5. NO. 18
Electric Club Winners
[NNERS OF THE 4-H ELECTRIC CLUB PROJECT contest at the roundup on Wed-
Mere, left to right, Nelson Denlmger, 2351 Horseshoe road with the radio kit he
led and Darvin Boyd, Ephrata Rl with his study lamp These two projects were
29 out of a possible 30 points by Judge Joseph A McCurdy, extension Agncul
ngmeer from Pennsylvania State University Fifteen other boys completed pro
i the club —LIT. PHOTO
mbits Excellent At
rl Electric Roundup
He Joseph A. McCurdy,
Bon. Agriculture Engin-
Bun Pennsylvania State
told members of
4-H electric club
Br round-up Wednesday
jßhdt lie had never be-
such high scores
■ejects m any 4-H club.
on the basis of 30
Judge McCurdy as
-29 points to the pro-
B f two boys. Nelson
Hfeer, 2351 Horseshoe
IBwith a radio kit he as
|S6> tied for first, place
with president
Darvin Boyd, of
B a Rl, who exhibited a
■lamp with 4-H book
the base.
told the group
B" f'’ c criteria m judg
■ 17 Pioiect exhibits,
■pate on which the ex-
scored were com
■“S, oi igmahty, appear-
BIT , ,md usefulness.
B y ,ils ° cautioned the
I Holstein
B 3 Elects
Bhi.r h ! lk ’ Q uar ryville
Bnt r? V i, Was elected
B 4 U !r° Lancaster
BLr Holstein Club
Bureau' 011
el " Cted are
Bor treasurer.
BSon.or mJ S Donald :
Ben- tr leader s are Le.:
lettering,
B Tr„«k, J ° hn Shelly,
■vm S e ’ Paul w cn-
K ° SS ’ and Claren-
members to be sure all elect
rical connections were made
properly to insure proper
working of the appliance-and
prevent fire hazards.
At the same meeting two
members were selected to
represent the club in the
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Lampeter Fair
Elects Directors
And Sets Dates
Ten members of the boa
rd of directors of the Lam
peter Fair Association were
re-elected to another three
year-term at the meeting of
the board Monday night.
Five new members were al
so elected. Dates of the Fair
were set for September 28,
29, and 30.
Also elected at the meet
ing were officers of the as
sociation for the coming
year. Mark Myer, Lampeter
was chosen president; John
D Stoner, Willow Street Rl
is the new vice president.
Reelected to the post of
secretary-treasurer for the
thirty-second time was Way
ne B. Rentschler, Lampeter.
The 35 year-old fair assn,
was in operation for two
years before Rentschler mo
ved to the area. J. Lloyd
Rohrer, Lancaster R 7 is as
sistant secretary-treasurer.
Other officers elected we
re: recording secretary, Mrs
Robert Weaver, Lancaster
R 7; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Clyde Steiner, Lampet
er; and David Huber, Jr.,
Willow Street; assistant trea
surers, George W. Myers of
Willow Street R 2, and Har
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Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday, March 26, 1960
Manor, Lincoln
Community
Clubs Organize
Two more 4-H communi
ty clubs were organized in
the County during the week.
The Manor Community club
meeting in the Penn Manor
high school Tuesday night el
ected Gerald Hess, Washing
ton Boro president while the
Lincoln club meeting in the
Mount Airy fire hall on the
same evening gave the top
lob to Mary Heisey, Sheridan
dan Rl.
Penn Manor
In addition to Hess, the
Manor club elected Charles
Warfel, Conestoga Rl, vice
president; Judy Warfel, Cone
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Swine Producers
Name Directors
Countv Swine producers
returned two directors to
three year terms and elect
ed one new director for th
ree years at the annual me
eting of the County Swine
Producers Ass n and an
nual banquet at Blue Ball
Thursday night.
Replacing Kenneth Skiles
as representative of the
Yorkshire breed on the 10 ■
man board was Ira H. Dom
bach, Manheim R 2. Skiles
had requested that his name •
not be placed on the bal- 1
lot for reelection this year.
He is currently serving the •
group as sccrctary-trcasur- J
er Returned as representa- <
tive of the Berkshire breed <
was Richard Maule, Quarry 1
ville R 2, and the Hampshire '
representative will be Earl i
Fisher, East Earl Rl.
The group set April 28 >
as the date for the election i
of officers. '
County Dairymen Plan
New Breeding Assn.
A group of Lancaster Co-
unty dairymen late this we-
ek announced intentions to
tonn a new artificial breed-
ing cooperative.
or lans have been formu-
latcd to hold an organizat-
ional meeting in the Lam-
peter Community Building
on Friday, • April Ist af
eight pm, at which time
officers and directors will be
eic ted and committees ap-
pointed.
Preliminary plans call for
the use of frozen semen fr-
om both Heal and out of
state bulls, with fresh se-
men to be available if de-
Groff Is Returned As
SPABC Director
Members turned out m
reeprd numbers for the elect
ion of directors and district
delegates at the rescheduled
meeting of the Southeastern
Penna. Artificial Breeders Co
operative on Tuesday night
Earl L. Groff, Strasburg Rl,
was returned to office for his
17th term by the slim margin
of eight votes over Robert
Hess, also of Strasburg Rl.
Final count of the ballots
showed 134 votes for Groff
and 126 for Hess.
The meeting threatened to
get out of hand at times, but
acting chairman, Milton Bru
baker, quickly restored order
by banging on the table with
his gavel
A question as to whether
members at the regularly
scheduled election on Febru
ary 18 knew they were regis
tering to vote when they
signed cards, also used to
determine door prizes,
brought a chorus of “No!”
from" the group.
Grange Week Is
March2BtoApr2
The week of March 28 to
April 2 has been designated
Grange Week, it was ann
ounced by Fulton Grange
No 66 in cooperation with
the Pennsylvania State Gr
ange this week.
According to Grange Mas
ter Robert Armstoring, nea
rly a million rur-urban mem
bers m the United States
make the Grange one of the
most influential farm organi
cations m the country. The
Grange is a legislative for
ce, an educational tool, a
voice fur rural people, a
community service ogauiza
lion, a social and recreation
al vehicle built to serve th
rough its Juvenile, Subordi
nate, Pomona, State and Na
tional divisions, Armstrong
said
In touching off a drive for
membership, the Worthy
Master, explained that the
Grange offers farm facts, ser
ves as a democratic discus
sion springboard, gets to the
heart of key issues, devel
ops grass-rooted rural poli
cies, and contributes to go
od citizenship, but he con
cluded the Grange needs ru
ral talents to do the job.
Fulton Grange suggests
that rural people contact a
member and ask, “Why sh
ould we join the Grange?”
$2 Per Year
mand and facilities warrant
it. Semen from several pro
ven Holst cm bulls has alrea
dy been offered to the gro
up, but no definite select
ions ox’ committments have
been made,
Intentions call for purch
ased semen to be used by
insemmators 'already cstab
hshed in the county,
The group announcing pre
hmmary plans is composed
mainly of Holstein b’coders
but next Tuesday’s meeting
is open to any interested
dairyman in the county, ac
cording to a spokesman for
the group.
After a session during
which questions regarding
the previous elections were
put to the attorney for the
cooperative, a member mov
ed that the group let bygones
be bygones and get on with
the voting The motion
promptly carried and voting
proceeded on ballots distri
buted only to members who
had registeied and had the if
membership verified on offi
cial membership rolls.
Eleven district delegates
were also elected as well as
one member of each of four
sire reporting committees.
District delegates are Elam
Beiler, Gordonville Rl; War
ren E. Denlmger, Paradise;
Jay C. Garber, Lancaster R 6;
Robert C. Groff, Quarryville
R 3; Eby Hershey, Gordon
ville Rl; Hershey M. Rohrer,
Lititz R 3; Robert H. Kauff
man, Manheim Rl; Ivan G.
Martin, Ephrata Rl; Lloyd
W. Nolt, Mount Joy Rl; Geo.
A. Rutt, Stevens Rl and Ar
thur D. Wenger, Manheim
R 2.
Sire Reporting Committee
men were as follows: Ayr
shire, Leon Kreider, Quarry
ville Rl; Guernsey, Melvin
R Stoltzfus, Ronks Rl; Hol
stein, Harold K. Book, Ronks
Rl; Jersey, Robert W. Ul
rich, Quarryville Rl.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures for the
next five days will average
six to 12 degrees below
normal. Normal tempera
tures for this week of
March range from a low
of 35 at night to a high of
55 in the afternoon. A lit
tle warmer Saturday, cool
er Sunday and Monday
and becoming a little war
mer about Wednesday.
Chance of light precipita
tion about Saturday night
or Sunday and again Tues
day or Wednesday. Preci
pitation during the past
past week was one inch of
snow on the night of Mar.
21-22.
Every day in March thus
far has been below nor
mal. making this the cold
est March on record.
Farm Calendar
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