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Reflections
(From the files of
One Year Ago
November, 1965
Poultry Aun. Donatos $32,-
Mt To Farm it Home Paul
Hieetwnd, president of the Lan
caster County Poultry Associ
ation, presented a check for
$32,000 to Levi Brubaker, for
the Lancaster County Farm &
Home Foundation. Brubaker
is co-chairman of the F&H
fund drive.
The occasion, attended by
300 Lancaster Countians, was
the county poultrymen’s an
nual banquet meeting, held
Thursday (Nov. 4) at the Plain
& Fancy Farm Restaurant,
Bird-in-Hand.
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County Agent Honored For
Service Lancaster County
agricultural agent, M. M. Smith,
whs one of four agents in the
U. S. honored with $250 Ani
mal Science awards at the
County Agents National Con
vention, held this week at
Pittsburgh (Nov. 6).
Smith, a county agent for
28 years, was lauded for the
successful livestock programs
he has developed and adminis
tered in the county.
Almanac Predicts Rough
Winter Baer’s Almanac, in
its 141st year of publication
at Lancaster, foresees a cold,
wet winter for 1965-66. The
Almanac sees the entire year
of 1966 as a wet one, which
miay be good news for the
drought-stricken Nor t h e ast.
Heavier snowfalls than usual
will accompany January and
February, according to the Al
manac.
County Holsteinmen Elect
Stauffer Clarence Stauffer,
formerly vice president of the
Lancaster County Holstein As
sociation, was elected to the
top job of that 522-member
organization last week (Nov.
13) He succeeds retiring presi
dent Roy Book, Bonks R 1
Robert Groff, Quarryville R 3,
was named to fill the vice pres
idency. Completing the execu
tive committee, Daniel Martin,
Manheim Rl, was returned to
his third term as treasurer,
Melvin Peifer, Hans Herr
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Newly elected to three-year
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and Ira Welk, Strasburg’Rl.
Lancaster Fanning Completes
First Decade—Lancaster Farm
ing, Lancaster County’s own
farm weekly, completed its
first ten years of life this
week (Nov. 27).
In November, 1955,' a new
farm newspaper was born fol
lowing months of preparation.
Named Lancaster Farming, it
became the first complete-farm
newspaper to originate in the
East’s leading agricultural
county in this century.
The paper was adopted by
county farmers almost immedi
ately, and from an initial
mailing to 28,000 rural box
holders came the nucleus of
the paper’s present farm sub
scribers.
Kline Elected State Young
Farmer Head Paul B. Kline,
Lititz R 3, was elected presi
dent of the Pennsylvania
Young Farmer Association last
week (Nov. 20) at the associa
tion’s annual convention held
at Penn’ State University.
Kline, a Steer feeder and
poultryman, is also president
of the local Manheim YFA
Chapter
Another county farmer, For
ney Longenecker of Lititz
area, was reelected public re
lations director. Longenecker
is also editor of the State YFA
newsletter.
Grant Heilman, well-known
agricultural photographer from
Lititz R 3, was awarded an hon
orary membership in the state
association.
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Litltz Area Girl Wins Capon
Roundup ' Shirley Hershey,
13-year-ol’d (laughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Hershey, came
up with her second consecu
tive win in Lancaster County
capon competition this 'week
(Nov. 4).
Miss Hershey, a student at
Warwick Junior High School,
is in her second year of capon
club work, and has, therefore,
a perfect winning record.
Runnerup in this year’s com
petition was Gary Porter, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Porter
of Washington Boro Rl.
Judging the annual show,
sponsored by the Lancaster
Kiwanis Club, was Carl Dossin,
poultry extension specialist
from Penn State University.
County Farm Women Elect
At its 44th annual meeting
last Siaturday (Nov. 4) at Man
heim Central High School, the
Lancaster County Society of
Farm Women elected Mrs.
Kenneth Eshelman, of Cones
toga R 2, president.
Other officers elected were:
Ist vice president, Mrs. Lan
dis Myer, New Holland El;
2nd vice president, Mrs. Paul
Witman, Mount Joy R 2; sec
retary, Mrs. Grayson Cooper,
Peiach Bottom R 2; and treasur
er, Mrs. Ammon Huber, Peach
Bottom E 2.
A total of 368 women, in
cluding 53 guests and five state
officers, attended the annual
county convention.
Champ Steer Brings $B2O To
Coontian Wesley Mast, 17-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob K. Mast, Elverson R 2,
showed a summer yearling
Hereford steer to the grand
championship of the Eastern
National Livestock Exposition
at Tunonium, Md., on Tues
day ONov. 14).
Ait the sale, the 980-pound
animal brought $2.25, leaving
Mast $B2O richer than he was
last week.
Alan Beyer
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champion honors with an An- • * * *
gua yearling. She took the re- McSparran, National Grange
serve title in the junior dhow. Treasurer —J. Collins MtcSpar
* * • * ran, the Master of the Peim-
PFA Raps School District sylVania State Grange 'and a
Law —Delegates to the annual former Lancaster County nas
meefcing of the Pennsylvania ident, was elected treasurer of
Farmers’ Association in York the,National Grange at a re-
Wednesday (Nov. 15) approved cent meeting in Worcester,
resolutions opposing the com- Mass,
pulsory school district reor
ganization. New Holland YFA To Op-
The delegates viewed the re- g tn ize The first meeting of
organization law as a "move the New Holland Young and
toward the ultimate takeover Adult Farmer classes is scfaed
of all school districts” by state to- Nov. 28 at Garden
or federal government. Spot,High School. The subject
It recommended that the f or discussion and deittoftstea
law, recently passed by the tion for the first class will be
state legislature, be repealed. Farm Tractor Maintenance.
PFA also went on record as (Agriculture instructors Rob
favoring the denial of public Herr and Eugene Daugh
assistance to persons who re- er ty noted that all interested
fuse “reasonable” job oppor- farmers in the New Holland
tunities. , area are invited to attend
The resolutions were among these winter classes Which will
several adopted at the closing under the • sponsorship of
session .of the ILth annual (Continued on Page 13)
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