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VOL. 16 NO. 39
Queens Crowned and Awards Given at Annual4-H Achievement Day
Crowning of two 4-H queens
and presentation of awards for
outstanding 4-H woi?k were high
lights of the annual Lancaster
County 4-H Achievement Day
Thursday at the Farm and Home
Center.
The queens, both members of
the Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef and
Lamb Club, are Miss Karen
High, Senior 4-H Queen, and
Miss Debra Kreider, Junior 4-H
Queen
The Farm and Home Center
auditorium was filled for the
queen contest, with more than
500 persons present An estimated
800 attended the entire day’s ac-
Farm Calendar
Saturday, August 21
7pm Lancaster County
Pomona Grange 71, Holt
wood Athletic Field.
Colerain Grange hosting Fulton
Grange for and
evening meeting and pic
nic. , , ,
Sunday, August 22'
Homemaker’s , Camp, ; Camp
-Swat'ara, Bethel, August 22-
24.
Twin Valley FFA meeting and
baseball game
Monday, August 23
9:30 a.m. Lancaster County
FFA judging activities,
Ephrata.
8 pm. DHIA quarterly direc
tors meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Fulton Grange meeting, Oak
ryn.
Tuesday, August 24
Pennsylvania Dutch Days, Her
shey, August 24-29.
Wednesday, August 25
District Dairy Show, Farm Show
Building, Harrisburg, Au
gust 25-26.
Thursday, August 26
Lancaster County Swine pro
ducers meeting.
Saturday, August 28
Pennsylvania Poultry Queen
contest. Starlight Ballroom,
Hershey.
At the Red Rose Star Farmer contest
Monday at Brownstown Vo-Tech School are:
left to right, Jay W. Irwin, associate Lancas
ter County ag agent, contest judge; Donald
tivities, including about 250 for
the chicken barbecue, according
to Mrs Dons Thomas, Lancaster
County Extension home econo
mist
She noted that rainy weather
probably helped to make this
the largest turnout ever, because
farmers couldn’t work m the
fields
Miss High, the new Senior
Queen, is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs Harvey High, 346 W
Main St, Leola A graduate of
Conestoga Valley High School,
she plans to become a medical
assistant
Miss Kreider, the new Junior
Queen, a daughter of Mr and
Mrs Richard Kreider, Manheim
RD3, is a seventh grade student
at Manheim Central Junior High
School.
In talent contest competition,
Miss Sally Garber was first with
a violin presentation. Miss Kathy
Hastings was second with a tap
dance and Miss Sue Thomas was
third with a gymnastics routine
In the project achievement
awards, which cover a wide
range of 4-H projects all the way
from.fcookmg to growing flowers
andKjvegetablesL' and - collecting -
bugs "and. rocks, 'the 'following .
best of class awards were pre
sented: r
Debbie Johnson, Lancaster
RD2, grand champion in the pop
ular foods division with a sponge
cake, cornstarch pudding and
fruit combination called “Sunny
Passion Delight”.
Lisa K;' Johnson, Millersville,
two firsts, in the “Start Stitch
ing” category of the sewing divi-
Nelson Martin Is Named Red Rose Star Farmer
Nelson Martin was named
Lancaster County Red Rose Star
Farmer this week.
The Red Rose Star award is
the highest award at the coun
ty level and is based on a com
bination of Martin’s supervised
farming program, FFA activi
ties and offices held, activities
outside the FFA and an inter
view with the candidate.
Martin has been president
of the Lancaster County FFA
contest runner-up; Nelson Martin, Garden
Spot High School, New Holland, Red Rose
Star Farmer, and Stanley Musselman, Na
tional Central Bank farm representative,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21,1971
The new Lancaster County 4-H Queens,
crowned Thursday night at the Farm and
Home Center, are Miss Debra Kreider, left,
sion with a robe fashioned from
terry towels, and in the Group 1
dessert category of the foods di
vision for the nine to 13 age
group
Susan Campbell, Pequea RDI,
Chapter since January and has
been active in numerous FFA
events at the chapter, county
and state levels. He has also
been active in organizations out
side the FFA.
As Red Rose Star Farmer,
Martin will be eligible for an
expense paid trip to the Na
tional FFA Convention in Kan
sas City in October
Martin, the son of Mr and
Mrs. Clyde W Martin, East Earl
two firsts, in photography and in
the main dish Group 2 of the
foods division for the 14 to 19
age group.
Adam Mays, Lancaster, two
fiist places, in entomology for
RDI, has a farming program
centering around several Hol
steins.
Runner-up in the contest was
Donald Brenneman of Lam
peter-Strasburg High School.
Other candidates chosen by
their chapters as contenders for
the Star award were- Amos
Sauder, Manheim, Ronald
Gruber, Elizabethtown; Adolph
Bensinger, Solanco; Clyde Erb,
Penn Manor, and Rick Pfautz,
Ephrata >
Contest judges were Stanley
Musselman, National Central
Bank farm representative, Jay
W Irwin, associate Lancastei
County ag agent, and Zane Wil
son, Lancaster Farming man
aging editor.
In This Issue
Classified 26, 27
Editorial Page 10
4-H News 1, 16, 17, 18, 19
Market Reports 2,3, 4
McSparran Feature 20
Women’s News 21, 22
See special report on page 8
of local family well known for
their outstanding breeding
sheep flock and their detailed
account of what they think it
takes to be successful with
sheep in the face of declining
interest in sheep production
nationally.
Also, the article on page 12
tells how many farmers are
turning to -“pick-it-yourself”
marketing to solve the growing
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Manheim RD3, Junior Queen, and Miss
Karen High, Leola, Senior Queen.
his mounted insect display and
geology for his collection of locks
Debbie Patschoiski Lititz
RD2, flowers
Judy Risser, Leola RDI, vege
tables
Gregory Schell, Lititz RD2,
handyman division for a home
made trophy case
Barbara Myer, Elizabethtown
RD3 rabbits, for her large white
New Zealand rabbit, Clifford
Julia Loewen, New Holland,
cotton skirt category
Sherri Kurtz, New Holland,
Let’s Make a Dress
Beth Good, Ephrata, bieads
Group 1 foods
Beverly Garber, Mount Joy
RD2, main dish, Group 1 foods
Barb Huber, Conestoga, des
serts Group 2 foods
Dress Revue
In the Southeast Region 4-H
Dress Revue Tuesday at the
Farm and Home Center, an Eph
rata young woman was among
five named to represent the
region in upcoming state com
petition
She is Deborah Myers, 17,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Carroll
Myers, 19 Circle Drive, Ephrata
The other foui winners were
Cindy Jo Chnsman, Chester
County, Mary Hetnch, Berks
County; Linda Rohrbach, York
County, and Debra Shermeyei,
York County
Seventy-one senior contestants
from 12 counties participated in
the annual event
Runners-up included Margie
Bachman, Lehigh County, Karen
Fabian, Northampton County,
Christine Fischer, York County,
Sue Funk, Lebanon County; Julie
Hartranft, Lancaster County,
Karen Lafferty, Chester County!
and Kathy Yasenchak, Schuylkill
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