VOL 18 No. 8
Elvin Hess Jr., Strasburg Rl, chatted
briefly with Governor Milton Shapp and
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Jim
Dauphin Co. Steer Gets
Top Baby Beef Prize
Linda Miller became the third
member of her family to win the
baby beef grand championship at
a state Farm Show. She did it
with a 1,175 pound Hereford she
calls Clyde.
Linda is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Miller, Halifax
R 2.
A Chester County angus was
named reserve grand champion
Among the FFA parents honored Wednesday at the State
FFA Convention were Mr. and Mrs. John M. Weaver, left, and
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Martin. The Weavers have had three sons
receive Keystone Farmer Degrees, and the Martins are the
parents of FFA state president Nelson Martin.
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of the show. He was shown by
James Wylie, Nottingham E 2,
Jim is a 16-year-old junior at
Oxford High School. His Angus
weighed 1,160 pounds.
Eleven-year old Judy Zim
merman showed the reserve
champion Hereford, a 1,095
pound steer named Bingo. Judy is
in her second year of 4-H baby
beef showing and finished the day
Lancaster Fanning' Photo
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 13, 1973
McHale last Sunday during opening
ceremonies for the 57th Annual Penn
sylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
just one placing behind the steer
that won grand champion honors
Judy is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs John Zimmerman, Ephrata
R 1 Her steer topped his class in
the Hereford lightweight
category.
Judy’s cousin, Linda Good, who
was competing in the crossbred
class with Fred, a steer weighing
1,355 pounds, also won the
reserve championship for that
breed.
Linda, 15, is the daughter of
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Farm Calendar
Monday, January 15
7:30 p.m - Northern Area 4-H
Tractor Maintenance Club
meeting, Farmersville
Equipment Company, Far
mersville.
730 p.m. - Octorora Young
Farmers Meeting, “Feeding
and Housing Hogs”, vo-ag
department, Octorora High
School
Tuesday, January 16
11:45 a.m. - Annual DHIA
banquet, Farm and Home
Center.
7:30 pm. - Ephrata Young
Farmers monthly meeting,
election of officers; vo-ag
department, Ephrata Area
High School.
Wednesday,January 17
10a.m. - 3 p.m. - Regional Income
Tax meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
7 p.m. - Garden Spot Young
Farmers welding course, vo
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Greg Landis-
Star Farmer
Determination. Hard work
Planning Leadership Devotion
Willingness Disappointment,
perhaps These are just a few of
the qualities which went into the
naming of Greg Landis as the
1973 Eastern Regional Star
Farmer this week during
ceremonies at the mid-winter
FFA Convention at the Forum in
Harrisburg
The Star Farmer award is the
highest degree it is possible to
attain in the FFA on the State
level One deserving recipient is
named from each of the four
Greg Landis was named the 1973 Star Farmer for Penn
sylvania’s Eastern FFA Region on Wednesday of Farm Show
week.
Honorary Keystone Farmers Degrees were presented to
three local men on Wednesday at Harrisburg. They are, left
to right, Miles Fry, Ephrata farmer, Jess Erway, vo-ag teacher
at Manheim Central, and Phillip Ogline, vo-ag instructor at
Garden Spot.
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regions in the state and from
these regions the overall State
Star Farmer is named
Greg, son of Mr and Mrs Jay
E Landis, Lancaster RD6, is a
senior student at Penn Manor
High School A very active, in
terested student, Greg has been
serving this past year as
president of the Lancaster
County FFA He also has been a
wrestler, cross-country team
member, plays in the school
band, likes to hunt and fish, and
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