Keystone Farmer Degree Going To 16 Local Boys
Honors which cannot go to
more than one farm boy in fifty
will be awarded to 16 Lancaster
County FFA students from sev
en county high schools next
week in conjunction with the
54th Pennsylvania State Farm
Show to be held in Harrisburg.
In ceremonies in the Forum of
the Education Building Wednes
day afternoon in downtown
Harrisburg, the highest FFA de
gree at the state level, the Key
stone Farmer title, will be
awarded for outstanding
achievement in agriculture ahd
rural life. The schools involved
include Garden Spot, Ephrata,
Manheim Cential, Lampetei-
Strasburg, .tolanco, Penn Manoi
and Pequea Valley.
Henry Givler, Area FFA Ag
ricultoral Supei visor, reported
that under FFA rules, not more
than two peicent of the State
membership can icceive this
honor. The title is given for
outstanding achievement in
aguculture and rural life To be
eligible, Givler said the FFA
member must have satisfacton
ly completed at least two years
of instruction in vocational ag
riculture, demonstrated marked
leadership, earned and invested
at least $5OO productively, and
attained satisfactory achieve
ment in improving the farm’s
efficiency or his home farm’s
comfort.
The local FFA boys who will
receive the degree January 14
are ar follows.
Lester Bowman
Lester Bowman
Lester Bowman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond S Bowman,
East Earl Rl, was the 1968-
69 County FFA Vice President
and is now serving m the same
capacity in his Grassland Chap
ter at Garden Spot High School
He has also been the chapter
secretary and county delegate
Winner of the chapter faim
mechanics awaid, Lester has
work experience at Charles
Sander Mill, Penn Jersey Hai
vestore and Huists Tire Service
His supervised farming program
includes fattening and breeding
swine and veal calves.
Eugene Nolt Charles Smith, son of Mr and
Mrs Harry Smith, New Provi
Eugene Nolt, son of Mr and dence Rl, is the President of
Lester attended the National Jeff Pfautz. son of Mr and Mrs. Milton Nolt, Ephrata Rl, his senior class at Solanco High
FFA Convention in Kansas City Mis Leioy Pfautz, Stevens Rl was the Star Greenhand degree School He is also a member of Nelson Weavei, son of Mr.
and the winter FFA conven- is president of the Cloister FFA winner when he was in ninth the cross country team and tho and Mrs John M Weaver, New
tion in Harrisburg He has won chapter and has served the grade. Since that time his farm- Varsity Club Holland Rl, is the president of
the Chapter and Red Rose County FFA as treasurer Jeff mg program includes dairy In the FFA chapter, Smith the Grassland Chapter at Gar-
Farmer Degree and has shown has been a consistent winner of cows, heifers, market hogs, sows has projects of eleven dairyam- den Spot High School. He has
hogs at the County FFA Hog judging awards both on a local and field corn. He has exhibited mals, twenty fattening swine, 3,- (Continued on Page 30)
Show and competed in the trac
tor driving contest
He is a past president of the
New Holland Baby Beef Club
and past vice president of the
New Holland Community Club
as well as a member of the
Metzlers Mennonite Church
Lee Ressler
Lee Ressler
Lee Ressler, son of Mr. and
Mrs Harold L. Ressler, East
Earl Rl, is the Grassland Chap
ter Treasurer at'Garden Spot
High School. He received the
Greenhand, Chapter Farmer,
and Red Rose Farmer Awards
and attended both the National
and State FFA Conventions
Lee has been active in his lo
cal chapter, participating in
fund raising activities as well as
serving as chairman of many
committees He was a public
speaker in local, regional and
state contests.
His supervised farming pro
grams have included fattening
swine, veal calves and field
corn, and his work experience is
on a 45-head dairy farm Ressler
is presently employed at J. B
Zimmerman and Sons, at Blue
Ball.
Jeff Pfautz
Jeff Pfautz
and state level. He has placed in
the top 10 at the Lampeter
Judging Contest three times,
won the county meats contest
and placed 4th at the state con
test; won a bronze medal in
livestock judging at Penn State
Jeff has also won a bronze
medal with his record book in
the state contest He was named
the Chapter Star Farmer as a
junior. His farming program
includes veal calves, market
hogs, field corn, sweet corn, and
sugar peas He also represented
t
Burnell Buchen
Burnell Buchen
Burnell Buchen, son of Mr.
and Mrs Clyde Buchen, Man
heim R 3, is the President of his
Manheim FFA Chapter Having
showed the Grand Champion
hog at the Lancaster County
FFA Show in 1969, Buchen has
farming projects of dairy ani
mals, breeding and fattening
hogs, beef, corn and tobacco.
He is the News Reporter for
the County Red Rose FFA
Chapter and attended the Na
tional FFA Convention in 1968
Eugene Nolt
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his market hogs at Ephrata 000 broilers, corn and hay. He
Fair. has served as sentinel, vice-pre-
Eugene has served the local sident and county delegate. A
FFA on the earning and saving Star Red Rose Fai mer, he was
committee and the supervised runner-up to the county Star
farming committee He was a Red Rose Farmer.
member of the chapter’s milk Smith’s home farm is a 170
judging team and participated acre dairy enterprise with 40
in the chapter tractor driving head of milk cows and 30 head
contest for two years. Eugene 0 f young stock They also raise
was named winner of the Sears 9,000 broilers and 40 fattening
Gilt award in 1968 He also par- swine each year.
ticipated in the county judging
contest for four years
Edward Donough, son of Mr
and Mrs Paul Donough, Man
heim Rl, is the Sentinel for his
Manheim FFA Chapter Placing
first in Livestock Judging at
Penn State FFA Activities
Week, Edward won a Bronze
Medal at the National Livestock
Judging contest in Kansas City
His farming program includes
steers, (had reserve grand
champion at Manheim Farm
Show), dairy animals, corn, to
bacco and swine (had the re
serve champion fat hog at the
County FFA Show).
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Charles Smith
Charles Smith
Leßoy Welk
Leßoy Welk
Leßoy Welk, son of Mr. and
Mrs Ira D Welk, Quarryvill©
R 3, has a twin brother in his
Solanco FFA Chapter who is re
ceiving the Keystone Farmers
Degree.
He is the Chapter Reporter
for the 1969-70 school year and
has farming projects of dairy
animals, beef, swine, corn, alfal
fa and tobacco
Leßoy is a member of the
Fulton Grange 66, the County
4-H Holstein Club and a junior
member of the Holstein Associa
tion of America He is a mem
ber of the First Presbyterian
Church and Sunday School at
Strasburg and is a member of
the Senior High Youth Fellow
ship.
Nelson Weaver
Nelson Weaver
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