19 Lancaster County FFA Members Get Keystone Degree
' Nineteen Lancaster County
FFA students have been named
to receive the Keystone Farmer
degree in conjunction with the
55th Pennsylvania Farm Show
in Harrisburg next week.
The Keystone degree cannot
go to more than one farm boy in
50 in Pennsylvania. A total of
181 Keystone degrees will be
granted this year in the Forum
of the Education Building at the
Farm Show Wednesday
The Keystone Farmer degree
is the highest FFA degree at
the state level and is awarded
for outstanding achievement in
agriculture and in rural life.
Henry Givler, area FFA ag
ricultuial supervisor, reported
that each Keystone Farmer
must have satisfactorily com
pleted at least two years of in
struction in vocational agricul
ture. demonstrated marked
leadership, earned and invest
ed at least $5OO productively
and attained satisfactory
achievement in improving the
farm's efficiency or his home
farm's comfort.
The names and addresses of
the 19 Lancaster County Key
stone winneis by school are as
follows
Eastern Lancaster County
High School (New Holland)
Alvin Schlouch, Narvon RDI;
Robert W. Campbell, Narvon
RD2: Larry Horst, Leola RDI;
Jacob Musser, East Earl RDI,
and Carl Weaver, New Holland
RDI.
Schlouch was also named Re
gion II Star Agribusiness win
ner
Ephrata High School—Marlin
Bollinger, Denver RD2, Thomas
A. Bollinger, Lititz RD4; Clark
- R Stauffer, Eplirata RDl' and
- Jay -C. Zimmerman, Ephrata.
.-RDI ’
- Solanco High School—Rogei
L. Campbell,' Kirkwood RDI;
Thomas D. Huber, Peach Bot
tom; Carl D. Kreider, Quarry
ville RDI; and Scott J Kreider,
Quarryville RDI.
Manheim Central High School
—Wilmer Groff, Manneim RD4,
and Dale Nolt. Manheim RDI
Warwick High School Ken
neth E. Grube, 917 Pine Hill
Road, Lititz, and Gerald Lee
Martin, Lititz.
Penn Manor High School
William Landis, Lancaster RD6,
and Donald W Witnier, Wash
ington Boro RDI
Bairy Gordon Dunn, Cochran
ville RD2, of Octorara High
School, also was named from
Chester County
In addition, Cloister FFA
Chapter of Ephrata High School
is the Pennsylvania Proficiency
Award Winner in Chapter Farm
Safety for the 1969-70 school
year and will receive lecognition
at the Farm Show The chaptei
received a gold medal in safety
at the National FFA Convention
the past summer in Kansas City
as the Pennsylvania safety
award chapter.
Clark Stauffer
A senior member and sentinel
of the Cloister FFA Chapter,
Clark Stauffer is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Stauffer,
Ephrata RDI.
Last year he won a gold medal
in meats judging at the State
FFA Convention and went on to
win a silver medal at the Na
tional FFA Convention
His farming program includes
115 market hogs, three market
lambs, one angus steer, five
acies of field com and one acre
of tobacco.
He has shown his animals at
the Ephrata Fair, the Pennsyl- Gerald Martin is a son of Mr
vania Livestock Exposition and and Mrs Amos Z Maitin, Lititz
the State Farm Show, winning His farming piogram consists of
several awards. Last year, he veal calves, sheep, hogs, and
won an Angus steerAhe Ephrata coin
Jaycees annually award a mem- He is vice piesident of the
her ,of the Cloister Chapter. Warwick Chapter and served as
Clark Stauffer
Cloister Chapter
Active in sports, he was a
member of the Ephrata Soccer
team in 1968 and 1969 He is a
member of the Lancastei Coun
ty 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb
Club
Thomas D. Huber
Solanco Chapter
Thomas D. Huber
Thomas David Huber, son of
Mr. and Mis David S Huber,
Peach Bottom, served as treasur
er of the Solanco FFA Chapter
His projects consists of Hol
stein cow's, feeding hogs and
corn
He is now farming in partner- Conservation District He is
ship with his lather and bi other currently semng as president of
James. The family herd consists the Warwick FFA Chapter He
ot 135 head, including 89 cows is a member of the National
and 46 heifers and calves w'hich Honor Society, and will be at
are owned by Tom and Jim tending Delaware Valley Col-
Tom is a member of the Little lege of Science and Agncultuie,
Britain Presbytenan Chinch majoring in Dairy Science.
Gerald Martin
Warwick Chapter
Gerald Martin
vice president of the County
FFA
Martin paiticipated in county
aiea, legional and state public
speaking contests He has at
tended farmer coopeiative in
stitutes on the county, state and
national level He attended the
1969 National FFA Convention
as a Chapter lepresentative.
He is a member of the Nation
al Honor Society and has played
or, the baseball team He plans
to attend Penn State University
and majoi in Agricultural Edu
cation
Ken Grube
Kenneth Giube is the son of
Mr and Mrs Elmer D Grube,
917 Pine Hill Road, Lititz His
farming programs have consist
ed of veal calves, thiee pure
b.ed Guernseys, sheep, tobacco
and field corn
Concentrating on the dairy an
imals, he has paiticipated in
local and state shows
He attended the National Con
vention in 1969 and has paitici
pated in many local and state
judging contests He has also
taken part in parhmentary pro
cedure, being president of the
team as a freshman and junior.
He is a junior directoi of the
Lancaster County Soil and Water
Ken Grube
Warwick Chapter
Carl Weaver
Carl Weaver son of Mr and
Mrs John M Weaver, New Hol
land RDI, was a local delegate
to the National FFA Convention
at Kansas City He has served as
both chaplain and secretary in
Carl Weaver
Grassland Chapter
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9,1971
the Grassland FFA Chapter and
as a delegate to the County
FFA
Weaver has been a county
participant m the public speak
ing contest and a local and
county paiticipant in the paiha
mentary procedure contests Ho
has been a member of both the
local and state FFA chotus He
was winner of the chain gilt and
has shown hogs at Lancastei
His piesent fanning piogiam
consists of thi oe sows 25 fatten
ing swine, one heifei 20 veal
calves, and 2 000 breedei chick
ens
He is also active in the Eph
rata Mennomte Choi us and is a
membei of the youth gioup at
Weaveiland Mennomte Church
Scott Kreider
Solanco Chapter
Scott Kreider
Scott Kreider, son of Mi
Mrs Allen. Kreider. Quairyv:
RDI, is serving as president
the Solanco FFA - Chapter
has served as chaplain
His FFA piojects consist
five Holstein dairy animals, f;
acres of wheat, five acres
com and fi\e acies of
falfa He has also grown tob
co and tomatoes dm mg
FFA years
The home faim consists
470 acres plus 120 acies of rei
ed land They aie piesen l
milking 107 Holstein cows
n a member of the Meehan
Giove Chinch of the Biethien
Alvin Schlouch
Alvin Schlouch Ji . son of Mr
and Mrs Alvin Schlouch Si ,
Naivon RDI, recently was
named Regional Star Agribusi
nessman
He is recipient of the FFA
Foundation Award for Farm
Mechanics and the FFA Foun
dation Award for Agribusiness
He is working on a dairy farm
aftei school and full time in the
summer. His woik involves
milking cows, driving tractor,
driving truck, plowing, general
field work and most other types
of work done on the farm
He is winner of the local,
county, and area tractor driving
contests and was a finalist in
the state tractor driving contest
He also won the local, county
and area small gas engine con
tests and was silver medal win
ner in the small gas engine con
test at Penn State.
He was a participant in the
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Grassland Chapter
state record book contest, at
tended the State FFA Conven
tion for two years and was a
local delegate to the National
FFA Convention
Tom Bollinger
Tom Bollinger, son of Mr and
Mrs Abram Bollingei Lrtitz
RD4, is a twelfth giade member
of the Cloister FFA Chapter. He
is Chapter president and was
County FFA secretary
Last year, he was named Star
Chapter Farmer This summer
he won a silver medal in dairy
judging at the State FFA Con
vention at Penn State. Last
year, he attended the National
Tom Bollinger
Cloister Chapter
FFA Convention as a chapter
delegate
He has shown his livestock and
won awards at the Ephrata Farm
Show, distuct and state dairy
shows and the Pennsylvania
Livestock Exposition At the
Ephiata Fair, he won the Chap
ter and area tractor driving con
tests
His farming pi 031 am includes:
four legisteied Holstein cows,
one Angus steer, five Hampshire
breeding sheep, three market
lambs, 10 acres of field corn and
one-half acre of tobacco
Roger Campbell
Rogei Campbell is the son oC
Mr and Mrs Raymond Camp
bell, Kirkwood RDI. His farm
ing program includes two Hol
stein cows, veal calves, corn
and small grains He lives on a.
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