»—Lancaster Firming, Saturday. April 11.1970
Cloister FFA Holds Banquet
Jay Zimmeiman icceived the
Star Rod Rose award at the
eighth annual Cloister FFA
Chapter parent and son banquet
at Ephrata Aiea High School
recently
Zimmeiman Ephiata RDI. a
junior, has a huge fanning pio
gram including tl.in> and \eal
Other top awaid winneis
weie Tom Bollinger. Lititz RD4
the Chaptei Star Farrnei, and
Russell Kline Rcinholds, the
Star Greenhand
The following Foundation
Awaids weie picsented, agn
business, Glenn Leininger, agn
cultural mechanics. Clayton
Zeiset, crop fai mmg. Dennis
Martin dan> f.uming, Nelson
Weavei. fai m safet> Ja> Zim
merman foiestiv, Baiiy Stef
fy; home improvement, Gerald
Musser.
Livestock fai ming, Kenneth
Sensemg, ornamental horticul
tural, Kevin Buikholder; place
ment in agricultural pi educ
tion, David Hatting; poultry
farming, Lowell Sensenig, pub
lic speaking, Clark Stauffer.
Natural resource develop
ment, Robin Musser, soil and
water management, Lloyd Zei
set; star gieenhand, Russel
Kline, chapter star faimer, Tom
Bollinger.
Receiving chain animal
awards weie Russel Kline, Mar
lin Smokei and Richaid Boll
inger, dauy calves. Enc Copen
havei and Russel Kline, gilts
Claik Stauffei and Kenneth
Long, sheep
Charles Ackley, chapter ad
visor, explained that the calves
and gilts ciams weie funded
many yeais ago by Seais Aftei
the original Seais donation, the
animals have been passed on
from year to year by the reci
pients, who are responsible for
making an offspring available
in succeeding years, to keep the
chain intact
The chapter itself started the
sheep chain last year, Ackley
said.
Honorary Chapter Farmer
Awards were presented to Carl
Graybill, Student Teacher at
Ephrata High School; Paul
Weaver, local livestock faimer
and Alvin Bollinger, local dairy
farmer.
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Fiednck Whitley. music
teacher at Ephiata High School
Dr Walter Trumbauei. local
vetci inai mn, Chai les Stoner,
meats managei of Panti \ Pi ide
and Richard Mcssick of Messick
Chevrolet, Inc lecened oit
standing seivicc plaques
National judging t c a in
awards weie picsented to Rick
Pfautz and Nelson Weavci foi
milk pioducts and .o Claik
Stauffei and Jay Zimmeiman
for meats
Low ell Sensenig i cceiv ed the
Lampeter Fan Judging Awaid
a 525 bond fiom the Avishne
Bieedeis Association
Keystone Degiee Pins weie
icceived by Eugene Nolt and
Jeff Pfautz
Kenneth W. Hoover
Ephrata Piincipal
eluding gold medals to Kenneth
Sensemg, Clark Stauffer, Jay
Zimmciman and Dale Mai tin.
The chapter emphasizes good
iccoids as a key to successful
faim operation, it was repotted
at the banquet.
In bncf remarks, Kenneth W.
Hoovei. high school principal,
said the only time he ever sees
the FFA members is when they
ask pei mission to do something,
such as have the banquet They
pioceed to carry out the ban
quet themselves, not asking lor
a lot of other people to do their
woik foi them, Hoover said
Fail Stauffer, Ephrata RDI,
- State FFA treasurer, presented
lemarks, followed by slides ot
chapter activities shown by
Lewis Ayers and Charles Ack
ley, chapter advisors.