Pequea Valley FFA Chapter Has Parent and Son Banquet
The Pequea Valley FFA
Chapter held its Fifteenth An
nual Parent and Son Banquet at
Pequea High School cafeteria
■ last Friday.
Four top awards were pre
sented as follows
Den Miller, Gap RDI, receiv
ed the Star Greenhand Award
Millei's farming program in
cludes beef finishing and tobac
co
Craig Frey, Bonks RDI, was
presented the Star Chapter
Fanner Award Fiey’s piogiam
involves three aciss of tobacco
Roger Leaman, Ronks RDI,
received the Star Red Rose
Fanner Award for his swine
breeding program which cen
teis mound 20 sows
Receiving the DeKalb Award,
presented annually to the out
standing senior was Dwight
Hooier, Gap RD2, who is chap
ter piesident Hoover was mas
ter of ceremonies at the ban
quet and received a retning of
ficei plaque
Hoover’s farm program in
volves dairying
Winner of the Sears gilt chain ei, Roger Leaman, livestock
award was Jere Skiles, Naivon Craig Fiey, crop farming Dale
RD2 Skiles is a freshman and Heishey, placement in agneul
the pig will start a pi eject tuial processing, George Long,
Skiles won an essay contest to placement in agricultural pro
recene the award. --- - - - duction.
"Robert-Good, regional State FFA vice president, chats
with Kenneth Leister, Pequea Valley High School principal,
following the FFA banquet last Friday.
Grassland FFA Sweeps Lancaster Co.
Public Speaking, Parliamentary Bouts
A >oung man from Garden ty FFA public speaking contest caster and Chester Counties at
Spot High School, New Holland, and the school’s parliamentary Solanco High School at 730 p m
won the annual Lancaster Coun- procedure team also took first April 27.
: place in competition this week
Kompshire Sheep Type
Meeting Set April 16-17
The National Hampshire Sheep
Type Conference will be held at
Penn State University. Univer
sity Park, on Friday and Satur
day, April 16-17.
Reg.stration will be held at 9
a m Friday.
Speakers for both days will be
Byron Good, Michigan State Uni
versity and Art Cope, Depart
ment of Animal Science, Univer
sity of Wisconsin
On Saturday also Walter Mil
ler, abattoir in New Jersey, will
speak on the “Ideal Lamb ”
A dinner meeting will be held
at 6 30 p.m. Friday at the Nit
tany Lion Inn. The speaker will
be George Litton, Virginia Poly
technic Institute.
At 10 45 a.m. Friday there will
be judging of market lambs and
on Saturday lamb carasses will
be discussed.
The show is open to all Hamp
shire farmers and commercial
packers
The conference is sponsoied by
the American Hampshire Sheep
Association.
Honorary Chapter Farmer
awards were presented to John
King, assistant high school prin
cipal, and Bradley Sollenberger,
chapter advisor.
The Florida Citrus Associa
tion presented a plaque to the
top salesman in Lancaster
County, earned by Charles Neff,
Paradise RDI Neff sold 69
crates of oranges to 132 custo
meis
The chapter also presented
awaids to the top thiee orange
salesmen as follows Neff, first,
Carl Caskey, Kinzers RDI,
second, and Mike Non is, Gap,
thn d
v Foundation awards for out
standing achievement in speci
fic areas of fanning weie
awaided as follows
Maivin Caskey, public speak
ing and home impiovement,
Jem Palmer, soil watei and
air management, Elvin Wanner,
farm electnfication, Steve Her
shey, faim mechanics and faim
safety
Don Miller, Star Greenhand,
Craig Frey, Star Chapter Farm-
The public speaking winner Spring Homemaker S
from among eight contestants Day Set In Chester Co.
was Ray Martin, a freshman in
the Grassland FFA Chapter 'at Mrs Albert Miller, West Ches-
Garden Spot. ter will present “Quilts, Con
temporary and Historical” in
At the annual contest Wednes- her illustrated talk for the morn
day at Ephrata, Martin spoke on in g portion of the annual Spring
“The Mechanical Monster,” a Homemaker’s Day sponsored by
critical analysis of the role of the Chester County Cooperative
cars m today’s world Extension Service
Marvin Caskey of Pequea Val- Following the luncheon Miss
ley FFA Chapter was second. Peggy Wollaston, recently le
turned from Nepal as an Inter-
In the parliamentary pro- national Farm Youth Exchange
cedure contest, the delegate, will tell of her expen-
Chapter’s team beat out teams ences living with families in that
from Solanco, Ephrata, and Penn remote country for six months
Manor to win the county title for These programs will be held
the second straight year. at the Kimbeiton Fire Hall on
, Thursday, Apiil 29 It is open
Members of the winning team to homemakers in Chester Coun
and their positions are. County
Delmar Weaver, president, For information concerning
Michael Martin, vice preisdent, leservations call the Chester
Lynn Groff, secretary, Jim Zim- County Extension office, 696-
merman, treasuier, Lamar Long, 3500 by April 16.
leporter, Greg Martin, sentinel, Mrs Robert B Chambers Jr.,
Ken Burkhait, chaplain; and Umonville, is chan man of the
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The winners will compete in group serves as the planning
area competition involving Lan- committee for the program.
Among those receiving top awards at retiring president’s plaque; back, Charles
the Pequea Valley FFA Chapter Banquet Neff, top Lancaster County orange sales
are: left to right, front, Roger Leaman, man; Craig Frey, Star Chapter Farmer,
Star Red Rose Farmer and top seed sales- and Don Miller, Star Greenland,
man; Dwight Hoover, DeKalb Award and
The Chapter Sweetheart was
announced at the meeting She
is Eileen Rohrer, daughter of
Arthur Rohrer, Paradise RDI
Runner-ups were Deb Ressler
and Cindy Eshleman. The three
were- finalists from among 11
candidates originally chosen.
Banquet speaker was Robert
Good of York County, regional
state FFA vice president His
comments included an appeal to
FFA members to “wear your
jacket wit hso much pnde it
cannot stay within you ”
In more general statements,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1971 —
he said people in the crowded the downward way, but that
city can be more alone than the doesn’t mean America is on the
farmer “who has the fullness of downward way ”
life all around him” arid close The great men in this country
ties with other farmers in the past learned to work and
He said some persons in put their ideas into action, he
America “may be on pot and on said
Jere Skiles, front center, is shown receiving a drawing
of the pig he will receive as the Sears Gilt Chain winner.
Making the presentation is Jeff Yoder, left, last year’s
winner, while chapter president Dwight Hoover looks on.
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