Future Farmers
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lis project program has
luded Guernsey dairy
mals wheat, " broilers,
n , aiid'soW W6ti' in compe
op f in the -chapter.-
: NALD B. TRIMBLE '
Jonald has won numerous
ses as the champion fitter
dairy animals' in shows iri
county. 'He has. been
sident- of- county ‘ 4 : H;
r y club, .president ; of. the
. tractor- club,'.-and is- sec
»r,y of 'the local chapter
- - - -.- - ,
Xmald, the. son - of .-Mr.
L Mrs- Daniel Trimble, of
irryville-Rh won- .the-4-
com grand championship
i years-in succession and
shed. with, .the reserve
mpionship last month.
L third place winner of
Solanco fair rural youth
test in 1956-. Donald went
to be second place winner
the county AIC contest
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tive council, and first place
winner in the Junior essay
contest in 1959.
His farming program has
included dairy heifers, com,
hogs, sow and litter and can
ning crops.
A. -CLYDE KREIDER
- A love for music inherit--
ed Trom his father A. Clyde
Kteider Sr. have won for
Clyde, a -spot in the Solanco
High School band for four
-years! He has been a mem
ber of the senior chorus at
the school and sang in FFA
groups' in the chapter. At
the' State FFA chorus whe
re- he . sang three different
years he was chosen to sing
with the National chorus at
Kansas City.
. Clyde was one of the lea
ds. m the Junior Play, sen
tinel treasurer in the
local chapter and chaiplain
and treasurer in the county
association FFA.
C'yde is a member of the
Solanco varsity wrestling
.team He has had in his
farming program one dairy
cow and dairy heifers, Chic
ken of Tomorrow contest bi
rds, corn and tomatoes One
of his heifers was a prize
received as the winner of
the Junior essay contest at
the school.
JOHN GRAHAM
John, the son of Mr. and
Mrs John Graham, Christ
iana Rl, has had project pro
grams in Holstein dairy
cows and heifers, corn and
tobacco One corn project
was a demonstration plot
showing effects of different
ra<es of corn population
form 7,000 plants per acre
to 21,000 plants per acre.
John has been the treas
urer of his class at Solanco
for the past two years and
is vice president of the So
lanco chapter PFA
He p’ayed in the State
band from 1956 to ’59 and
was chosen to play in the
National Band' in Kansas
City Last October
'He placed second in coun-
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ty livestock Judging at the
Lampeter Fair last fall.
H. LEE DE LONG
President of the County
FFA and the local chapter,
president of the student co
uncil and athletic associat
ion at school, varsity center
and co-captain of the So
lanco High School football
team, and winner of the st
ate soil judging contest are
just some of the accomplish
ments of H. Lee DeLong.
The son of Howard De-
Long and the late Mrs. De-
Long, Quarryville R 2, Lee
has carried on a farming pro'
gram including fattening of
swine, corn, tobacco and
Holstein Dairy Cattle. ,
Lee won the tractor driv
ing contest at Solanco fair
last year.
RAY HOSTETTER
Ray Hostetter, son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Eby Hostetter, Gap
Rl, was one of the rural
youth from Lancaster Coun
ty to attend the AIC meeting
last year at the University
of Illinois and was on one
of the youth panels at the
meeting.
Graduated with honors
from Pequea Valley High
School in 1959, Ray is en
gaged in farming on the
home place While in school
he was a member of the Na.
tional Honor Society during
his 10th, 11th, and 12th
years, being elected presi
dent of the organization dur
ing his last year in school.
Ray was editor in chief
of the school newspaper, a
member -of the student coun
cil and valedictorian of the
graduating class
Ray has held the offices
of secretary, reporter, and
president of the local chap
ter, being elected secretary
twice in the four years in
school. At present he is jun
ior advisor of the local chap
ter ffa;
GLENN PAUL BOOK
The son of Mr and 'Mrs.
Paul G, Book is a 17 vear
old senior at Lampeter St-
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J. Paul Nolt
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9, 1960
rasburg High School and the
secretary of the Garden
Spot chapter FFA. He par
ticipated as secretary on the
parliamentary proceedure te
am that placed first in York
Lancaster area competition.
His farming program has
included 13 sow projects,
four gilts, two dairy calves
and one dairy heifer, one
fattening hog project, one
capon project and 3 acres of
field corn.
To aid his plans to go in
to the dairy business, Glenn
is a junior member in the
Holstein Breeders Associa
tion. He was a nf
the senior play cast and the
treasurer of the Garden Spot
4-H Club.
JON TIMOTHY DEACON
The reporter for the Gar
den Spot chapter FFA, Jon
Timothy is the son of Mr
and Mrs. Willis G. Pollard,
Willow Street R 2.
His farming program in
cludes two dairy cows,
acre of squash, and IVz ac
res of field corn.
Activities in the FFA in
clude his office as Reporter
in the local chapter, mem
bership on the parhmentary
procedure team that won
the county contest, and jun
ior advisor to the junior
FFA Club
He is a member of the ad
ult Ayrshire committee at
the Lampeter fair and the
Willow Street United Church
of Christ
BURNELL L. ANDREWS
Burnell is the only Key
stone Farmer from Lancas
ter County this year who is
married Mrs Andrews is
the former Mary Ann Me
Cullough
Burnell, former president
rtf the Garden Soot chapter
FFA, is the son of M>* *»- '
Mrs Leroy K. Andrews, of
Lancaster R 7
.He was a member of the
State FFA band for two ye
ars. a member of the school
band and a member of the
senior chorus at school
His farming program in-
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eludes dairy, com and broil
ers.
EL WOOD HEISEY
The 17 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. David Z. Hei
sey, Manheim R 2, is a sen
ior at Manheim Central Hi
gh School. Elwood is at pre
sent the Chaplain of the
County Chapter FFA and
historian in the local bran
ch. During his 11th grade
he served the local chapter
as assistant Chaplain.
His project program incl
udes seven acres of tomat
oes, two gilts, one acre of
wheat and one half acre of
sweet com. He has also rai
sed onions and strawberries.
Elwood has varied inte
rests as evidenced by his
participation on the varsity
wrestling team at his scho
ol for the past two years.
He was awarded a giH in
the school’s swine ring, a
master towato grower’s cer
tificate, and in 1958 won fir
st place in the Rural Youth
contest at the Manheim Fair
ROY R. MENTZER
Serving his second term
as secretary of the local
chapter, Roy had served one
term as treasurer prior to
this year. He represented the
county as a delegate to the
state convention FFA in
June 1959
The son of Mr and Mrs
Ellis K. Mentzer, New Hol
land R 2, Roy assists his par
ents or> the home farm. He
has at the present time six
dairy cows and 10 dairy
heifers, four yorkshire sows,
25 fattening swine, 500 tur
keys, 5 acres of tobacco, 10
acres of corn, and six acres
of oats in his farming pro
gram. The livestock is 100%
ownership, but the crops are
farmed on the halves with
his father The dairy cattle
are all purebred Ayrshires.
Roy is a member of the
Pequea Valley High School
chorus and the track team.
He won a trip to the AIC at
Illinois State University last
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