Keystone Farmer Degree Going To 25 Local Boys
Honors which cannot go to
moie than one farm boy in fifty
vill be aw aided to 25 Lancaster
County FFA students from eight
county high schools next week
in conjunction with the 53rd
Pennsylvania State Farm Show
to be held in Harrisburg. In
ceremonies in the Forum of the
Education Building Wednesday
afternoon in downtown Harris
burg, the highest FFA degree
at the state level, the Keystone
Farmer title, will be awarded
foi outstanding achievement in
agncultuie and rural life. The
schools involved include Garden
Spot, -Ephrata, Manheim Cen
tral, Lampeter - Strasburg, War
wick, Solanco, Penn Manor and
Elizabethtown.
Henry Givler, Area FFA Ag
ricultural Supervisor, reported
that undei FFA rules, not more
than two percent of the State
membership can receive this
honor The title is given for out
standing achievement in agricul
ture and mral life To be eligi
ble, Givler said the FFA mem
ber must have satisfactorily
completed at least two yeais of
instruction in vocational agri
culture, demonstrated marked
leadership, earned and invested
at least SSOD productively, and
attained satisfactory achieve
ment m improving the farm’s
efficiency or his home farm’s
comfoit.
The local PFA boys who will
receive the degree January 15
are as follows.
Linford Martin
Linford Martin
Linford D Martin, son of Mi
and Mrs. Walter S Martin, East
Earl Rl, is the out-going presi
dent of the Red Rose FFA Chap
ter and has served as vice pres
ident and president of his local
Grassland Chapter His farming
program includes dairy, hogs,
beef, sheep, corn and tobacco
and he has work experience in
carpentiy, masonry and farm
markets
Active in FFA, Linford at
tended the National FFA Con
vention and the State summer
and winter conventions He was
a member of the chapter parlia
mentary procedure team and
scored well in livestock and
dairy judging at Lampeter Fair
In local activities, Martin scored
Ist in chapter meat, dairy, and
sheep judging and was second
m public speaking He presided
at the area leadership training
conference and after graduation
will be working for a livestock
farmer on a 120 acre farm.
He is also president of the
New Holland 4-H Baby Beef
Club, sings in the Garden Spot
Senior Chorus and is a member
of the Weaverland - Christian
Ambassadors, his church youth
group.
Roy Musser
Roy Musser, senior at Garden
Spot High School, is the son of
Mr and Mrs David G. Musser,
Mohnton R 2 His farming pro
gram of 30 acres consists of a
hog fattening operation and he
raises corn and vegetables Mus
ser is also employed as a
butcher
His activities in FFA include
meats judging, public speaking
and tractor driving and he was
a delegate to the National FFA
Convention and the Leadership
training conference He is also a
member of the Bowmansville
Mennonite Chuich and its youth
group and is a member of the
Voices Of Victory Chorus
In the future, Roy plans to go
to college and voluntary service
and then on to the farm and
raise fattening steers and hogs
Eugene Bollinger
Eugene Bollinger, son of Mr
and Mrs Paul Bollinger, Den
ver R 2 is Chaplain of the local
FFA chapter and delegate to the
Red Rose county chapter. He
Roy Musser
Eugene Bollinger
has been very active in showing
livestock at local, state, and na
tional shows Last year he show
ed the grand champion hog at
Ephrata Fair In 1967 he was
named winner of the Jaycee
Steer Award Eugene was also
selected to represent Lancaster
county at the State Farm Co
operative Institute during his
junior year Eugene’s farming
program includes maiket hogs,
breeding swine, field corn,
steers, tobacco, and wheat He
also attended the National FFA
Convention in 1967 as a chapter
delegate
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Jay Smoker
Jay Smoker
Jay Smoker, son of Mr and
Mrs Earl Smoker, Stevens RDI,
is serving as treasurer of the
local chapter He was named
grand Champion Tractor Dnvei
for the Lancaster-York Area at
this year’s Ephrata Fair Jay
has exhibited his registered hol
stem at both local and state
shows He was named winner of
the Jaycee Steer Award in 1966
Smokei has been active in pub
lic speaking and parliamentary
pioceduie contests in the coun
ty Last year he won a bronze
metal m the State Dairy Judging
Contest at Penn State His farm
ing program includes a herd of
registered, breeding swine, mar
ket hogs, and field coin
Earl Stauffer
Earl Stauffer, son of Mr and
Mrs Clarence Stauffer, Ephrata
RD 1 is President of the local
FFA chapter and Vice-President
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 11.1969
SECOND SECTION
of the Red Rose chapter Earl
was named Star Farmer of Lan
caster County this year and won
a trip to the National FFA Con
vention in Kansas City He has
won many prizes with his hol
steins and market hogs, this in
cludes grand champion dairy
animal at Ephrata Fair for two
years Grand Champion show
man of market hogs for two
years at the county FFA Swine
Show In 1965 Earl was a mem-
Earl Stauffer
ber of the State Milk Products
Judging team that won a silver
metal at Waterloo, lowa His
farming program includes a
herd of registered holsteins,
market hogs, field corn, veal
calves, beef fattening, and bai
ley Earl has won two gold met
als in the State Project Book
Evaluation Contest duung the
past two years
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Raymond Bollinger
Raymond Bollinger
Raymond Bollinger, son of Mr
and Mrs Adam Bollinger, 465
R'dge Avenue, Ephrata, holds
the office of repoitei in the
Cloister chapter He has won
numerous awards with his live
stock including the grand cham
pion pen of three lambs at Eph
rata Fair Ray has also been a
winner in the local chapter’s
chain animal program, winning
a dairy calf, gilt, and pen of
three ewes His farming pro
gram includes dairy heifer,
breeding swine, market hogs,
market sheep, field corn, and an
agriculture work experience pi o
gram.
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J. Lester Heistand
J. Lester Heistand
J Lester Heistand is the 17-
year-old son of Mr and Mrs.
Martin B Heistand, Mariheim
R 4 Lester’s farming program
includes beef fattenmg, and
field crops of corn and wheat.
He has served as president of his
Manheim FFA Chapter and was
the County FFA Chaplain in
,1968.
Heistand won a bronze medal
in the State Farm Mechanics
Contest in 1968 and attended the
National FFA Convention. He is
also was on the chapter parlia
mentaiy procedure team.
Barry E. Garber
Barry E Garber, 17, is the son
of Mr and Mrs J Eugene Gar
ber, Manhenn R 1 A senior at
Manheim Cential High School,
Garber has a fanning piogram
including Beef and swine fat
tening and swine breeding field
coin and stiawbemss He has
se'ved as the chaptei Sentinel.
Tieasu ei and was a member of
the 1967 chaptei pailiamentaiy
pioceduie team
Gaiber showed steers at the
Manheim Farm Show and hogs
at the County FFA Hog Show.
He was in the Livestock Judging
Contest at the State FFA Ac
tivities Week and attended the
National FFA Convention He
also served as a referee at the
State Plowing Contest at Her
shey
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Barry E. Garber
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