Area Bout Next, April 29
2 County FFA Contests Held
G.iukn Spot, W.uwick .in I cr nti-st the indites said l.ili i ua-,
Epln.«t<i Hi.ii School FF \cn, n \ei\ close, Gi.isil.mcl Chaptci ol
tens nabbed tin* lom v miun Gulden Spot Hi ,li Schoo. too 1 ,
spots in the countv FF \ public fu -,1 place, edcine out Glo-.c.
spe .king unci pailnmumt.ii \ pio Chaptci of Epluata and Solancu
Ceduic contests Chaptci
The vvinneis will comivij m
the a’ea contest at 7 pm ' p ,
29 a. Gauten Spot 111 ” h achoul
New Holland
In tne countv public sneakin',
contest Wednesday at W.uvick
High School, Lititz, Geiald Mai
tm, spe.ik.ng m his home autli
tomini captuied fust place foi
Waiwick with the subject,
“Woild Without Hungei ”
In a paihamentaiy pioceduie
Gerald Martin
Public Speaking Winner
Congratulating themselves, members of the winning
Grassland FFA Chapter parliamentary procedure contest
are, left to right, Doug Wemhold, vice president; Ken Fox,
president, and Nelson Martin, secretary.
Persons Using Phosphates
Urged to Get Blood Test
“For your own sake and the
safety of your men handling the
phosphate insecticides, we sug
gest that blood tests be made to
deteimine the cholmesteiase lev
el, so that youi doctoi will have
a guide foi futuie refeience,” le
poits James K Rathmell Ji ,
Penn State floiicultuie and nuis
ery agent
He said, “This test is given pei
lodically to the USDA entomolo
gists at Beltsville and by chemi
cal companies-to employes who
come m contact with oiganopho
sphates ”
He explained, “Cholmesteiase
is an enzyme, noimally piesent
in oui blood, which legulates the
action of our muscles, biealhing
and cential neivous system Con
stant exposuie to 01 use of phos
phate insecticides can inhibit the
But iinclei a e i coni -t iuh s
the fust two !c m.s and .ncia.i'i
an compete in the „ica conto,
That keeps do' m Chap.t' -
hopes alive in the a lea conte-c
and Alan Maciav ol Gias«laai
will have a spot in the
aiea public speaking contest
Alaclay placed second on “Tiain
mg Today Alive Tommoiow,”
a speech on the impoitance of
Gaining in staving off woild him
gei
Members of the winning Glass
land pai hamentary piocedme
team weie Ken Fox, piesident.
Nelson Maitm, seuetaiy Mai
tin Good, lepoitei, Bauy Martin,
student advisoi, Doug Wemhold
vice piesident; Ken Redcay, sen
tmel, and Gary Stauffer, chap
lain
Membeis of the second place
Cloister parhamentaiy piocedure
team weie Jeff Pfautz, piesi
dent, Dennis Mai tin, secietaiy,
Claik Stauffei, icpoitei. Dale
Gi off, student advisoi, Tom 80l
I’nger, vice piesident, Gale.n
Hackman, tieasiuer, David Hort
ing, sentinel, and Jay Zimmei- contest weie Lauv Hoist of the
man, chaplain Giassland chaptei, thud with a
Other FFA chapteis participat- speech entitled “Gasp” on an
mg in the parliamentary pioced- pollution, thiee otheis with un
ure contest weie- Solanco, Wai- announced positions, Maik Wag
wick, Penn Manoi, Gaiden Spot net, Penn Manoi, “Oui Endang
(Lampetei-Stiasburg), and Man- eied Nation, Tiagedy of Modem
heim Living”, Maivm Caskey, Pequea
Also in the public speaking Valley, “Needed Aid to Oui
Wildlife,” and Adolph Bensingei
Solanco, “Faim Safety”
Judges loi public speaking
wei e Ed Lawton, assistant conn
ty supenntendent of schools and
Stanley Musselman, faim lepie
sentative tiom Lancastei County
Faimeis National Bank, Lancas
tei
action of cholmesteiase, with sei
ious consequences
“Pei sons handling phosphates
such as paiathion, tepp, Thimet,
Diazmon, Vapona, Cygon, mala
thion, Dibiom, IVleta-Systox R,
Systox sulfotepp (Dithio), sch
ladan (OMP\) and Di Syston
should obtain a cholinesteise
test, ’ which is noimally conduct
ed by the laigei hospitals foi
about $5 to $lO
Rathmell said the blood test
should be taken undei nounal
conditions “so that the lesiflts
can be used as a guideline in
case of accidental exposuie 01
as a check on futuie cholmestei
ase levels ’’
Rathmell concluded, “Flousts
and museijmen have an excel
lent outstanding safety iccoid as
fai as these materials aie con
cerned Let's keep it that way in
the future ”
The judges admitted they had a diffi
cult time picking a winner for the parlia
mentary procedure contest Here, several
minutes after all the teams had finished,
the judges study their scorecards at
tempting to reach a decision Left to right
Pailiamcnta'i pioceduie judg
es weie Jeuy Scheaffei, PP&L
laim iepiesent.'t;\e Robeit Gie
goiy, Hillei and Bushong dauy
Young Farmers Volleyball Night
The annual Southeastern Penn
sylvania Young Faimeis Volley
ball Tournament was held at
Ephiata High School, Thuisday
evening, Apul 2
Theie weie 78 adult farmeis
and five advisois lepresenting
Kutztown, Manheim, New Hol
land, Penn Hanoi, and Ephiata
Chapters
Extra team membeis fiom
Hanheim and Ephiata made up a
sixth “hybud” team designated
as “the odd-balls ’’
Each team played five short
games in oidei to deteimine the
champion team and team plac
mgs
The champion tiophy went to
Ephrata with 6 0 The “odd
balls” placed second with 51
Kutztown, thud New Holland
loiuth and Manheim and Penn
Manoi tied foi fifth place
Much fun and fellowship was
enioved The Manheim Chaptei
volunteeied to host the 1971
tournament, lepoited Chailes
Ackley of the Ephiata Young
Faimeis
Richaid Dean of the Ephiata
High School Physical Education
Depaitment was uiles consultant
and official foi the championship
game Seigeant Haiold Gieenh
of the Ephiata Boiough Police
Depaitment seived as mediatoi
The Ephiata Chaptei hosted
the event and piovided lefiesh
ments and slides after the toui
nament
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 11.1D7&
are: Harvey A. Smith, vocational educa
tion consultant in Dauphin and Schuylkill
Counties; Jerry Scheaffer, PP&L farm
representative, and Robert Gregory, Mill
er and Bushong dairy specialist.
specialist, and Haivev A Smith, iob” and the judges had difficul
vocational education consultant ty deciding the winner He warn
-111 Dauphin and Schuylkill Conn e'd against losing penalty points
ties ioi going oveilime and the need
In a summary following the to speak loudly enough for every
paihamentaiy procedure contest, one to heai Uniform diess was
Smith said the teams did “a fine also stiessed
jjmcaste^feipiiiilnq
SECOND SECTION
Hustling for the ball at the recent Young Farmers
Volleyball Tournament at Ephrata High School.
Holstein Tour Draws 180
Some 189 peisons in fom biues mgton Anns a p’ivate game pie
pai ticipated in the EancaAei Co seivation was cancelled due to
Holstein Tom of the Maryland weathei, but a film was shown
Eastern Shoie Apul 2 a r Fief’s
Conducted bj the Lancastei
Count> Hcistern Fnesian -\ssoci-
ation, the all-day tom left Lan
eastei Shopping Centei and stop-
ped at Hen’s Potato Chip Plant
at Nottingham
Then the 2,000 acie laim of one of the high pioducmg herds
Edwin Fiy, National Holstein m Maryland and includes a 100
director at Chestertown, was stanchion barn with many labor
tom ed A scheduled tom of Rem- saving methods
g
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Despite a heavy downpour of
imn, an outdoor fish fiy was held
on the Eastern Sho’e
The faim of Call Leonaid at
Kennedyville was touted His is
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