Robert P. Simon Named to Receive Honorary American Fanner Degree
Robert P. Simon, Eastern Lan- ional FFA Convention, October
caster County School Superin- 14, at Kansas City, Mo.
tendent, has been named to re- The award recognizes outstand
ceive the Honorary American ing service to the FFA. Only a
Farmer Degree at the 44th Nat- few of the awards are given
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Lancaster
397-5179
nationally each year. Simon is
one of the few school adminis
trators in Pennsylvania ever to
receive the award.
Simon taught mathematics,
social studies, science, and in
dustrial arts at New Holland
High School from 1941 through
1951, with time out to serve in
the U.S. Navy to 1944-1946.
He was principal and teacher
at Terre Hill school from 1951-
1956 and principal of Garden
Spot High School from 1956-1957.
In 1957 he was named Supervis
ing principal of the Eastern Lan
caster County school District and
remained in that position until
1966 when he was named Super
intendent of the Eastern Lancas
ter County School District.
He is a member of the Ameri
can Association of School Ad
ministrators, former President
of the Lancaster Area School
Study Council, First President
and recent Secretary of SPEED
IER, the five county educational
development and implementation
organization.
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626-7766
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 14,1971
Simon is a member of Trinity
Lutheran Church, New Holland,
vice president of the congrega
tion, chairman of stewardship,
and has spent over 20 years as
teacher in the adult Sunday
school class.
He has been active m Boy
Scouts of America for the past
39 years. He holds the rank of
Eagle Scout and has been a scout
master for five years He is
also a former district chairman
He is a member of Lodge #556
of F & AM, and is active in the
Sheep Hill Beagle Club.
Among accomplishments cited
in receiving the award were
“He was instrumental in get
ting a Vocational Agriculture De
partment authorized and estab
lished in the Garden Spot High
School, where for 20 years, it
was said it wasn’t wanted or
needed nor would it gain the ac
ceptance and support of the com
munity.”
He was instrumental in getting
a Young Parmer Program start
ed at Garden Spot and paving
the way for a fulltime Young
Farmer instructor.
He helped establish a junior
agriculture program in the sev
enth and eighth grades and help
ed organize 'and get a fulltime
teacher for the elementary agri
culture program of the district,
now in its fourth year with over
500 students in the sixth grade
The junior program “has gamed
national attention and has serv
ed as a pilot program for other
schools,”
■He coordinated the efforts be
tween the community and the
vocational-agriculture program
in offering adult education
courses for off-farm agriculture
businesses.
Simon has previously received
several awards including; cer
tificates of appreciation from
both the local FFA Chapter and
Young Farmers, Honorary Chap
ter Farmer Degree, and 'Honor
ary Keystone Farmer Degree in
1963. He was the first Lancas
ter County administrator to re
ceive the coveted Keystone
award.
Simon has also attended many
local, state, and national PFA
events, including the National
FFA Convention, to witness the
Grassland FFA Chapter receiv
ing the National Gold Emblem
Award.
Conservation District
Holds Regular Meeting
The Lancaster County Soil and
Water Conservation District met
Thursday evening, August 5.
Larry Krick from the Lancas
ter County Planning Commission
ask the district directors for
their help on the new county
comprehensive plan.
New cooperatives are: Ivan
Bowman Jr, 75 acres in Para
dise Township; Preston W. New
comer, 133 acres in West Hemp
field Township; Donald Mutch
ler, 21 acres in East Hempfield
Township; Bunarco, Inc., 114
acres in Martic Township, Jef
ferson S. Hartzler, 55 acres in
East Donegal Township; Amos L.
Stoltzfus, 15 acres in Salisbury
Township, and Glenn Hershey,
73 acres in Penn Township.
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