VOL 11 NO. 19
36th National
4-H Conference
Set Apr. 17-22
\bout 250 young men and
women who “learn by doing”
thio.igh 4-H will gather in
Washington, April 17 through
22 ioi the 36th National 4-H
Club Conference They will
come fiom the 50 states and
Fuei to Rico, representing the
country’s more than two mil
lion 4-H club members.
Last year Lancaster County
was 'epresented at the confer
ence by Virginia Wivell of
Columbia SI, but there will
be no representative from the
county this year
The arm for the 1966 con
feience will -be for each youth
to tl) learn more about na
tional and international issues
and problems facing the Amer
ican people, and (2) increase
his understanding and accep
tance of democratic values and
lus citizenship responsibilities.
Delegates will accomplish
educational purposes of the
conference through hearing se
lected speakers, engaging in
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Nine Million Dollars And Eight
Years To Revamp Farm Show Area
HARRISBURG At a news
confe fence here Thursday,
Slate Secretary of Agriculture
Lelaud H Bull revealed plans
loi completely remodeling the
Pennsylvania Farm Show
complex
Eventually, Bull said, all
buildings will be replaced ex
cept the large arena But, he
added this will be done one
building at a time, and “build
ings will not be torn down
ahead of time”
The Department of Agncul
tuie has asked that $9 mill
ion over the next four years
be allocated for this purpose.
Final approval on that amount
le sts with the State Planning
Farm Calendar
■Mml 11 7 30 pm. 4-H
lei-ey-A\ i shire Chub meets
Farm Credit Bldg , 411
Roseville R’d . Lane
" & Pm , Lancastei Coun
h SWCD dnectors at
Com thouse
pni , Manherm Young
I'aimeis meet at Manhenn
Cential HS ; s,ubj , “Field
tol u production”, speaker,
A Doebler, Doebler
Seed Co
' s Pm , Meeting tor 4-H
( luh Leaders in the north
ern end of county at Farm
f<l edit Bldg. Lane
-Mini 12 G:3O pm, an
nual Spring banquet of
•uni Growers and Honey
I‘ioducers at Meadow Hills
■hning Room, New Dan
ulle Pike, Lane. Speaker,
extension pomolOgist, Carl
ibltner.
r~‘ Pm, County PFA. par
liamentary . procedure and
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A CAMERA SHY “EASTER BUNNY” tops off this seasonal, floral window
display at the retail'shop of Girvin’s Flowers, Leola Motorists passing by on the
busy New' Holland Pike see him at his tireless vigil, always on hand to welcome
the many customers who visit Girvin’s this time of the year. L. F. Photo
Board and the Legislature,
however
The plans, as developed by
the BBS Management Con
sultant firm of New York, call
for enlargement of the pre
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Easter Services To Be
Held At 7 State Parks
Easter sunnse services will
be held at seven state parks in
the Commonwealth, according
to a Depaitment of Foiests &
Waters statement.
Parks in this area offenng
these services are Gifford Pin
chot and Samuel S. Lewis
State Parks, both in York
County
The services will be non
denommational and will be
open to the public, the de
partment said
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH of the Girvin Flow
er Company complex of greenhouses and outbuild
ings in Leola. The greenhouse shown in upper
left corner is plaStic-covered. Heat is distributed
in that,house by means of a large plastic tube
with holes in it every foot or so, which runs the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 9, 1966
Flowers For The Living
Becomes Big Business For
68-Year-Old Girvin Firm
Although funerals used to
account for nearly 80 percent
of the florist business done by
Girvxn Flowers of Leola, the
bulk of the firm’s flower or
ders are now for happier oc
casions, or for no formal oc
casion at all In relating this
fact, Mrs John Girvin said the
beauty of flowers is to be en
joyed, and more and more peo
ple are taking pleasure in hav
ing floweis in the house the
year around simply to enjoy
that beauty
Although much of the sea
sonality has disappeared, from
the business, Girvm’s still find
that Easter and Mother’s Day
are accompanied by a fierce
rush of flower and plant buy
ing. All this week the rush has
been on Girvin’s meets it by
working extra long hours and
by shifting the 23 regular em
ployees from job to job, as
needed.
This local florist business
was begun in 1898 by John Gir
vin’s father When the younger
Girvin was released from the
Army in 1946, he took over
management of the firm which
now includes two retail outlets
in Lancaster and one in Leola,
a 110,000 squaie-foot-complex
of greenhouses and assorted
buildings spread over several
acres -Approximately one-half
of Girvin’s business is whole
sale, which helps to even out
plant and labor distribution
over the year The company’s
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length of the building, suspended from the roof.
When the blower comes on thermostatically, hot
air is forced through the tube, causing it to inflate.
When the heat goes off, the bag collapses. This
unique system enables heat to be distributed even
ly and instantly throughout the house.
$2 Per Year
Holstein Assn.
Plans Annual
Tour For Apr. 21
The LancdS f er County Hol
stein Association announced
this week that this year’s tour
will be in the Lebanon County
area, Apul 21st Several out
standing farm operations will
be visited, and an automated
factory
Among the farms on the
tour schedule is Harvey Bom
gardener’s, which fetures loose
housing and free-stalls His 62-
cow herd averaged 15,621
pounds of milk last year and
606 pounds of fat
Next, the Ferndale Farm of
Fiank Reist will be seen This
old-time herd, established in
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Young Farmers
Will Hear Corn Talk
At a meeting set for 8 p.m.,
April 11, the Manheim Young
Farmer Association will hear
a talk by a com seed company
representative on ‘"Field corn
production ”
Speaking will be T A Doeb
ler, Sr, repiesenting the Doeb
ler Seed Coin Company of
Jeisey Shore, Pa
The meeting will be held in
the agncultuie room of the
Manheim Central High School.
Information and entry forms
•on the Young Farmer five
acre com contest for the 1966
ci op will also be available at
this meeting
Agr. Teachers
Assn. Allocates
Fair Fund Money
The Lancaster County Vo
cational Agriculture Teachers
Association, at its regular' mon
thly meeting Thursday at
Elizabethtown High School,
budgeted the entire $2OOO
Fair Fund allocation for the
coming year
One of the vocational pro
jects receiving a large share
of this money was the County
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