VOL, 12 NO. 45 Ruoss Wins PigJShow At New Holland FranfcsKn Ruoss, Ephrata R 2, topped the all-breed, one class swine iShow Thursday after noon, 3>eW just outside the swine tent at the New Holland Farmer® Fair in New Holland. The grand champion was a 4-H 220-pound Duroc, the same breed that won him the title at the fiaar last year. - The reserve grand champion hog, a Hampshire, was shown by 'Robert Fisher, East Earl Rl. The fitting contest went to Rums and the. Showmanship award went to Fisher. York County Agent (Continued on Prge 6) Ralph Horchler Is New Pequea Valley Teacher •Ralph HbreMer has been named Vocational Agricultural CcK'tU^ l TWiftihn'^r^, Henry Givler. As "was an nounced earlier Givler accept ed the job of Vocational Agri culture Director for the Lan caster- York area. A native of Lawrence Coun- - Ralph Horchlep ty, Hordiler came to Pequea Valley from, a two-year teach ing assignment at the New Wilmington High School only 11 miles east of the Ohio state line. He has also managed dairy and .beef farms and as an FFA student raised beef cattle and swine. In 1963 Ralph (Continued on Page 6) Farm Calendar Sunday, October 8 8 - 14 Fire Prevention Week 12:30 p.m. 4-H Wildlife Club fossil hunt - Monday, October 9 ■ ' NEPPCO tour to Lancaster* ' 9 - 35 Open house at-NEBA, Tunkhannock ■ 8:00 p.m. 4-H Ayrshire- Jersey Club meet at ißichard B. m*™: Qu.nrvm. *i {Continued on Page 8) GRAND CHAMPION OF THE 1967 SWINE SHOW at New Holland Farmers Pair, Thursday afternoon; - for EphratJa,R2. The,champion is a Duroc, . - -' - >, - ■ L. F. Photo Go. Poultrymen Add International Touch To Upcoming Banquet The October 26th annual ban quet meeting of the Lancaster County Poultry Association will feature a n internationally known guest this year, accord ing to banquet committee spokesman Paul Hiestand. Members and friends of the association will hear a first hand report on the recent Arab- Israeli conflict from Sidney D. Troy, Lakewood, N. J. . Troy is managing director of Poultry Breeders International. .The franchised agency repre sents the sale of Israel egg and ’ meat line poultry breeding stock in North America. He has been involved in Zion ist activities since before the establishment of the state of Israel. As a volunteer partici pant in the recent conflict, Troy will give an illustrated talk titled, “Before, During and Af ter The Six-Day War”, n £ „T d66L I OUt* pLJ 1 j dCIICCIIIiCCI f Ol* n L/ClODd* 151 The annual Lancaster County Livestock Tour will be held Thursday, October 19, starting at 7 a.m. from the Lancaster Shopping Center, according to M.-M. .Smith, Lancaster - County Agent. The bus tour will go to the Philadelphia area, visiting the Acme Market Warehouse in Philadelphia; the Lee Tire Company, Conshohocken; the P rgarl at Doyles Kin = s RanCh - Coates\ r ille R 5 Pl ® mc be ta^ b& m day October 16.. - r t . Lancaster Panning, Saturday, October 7,1967 Tickets for the banquet mav be obtained from any director of the poultry association, or from association secretary Mrs Paul F McGarvey, 379 W. Roseville Rd., Lancaster. Because of seating limitations at Hostetter’s Banquet Hall, Mount Joy, ticket sales will be (Continued on Page 8) THREE TIMES IN A ROW. Sheryl Weaver, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lestter Weaver, New Holland Rl, had the grand champion at the New Miss Weaver Wins Three In-A-Row At Beef Show For the third year in a row, Sheryl Weaver, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Les ter Weaver, New Holland R 2, showed the grand champ.’on baby beef in the New Holland Farmers Fair, held Thursday afternoon at New Holland The black 4-H Angus later sold for a record price of 78 cents a pound to Melvin Kolb, Willow Road, Lancaster FFA Boys To Head For Kansas City Today Twenty-one Lancaster County FFA boys and their Vo-Ag In structors from three local schools are scheduled to leave (some as early as 5-30 a.m ) this morning Saturday, October ,7, for the National FFA Conven tion to-be held in Kansas - City, Missouri - from October - 10-T3, According to Charles KAc-tley,' teacher at Ephrata High School, the purpose of the trip is to give the leaders of our local FFA chapters leadership training plus a better understanding of the National FFA organization. The boys going with Ackley from Ephrata are Eugene Bol linger, Denver R 2; Raymond Bollinger, 465 Ridge Avenue, Ephrata; Levi Henly, Reinholds; Jay Smoker, Stevens Rl and Earl Stauffer, Ephrata Rl Going from Elizabethtown High School with Elvin Hess (Continued on Page 8) Holland Farmers Steer Show for the third time in as many years. The cham pion was an Angus. Sheryl also won the best showmanship award. L. F. Photo $2 Per Yea: Reserve grand champion was shown