
Are Awarded
Henry H. Hackman, Man
heim R 2, president of the
Penna. Soil Conservation
District Directors Assicialion
last week presented two $l5O
scholarships to Pennsylvania
State University students on
behalf of the organization.
The awards, given as an
incentive in the field of Agri
cultural Science were pre
sented to Glenn R. Buss, of
Northampton County, and
John C. L. Baker, of Perry
County at the annual Ag Hill
Party at the university.