MEMBERS OF THE NORTH EASTERN 4-H TRACTOR club elected officers when
met for the first time at the Farmersvil le Farm Equipment shop on Tuesday night
group met last year in conjunction with the Lancaster area club, but organized a
•ate club this year. Front row, left to right are Clifford Bollinger, Lititz R 4, Tom-
Sartman, Ephrata R 1 and David Heisey, Sheridan, elected Vice President of the
p, all first year members. Behind the tractor are Ivan Nolt, second year leader and
;r of the Farmersville Farm Equipment company; Darvin Boyd, Ephrata Rl, Presi-
Martin Wcnrich, Denver R 2; David Zimmerman, Remholds, Reporter; Glenn Port-
Pashington Bfotfb'Rl,' first year leader, and" Jerry Snader, Ephrata Rl,' Seeretary
urer. Assistant County Agent Wmthrop Merriam was in charge of the meeting.
"D Elects,
akes Plans
>r Banquet
iinty Soil Conservation
ict Directors returned
s Funk, Millcrsville R 1
hairman of the district
the eighth consecutive
i at their meeting on
lay evening.
rectors also reelected
y Hackman, vice chair
r and Wayne Rentschler
tary-treasurer.
iring the years Funk
irm Calenda
ary 11 to 15—Pem_ /l
nia Slate Farm, Show,
irrisburg.
ary 21, 7:30 pm.—An.
al meeting and reading
the constitution of the
ncaster County leader’s
mcll, Farm Bureau Au
orium, Dillerville road,
ncaster
rary 1, 7 30 p m. An
il meeting of Poultry
sociation, at the Lancas
' Poultry Center, Rose
le Road, Lancaster,
nary 5, Baby Beef
iquet at Armstrong
rk Company,
nary 12 Second ses
n of the Farm & Home
inning meeting, at the
rth Queen branch of
i Lancaster Co. Nation-
Bank, Lancaster,
nary 26—Third .- session
the Farm & Home plan
ig meeting at the North
een Street branch of
1 Lancaster County Na.
nal Bank, Lancaster.
0 p.m. Educational
eting and 4-H laying
sk management round
«t the Poutlry Center.
Seville Road.
has been chairman, the gro
up has won three citations
as the state’s outstanding
‘district. He is serving his
second straight year as presi
dent of the Penna. Vegetab
le growers and his fifth con
secutive year as president
of the Conestoga Valley As
sociation.
In other business the dist
rict approved the applicat
ions of 23 new cooperators
for plans and assistance of
a total of 2,000 acres. This
AMOS H. FUNK
brings to a total of 1352 co
operators in the district at
the piesent tunc.
Roy Brubaker, chairman
of the yearly meeting an
nounced that plans have be
en completed to have Dr.
G. M Wornlow, dean of the
University of Delaware’s
School of Agriculture as the
mam speaker
Theme of the meeting to
be held at 6:30 on March 2,
at the Blue Ball Fire Hall
will be “Seeing Cinsorvat
ion on the Land.”
Robert Fahnestock, Man
heim R 2 who won the reg
ional Future Farmers of
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Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, January 9, 1960
The annual Lancaster Farming Farm
Show Section will be found on pages 5 to
12. The section includes a complete pre
view story and reports on the county's Key
stone degree winners in both FFA and
FHA as well as the Farm Show schedule.
Three County Crop Reporters
To Be Recognized for Work
Three vetran crop, poul
try and price reporters from
Lancaster Co. will be hon
ored during’ the 1960 Farm
Show by the Pennsylvania
Ciop Reporting Service.
According to Dewey O.
Boster, statistician-m-charge
ot the Federal-State fact
finding agency, there aie ap
proximately 10,000 Pennsy
lvania rural men and wo
men voluntarily participat
ing in the crop leporting
program by filling crop live
stock, poultry, price and co
st information.
At the 1959 Farm Show,
17 general crop lepoilers
were honored for long ser
vice in crop reporting Tho-
PLANNING THE WORK FOR THE YEAR are the
newly elected officers of the Lancaster County Vocational
Agriculture Teacher’s Association. Left to right they _ are
Joseph McGahen, Treasurer, teacher of Vocational Agricul
ture at Manheim Central High School; George Myers, Sec
retary, teacher at Lampeter-Strasburg High School; Gar.
land Gingrich, President, teacher at Penn Manor High
School; and G. Russell Drumm, teacher at Cocalico Union
High School, vice president. —LF PHOTO
Fred Frey President Of
Solanco Fair Association
Fred Frey, well known
Quarryvillc R 2 Angus bre
eder, was returned to the
presidency or the Solaneo
Fair Association at its reg
ular monthly meeting on
Tuesday evening Date Mil
ler, Oxford R 2, succeeds
John Hoffman, Quarryvilla,
as vice president, and Dan
iel Tiimble was elected to
the office of second vice pres
ident succeeding William
Wiley of Quarryvillc.
The association reelected
Ruth Phipps, recording sec
retary; Mrs Hairy Herr, as
corresponding secretary, and
Mrs Charles McSparran and
Support Asked For Steer
Club Sale Next Friday
Do Lancaster County Baby
Beef steers bring less than
the sale average at the Farm
Show?
They do, according to Auc
tioneer, Abe Diffenbach,
who says he has noticed that
it is harder to sell Lancaster
County Club Steers than
those from some other coun
ties, notably York' and
Northumberland.
se to receive certificates of
appreciation from State Ag
riculture Secretary William
L. Henning at 1:30 pm.,
Thursday, have reported pri
ccs, costs, and special crop
information.
They are:
A. Ralph Kurtz, Paradise
is a poultry and livestock
dealer who has been report
ing prices received by farm
cis. He has not missed one
of the 240 reports requested
in the past 20 years.
Ellis H. Rutter, R 2. Honks
is termed the Services top
to’bacco reporter. He has
not missed a monthly tobac
co report during tobacco
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$2 Per Yecr
Mrs Charles Gochnauer as
assistant secretaries
Everett Krcidcr was ret
urned as General Manager
and Victor Donhnger was
elected Assistant Manager.
Marry Herr was reelected as
assistant treasurer, but the
post of trcasuicr was tem
porai ily left vacant upon
the resignation of last year's
treasurer, Mrs. Clyde Bub
ble.
Directors elected to a 3-
year tor in wore Leroy Wen
ger, Alvin Wenger, Harry
Herr. Mrs. Martin Stoner,
Rankin Wiley, John Phillips
and Howard DeLong.
What is the reason for this
situation’ Not enough sup
port from Lancaster county
buyers, Diftenbach believes,
and urges that all interested
persons in the county sup-
P° ld the youngsters showing
steers at the Farm Show.
Support of the sales of
chib calv^ s the Lancaster
Stockyards has been good,
but the steers reserved for
the state show deserve the
consideration of buyers 100,
Diffenbach believes.
The sale of club steers is
scheduled for next Friday in
the Small arena at the Farm
Show.
Electric Club
Elects Boyd
Darvin Boyd, Ephrata HI,
was elected to the presiden
cy of two 4-H clubs in the
county in as many nights
this week. On Tuesday even
mg he was named to the
top post of the North East
Tractor club, and on Wed
nesday was tapped for- the
30b in the Electric club
The club in session at the
Greist building elected
Glenn Book, vice president;
Jerry Landis, secretary; J.
Nelson Dcnhnger, treasurer;
and Richard Leaman,publici
ty-
The 14 members present
were shown a movie, t- Bv
Jupiter” by Richard Green
of the Pennsylvania Power
and Light Company
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures for the
next five days will average
2 to 5 degrees above nor-
Normal temperatures for
this time of year range
from a low of 25 at night
to a high of 40 in the af
ternoon. Colder Saturday
becoming warmer by Mon
day. Turning colder by
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Next period of precipita
tion likely about Monday
or Tuesday. Precipitation
during the past week was
.8 inch of rain on the sec
ond and third of the
month.