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VOL. 16 NO. 32
15 Earn Trips for Further Activity
Lancaster County FFA Members Take 21 Golds at Penn State
Local FFA members made an
unusually good showing Thurs
day in the annual FFA Activities
Week contests at Penn State Uni
versity.
The 94 Lancaster County FFA
members who entered contests
received 21 gold medals, 12
silver and 14 bronze.
In addition, six were awarded
trips to national contests at Kan
sas City, Mo., this fall; six to the
Eastern States Exposition at
Springfield, Mass, and three to
the Atlantic Rural Exposition at
Richmond, Va
The strong showing included
Farm Calendar
Saturday, July 3
Kutziown Folk Festival, July 3-
10.
Tuesday, July 6
1 a.m. Manheim Young
Farmers fishing trip to
Rock Hall, Md.
Lancaster Farmers As
sociation board" meeting, Farm
and Home Center:" ~ „'
Wednesday, July 7
11:30 a.m. Pennsylvania'
Poultry Processors Associa
tion, Schindler’s Restau
rant, Camp Hill.
7:3op;m. Lancaster County
Soil and Water Conserva
tion District meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
Thursday, July 8
Harvestore New York Dairy
Tour, July 8 and 9.
Friday, July 9
Keystone Sheep Show and Sale,
Farm Show Building, Har
risburg, July 0-10.
Some top winners in the Dairy Products
-contest at Activities Week are shown inspect
ing a milker head for defects during the con
test. They are: left to right, Glenn Rohrer,
Penn Manor, who placed ninth and received a
bronze medal; Robert Strauss, Ephrata, who
first places in four events, Live
stock, Poultry, Small Gas En
gines and Agricultural Mech
anics Skills; second in three con
tests, Dairy Products, Horticul
ture and Small Gas Engines, and
other top placings included third
in Dairy and fourth in Land
Judging
The annual Activities Week is
an educational event, attended
this year by 1,500 FFA membei s
from throughout Pennsylvania
Doug Rohrer, Manheim Central High School, is shown
using a drill press during the Agricultural Mechanics Skills
contest at Penn State this week. Rohrer placed first among 34
entries, earning a gold medal and a trip to Kansas City for the
national contest.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 3,1971
Besides judging competition, the
week includes educational dem
onstrations and tours, conlei
ences with ag faculty menibeis,
leadership development pi o'-
grams and activities by the Penn
sylvania Association of FFA
Local winners by event and
their awards aie as folows
Land j’udging—Dave Aument,
Solanco High School, fouilh,
placed second and received a gold medal and
a trip to Kansas City as a team member, and
Paul Horning, Ephrata, who placed fourth
and was awarded a gold medal and a trip to
the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield,
Mass.
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vvorKing as a team 10 iron oui me bugs in this small gas
engine, these Manheim Central High School FFA membeis
took top honors among 39 entries in the Small Gas Engine con
test during FFA Activities Week competition Thursday They
are Amos Saudcr, loft, and Tony HaJdcman Sander placed
first and Haldeman second, earning them gold medals and a
trip to Springfield, Mass , to compete in the Eastern Slates
Exposition.
In This Issue
Classified 26, 27
DHIA Report 16
Editorial Page 10
4-H News 8
Market Reports 2,3, 4
McSparran Feature 18
Women’s News 20, 21
Miss Krantz Participates
In National Dairy Pageant
Marilyn Ki antz, Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess fiom New Pro
vidence RDI, competed this
week in the National Dairy
Princess contest at the Palmei
House, Chicago.
The contest was won by the
Minnesota entry, with Nebraska
claiming the runner-up spot,
Miss Krantz reported. She noted
she had fun and made lots of
friends from other states
Krantz left here Sunday and
returned Thursday morning
$2.00 Per Year
See page one report on FFA
Activities Week and page 22
feature on water pollution sur
vey in the Eastern School Dis
trict and other local repoits,
photos, and columns through
out.
The schedule included bieak
fasl and,lunch each day with
the judges and the contestants
weie intei viewed each day by
the judges.
Marilyn got away with a
group of the contestants for
awhile Monday to see the Su
premes and participated m a
luau party Tuesday. Judging
was completed Wednesday,
along with reheaisal for the
coronation and the actual coro
nation Wednesday evening