VOL. 34 NO. 3
Mrs. Charles McSparran
Mrs. McSparran
On Lancaster
Farming Staff
Lancaster Farming News
paper is pleased to announce
the appointment of Mrs. Charles
McSpairan, Quarryville, as a
nev. , member - ,oL._ its staff
Amopg her duties will be regu
lar women’s features such as
the first one that appears on
Page 18 of this issue
Mrs. McSparren grew up on a
farm in Fulton township and
graduated there from hign
school She attended Lancaster
Business College and worked
four years in the office of Arm
strong Cork Co. After marriage
she spent 29 years on the farm
in Diumore township where
they specialized in dany, swine
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Nixon Announces His
Sec. Of Agriculture
Clifford M Hardin, who grew
up on an Indiana faira, leaves
the relative calm of a midwest
ern umieisity campus to take
command of the government’s
huge and controversial faim
programs.
Associates sav Hardin has’dis
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Baby Beef Extravaganza
Held By Area 4-H Members
The combined ingredients of
youth, steers and showmanship,
provided a two-day extravaganza
for ring-side spectatois this week
as the Lancastei County 4 H
Baby Beef Roundup and the
Southeast District 4 H Baby
Beef Show were held Tuesday
and Wednesday at the Lancas
ter Union Stock Yards
On Tuesday afternoon, it was
the selecting of 36 County Heie
fold, Angus and Shoithoin pi ej
ects to go to Hainsbuig to the
Annual Farm Show Later, the
all-important County Showman
ship Contest where Mai vin Niss
ley, 17, walked off with tne hon
ors and the Intell calf as a prize
foi his effoits
Hemy Giubei, A & B Meats,
Farmers Oppose
Football At PM
" A group of' farmer's -■ in- fhe
Penn Manoi School District op
posed the football program that
was proposed at a regular Penn
Manor School Board Meeting
held Monday night, but the final
decision will not come until the
January 13th meeting
Several comment* were made
by persons fiom a group in op
position One complained of the
spiraling taxes and the hardship
of people on limited income in
cluding farmers caught in a cost
price squeeze Another said he
spent some time in Europe, and
found their education superior
to ours He advised any addi
tional mouej be spent on better
education instead of sports
In other business, Garland
Gingrich was named Assistant
Principal at the high school to
replace Wallace T Vlassis who
has been elected principal of
the Marticville Middle School
Gingrich is presently a member
of the agucultuial faculty at the
high school.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 14,1968
Allentown, Lester Bmdette,
Penn State and Comad Giove,
Chester County 4H Lsadei,
served as judges
DISTRICT SHOW
On Wednesday the isal am
maltype competition started
with Lancas t ei County 4-H
members competing with Ches
ter, Caibon Dauphin and Noith
ampton County youths
Gaiy Dean, Strasburg Rl, ear
ned Lancaster as high as possi
ble by taking his 1110 pound
Angus named “Ichabod ’ to the
reseive grand champion spot
Gary, 14, son of Mr and Mrs
William Dean was fust in the
heavyweight class
The champion was shown by
Milton Howe, Chester County
This steer, also an Angus, came
from the top of the light-heavy
weight
The Hereford championship
went to Lancaster’s Dennis Bru
baker, 16,206 Rohrerstown Road
and reserve champion Heiefoid
was shown by Susan Kay Heu,
Lancaster
Marlene Hess, 11, and Cindy
Lou Eshleman, 17 both of Mt
Joy, showed the champion and
reserve champion Shoi thorn re
spectively .
Ruth Ellen Baitium, Chester
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Buchen Wins First
In 4-H Ess£y Contest
Winners of the Lancaster
County 4-H Soil and Water Con
seivation Essay Contest were
announced this week and
awards were presented Tuesday
at a regular weekly meeting of
the Lancaster Kiwanis Club
First place winner was Bui
nell Buchen, Manheim R 3, and
he received a $75 Savings Bond
for his efforts
Second place was Ray Biu
baker, 206 Rohrerstown Road
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GARY DEAN, Strasburg Rl, won the reserve grand
championship at the Southeast District 4-H Baby Beef Show
Wednesday, held at the Lancaster Union Stockyards. The
Angus named “Ichabod” was first in the heavyweight class.
L- F. Photo
F & H To Conduct A
Completion Fund Drive
The Farm and Home Founda
tion of Lancastei County will
conduct a ‘ Completion Fund
Campaign”, beginning the lattei
pait of Januaiy, for the puipose
of liquidating capital indebted
ness incurred in building the
new Faim and Home Centei A
minimum objective of Sl5O 000
will be sought, representing a
major portion of the lemammg
funds needed to pay for the
$500,000 structure located on Ai
cadia Road, accoiding to B
Snavely Garbei, president of the
board of directois
The fund-i aismg piogiam will
be headed by Lawrence H
Skromme, vice piesidcnt of the
$2 00 Per Year
Foundation and vice president
for engineering at New Holland
Co Division of Speiry Rand
Coip He will be aided b> three
divisions of volunteer workeis,
now in process of formation and
organized in categoues of ma
jor, special and farm gifts
Skromme has played a prom
inent role in helping to establish
the new Center which has earn
ed the commendation of State
officials, as well as aiea busi
ness, agucultural and industri
al leaders He served as co chan
man. along with the late Levi
H Brubaker, of the successm.
campaign which provided rhe
building funds in 1965 foi in
itiating constiuction of the Cer.
tei
Among Skromme’s piofessior.-
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Mystery Farm
Contest
The M\stei\ Faim Coyest
conti.ioes tins week m La ere
tei Fat ".mg with *hs fut. 1 ..
tns at eight CoanA m. 1
phr f oii£?h; to be publisie’
."eeklv foi jou to identic The
pa.a subscubei who wins fits'
puze w”ll iecei\e a peisona.
cneck foi SlOO and second ore
:hnd placed wmneis wul be
awa’ded S5O and 525 checks ie
spectiv el}.
Heie’s now it works An en
larged photogiaph of a Lancas
ter County Farm fiom a didei
ent aiea each week is publish
ed The general dnection from
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