lands FFA
end Natl
vention
g v; Robert Hen*, Advisor
gjx members of the Grass
(i FFA Chapter of the Gar
, spot High School attended
35th National Convention
the Future Farmers of
ielJC a held in Kansas City,
on October 10th, 11th, and
;11.
T hey attended the conven
m as representatives of their
\\ Chapter and the New
Hand Machine Company
, c li used its company plane
tiansport the group to the
nention. Attending weie
11V Weaver, Wilmer Martin,
; h.iid Martin, Cail Gehman,
nioid Fritz, and Donald
nimeiman, all Seniors in Vo
nonal Agriculture along with
, n FFA Advisor, Robeit
n, and Homer Luttrmger,
I{ [ of Public Relations for
Xew Holland Machine
miiany.
Xlie local chapter members
e part of over 10,000 FFA
s iiom all 50 states of the
g lepresentmg more than
9,000 FFA members. The
mp attended all the sessions
the Convention which in
ided business of the National
an FFA Talent Show,
awarding of the highest
Degree The American
,mer Degiee to 352
m boys, heard the finalists
the public speaking contest,
messed the honoring of men
all segments of Agn-busi
for their help in the Vo-
Program, and the climax
the piogram, the naming of
Star Parmer of America.
In addition to the convent-
Dairymen:
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in the years to come will be deter
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ion, the boys attended the
American Royal 'Livestock
Show, visited the Kansas City
Stock Yards, toured the Amer
ican Hereford Association
headquarters, visited the Tru
man Library at
and had the unexpected thrill
of hearing Hany S. Truman
address the FFA members and
the opportunity to take pic
tures of this ex-picsident.
Fire Safety
While Hunting
Is Urgent Need
and Waters Secretary Maurice
K. Goddard today directed a
special appeal to Pennsylvan
ia’s hunters to do their shaie
m pi eventing foiest fires dur
ing hunting season.
“Fall hunting season corre
sponds with one of the two
woist flie seasons ot the year,”
Goddard explained, “and un
fortunately, most ot the fires
this time of the year are
caused by hunters.”
Goddaid said that the 1962
spring flie season was one of
the woist in many yeais be
cause of an unbelievable com
bination of sustained high
winds and low humidity in
most sections of the Common
wealth.
“It is unlikely that such
seveie conditions will he re
peated this fall,” he stated,
“but the weather factor is
completely unpredictable.”
“We can avoid serious foiest
fires,” he warned, “if every
Pennsylvanian makes up his
mind to exercise extreme cau
tion when in the woods and
forests,”
Goddaid said that he hoped
that every man, woman, and
"TOPS IN QUALITY"
LANCASTER COUNTY’S CHAMPION 4-H Trac
tor operator will compete in the eastern district finals
today at Schuylkill Haven. Shown here after his Lan
caster County win is Kenneth Shertzer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Shertzer, Millersville Rl. Kenneth
was a first-year member in the Lancaster County 4-H
tractor maintenance club last winter. In the event he
wins today, he will represent the eastern district 4-H
at the state contest in Harrisburg in January.
child in the Commons ealtli
would lend their coopeiation
to the Depaitment of Foiests
and Wateis in pi eventing toi
est fires dining the lemaiuder
of 19 62. “Our piesent goal,”
he stated, “is to keep the total
number of flies this year und
er the most lecent yearly high
established in 1952. During
that year there weie 165 3 for-
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