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Winners Of FFA Contest
IHEIM CENTRAL CHAPTER OF Future Farmers of America won the York
[ Area Parliamentary Proceedure contest held at the Manheim school last Fn
[ The team displayed skill m conducting a business meeting and handling mo
pe by their own members and members of the opposing teams Seated left to
Earnest Martin, Manheim R 3; Larry Shenk. MaXim R 4? m (fer!fd Brubaker
f Rl; and Carl Myer, Lititz R 2. Standing left to right are Thomas Hess of
Ira Fahnestock, Manheim R 4, and Elwood Heisey, Manheim R 2. Alio on the
[not present for the picture was Gerald Myer. Manheim R 3. Other chapters
hs in the contest were Solanco at Quarryville, Garden Soot at Lamneter
i and Dover and Hellam in York County. P 1 —LF PHOTO
I Less County Farm
Planned For 1960
mty fairs in the
nil be reduced in
tgam this year, ac
-0 reports received
: Intentions to dis
the Lititz show ca
le heels of an an
nt by the State De
of Agriculture that
d five other com
fairs would share
in reimbursement
for premiums dis
n the 1959 season,
the remaining fairs
only have announ
proposed dates of
1 expositions while
II one has announced
! to stage the show
i°t settled on a date.
P to discontinue
■ opposition was br
•out by a general
interest and falling
igncultural exhibits
|e past tow seasons.
P aie ot the reim
. P av ments would
ounted to $lBO 45.
11 - Lnrs receiving
imeni payments
, s °t t heir shows
lrs 111 'he state.
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are Ephrata Farmers Day
Association, $62, September
21 to 24; Sounthern Lancas
ter County Community Fair
Assn., $303.58 September
21 to 23; West Lampeter
Community Fair Assn, $457.
72, September 28 to 30; Man
heim Farm Show Assn.,
$312.65, October 5 to 7.
New Holland has indicat
ed that the fair will be stag
ed, but the dates have not
been settled. Normally the
fair is held daring the last
day of September and the
first two days of October.
The New Holland share of
the money appropriated by
the General Assembly is
$383.60.
A total of $55,000 will be
distributed to over 70 com-
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Penn - Manor
4-H Club Elects
Christine Connor was el
ected president of the Home
Economics Club of the Penn
Manor Community Club at
a meeting Tuesday night at
the- school.
Other officers are Linda
Dull, vice president; Linda
Fair, secretary: Nancy Neff,
treasurer; Judy Warfel, is
.news reporter; Faye Derr,
gapie leader; and Suzanne
Martel, song leader. Miss
Martel was also named the
club’s county council repre
sentative Mrs. Walter War
fel is adult leader of the
group.
The agricultural club of
the community club elected
Gerald Hess as its represen
tative to county council. Ger
aid and Glenn Hess present
ed a demonstartion of trac
tor maintenance at the me
eting.
Two Manheim Community
4-H club members were na
med as delegates to the Lan
caster County 4-H Council
Monday night.
They were Mary Ann
Ruhl and Wilbur Hosier,
both of Manheim R 3.
Lancaster, Pa.. April 30, 1960
WILBUR HOSLER ACCEPTS CONGRATULATIONS
from Larry Hartman of Hellam, York County, after Hosier
won the judge’s nod in the annual York-Lancaster area
FFA Public Speaking contest at Manheim last Friday
night. Speaking on the subject “The Farmer’s Challenge”,
the Manheim R 3 Future Farmer displayed poise and grasp
of subject knowledge to earn an opportunity to try for the
state contest in June. Two other Manheim Central FFA
members have won the state contest in recent years. Dean
Hofter, National regional vice president and Gerald Grein
er, state FFA president were champions, and last year Ira
Fahnestock from the same school won the soil conservation
phase of the public speaking contest. —LF PHOTO
Conestoga 4-H
Elects Officers
Lois Ann Overgard, Lan
caster R 4, was elected presi
dent of the Conestoga Valley
Senior 4-H sewing Club at
their April 25 meeting in the
East Lampeter Elementary
School.
Other officers elected in
clude Jean Landis, Lancas
ter R 4, vice president; Esth
er Overgard, Lancaster R 4,
secretary, Elsianne Hess, 17-
49 Old Philadelphia Pike,
treasurer; and Ellen Over
gaard, Lancaster R 4, news
reporter.
Also elected were Estclla
Leaman, Ronks, song leader;
Jean Stauffer, 116 Crestmont
Ave., Lancaster, assistant
song leader; Barbara Good,
Bird-in-Hand Rl, and Joyce
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FFA Land Judging Won
By New Holland Lad
Carl Gehman, Mohrton R]
ninth grade Vocational Agri
culture student at New Hol
land scored a total of 398
points out of a possible 500
to win the York-Lancaster
Area FFA Land Use and
Management contest Thurs
day.
The next four places were
won by contestants from the
Solanco chapter. Glenn Kun
kel, New Providence, placed
second with 391; third place
was won by John McKelvey,
Oxford Rl, with 384. Donald
Ressler, New Providence
placed fourth with 362 while
Richard Carnathan, of New
Providence, was fifth with
361.
Approximately 40 Future
Farmers from ten chapters
in the two counties judged
five sites on the Millersville
Rl farm of Amos H. Funk,
and made recommendations
for use of the land. Includ
ed in the contest was identi
fication of the Land Capabil-
Garden SpoM-H
Reorganizes
Keith Overgaard, Lancas
ter R 7, was elected president
of the Garden Spot Commu
nity 4-H club, meeting at the
home of Walter Overgaard
on April 21.
Glenn Book, Lampeter,
was named vice prtsidenl;
Lois Ann Overgaard was sec
retary and James Groff, of
Lancaster R 7, treasurer.
Also elected were Elsian
ne Hess, 1749 Old Philadel
phia Pike, assistant treasurer
Donna Landis, 2088 Creek
Hill Road, song leader; Mary
Jane Herr, Refton, and El
aine Stoltzfus, Ronks Rl, as
game leaders; and Donald
Kraybill, 599 Lampeter Rd,
ncw£ reporter.
Adult leaders of the gr
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$2 Per Year
ily Class, slope of the land,
depth of topsoil, drainage,
texture of the soil, stoniness,
and organic matter content.
Recommendations for-crops
or permanent grass or trees
on some of the sites was
called for. In making the
recommendations, the boys
had to check the major limi
ting factors leading to their
decisions. The use to which
the land is being put at the
present, in some cases was
not the one which should
have been recommended.
In addition to the top five
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Four Herds
Tie In Red
Rose DHIA
Four herds in the Red
Rose Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association finished the
month of March in a tie for
first place with an average of
58 pounds of butterfat.
The mixed herd of 27 8
cows belonging to Edwin J.
Landis, Lancaster R 7 made
the record on 1597 pounds of
milk with a 3.7 test. Ray
mond F. and Louise A. Wit
mer. Willow Street Rl, milk
ed 1127 pound of 5.1 percent
milk from their herd of 47.-
4 registered Guernseys. Paul
B. Zimmerman’s 25.2 regis
tered Holsteins at Ephrata
Rl made 1523 pounds of 3.8
per cent milk, while the 18
registered and grade Hol
steins of Mervin Nissley, of
Bainbridge Rl produced 1-
457 pounds of milk with 4.0
test.
The high 305 day lactation
record was completed by a
registered Holstein in the
herd of Hiram S. Aungst, of
Elizabethtown Rl. Chet v
produced 18,023 pounds of
3.8 per cent milk for a total
of 676 pounds of butterfat.
Second high lactation rec
ord was on a registered Hol
stein owned by James G.
Kreider, Quarryville Rl. The
Kreider cow made 674 lbs.
of butterfat on 14, 819 lbs.
of milk with a 4.5 test.
A total of 34 herds in the
association averaged 50 lbs.
of butterfat per cow or bet
ter for the month.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures for the
next five days will avertge
near the normal of 47 at
night and 68 in the after
noon. Somewhat warmer
Saturday with cooler tem
peratures Sunday & Mon
day. Warmer again Tues
day or Wednesday. Show
ers Saturday or Saturday
niie and again Monday or
Tuesday may average one
third of an inch. During
the past week Lancaster
city had .47 inch of rain,
but the precipitation in
parts of the county was
considerably less.
Average temperatures
for the month of April
will be about six degrees
above normal.