VOL. U NO. 26
SELECTING LANCASTER COUNTY
EGGS for her market basket is Mrs. Sally
Wanger. 2595 State Street, East Peters
burg, and her three-year-old daughter
Grayson. The little tot obliged local poul
trymen by telling a reporter she likes
eggs. “I eat them in the morning,” she
said. The setting for the Lancaster Farm
ing photo was at Erb’s Super Market in
Local Eggs Get A Promotion
Boost From Farm Show Banner
Lancaster County produced
eggs got a boost this week, when
the -Pennsylvania Farm Show
Banner won by local poultrymen
in January started it’s rounds of
local food stores who sell only
Bicksler Elected To
Membership Of
Comma Sigma Delta
H. J. Bicksler, Executive Di
rector of Pennsylvania Poultry
Federation was elected into
membership of Gamma Sigma
Delta, A National Honoi Society
of Agriculture. The Penn State
Chapter held its annual banquet
on May 8 in the Hetzel Union
Building on the Penn State Cam-
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, May 24
8:30 a.m —Rocking G Stables
Quarter Horse Show, Leola
Monday, May 26
8.00 pm—Lancaster County
FPA meet, Ephrata High
School
8.00 pm —DHIA Directors
meet, Farm and Home Cen
ter.
Tuesday, May 27
8.00 p.m —Lancaster County
Extension Directors meet,
Pam and Home Center.
eggs produced here Under the
dnection of the Lancaster Coun
ty Poultry Association the ban
ner and a large printed display
card were placed in Erbs Supei
Market at East Petersburg Mon
day
On hand to see the new effort
to promote eggs produced local
ly were - Allen Groff, who has
1200 layers and Kenneth Hoffer,
who has 2000 layers Both reside
at Manheim R 4 Also present
were Harold Esbenshade, Man
heim R 2, President of the local
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Local District
Enters Goodyear
Competition
Lancaster County Soil and Wa
ter Conseivation District has en
tered the 23rd annual Goodyeai
competition to select the nation’s
top 53 conservation districts, ao
cording to Amos H Funk, KD
#l, Millersville, district chair
man
Activities of the district' wil]
be weighed against the perform
ance of other districts in the
state in determining the out
standing district in the annual
event sponsored by The Good
year Tire & Rubber Company of
Akron, Ohio
Key agricultural leaders will
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1969
East Petersburg, Monday, where the Lan
caster County Poultry, Association placed
the Pennsylvania Farm Show Banner won
by county exhibitors to promote eggs pro
duced locally. Also placed on display with
the banner was a printed card which read,
“Congratulations Lane. Co Poultrymen
We are proud to supply our customers with
these fresher Lancaster County Eggs.”
Margarita Eshleman
Is Named 4-H Leader
Maigante Eshleman, 17, of
Pequea Rl, was named to serve
as a Leadership Council repres
sentative at the 4-H Congress to
be held June 16-19 at Penn State
University Miss Eshleman, dau
ghter of Mr and Mrs Henry C
Eshleman, is a senior at Penn
Manor High School and will join
59 other Commonwealth youths
to supervise program activities
of the 1,000-member delegation
participating in the congress
A member of the Penn W'llow
4-H Community -Club, she has
completed projects in cooking,
sewing, teen leadership, garden
ing, flowers, and entomology, and
health
Margante served her club as
president, vice president, secre
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Glenn Flickinger
Farm&Home Scholarships
Awarded To Local Youths
Eight county youths were a
varded scholai ships Tuesday
night in the fields of agriculture
and home economics by the Lan-
caster County Farm and Home
Foundation
M M Smith, county agricul
tural agent and ehauman of the
Foundation’s scholarship com
mittee, said the awards are for
$4OO each There were 12 local
high school youths competing for
the awards
Scholarship winneis are
Timothy C Emenheisei, 324 S
Maiket St, Mount Joy A son of
Mr and Mis William Emenheis
er, the youth will graduate in
June from Donegal High School
and will enter Delaware Valley
College at Doylestown this yeai
to study agucultuie
Glenn W Flickingei, Ephiata
R 3 A son of Mr and Mis Willis
Flickinger, he will be gi aduated
from Ephrata High school and
is enrolled in Delaware Valley
College to study agriculture.
Jeanne Mane Herr, Box 25,
Gap A daughter of Mr and Mrs
Ira L Herr Jr, Jeanne will be
graduated from Pequea Valley
Margaret Martin
Jeanne Marie Herr
Timothy Emenheiser
$2.00 Per Year
High School and will enter Mad
ison College, Harrisonburg. Va*
this yeai to study home econo<
mics
J Thomas Lehman. Holt wood
Rl, a son of Mr and Mrs Roy J.
Lehman Young Lehman will be
gi aduated from the Lancaster
Mennomte school and will enter
Delaware Valley College for a
degree m agriculture
Margaret Martin, 852 E Main
Si Ephrata, a daughter of Mr.
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Patricia Yonnff
Thomas Lehman
Terri Ann Shank
Linda K. Shenk