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B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. October 27. 1973
Chester Co. Brothers Win FFA
Quiz at Leadership Training Session
The Chester County
Association of the Future Far
mers of America held its annual
Leadership Training Conference
at Camp Innabah, Spring City
RD. In attendance were mem
bers of the Chester County Vo-
Tech FFA, Octorara FFA, Owen
J. Roberts FFA, and Oxford
FFA.
One FFA chapter from Delaware
County, the Delcroft chapter, was
also represented.
Special quests included:
Charles Lebo, program specialist
for vocational agriculture; Henry
Givler, area consultant for
vocational, agriculture; Joseph
Swatski, vice-principal at Owen
J. Roberts; Ms. Angelica
Mahoney, Future Business
Leaders of America advisor at
Owen J. Roberts; Esther Howe,
president, Owen J. Roberts
Future Business Leaders of
America; Dr. Ottey, principal at
Oxford area high school; Vito J.
Salvaggio, representing the
Chester County Intermediate
Unit; Gerald Metzler, FFA State
treasurer; Howard Stoltzfus,
Eastern Regional FFA vice
president, and Nevin Mast, State
FFA sentinel.
The Chester County Officers
opened the meeting with the
opening ceremonies. James
Nichol, teacher of agriculture at
Owen J. Roberts, welcomed the
group to the Conference.
Ruth Friedhofer, Chester
County secretary, explained the
title of the Conference “I’m 0.K.,
You’re 0.K.--What’s The
Problem?” Dennis Yoder,
Chester County vice president,
offered the challenge, “Are You
Motivated?”
The three state FFA Officers
gave brief greetings from the
State FFA Association.
The group subdivied into Of
ficer Training Sessions for
respective offices. These sessions
were discussion groups lead by
the State officers and one County
officer on the duties and
responsibilities FFA members
have as officers. After lunch,
local officers reported on some of
the ideas brought up in the Of
ficer Training Sessions.
The Annual FFA Quiz on
knowledge of the FFA was
presented by Henry Givler. Each
FFA Chapter represented at the
Conference had two contestants,
one freshman or sophomore, and
one junior or senior. In the fresh
man or sophomore division, the
winner was Bruce Yoder, Oc
torara FFA. In the junior or
senior division, Bruce’s older
Egg Production Down In PA
Laying hens in Pennsylvania
produced 285 million eggs during
September according to the Crop
Reporting Service. This was
down one percent from
production last month and two
percent from last year.
The average number of layers
on hand during September was
15.1 million, a one percent in
crease over the August number
and four percent more than the
number on hand last September.
The average daily rate of lay
during September was 63.1 eggs
per 100 layers, compared with
62.4 last month and 64.9 a year
Ugo.
United States egg production
during September was 5,265
million eggs, four percent less
than September 1972 production.
Layers on hand averaged 287
million, four percent below a
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brother Dennis, was the winner-.
Both winners received trophies.
State officers presented a
series of presentations on the
importance of good appearance
to the FFA member. Howard
Stoltzfus discussed proper dress
for the FFA member, Nevin Mast
discussed grooming, and Gerald
Metzier discussed Social Graces.
The FFA chapters in Chester
County shared their wealth on
topics important to a successful
FFA chapter, Central Chester
Vo-Tech on contests and awards,
Octorara on recreation, Owen J.
Roberts on public relations, and
Oxford on finances.
Charles Lebo, adult treasurer
for the State FFA Association,
summed the day’s activities up
with the help of the state officers.
They went over some of the
proposed changed in the FFA
Constitution, which were voted on
at the National FFA Convention.
The Chester County FFA officers
closed the meeting.
year earlier. The average rate of
lay during the month was vir
tually the same as a year earlier.
Shopping for Girls’ Dresses
You can save money if you
learn to look for deep hems in
girls’ dresses. Mrs. Ruth Ann
Wilson, Extension clothing
specialist at The Pennsylvania
State University, suggests you
also look for interfacing behind
buttons and buttonhole areas. It
will help prevent the fabric from
tearing. Deep-cut armholes,
dresses without waistlines, and
shirts with long tails will allow
for growth and longer wear.
Component of Golf Stream
The Florida Current, a major
component of the Gulf Stream,
carries past Miami more than 50
times the total flow of all the
freshwater rivers of the world.
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carried fane made of green feather* from the quetzal bird.
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