—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 17, 1973
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Awards Given At 3 FFA Banquets
THE BIG
V
MEANS VORIS
HIGH YIELD SEED CORN
V 2642 119 day maturity
A Champion. Short-stalked, upright leaf,
with a really high yield and potential.
Moderately high population
V 2592 'lB day maturity
By demand. A special hybrid for the East,
large-eared, excellent stalk, and fast
drying.
¥2552- 1,3 day maturity
This is a high population hybrid. Pour on the
fertilizer, early tasseling and silking a high
yielder.
V 2402 - 102 day maturity
The big yielder. Tough to beat anywhere.
Indiana reports over 200 bushels yield. Early
plant hybrid.
V 2332 - 94 day maturity
Tremendous yield potential. Early. Fast
drying. High yielder. Picks and shells
beautifully.
CONTACT
REIST SEED CO.
Mt. Joy, Pa. Phone 653-4121
[SINCE 1925]
Grassland FFA
Three local PFA chapters held
their annual parent-son banquets
in recent days. Many members
and guests left laden 'with
awards, and all present were
well-fed. The first banquet, on
Friday. March 9, was held at the
Garden Spot High School
cafeteria for members and
guests pf the Grassland Chapter.
The group heard messages
from Nelson Martin, president of
the Pennsylvania FFA, and
Bruce Erath, northest regional
vice-president from Sullivan
County. New York.
During the meeting, five
chapter members were
presented with Keystone Farmer
degrees They were Mike Martin,
Dolmar Weaver, Jim Zim
merman Lynn Groff and Bob
Burkhart
Lancaster County Red Rose
degrees went to Ray Martin, Ken
Groff. Dale Sensenig, Daryl
Scnsenig Elvin Hursh, Dwight
Ludwig Garry Messner, Wayne
Martin. Dennis Nolt and Ken
Mull
Cooperative seed sales for the
chapter totaled over $6OOO, with
Jerry Long receiving the top
•salesman award
Winners of the New Holland
Jacee swine awards were Nelson
Messner for Hampshires, Garry
Messner for the Yorkshire breed,
Brian Musser, crossbred, and
Lloyd Hoover,, Duroc
Honor roll awards went to
Wayne Martin. David Smeltz,
Jim Zimmerman. Delmar
Weaver Lloyd Hoover, Bill
Trupe Scott Steffy, Lewis Good
and Larry Weber
Production agriculture award
winners were Lloyd Hoover, first
place Ray Martin, second place
and Jeff Martin, third. En
vironmental agriculture honors
went to Ijeonard Martin, first
place Dale Burkhart, second and
Tom Wentzle. third
Speaking, Donna Anderson;
Solanco Banouet ornamental Horticulture, Teas
, Morrison, Randy Firestone.
The 27th annual Solanco outdoor Recreation - Robert
FFA banquet was shupp; Agribusiness - Paul
held Thursday evening at the Bewley Ro ether; Home
Mechanics Grove Church of the improvement - Steve Bucher;
Brethren. Keystone Farmer placement in Ag Production -
degrees were presented ,to j e fj R j sser
William Hershey, Wayne Certificates of Appreciation
Kreider. David Bitler Tom were presented for assistance in
Perry and Mike Roland Cer- various areas t 0 chapter,
tificates were also presented to certificates were received by:
these degree winners by Penn- Car , Bomb e r ger and Paul
SV iu P<^ er a . n( * ~ Wenger. Wenger’s Greenhouse;
The Star Greenland Award for / H ellberg, H ellbergs, Bird
stotssi a
Gary Akers, and the Star Red Huber’s Nurseries; Leon Rab-
Rose Farmer prize was captured ?ak guidance counselor, and
by Charles Coates. Henry Givler, Area Vo-Tech
- Dairy club awards were ronsultant .
presented to Wayne Kreider, The Tevoca Chapter par-
David Bitler and Fred Lefever. tjcipated in the county-wide FFA
The Farm Women Society No.
20 presented an outstanding FFA
student award to Robert Fite.
Honary chapter farmers in
ducted were the farm euipment
firm of Cope and Weaver, and
Steve Leiser, a vo-ag teacher at
Solanco
During the meeting, members
showed slides of their activities
during the past year, including
trips to Kansas City, Penn State
and Oklahoma
Tevoca FFA
One of the county’s newest FFA
Chapters, the Tevoca Chapter,
met Thursday night at the
Brownstown Vo-Tech School for
its third annual Smorgasbord
banquet Randy Firestone served
as toastmaster for the evening
The Tevoca Chapter en
compasses two areas, hor
ticulture and floriculture. Major
awards were presented to
deserving students in each of
these areas, where applicable.
Presentation of awards, in
cluding Foundation awards, to
FFA members were made by
Miss Judith Levine and James M
Kerr. Chapter advisors. Those
receiving recognition were:
Star Greenhands - A 1 Lutz,
John Frantz; Star Chapter
Farmers. Randy Firestone, Deb
Zimmerman, Star Agribusiness -
Irene Frederick, Louis Roether.
Sales and Service - Barb Dif
fenderfer. Luke Weidler; Public
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Citrus Sale in December.
Receipts from the sale were used
to finance the annual banquet for
the 140 guests present.
The two top saleswomen of the
Citrus Sale vfere rewarded for
their hard work. Elaine Wenger
sold 60 cases of fruit. She chose a
Tevoca FFA jacket as her prize.
Irene Frederick, second high in
sales with 40 cases, accepted a
check for her accomplishment.
Honorary Chapter Farmer
Degrees went to four Vo-Tech
Administrators: Irwin J. Shelly,
principal; J. Richards Wood,
coordinator; Ralph Layman,
director, and Henry Givler,
consultant.
Nine Chapter members were
awarded the Chapter Farmer
Degree. They are: Tina
Eisenhaver, Irene Frederick,
Barb Diffenderfer, Gerald
Hartranft. Robert Shupp, Steve
Bucher. Randy Firestone, Karl
Martin, and Daryl Sweigart.
These degrees were presented by
Mr Givler and Mr. Layman.
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