18—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 26,1970
Chester County Holds Annual 4-H Achievement Banquet
Ann Minshall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Jay R Minshall,
of Avondale was named the
Outstanding 4-H Club Member
in Chester County at the 1970
Achievement Banquet held De
cember 12 at East Brandywine
Fire Hall.
Ann, a member of Kaolin
Home Economics and Kaolin
Community Club, was cited for
her outstanding work in her lo
cal club as a teen leader and her
active part in the county and
state 4-H program She is a
freshman at the University of
Delaware majoring in educa
tion.
Melanie McCartney, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Horace E Mc-
Cartney of Chester Springs, and
William McAllister, son of Mr
and Mrs. Ellsworth McAllister
of Oxford, were named the re
cipients of the “I Dare You”
award for leadership This
award, sponsored by the “I
Dare You” Committee, is pre
sented to youths who “challenge
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young people to develop their
talents, to measure up to their
very best selves, and to live con
structive lives of service and
good citizenship ”
Melanie and William have
both been active participants of
judging teams and their local
club, county and state 4-H acti
vities William is a sophomore
at Pennsylvania State Univer
sity majoring in Pre-Vetennary
Science, while Melanie is a 1970
graduate of the Owen J Roberts
High School.
The Chester County 4-H Vege
table judging team presented
to Chester County the plaque
the team won for being the
state winning vegetable judging
team
Robert Powers, Chester Coun
ty agricultural agent, accepted
the plaque for the county from
the team, consisting of the fol
lowing 4-H’ers
Hosea Latshaw, Spring City;
Dale Nafziger, Phoenixville;
Karl Strohmaier, Oxford, and
William McAllister, Oxford.
At the awards program fol
lowing the banquet the follow
ing 4-H’ers were named as hav
ing the best project in the coun
ty for the following project
areas Beef James Wylie,
Nottingham, and Diane Howe,
Elverson; Bees Joseph Kes
sel, Downingtown; Dairy
Sharon Henley, Cochianville,
and Frank Mast, Elverson; En
tomology and Philately Beth
Hutchinson, West Grove; For
estry Robert Minshall, Avon
dale, Geology Ellin Rogers,
Phoenixville, Goat Sarah
Weinstock, Phoenixville,
Handyman and Tomatoes
Dale Nafziger, Phoenixville
Horse (English) Loretta
Chicarelh, Downingtown, and
Jennifer Riggs, Paoli; Horse
(Western) Stephen Winckel
mon, Malvern, and Verne Shaw,
Downingtown; Indoor Garden
ing Cheryl Yoder, Spring
City, Outdoor Gardening
Janet McAllister, Oxford;
Photography Emil Parven
sky, Downingtown, Rabbit
Donald Fehr, Downingtown;
Sheep Joan Liesau, Spring
City; Strawberries Karl
Strohmaier, Oxford; Sweet
Corn Hosea Latshaw, Spring
City, Swine Barbara Beam,
Elveison; Vegetable Becky
Chester County’s 4-H recipients of the
“I Dare You” award for leadership are
shown being congratulated by Frank
Bortz, Assistant State 4-H Club Leader for
Chester County’s Outstanding 4-H Club Chester County Banker’s Association (left)
Member, Ann Minshall, Avondale is being and William Sheppard, Master of Pomona
congratulated by Arthur Deery, president, Grange (right).
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Robert A. Powers Jr., Chester Coun
ty agricultural agent (second from right)
is receiving the plaque won by the Chester
County 4-H vegetable judging team for be
ing the top vegetable judging team in the
state. Members of the team making the
quet was planned and sponsor
ed by the Chester County 4-H
Pennsylvania. Left to right are: William
McAllister, Oxford; Bortz, and Melanie the United States Department
McCartney, Chester Springs. 0 f Agriculture and Pennsylvan
ia State University.
presentation are, (left to right): Hosea
Latshaw, Spring City; William McAllister,
Oxford, and Dale Nafziger, Phoenixville.
The fourth member of the team not in the
picture is Karl Strohmaier, Oxford.
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Robinson, West Grove; and
Wildlife Carla Nafziger,
Phoenixville.
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County Winners in the Na
tional Awards Program, spon
sored by leading corporations
in the United States to honor 4-
H members who have excelled
in certain areas of 4-H Club
work, are as follows: Agricul
ture Patricia Yarnall, Ox
ford; Bread and Foods Nutri
tion Ann Minshall, Avondale;
Clothing Mary Smiley, Ches
ter Spiings; Consumer Educa
tion Home Economics —•
Marjorie Pyle, Malvern.
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Dairy and Boys Leadership—•
Euc Scheib, Phoenixville;
Hoise and Girls Leadership
Melame McCartney, Chester
Springs; Petroleum Power
Richard Thompson, Downing
town; Photography Robert
Minshall, Avondale; Public
Speaking Anne Lucas, Down
ingtown; and Citizenship —•
Cynthia Tompkins, Kennett
Square.
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