I—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 4.1970
Many Area FF A Youths Win Awards
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Roboilv Chcstei Counlv Tom
Bollineci. Cloistci (11 c*n H.u
rush. Oxloid Chcstei Countv.
David Gemmill KennaidDalc
Yoik County
Bron/c medal mnneis wcic
Frank M.ist O .1 Robot Is Coil
Wcidler, Elizabethtown Steph
en Brown. KennaidDalc
Honorable mention Gai.v
Simmons. Oxford. Phil Van
Lieu. Noithein. York County
Ronald Lehman, Noi thorn
Dairy Products
In the Dany Products con
test, which had 38 entues. Lar
ry R Myeis. Solanco captmed
a gold medal and a tup to Kan
sas City with a thud place fin
ish
Two Lancastei County youths
captured silver medals and a
trip to the Eastern States Ex
position at Springfield, Mass
They are Maity Good, Grass
land. and Mailin Smoker, Clois
ter.
William Landis of Penn Man
or got a bionze in Dairy Pro
ducts.
Land Judging
In Land Judging, Dale Gioff
of Cloister Chapter won a gold
Eric Copenhaver of Cloister FFA Chapter, Ephrata is
grading a ready to cook chicken in the Poultry contest at
Penn State. Copenhaver received an honorable mention in
the contest.
Shown daring the meat judging con- Bob Karting, and Nelson Wea\ er. Cloister
test are. Mike Bankeit, Red Lion, and Chapter, Ephrata.
modal and fust place in the
Mato as well as a tup m Penn
hania
Olhei Land Judging avvaub
to the 120 entianls included
Delmai \Vea\ei, (liassland,
gold. fomth. Glenn Obeiholtz
or Elizabethtown, bionze, Di
\id Biandl. Manheim Cential
honoiable mention, John Lew
is. Red Lion, honoiable men
tion
Livestock Contest
In the Livestock contest, in
which 173 young men compel
ed. George Shue, South West
ern. won a gold medal, thud
place and a trip to Kansas Cib
Chailes Smith, Solanco, tin
ished ninth got a gold medal
and a trip to the Livestock Ex
position at Hainsbuig
Can oil Reiblmg. South West
ern. Yoik. got a gold loi Ihn
teenth, and Dale Mai tin. War
wick, Lititz, a gold foi six
teenth
Silver winners m Livestock
included Lloyd Zeiset, Clois
ter David Gerlach, Penn Man
or, and Dale Lehman, Eastern
York County
Bionze wmneis in Livestock
were Jeffiey Winter, Eastein,
and Doug Shenebeiger, Man
heim Central Honorable men
Competing in the Dairy Products con
test are Marlin Smoker, Cloister, Larry
Myers. Solanco. and Carl D Kreider. So
lanco. Mjers placed first and won a trip
tions were received b\ Cai 1
Erb, Penn Manor and Robeit
Burkhart, Grassland.
Poultry Judging
Among the 60 entiles in
Poultry Judging, Ken Sensenig
ot Cloistet won a second place
gold medal and a trip to Kansas
City
Cljde Erb Penn Manor, was
sixth and received a silver
medal and a tup to Eastern
States Exposition, Springfield,
Mass
Duston Giove. Red Lion, was
seventh with a silver medal and
a tup to the Atlantic Ruial Ex
position, Richmond, Va
Dennis Haugh. Red Lion, was
eighth and captured a silver
medal in Poultiy Judging
Joseph Sheffer, South Western,
was ninth
Alan Miller. Red Lion, receiv
ed a bronze awaid, and Euc
Copenhaver, Cloistei, an honoi
able mention
In Public Speaking, Geiald
Mai tin of Waiwick finished
thud in the state foi the second
stiaight year and won a gold
medal
In the Conseivation Speaking
contest, Daniel Ruppeit of Red
Lion placed fourth
In Tractoi Driving, with 12
contestants, Alvin Slouch, of
Giassland Chapter finished fif
th and won a trip to the Fann
Show in Harrisburg
Weiler Is First
In Small Gas Engines with
22 contestants, Dale Weiler of
Giassland finished fust and
Geiald Weavei of Giassland,
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to Kansas City, while Smoker was sixth
and won a trip to Eastern States Exposi
tion at Springfield, Mass.
Gerald Meckley of Dover fits a joint of copper pipe in
the plumbing portion of the Ag Mechanics contest.
Clyde Erb of Penn Manor takes a close look at a broken
out egg during the Poultry contest Erb finished sixth, good
for a silver medal and a trip to the Eastern States Exposi
tion at Springfield, Mass.