VOL. 11 NO. 20 TOP COUNTY FFA PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TEAM is from the Grassland Chapter. The team will meet York County parliamentarians next week for the area title. The members above are, left to right, seated: Mike Smucker, Galen Yoder, Kenneth Weber, Larry Burkhart, standing: Larry Groff, Douglas Houck, Clair Bowman, Richard Hersh, and Robert Esbenshade. L. F. Photo Grassland FFA & Larry Herr Win Co. Procedure & Speaking Meet Champs Continue Co. Parliamentarian Rule The Giassland Chapter of Futme Farmeis of America continued its domination of count} competition in parha mentaiy piocedures Tuesday night by topping teams fiom foiu othei county schools The meet held at Penn Manor High School is preliminary to the disti ict and state meets Grass land was the state champion m 1964 and uinnerup in 1965, nnu ,u e now making a bid for anothei distuct and state title this veai Giassland and the runnerup countv chapter, Solanco, will meet wmneis from York Coun h next Thursday night at Penn Manor High School to decide the aiea title. The winnei in that event will rep resent the distuct in Region h competition at Millersville (Continued on Page 8) Farm Calendar Ap V ,' 9 30 am, 2nd an nii-il Governor’s Agricultural at Scottish Rites atliedial. Harrisburg. 7-/30 and 7.30 pm., (dupli 7'/ meetings) First-year n l le r Ec °nomics Clothing ,' ub Leaders at UGI meet e!s(ef 0m ’ Conest °g a St., Lan- A FP\ 2O TT ?■ 30 P m -’ County a milk judging contest at /I'h'ata High School. 1 30pm, Area FFA land 1 king contest at Isaac Geib /‘"m, Manheim Cnm 2 / T Ba m ’ Lancaster jj 1 - v Holstein. Assn, tour es leaves from Conestoga in.? *P 0l ’ tatl °n Co., E. Chest- ’ Lancaster. 930 a.m, Animal Health continued on Page 8) Lorry Herr Rated Best Individual Speaker “A slow, deliberate, very sincere delivery, and a good stage voice” was the way public speaking judge' John Myers described Larry Heir’s winning performance in the county FFA public speaking contest, held Tuesday night at Penn Manor High School Sixteen-year-old Hen - , a sophomore at Lampeter-Stras burg High School, spoke on the farmer as a member of “The Exploited Occupa tion”. It was his fust perfor mance as a public speaker. Larry is the son of Mr. and Mrs Carl B Herr who opeiate a beef cattle, poultry and corn farm on Penn Grant Road The runnerup speaking title went to Richard Thomas, Man or Chapter who spoke on “World Without Hungei”, a topic dealing with the popula tion explosion and the growing need for food. Third place went to Merlin E Snader, Grassland Chapter for his handling of the topic “The Peace Corps In Action”. Fourth was Donald Hershey, Elizabethtown Chapter, who (Continued on Page 12) Weather Forecast Continuing below-normal temperatures can be expect ed for the next several days. Seasonal weather is promised for the weekend with cooler temperatures prevailing thereafter. Normal for this time of year would be tem peratures averaging within a range of 63 to 40 degrees. Little precipitation is ex pected with showers about Monday night or Tuesday yielding one-tenth inch, or less. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 16, 1966 Beef Club Leaders To Hold Planning Session A meeting of district ex tension workeis and 4-H ibeet club leaders will be held on April 26, at 8 pin, to pl'an toi the 196 6 South east District 4-H Baby Beef Show and Sale, according to M M Smith, Lancaster iCounty Agent The meeting, to be held in the Livestock Exchange Room at the Lancastei Stock Yards, x\ ill include represen tatives ot the Livestock Ex change and the Union Stock Yaids Co Lester Burdette and Frank Bortz from Penn .State will also be on hand to help the Dauphin, Chester, .Northampton and Lancaster County leadeis and workers plan lor the annual big event, Smith said. Soil Stewardship Week Plans Set At SWCD Meet. The directors of the Lan caster County Soil and Wa ter Conservation Distract an nounced plans at their regu lar monthly meeting Monday night at the Oouit House to observe Soil .Stewardship .Week, May 13-22 The directors said they will have kits available for any minister in the county wanting church bulletins or material applicable for use in Rogation Sunday sermons Anyone interested is advised to contact one of the di rectors. A's an aid in deciding what ■course long range conserva tion plans should follow in Lancaster Countv, the plans adapted by other counties were reviewed by the direc (Continued on Page 9) Outstanding 4-H’er, Eric Stoner, Plans Career In Agricultural For one teim next Fall there will be three Stoner brothers eni oiled at Penn State Umveisity The oldest will be approaching gradua tion in the field of agricultural engineering, the second oldest will be a senior in electrical engineering, and the youngest, Eric, will be beginning the long academic trail which he Hopes will lead to a career in some phase of agricultural re search. Presently, Enc is an eigh teen-year-old senior at Man heim Township High School. He lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs Raymond Stoner, on the 106-acre family farm on Eden Road, Lancaster The historic homestead dates from about 1781, Enc said, adding that a new highway may short ly cut, through the Stoner acres, which already are near ly surrouned by new apart ment and dwelling construc tion When Eric enrolls in the College of Agriculture, he will major in agronomy, feeling this to be the area of agriculture which holds the greatest in terest for him He became in trigued with the idea of a re search career after visiting the laboratories, and talking with SURROUNDED BY HIS HANDIWORK Eric Stoner poses in front of the huge colonial fireplace in the family kitchen of the Stoner farmhouse. The gourds he is holding were fashioned into bird houses. On the mantle a small, stuffed woodchuck and a cock phea sant regard each other warily beneath Eric’s home made gun rack. L. F. Photo $2 Per Year Research researchers, at the new Penn sylvania Department of Agri culture building m Harrisburg. The torn- of those facilities last year was part of the pro gram involving outstanding 4-H youngsters representing their respective counties at the an nual 4-H Capital Days An active 4H member for the past eight years, Eric has held neaily every top office in both the Lititz-Manheim Club and the Wildlife Club He is cuirently vice-president of the (Continued on Page «) Two County 4-H Members Will Attend Conf. Two Lancaster County 4-H -’ers, Gloria Heishey of N-eTf Holland, and Kenneth Rvtt of Quarryv'tlle R 2, have been selected to attend the two day, State 4-H Capital Day» program at Harrisburg on Aipnl 18 and 19 Miss Hershey and Rutt. co presidents ot the 4-H Coun ty Council, will have the op portunity to further their (Continued on Page 12)
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