Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Sei
8
Mast Gets Reading Fair Boy Award
Nine Twin Valley FFA
members participated in Berks
County FFA contests at the
Kutztown Fair. Four Twin Valley
members - Nevin Mast, Terry
Murray, Larry Stoltzfus, and
Ronald Dannecker - participated
in the dairy judging contest.
Three classes of dairy animals
were judged, and a set of six
questions were answered on one
class. Mast recorded the highest
placing of the Twin Valley pa
rticipants, placing sixth, while
Murray received seventh place.
The contest was won by David
Schontz of Brandywine FFA.
Five Twin Valley students
participated in the livestock
judging contest A class of Duroc
breeding gilts, a class of Cheviot
breeding ewes, and a class of
Angus market steers were judged
for this contest. In addition, from
two to four questions had to be
answered for each class. Lloyd
Simmers of Twin Valley placed
seventh and Ron Smoker nineth.
Other Twin Valley contestants
were Robert Stoltzfus, Melvin
Houck, and Harold Steve. The
contest was won by Marlin
Dietrich of Kutztown, with
William Abrams of Governor
Mifflin a close second.
In the afternoon, Chapter
president Terry Murray
represented the chapter in the
tractor driving contest. Here a
contestant must complete a
safety check of the tractor, hitch
to a manure spreader, drive
through an obstacle course with
the manure spreader, back the
spreader into a stall with two
inches clearance on each side,
and back a four-wheeled wagon
into an adjacent stall with six
inches clearance on each side and
only four feet to pull front. This
contest was won by Dale
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finished eighth due to difficulty
backing the four-wheeled wagon
within the required time.
Twin Valley also placed a
window exhibit at the fair. Title
of the exhibit is “Get Buzzing
With Honey Bees Friends of
Man.” The exhibit, measuring
eight feet by five feet by three
feet deep, featured various
beekeeping equipment as well as
an observation bee hive. The
exhibit was awarded fifth place
out of a class of 15. It is the first
such exhibit the Chapter has
entered in competition in recent
years. The exhibit was also
exhibited at the Reading Fair,
where it received third prize.
In other FFA news, the Chapter
received notification that Nevin
Mast, former Chapter president
and current state FFA sentinel,
received the Reading Fair Boy
Award. The award is presented to
the outstanding FFA member in
Berks County fronr among those
members who received the
Keystone Degree during the
current year. The award con
sisted of a $lOO savings bond and
a plaque.
Mast also helped with the FFA
booth at Ag Progress Days last
week.
Two Twin Valley FFA mem
bers earned the right to show
their dairy animals in the Penn
sylvania Junior Dairy Show at
Harrisburg. Both members
earned this right by having
animals awarded blue ribbons at
the FFA Regional Dairy show at
Harrisburg last week. Mastdale
Star Marcia - Twin, bred, owned,
and exhibited by Fred Mast
of Elverson RD2 received second
place in the junior yearling
Holstein class. Conbella Counts
Dorothy, a senior yearling
Aryshire heifer bred by Charles
Gable of Elverson RD2, and
owned and exhibited by Terry
Murray of Honey Brook RD2
received a fourth place blue
ribbon in her class. In addition to
the above awards, Mastdale Ivan
Star Denise - and Murray
received a Master Fitter and
Showmanship award with his
heifer.
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Donald A. Hodgen to loan officer
of the bank. Hodgen was
collection manager of the bank’s
Installment Loan Department
prior to his promotion.
Before joining The First
National Bank of Strasburg, the
new loan officer was assistant
manager of the Ephrata branch
of GAC Corporation. He has
completed several American
Institute of Banking courses,
including Law In Banking and
Principles of Banking
Operations.
The Lancaster Catholic High
School graduate is a veteran of
the United States Navy where he
served as a petty officer, third
class. He and his wife, the former
Kathleen Grap of Wayne, New
Jersey, reside in Conestoga, RDI.
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