VOL. 16 NO. 27
Farm Calendar
Monday, May 31
Memorial Bay.
Tuesday, June 1
County Grange Visitation meet
ing, White Horse Fire Hall.
Lancaster County Farmers Or
ganization boaid meeting,
Earm and Home Center.
- Wednesday, June 2
4:30 p.m.—'Lancaster County Vo
cational Agriculture Teach
■ ers - Association - meeting,
Brownstown Vo-tech school
7.30 pjn. Lancaster County
Sofl and Water'Conservation.
, District meeting, Farm and
. Home Center.
Friday, June 4
6:30 - pm. Ephrata Young
Farmers Ice Cream Social
and 'Family recreation night,
' -Earl'Smoker farm
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197 T National’ Chicken Cooking.
confest, Ocean City, Md.
Six Youths Are Named to Attend
Cooperatives Summer Institute
-.Six. youths have been named
to represent Lancaster County at
the Pennsylvania Association of
Farmer ' Cooperatives Summer
Institute at Shippensburg State
College July 11 to 15.
* The six were named winners
of the Cooperative Business
Education Program sponsored by
tjhe Lancaster Council of Farm
er Cooperatives.
They are: Clair Witwer, 617
Strasburg Pike, Lancaster, Ken
neth E. Grube, 917 Pinehill
Road, Lititz; Debra A Gregory,
Lititz RDI; Linda' Stoltzfus,
Mount Joy RDI; Nelson E Mar
tin, East Earl RDI; and Donald
Breneman, Strasburg RDI.
' Alternates named weie Dale
See Editorial Page
Editor’s Note; See editori
als, Max Smith column and
Rev. Lawrence W Althouse
column on Page 20.
This page, which we call
the editorial page, has been
permanently- moved to the
fourth page of Section Two.
While it has a new location,
the page itself is the same as
before.
It’s easy to find. It’s in the
same location as before, ex
cept it’s in Section Two in
stead of Section One.
The change also allows
some t>i our markets, parti
cularly'the poultry markets,
to be jcarried on page four..
Markets now hre on pages
two, three and four!
Withdrawal of Drugs Discussed by Panel
Three panelists spoke on Fed
eral Drug Administration mles
on withdrawal of drugs from an
imal feeds at a meeting of the
Veterinary-Nutrition Foium at
the Lancaster Stock Yards Inn
Wednesday night
The panelists were Lee Loyd,
director of feed conti 01, Ameri
can Feed Manufacturers Asso
ciation, Washington, D. C,
Walter Dunlap Jr , livestock
broker, Walter M Dunlap &
Sons, Lancaster Stock Yards,
and Dr Ken Diehl, field veterin
arian with the Animal Health
Division, USDA, Harrisburg
Panel moderator was
W Parke, executive vice presi
dent, Pennsylvania -Millers and
Feed Dealers Association -
Boyd talked about the propos-
ed certification of drug with
drawal, a proposed certificate
which the farmer would give to
the Packer or buyer certifying
that pioper withdrawal time was
observed This is purely a vol
untary program.
"The farmer is not obligated to
psiticipate,- but.Jßoyd strongly
urged T wit:
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Weiler, Elverson RD2, and Nel
son Ray Weaver, Ephrata RDK
All delegates will meet at 1
p m Sunday, July 11 at the
Atlantic Breeders ~ Cooperative
headquarters to obtain trans
portation to the Institute
Winners were selected on the
basis of a quiz on the coopeia
tive way of doing business and
an activities report filled out by
the participants identifying
them with school, community,
church, and youth organizations
These young leaders will be
accompanied to Shippensburg by
Jay W Irwin, Associate Lan
caster County agricultural agent,
who will act as chaperone and
resource person for the delega
tion.
The Institute program is de
signed to teach youth more
about the free enterprise system
in America, to help them in
planning their future by point
ing out career possibilities in
agnbusiness, and provide op
portumties for individual leader-
snip development.
Approximately _ 200 young
adults, repiesentmg the best of
over 4,000 participants in the
annual P.A F C. youth education
program, will attend the four
day event.
The Institute is a' joint effort
of the Pennsylvania Association
of Farmer Cooperatives, 4ocal
coop council, and the-College of
Agriculture -of Pennsylvania,
State University.
A- total.of. 65, local hoys and
girls took part in this year’s
educational program.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29,1971
Participating in a panel this week on
federal drug withdrawal rules were the
following; left to right, seated, Lee Boyd,
of the American Feed Manufacturers As
sociation; Dr. Ken Diehl, of the USDA
Layman to Head Co. Vo-Tech Program
Ralph M Layman, principal
of the Biownstown Vo-Tech
School, Thursday night was
named director of vocational
education by the Lancaster
County Vo-Tech Joint Commit
tee.
His sal will be $lB ,OOO a
year and he will begin his
du ti es j n the next few days
. ,
- Dr - Harry K Gerlach, coun
superintendent of schools,
recommended Layman s
appointment to the Joint Com
mittee, said he thinks Layman
can draw together the opera
tion of the three county vo-tech
schools at Brownstown, Willow
Street and Mount Joy.
Layman fills a vacancy creat
ed when Henry U. Walker, an
assistant county school superin
tendent and director of the Vo-
Tech Program, resigned last
Fall.
» The new director is a native
’of Ulster, Bradford County, and
a graduate of Ulster- High
School, Class of 1943. From
June 2, 1943 to April 25, 1946
he served in the U.S Navy.
Animal Health Division; standing, Donald
W. Parke, of the Pennsylvania Millers and
Feed Dealers Association, and Walter
Dunlap Jr, of Lancaster Stock Yards.
Layman, 46, received his B S.
degree in vocational agriculture
from Penn State University in
1950 and his M S. in industrial
and vocational education from
Ralph M. Layman
New Vo-Tech Head
?2 00 Per Year
Penn State in 1967. He also
studied vocational education
administration at Temple Uni
versity.
He has his certification in
vocational agriculture, voc»>
tional industrial education and
director of vocational education.
Prior to becoming principal
at the Brownstown Vo-Tech.
School on Jan. 1, 1970, he serv
ed in the Solanco School Dis
trict as vocational agriculture
teacher and department chair
man from 1963 to 1969 and was
assistant principal from 1966-67.
Layman also was a graduate
assistant in vocaional agricul
ture at Penn State from 1961
to 1962 and a vocational agricul
ture teacher in the Brookville
Area School from 1950 to 1961
and 1962 to 1963
He is married, to the former
Miriam Drumm, who teaches
first grade in Quarryville Ele
mentary School and they have
three children, Peter, 14; John,
12, and Jim, 11. The Laymans
live at 4 310 Hillcrest Ave.,
Quarryville.