—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, July 31,1971
14
Conservation Day Features Plowing, Traitor, Land Contests, Pig Chase
An adult plowing contest, a
4-H tractor driving contest, an
FFA land judging contest and a
pig chase were among the high
lights of the annual Lancaster
County Soil and Water Conser
vation District field day Tuesday
at the Roy Book farm, Ronks
RDI.
Three winners in the plowing
contest who will qualify for
state competition were Frank
Burkhart, 1030 Silver Spring
Road, Lancaster, a repeat win
ner in the small plow contest.
Last year he went on to win the
state contest and competed in
Richard Groff
Catches Greased Pig
Three men who will represent Lancaster hart, 1030 Silver Spring Road, Lancaster,
County in the state plowing contest as a re- §mall plow winner and last year’s state
suit of competition at the Conservation Field champion, and Marvin Zimmerman, East
Day Tuesday are: left to right, Carl Horst, Earl RDI, contour plow.
Atglen RDI, large plow winner; Frank Burk-
Several boys close in on the greased pig large crowd looks on. The animal was caught
Tuesday at the Conservation Field Day as a by Richard Groff, Leola RDI.
the national contest. On Tuesday
he had the day’s high score of
559 points out of a possible 600.
Placing third overall with a
score of 532 was Carl Horst,
Atglen RDI. He scored 532 with
a six bottom plow, the highest
score in the large plow category,
qualifying him for state contest.
Marvin Zimmerman, East
Earl RDI, was the only entry in
contour plowing and will go to
the state contest.
Merle Groff, Lancaster RD4,
was second to Burkhart with a
score of 545.
Judges for the plowing contest
were John Breneman, Willow
Street RDI, J. Robert Kendig,
Conestoga RD2 and Robin Moyer,
Soil Conservation Service. Lan
caster.
In 4-H tractor driving James
Erb, 118 Kreider Ave., Lancas
ter, placed first in the senior
division and Ken Hackman,
Ephrata RDI, was first in the
junior division.
The winner of the senior
division normally qualifies for
the state contest, but Erb inform
ed Jay W. Irwin, associate Coun
ty ag agent, that he would be un
able to attend because of work
commitments.
Darryl Bollinger, Manheim
RDI, the second place senior
division winner, will represent
the County in the state contest.
David Shearer, v Bainbridge
RDI, was the third place win
ner in the senior division.
Tractor Driving
Lancaster County 4-H tractor driving division winner, and I)aryl Bollinger, Man
winners are: left to right, James Erb, 118 heim RDI, senior division runner-up, who
Kreider Ave., Lancaster, senior division win- will represent Lancaster County in the state
ner; Ken Hackman, Ephrata RDI, junior contest.
Also placing in the junior RD2, Solanco PFA Chapter, re
division were: I>arwin Nissley, ceived a plague and blue ribbon
Mount Joy RDI, second, and for winning the FFA land judg-
Dudley Rohrer, Manheim RDI, ing contest.
third.
, Land Judging
Dave Aument, Peach Bottom
r-v
Other top placings went to the
following:
Rick Pfautz, Stevens RDI,
Cloister FFA, and William
Krantz, Quarryville RDI, Solan
co FFA, tie for second.
Marlin Smoker. Stevens RDI,
Cloister, third; Mike Roland,
Quarryville RDI, Solanco FFA,
fourth; Kenneth Groff, 37
Quarry Road. Leola, fifth, and
H 4-H Club News $$
Busy Bees Attend Events
Two members of the Berg
strasse Busy Bees 4-H Club
went to North Carolina. Ros
anne Styer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Styer, Ephrata
RD2, and Linda Wise, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wise,
Ephrata RD3, left for Ashe
ville, North Carolina, Thursday,
July 15. They joined 25 other
4-Her’s from Lancaster County
for the annual 4-H exchange
trip.
They had one stop in Wil
liamsburg, Virginia. They spent
about five days with host fami
lies in North Carolina and re
turned home Thursday, July
22,
A few members of the club
will be attending Dress Review
August 5 at the Pam and Home
Center. Attending in the Junior
Paoli Girl Chosen to Attend AIC
Jennifer Riggs, 437 Hilltop
Road, Paoli, has been named as
one of the Commonwealth’s
outstanding youth leaders to at
tend the 1971 meeting of the
American Institute of Coopera
tion August 1-4 at Colorado
State University, Fort Collins,
Colorado.
The Institute brings together
the nations outstanding youth
leaders, young adults, and busi
ness leaders to learn more
about citizenship leadership and
the principles of the Free En
terprise System.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William E. Riggs, Jennifer
was selected to attend this
event by business leaders in
Pennsylvania and
from Pennsylvania State Uni-"
versity and State Department
of Education based on her
leadership at PAFC Penn-
Robert Gerhart, New Providence
RDI, sixth.
Richard Groff, 37 Quarry
Road, Leola, caught the greased
Pig.
It was a hot day and the pig
wasn’t very energetic.
The pig slipped out of the
grip of a couple of first group of
about eight youths who pounced
on him, then the pig was grab
bed by Groff around the middle.
Groff had no trouble picking him
up and carrying him back to a
pen to win the animal.
division will be Linda Wise,
Sheryl Weaver, Robin King,
Pam Royer, Anita Burkholder,
Virginia Zeiset, Cheryl Hurst
and Rita Martin.
Attending in the Senior divi
sion will be Janice Zeiset, Jo-
Anne Hurst, Cindy Smith, Kar
en Habecker and July Miller.
Two members were also
chosen to represent the club at
the Queen contest August 5 at
the Farm and Home Center.
Chosen as Junior Queen was
Susan Martin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald Martin, Eph
rata RD3, and Linda Wise was
chosen as Senior Queen. Linda
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Wise, Ephrata RD3.
News Reporter,
JoAnne Hurst
sylvania Association of Farmer
Cooperatives Summer Youth
Institute, and her activities
record and knowledge of co
operative and other businesses.
A member of the Valley
Forge 4-H Horse Club, Jennifer
has served her club as secretary
and president and assisted the
adult leaders, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Kelly and Mrs. Stephen
Winckelman, as a teen leader
for two years.
She has attended several 4-H
events including 4-H Capitol
Days in Harrisburg and State
4-H Days at Penn State.
In 1952, President Harry S.
Truman signed a bill making
Sept. 17 annual Citizenship
Day, instead of Constitution
Day as it had been known
before.
educators
Greased Pig
Citizenship Day