s, NO. 19
y Co-ops
areer Day
nu al Career Day
by the Lancaster
mncil of Farmer
es has been set
18 this year,
of the career day,
to the youth com
the council, is to
oi at youth of the
/e lop a better un
l of the American
business of which
es are an integral
i of the rural
nizations in the
be eligible to par
,ist be seniors in
1 or at least 16
age and out of
not over 21.
ys and girls will
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Co. Chapters FFA
I Father-Son Banquets
Lancaster County chapters of Future Farmers of
eld Father and Son or parent and Son banquets
past week. The Grasslands chapter at New Hoi-
School and Pequea Valley chapter hosted parents
tnbers last Friday while Solanco FFA boys at
e entei tamed their fathers on Tuesday evening
embers of the Garden Spot Future Farmers play
their fathers at Lampeter-Strasburg High School
ly night.
juea Valley
lifer, National Reg
president of the
!ht greetings from
nal Association to
g at Pequea Val
id Greiner, Presi
the Pennsylvania
explained what
are and what he
luring his term of
i these young men
of the Manheim
encouraged the
embers to set their
i and achieve all
dnle m the FFA.
ivler, teacher of
anquc, AWARDS AND THE BOYS who received them pose together after the
I\lcri o a i 6 Solanco Chapter FFA at Quarryville on Tuesday night. Left to
the Trunt » np ' re P resen ting Herr’s Motor Express, donors of the $l5O 00 first
a rd, .V s Essay contest; William Maule, Quarryville R 2, winner of the first
‘tze i n (h er Warfel, representing B. F. Warfel and sons, donors of the $75 00
Staley "Say Contest; Donald R essler, New Providence Rl, second place
‘anker-, Sse ™an» Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the Lancaster
“’ard f rf ,td ss .9 cia ti°n, and John Grah am, outstanding senior and winner of the
rorn tlie Bankers Assn. —LF PHOTO
AWAKD WINNERS AT THE ANNUAL BANQUET of the Pequea Valley FFAlook
nl a tLrfm C P he n f Vocational Agriculture, Henry Givler presents the DeKalb y a ward for
contributions to agriculture to Roy Mentzer. Winners of awards were, left
rvoJ^arS lai is u 66 u s ® lesman » Richard Eby, Sears Gilt winner, John Eby., Star
M P nt7«r lc Eobei !/^ ub p h ’ Far h\ Mechanics award. In addition to the DeKalb award,
named , Star Farmer of the chapter, Star Dairy Farmer of the chapter and
outstanding senior student in Vocational Agriculture LF PHOTO
Vocational Agriculture pre
sented ' awards to five out
standing members of the lo
cal chapter. Richard Green
presented letters of commen
dation from Pennsylvania
Power & Light Co. to Roy
Mentzer and Ray Hostetter
in recognition of their win
ning the Keystone Farmers
degree this year.
New Holland
The newly - organized
Grasslands chapter conferred
the Honorary Chapter Farm
er Degree on four men of
the area in appreciation of
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Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday, April 2, 1960
Vintage Auction
Market Reports
Start Next Week
Harrisburg, April I—State
Secretary of Agriculture Wil
liam L Henning announced
today that James O’Hara,
federal livestock market
news reporter, will report
livestock volume and prices
at Vintage Sales Stables, Vin
tage, under terms of a con
tract with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture effective
today.
O’Hara is assigned to the
terminal market by the Ag
ricultural Marketing Service,
USDA. He also reports live
stock sale news from the
New Holland auction in addi
tion to reporting transactions
at the Lancaster Union
Stockyards under federal -
state agreement.
“We are gaining valuable
experience in livestock auct
ion price reporting through
Mr. O’Hara’s efforts in Lan
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For Folk Dance Fans
Extension Club Plans Festival
The third annual Square
Dance Festival for southeast
ern Pennsylvania, sponsored
by the Senior Extension
Club of Lancaster County,
will be held April 23 at 8 00
pm. in the Guernsey Sales
Pavilion, Lincoln Highway,
east of Lancaster.
Music and callers for the
PRESENTING THE CHAPTER STAR GREENHAND
award to two students in the newly organized chapter FFA
at New Holland is Thomas M. Malin, FFA advisor of the
York-Lancaster area, center above. Recipients of the
award are Wilmer Martin, New Holland R 1 a ninth grade
student, far left, and Roy Weaver, Terre Hill Rl, a second
year high school student and Chaplain of the Chapter.
—LF PHOTO
Rough Riders
Elect Officers
The Rough Riders, 4-H
horse and pony club Irom
the southern part of the
county named Steve Wcicksel
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wcicksel,, Kirkwood Rl,
president of the group, Mon
day night.
Elected to the vice presi-
I dency was Dwight Wagner,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Wagner, Kirkwood.
Other officers are secre
tary, Sidney Ann Shoemaker,
; Quarryville R 2, treasurer,
■ Bruce Groff, Kirkwood Rl;
: and news reporter, Karl
; Herr, Kirkwood Rl.
, Leaders for the group are
Harold L. Groff, Valley Lea
Farm and Stables, Quarry
ville R 2, and Mrs. Robert
Wcicksel, Kirkwood Rl.
Farm Calendar
On Page 7
$2 Per Year
Beekeepers
Honor Sloat
At Banquet
County Beekeepers honor
ed Associate County Agent
Harry Sloat this week when
they presented his own hive
tool to Inm.
Members of the County
Honey Producers had ac
quired possession of the
much-used tool and had it
silver plated and appropri
ately engraved for presenta
tion in appreciation of the
assistance Sloat has given
them over the years.
The award, made at the
annual banquet of the asso
ciation at Hostetler’s in Mt.
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Folk Dancing, which will be
open to the public, will be
furnished by Hartzel and
Bulla from Bloomsburg.
Participating in the gala
event will be the Senior Ex
tension Club’s Square dance
teams which competed in the
State contest at Harrisburg
during the 1960 Farm Show
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures for the
next five days will average
four to eight degrees above
normal. Normal tempera
tures for this week range
from a low of 38 at night
to a high of 57 in the af
ternoon. Warmer Saturday
turning colder Sunday or
Monday and warmer again
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Possible - thundershowers
Saturday and again about
Wednesday.
March 1960 was the cold
est March on record with
the first 26 days well be
low normal. March was al
so the coldest month of
the winter. Precipitation
for the month was 2.49 in
ches, Normal for the
month is 3:45. Snowfall
during the month was 18.9
inches and some snow fell
on 12 different days.