■VOL 5 NO. 4/ loultry Assn. i| a ns Banquet Ihe annual banquet of the master County Poultry Relation has been sched j for November 3, 6.30 p. m Hostetters’ jj, Mount Joy. Speaker of the evening jH be the Rev. Harry T. idiwine, Pastor of the Sal- a Evangelical Lutheran Uirch, Lebanon. Kenneth jtnk, son of Mr. and Mrs. tram Shenk, frmtville Pike I entertain at the organ. Tickets are available from ny member of the associa tn's board of directors or the Poultry Center, Rose ille Road and the 230 by- (ut Tree Assn, ieeks New Trees nContest University Park, Pa., —To tip improve the State’s edi fc nut production, the Penn flvama Nut Growers Asse rtion is offering $l5O in ish pnzes to locate the ms bearing the best un amed vanties in black wai sts, butternuts and Persian English) walnuts. Anyone in the State may rter nuts of unnamed vari lies of any or all three spe les from Pennsylvania tre i Entries are to be thirty rmore nuts, and only one itry per tree. There Is no nut to total entries by any le person. The nuts must (hulled, washed and dried icool storage, then packed id mailed 'to William S. lirke, Jr., department of irticulture, Tyson Building le Pennsylvania State Um woty, University Park, ley will be judged Dec. 26 30 Prize-winning entries sill be exhibited at the 1961 Pennsylvania Farm Show, 9-13, at Harrisburg. Entry blanks are being fetnbuted by county agri wltural agents, vocational inculture teachers and asse rtion members. Farm Calendar to 17—7 30 pm. - Meeting ( 0f the Pequea Valley FFA at tlie High School. Initia tion of Greenhands. 130 pm. - Meeting of the Garden Spot 4-H club at the tiome of Mr. Paul Den i'ngor, 2351 Horseshoe Road Winter subject is Photography. to 18—8 00 pm. ■ Meeting °f Lincoln 4-H community c 'ob m the Mount Airy fire hall to 20—8 00 pm. - Meeting the county Holstein 4- club at the Lampeter jair Grounds. 800 Pm. - Meeting of the county Young Farmers As- at Solanco High "Chool, Quarryville. Sub let - Farm Safety. p'm| . Eastern States Membership meeting of Quarryville Service at the Rhoads Span > Tavern. Ll —7:45 - Eastern States Membership meeting for r*acaster service center at t, ostetter’s, Mount Joy. 22—District 4-H Tractor "Civiag Contst at Allen- t ° w P Fair Grounds. GERALD KREIDER AND PAUL TRIMBLE, both of Quarryville Rl, as they appeared last summer in the demon stration of tractor maintenance with which they won sec ond in the state 4-H demonstration contest. For their plac ing in the competition, the boys have been awarded a trip to the National Safety Congress, October 16 to 21, in Chico go Gerald, left, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kreider. Paul is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Trimble. Ag Center Incorporators Petition For Charter A petition for a charter was filed this week with the Lancaster County Court by the Lancaster County Agri cultural Center. ' in the petition, the organi zation, formed when an anon omous donor offered a cash grant of $lOO,OOO and a gift of eight acres of land to be used toward the construction of an agricultural center, lis ted as its purposes; “To establish an agricultur al canter where anyone inter ested in agriculture, agron omy, soil conservation, home economics, animal husban dry, stream purification, and related fields may attend dis cussion groups, forums, pan els, lectures and similar pro grams on these subjects. “To erect an office build ing and auditorium to ac comodate individuals and or ganizations interested in the fields —mentioned. “To encourage and pro mote scientific research in the fields mentioned. “To preserve and advance the agricultural traditions of Lancaster County.” The incorporators are: Mrs. Margaret Bradley, of Drumore Rl; Levi H. Bruba ker, 2001 Marietta Ave; Floyd S. Bucher, Reamstown County Granges Win Awards Two Lancaster County Gr anges will be honored at the State Grange Convention at Harrisburg, October 25. The granges, both slated to receive honorable mention awards and $25 in cash, we re among the 40 subordinate lodges entering the Grange’s 13th annual Community Ser vice Contest The purpose of the con test is to encourage self-help service programs in various communities throughout Pen nsylvania, J. Collins McSpar ran. Master of the Pennsyl vania organization, said. The two Lancaster County Granges to be honored are Fulton Grange 66, of Peach Bottom R 2 and Colerain Gr ange 1667, Kirkwood. Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, October 15, 1960 David B. Buckwalter, Lititz R 3; Mrs Norma DeLellis, of 231 N. Duke St; Elmer L. Esbenshade, 1320 Manheim Pike. Willis Z. Esbenshade, 1631 Esbenshade Rd; Amos H. Funk, Millersville Rl; B. Snavely Garber, Willow Street R 2; Alexander L Ger hart, 287 Duke St, Ephrata; John H. Herr, Lancaster R 7; Wilbur C. Hiestand, Salimga. Leslie S. Hubbard, East Pe tersburg; Noah W. Kreider, Manheim R 3; Victor M. Lon genecker, .Elizabethtown R 3; (Turn to page 12) Beef Feeders Are Reminded Of Registration . Sign Up time for Red Rose and New Holland Baby Beef clubs is here again, County Agent, Max Smith said this week. Membership is open to boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 21 who are interested in feeding a steer calf. Baby Beef is one of the major 4-H projects in the county Smith said. “We hope that additional members may be interested this year ” The club steers will go on feed for the 1962 Farm Show with the objectives of teaching the club members steer feeding, fitting, show ing, record keeping, and the ability of getting along with other folks. For those interested in joining the Red Rose club, Smith suggests contacting either the extension service office, 202 Post Office Build mg, Lancaster, or one of the following 4-H leaders; Fred Linton, Quaryville R 2; Elvin Hess Jr, Strasburg Rl; Jay R. Nissley, Manheim R 4; My lin R. Good, Manheim Rl; Victor Longenecker, Eliza bethtown R 3 or Harry Show alter. South Pine Street in Ephrata. Members in the New Hol land Club should -contact Kester M. Weaver, New Hol land Rl or John B. Lapp, Bareville Rl, or the exten sion service office. Warwick FFA Repeats As Judging Champs Warwick Future Farmers successfully defended their crown by scoring the highest average points in the dairy and livestock judging contest at Lampeter Community Fair last month, it was announced this week. Repeating their perform ance of last year, the War wick FFA members are now within one win of retiring the revolving trophy. To take the chapter trophy, Warwick had an average of 407.192 points per member to beat out runner up Solan co with a team average ol 380 55 of a possible 600 pts. In the individual scoring, Jacob Harnish, Manheim R 2, Manheim Central High School, finished the six class event with a total score of 508.3 points. His closest rival for tht individual crown was Glenn Hess, Washington Boro, Penn-Manor High School, with 503.5 points Three. County 4-H Members Win National Awards Contest Three Lancaster County 4- H Club members have been selected to represent Pennsyl vania'in the 1960 National 4- H Awards program, with-two winners receiving expense- SARALEE BRADLEY paid trips to the 39th Nation al 4-H Congress in Chicago, Nov. 27-Dec. 1. Mmre than 2,300,000 4-H JEAN KAUFFMAN members will be represented by the delegates to the 4-H Congress in Chicago. Boys and girls from the 50 states, •and Puerto Rico, will regist er for the annual event. In addition to all expense trips $2 Per Year The contest was held dur ing the exhibition of the Lampeter Fair, but the scores were not all totaled until this week Chapter scores were obtained by adding the indi vidual scores of all the mem bers and dividing by the number of members partici pating. Warwick won the trophy for the first time last year when they defeated Manheim heim, a previous three year winner in the event. Following close behind So lanco in the team placings was Manheim with a total of 380.172 points per member. Pcquea Valley, with a score of 366 was fourth whil Co cahco moved into fifth place with 360 25 Following were New Holland with 354.41, Penn Manor with 347 4 and Lampeter with 335 937 pts. Following Hamish and Hess in the individual scor (Turn to page 10) honoring state, sectional and national winners, 144 schol arships totaling $62,400 wili be awarded in the categories for which Pennsylvania win ners were chosen. Award winners are: Home Economics Mary Grube, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Grube, Lititz R 3, is a junior at Mansfield State College. She was a 4-H member for eight years and completed MARY GRUBE projects in clothing, foods and junior leadership. She was president of the local club in 1957. In 1957 she was named state winner for poul try foods demonstration, and the same year won the coun- (Turn to page 8) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for ihe next five days will average near the normals of 66 in the afternoon and 45 at night. A warm week end will be followed by cooler temperatures about Mon day and warmer again about Wednesday. Rain should total over 0.4 inches about the beginning of the week.
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