VOL. 15 NO 32
In Contests at Annual State Convention
Many Area FFA Youths Win Awards
Some 15 Lancastei Countv
FFA membeis took top gold
medal awaids m judging wonts
and contests at the c nnual state
FFA convention at Penn Slate
this week
Several York and Chestei
County youths also icceivcd
top awards
Of the appioximalely 1,200
FFA members and vo ag teach
Some 173 FFA members entered the Livestock contest at Penn State this week and most of them are shown heie trying to place one of several
calves >“ the right USDA grade slot.
Commonwealth Bank Creates Farm Loan Subsidiary
Dimmers of the new Commonwealth National Agri-
Loan Corporation are front, left to right, Spencer G
Hall, Herman E. Stebbms, Noah W Kreider, John K.
Biechlei, and Edward B Wagman Back. Amos K.
eis attending the convention
108 weie from nine chapteis in
Lancaster County, while York
had 54 fiom eight chapteis and
Chester 33 fiom four chapters
Robert H Good of Red Lion
was the only new state oflicei
fiom the aiea Good was chosen
as legional vice president
Dairying Judging
In the events Wednesday
Lancaster Farming. Saturday., Juh 4. 1970
morning, Lancastei Countv
youths made a pailiculaily
strong showing in the Dauy
Cattle Judging event Si\ coun
ty youths were in the top 20
out of 202 contestants and got
gold medals, according to in
formation from aiea FFA olti
cials
Nelson Mai tin of Giassland
FFA Chaptei New Holland
Funk, Donald E Horn, John D Cope. Paul B Wlvopie
and Harry Walhck Also a duectoi but not present to'
the photo is George L Moruson Jr
made the stiongest showing
He won thud place and a tup
to the national contest in Kan
sas City
Other gold medal wmneis in
the Dairy Cattle event weie
Dale Bollinger, Solanco mn
th a tup to the Atlantic Ruial
Exposition in Richmond. Va
Dwight Hoovei, Pequea Val
ley, fourteenth. Robert Hess,
52.00 Per Ye*r
Gaiden Spot FFA. Lampetei-
Stiasbmg sixteenth Jay Zim
merman. Cloislei FFA, Epk
lala, and Donald Breneman,
Gaiden Spot, tied for eighteea
th
Silvei medal winners ia
Dany Cattle weie William
Biown, South Western, York
County, Call Yoder, 0 J.
(Continued on Page 8)
The Commonwealth National
Bank has cieatecl a subsidiary
to channel funds into fanning in
five southeastern Pennsylvania
counties
The new lending companj is
the Commonwealth National
A.gu Loan Coip
Agu-Loan will consider inter
mediate tenn loans of one to
seven yeais to any peison or
coipoiation actively engaged m
f aiming
While sepaiate fiom other
bank functions, the new farm
loan subsidiaij will have its
headquarteis in the Lancaster
division of the Commonwealth
National Bank
Robe’t P Bucbe', a member of
the Lancastei Commonwealth
staff since Januaiv, is manager
of \gi i Loan
Besides Lancastei, AguLoan
will ope ate in Yoik, Dauphin,
Pei iv and Cumbeiland Counties.
AguLoan will have an autho
red capital ol SI million, which
will enable the fum to grant
about S 5 million of faun loans,
c.cco ding to John R Biechler,
pi esident of \g'; Loan and presi
de nt or the Lancastei Division of
Commonwealth National Bank
Biechlei said \gu-Loan “will
pi ovule a means of access to the
(Continued on Page 10)