Mrs, Henkel Sees European Horses This Summer
It's Hogs and Horses for Henkels
By M.s. Charles MrSparran ,i small town •: 11 1 with a desiie wlnie sin mi'l In i husband who
K.ii in I'rat ui(* Writer to he a \etei m.n i.m v.is laknu; \nimal Hit 'h.mdi s
She was one of font fills who Hum* at the saim time
Mrs Carol Henkel, wife of weie the fust fills to fiaduate Mr and Mis llenkil moxed
John II Henkel, Slrasbuif RUI, hi the men's C’olhfe of Animal to then piesin: faint U) \iais
whom we salute as n leader in Science at Ru'.fois Univeisil>. aso Thev built a new home on
poik promotion this month, was New Biimswick. N .1 That is u and moved into it this >eai
Governor Raymond Shafer (seated
center) signs the proclamation recently
in Harrisburg naming September Pork
Month.
Seated with the governor are Herbert
Schick (left), secretary-treasurer of the
Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council,
and John H. Henkel, Pork Council presi
dent, who presented a ham to the gov
ernor.
Gov. Makes Sept. Pork Month,
Henkel Active in Promotion
Pennsylvania ranks nineteenthsei ving his second teim as piesi- The poik men aie giving
among the twenty-five othei dent, is coopeiatmg in this pio- teaching kits to 3,000 home
states of the National Poik Pio- motion campaign by adveitising economics teacheis in Pennsvl
duceis Council in pork pioduc- or iadio, nevvspapeis and hope- vama and distubuting poik pio
tion Laige pioducers aie cen- fully on TV tapes to bung it motion material to laige chain
teied in the coin belt befoie 8,000,000 people in oiu
Howevei, theie aie moie con- state
sumeis in Pennsylvania so out
state is the fust in the nation
selected for poik piomotion by
the National Council and the
National Livestock and Meat
Boaid
To kick off this promotion,
Gov Raymond Shalei issued a
pioclamation making Septembei
Poik Month The pioclamation
states
“The pioduction of poik has
piovided an asset to agriculture
in. our Nation, and the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania lanks
as one of our countiy’s leading
pork piocessing aieas
“Although the Commonwealth
is not a national leadei in the
raising of hogs, its giowth is
now coming alive as a majoi
enteipnse souice on oui State’s
faims
“The new poik of today, doe
to scientific bleeding and feed
ing by the pioducei and close
trimming by the meat pioces
sois, sets the pace foi a wide
selection of delectable dining
and has an impiessive nutntive
value foi the homemakei when
planning iamily menus
“Theiefoie, as Govemoi of
Pennsylvania, I am happy to
designate the Month of Septem
ber 1970, as PORK MONTH in
the Commonwealth, and suggest
the special emphasis be accoided
this delicious and nututious
pioduct thioughout the designat
ed peuod ”
The Pennsylvania Poik Pio
ducers Council, under the cap
able leadership ol John H
Henkel, Strasburg RDI, who is
Participating in the signing are,
standing left to right; Donald Cunmon,
director of the bureau of markets, Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture; Rob
ert Kessler, Pennsylvania Meat Packers
Association; John Ziegler, Animal Science
Department, Penn State, and Craighton
Knau, National Pork Producers Council,
Des Moines, lowa.
Among the approximately 140 persons present at
the Holstein gathering this week at the Frey farm
were Robert Powell, director of the bureau ot mar
kets, Oklahoma Dept, of Agriculture and president of
the National Association of Marketing Officials, J.
Mowery Frey Jr , host at his Fultonway Farm, Miss
Marilyn B. Krantz, Lancaster County Dairy Princess,
Holstein Group Hosts U. S. Market Officials
Lancaster County Holstein
officials this week entertained
the National Association of
Marketing Officials.
(Continued on Page 28)
Some 140 persons, including
76 marketing officials from 35
states including Hawaii, were
treated to a steak dinner with
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, September 5.1070
Tin \ ,;iow .1 few ol con
.uid some has on the laim I’hey
imul then .ill,ill'.i fu: tin hoes
Besides the hogs thev kiep liu
hois(s, mosth Liisc pomes
Mis Henkel ndes qmtt .i bn
.mil h.is two hoises lh.it .ne
lluee fouilhs Aiabi.m which she
is limning She has thice stu
dents she is institutin'; now in
the Laueheslei Pom Club, in D
lew I, on tlu John (tihson l.um
in Ihumoa Township
C.nol taught nding foi eight
weeks this summei at Camp Oak
Hill Nottingham, when she had
as many as 50 chikhen students
hi tween the ages ot nine and 16
yea is
She is assistant 4 H loadei of
the Rough Riders 4H Club in
the Quamville aica They ha\e
10 mtmbeis now but used to
have double that numbei She
was the leadei foi fom \e.us
but didn’t have time this yeai
Mis Kail Gioff is leadei and
Shnley Ciaig assistant teen
leadei Candy Groff is piesident
Ihey paiticipute in 4H County
loundup
Mis Henkel also belongs to
Valley Lea Riding Club in Diu
nioie Township and they go to
Lanchestei Pony Club one day
and thiee day rallies
Three Daughters
The Henkels have thiee daugh
ters Nancy, the oldest is 15 She
was the fust girl enioiled in
the Lampeter-Str asburg FFA
Chapter which was opened to
guls last yeai She received the
Star Gieen Hand award last
spring She was in basketball
last yeai and hockey this year
and attended hockey camp in
August Nancy loves horses and
|^pter|if9 t rriing
SECOND SECTION
Elvin Hess Jr , a icc president ot the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association and chairman of the steak cook
out, and Donald Cunnion. director of the bureau of
markets, Pa. Dept of Agriculture The cow is Alnat
Ivanhoe Ginger, which recently classified Excellent 93
and last year as a six-year-old produced 25,846 pounds
of milk and 984 pounds of butterfat
lots of tummmgs at the J Mow
ery Frey Jr farm at 401 Beaver
Valley Pike, Lancaster
The Lancaster Holstein Breed-
has .1 (juaiUi hoi'i' “N.v. itime"
which slu uses a> a huntei She
goes hum mu .nound Fait Hill,
Md llci moilm take-' her 10
shows ovei weekends
She belongs to the Lanchcstei
Pony Club which is foi ages
eight to 21 Tlu\ have icgional
tallies with about nine teams
In these tluet dav ralbcs the
hoise must be a* hast five \eais
old Nantv is on C 2 team Hei
Uam plated tust at the icgional
lallv She hopt» to go foi B
test next >cai In tins test they
have cioss countiv, stadium
jumping, tlo diessage, have
stable management, also have a
vvutten examination
She is also in the Rough
Ricleis 4-H Club and paiticipates
in the 4H lounclup She as now
eligible foi Distnct
Kathy attends Lampelei-Stras
bmg High School and is inter
ested in sewing and cooking She
plays a fiench horn in the high
school band and attended band
camp this summei which was
held at Camp Echo Gnl Scout
Camp in York County She
takes dancing lessons She has
been in the Lampetei-Strasburg
Mernmaids 4 H Club three
yeais Theie aie about 30 girls
in this club She helps her
mothei with cooking and baking.
Jody, 10, is in fifth grade at
Hans Hen Elementary School
She plays clannet in the school
band and attended band camp
this summei She also takes
dancing lessons.
Mis Henkel does part-time
waiti ess woik at a large local
restaurant several evenings a
week She used to help and still
(Continued on Pag* 1 22)
eis Association sponsored the
dinner Earlier in the day the
(Contmued on Page 27)
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