• Holstein Ass'n. (Continued from Page 6) ■County committee assign ments include the following General committee Clar jence Lyons, 204 I T ess Blvcl , Lancaster, and Mrs Rhelda Ro yer, 2025 Oregon Pike, Lancas ter Booklet committee John S Shellj, Manheim R 1 * Tour committee Richaid Hess, Strnsbuig Rl, chainnan, Roy H Book, Rouks Rl, Hen ry B Kettenng, Litilz R 3, and M. M Smith, County Agent, Lancaster Milk piomotion committee Claience Lyons, chairman and Charles Cowan, 2025 Bloo mmgdale Ave , Lancaster Banquet committee Rob ert C -Groff, Quarryville R 3, and Victor Plastow, Associate County Agent, Lancaster. Registration and reception - Mr and Mrs David Yoder, SFAIBC, Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tindall, Peach Bottom Rl, Mr and Mrs. Earl L. Oroft, Stfasburg Rl, and Mr. and Mrs J. Mowery Frev, Jr., 1813 Hans Herr Drive, Lancaster. Ladies Program Mrs. Rhelda Royer, chairlady, with additional committee members to be chosen by the chairlady. Publicity Roger Gundl ach, SPABC. Box 254, Lancas ter; Jack Keyser, Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, and Jack Owen, Lancaster Farming, Box 1524, - Lancaster. • Extension Banquet (Continued from Page 1) Speaking to more than 360 persons at the banquet in the ballroom of Hotel Brunswick, Lancaster, Bucher had the audience in an uproar as he re counted some of the experien ces of a young county agent in the early days of extension I ' 'I * * * * Southeastern Peitna. Artificial Breeding Coop. P. O. Box 254, Lancaster, Penna Ir*******************************************************************i Hoffman "HPS” Grassland Seed FORMULAS CAUGHT CHATTING AT THE golden anniver sary of the extension service in Lancaster County are former Associate County Agent, Harry ST Sloat, and Melvin Stoltzfus, a dairyman from Ronks Rl. Sloat served the county in extension work for 40 years be fore retiring in 1961. The hand of County Agent, M M. Smith is shown pointing out an item of interest to another guest. L. F. Photo. in the county. Bucher, who served the county from 1913 to 1949 recalled that he often had to take a pitchfork and help the farmer with his load in order to get an audience of any kind.' He" said he started his duty on the 13th of the month, but could not recall if it were a Friday, but he said there was very little in the way of re search and no help from ex tension specialists m those days. He said he was very dissat isfied with the progress he was making in the first few mon ths. “The weekly reports didn’t have much bottom,” he said, and he made up his mind to give up the job on the follow ing day. “I probably would SERVICE with the FUTURE in mind! A. H: HOFFMAN PENNA;'^ formers vv/f/i 1899 -:V ■ ■ - -------- - ~~ f ~ ~ - - have, too, if it hadn’t been a cloudy day.” He said on the day he plann ed to resign, he had a talk with the County Superintendent of Schools who told him he had seen two crows sitting on a wire talking things over “I decided if they can take it, I can too ” “The next morning things started to break,” he said. I still wanted more action, he said, but it was hard for a young man to get an audi ence with older farmers He re counted a conservation with a young doctor who told him he had had trouble getting busi ness until he started driving his horse as fast as he could go up and down the roads “The women said, ‘That young doctor must be good to have Phone 569-0411 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16, 1963 REMINSCING ABOUT THE OLD days in exten sion work is, always in order with former county agent, Floyd (Dutch) Bucher. Here at the golden anniversary banquet of the extension service he chats with Mrs. Norma DeLellis, present Home Economist in the Lan caster County Extension service. L F. Photo. to travel that fast’ and he be gan to get business” “That gave me an idea' I got a motorcycle, and as some of you know, I went up and down the loads,” he said Calls for help became more frequent after that, and soon Bucher became a familiar sight as he traveled up and down the county roads for the next 36 years. Extension service in the county was ongmally oigamz ed under the name of Farm Bureau and Bucher told ot several interesting events which grew out of the situa tion when the American Farm Bureau Federation was termed He said his original oftices were in the Greist Building, but in 1921 Representative Greist asked him if he would like to have space in the pio posed Post Office building When the building was com pleted, the Faun Bureau did not want Buchei to move out oX the offices on which they weie paying rent He said, “I went to Washington to see my boss, whom I had nevei seen and told him to write me a letter I told him what kind ol letter I nanted, and wh n n it came, I said to the Farm Bureau, ‘There it is What can I do about it', so we moved into the new offices ” Levi H Biubahei, Rohiers store @i I a g e town, and Alra. Jane Columbia, nanated a senes ot slides depicting the pi ogresS of county extension w ork over the past 50 yeais Thev ie counted the conti ibutions of “pioneeis in extension” such as Hairy S Sloat, fonnei As sociate County Agent, who served 40 years fiom 1921 to 1961 and Miss Anne Foibes, the fust extension home econo mist who served trom 1922 to 1947 Six dnectois ueie elected to the Extension Sen ice Commit tee Mrs Hairy S Mu mm a, Manhehu Rl, Mas elected to sen e in the Northwest dis trict, Mis. Allen K. Kisser, Leola Rl, was elected tiom the Northeast distnct, John W. Sangrey, Conestoga, and Rich ard Lefeier, Quanyville Rl, will lepiesent the Southwest distnct, Robeit C Groft, Suarrynlle R 3. the Southeast district, and John H Mjer, Quarnville R 3, the Southeast fiom the Southern aiea Robeit C Gioft, pi evident, wji, nidbtei ol ceiemomes ( oiimift! riio \ci\ Horn JI 1 Tlu* 11 -!)734(i7,5')4 i 1 -4.5-15 This Ivml is Inert vuth liMllu-is bet neon it’s toes so (h.it it (