Pa. Holstein Breeders
Stage Annual Meeting
Holstein breeders from across
the state of Pennsylvania are met
Friday at the Seven Srpings
Mountain Resort in Champion,
Pa. for the 19th Annual Con
vention of the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association.
Activities started Wednesday
with the Executive Committee
meeting at 12:00 Noon and
continued Thursday with
registration and the Board of
Directors meeting. Also on the
schedule for Thursday was a bus
tour to the Falling Waters
followed by a Western Barbecue
and entertainment in the
evening.
Friday’s agenda started with a
breakfast speaker, The Rev.
Ralph Mills of Berlin, Pa. The
group then split into a women’ts
program, a junior member
program, and the formal annual
meeting of the association.
President Elvin Hess, Jr.,
Strasburg, Pa. presided at the
business session Friday. In ad
dition to reports from Association
staff personnel, William C.
Nichol, executive secretary and
Jay Howes, director of
promotion, the program featured
committee reports and a panel
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discussion of topics relevant to
the Holstein and dairy industry.
Dr. James McCaffrey of
Delaware Valley College,
Doylestown, Pa. was moderator
for the panel discussion. Other
speakers were Dr. Ronald
Farrell, a veterinarian from
Mansfield, Pa.; Dr. Richard
Adams, Extension Dairy
Specialist at Penn State
University, and Mr, Peter
Blodgett of the Carnation-
Genetics AI organization.
Membership Service Awards
were presented to five Holstein
Clubs: Most New Members -
Lancaster County; Highest
Percentage of Renewals - Nor
thampton County; Most con
sistent growth over a five year
period - Clarion County - First;
Washington County - Second; and
Centre County - Third.
Recognized for individual
membership work were: Bedford
County - Kenneth Mowry; Berks
County - Ernest Miller, Elwood
Ohlinger and Roy Hoppes; Blair
County - James Corle, Harold
Steele, Donald Brumbaugh,
Richard Frederick, and Donald
Gearhart; Bradford County -
Robert Whipple, and Leigh
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Joseph Hartle, Jr., Jay Houser
and Fred Strouse; Clarion
County - C, Jerry Brown; -
Clearfield County - Glenn Gross;
Cumberland County - Lee
Davidson; Franklin County -
Harold F. Crider, Ray Wingert,
and Clarence D. Stauffer;
Juniata County - Donald Adams;
Lancaster County - Clarence
Stauffer, Dale Peifer, and
Nathan Stoltzfus; Somerset
County - Robert Taylor, Clark
Weyand, Clark , Yoder, and
Gerald Carr; Tioga County - Jay
Heisey; and Washington County -
Luke Pasco and Elden Carter.
Two clubs were recognized for
sale and show achievements:
Mercer County, winner of the
Club Herd Class at the 1973 State
Holstein Show, and Somerset
County for having the highest
averaging county consignment at
the State Calf Sale last spring.
Individual recognition for sale
achievement was given to Emil
G. Peters, Port Matilda, Pa.,
consignor of the high selling bull
at the Pa. All-American In
vitational Sale in September at
Harrisburg. Recognized for
consigning the top female were
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calf at the 1973 Calf Sale.
Thirteen herds were
recognized for both type and
production achievements in
gaining the National Holstein
Association’s Progressive
Breeder Registry Award.
Recipients were: Donald J.
Arthur, Laceyville; Donald &
Geraldine Seipt, Easton; J.
Mowery Frey & Son, Lancaster;
Bach-Echo Farms, Easton;
Richard & Marilyn Packard,
Troy; Jefferson D. Yoder,
Elverson; Robert & James
Curley, Montrose; Hertzler’s
Dairy Farm, Elizabethtown; Jay
& Mary Houser, Spring Mills;
Clark A. Yoder, Salisbury;
Delaware Valley College,
Doylestown; George Page, Jr.,
Columbia Cross Roads; and
Estate of James L. Howes,
Newtown.
In his President’s Address
Elvin Hess reported fiscal year
highlights. Included were the fact
that the record high state
membership of 5,162 puts Penn
sylvania first in the nation.
Pennsylvania also led all other
states in registrations of animals,
transfers of ownership, and
active national members. Cited
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as other highlights of the
Association program were the
export of 810 head of Penn
sylvania Holsteins to 10 foreign
countries', two high averaging’
consignment sales - the Calf Sale
where 161 calves sold for an
average of $615.00 and the feature
Pa. All-American Invitational
where 36 consignments averaged
nearly $4,000.00; twenty District
Holstein Shows with 2,800
animals exhibited; and the very
successful Breed Improvement
Seminar held in January.
Separate programs during the
day involved the women and
Junior Members attending the
Convention. The Ladies Day
Program centered around crafts
and special preparations for the
Holiday Season. In addition to the
routine business of the Junior
Association, awards were
presented to the winners of the
Junior Member contests, and
there were short addresses by
Nellie King, Pittsburgh Pirates
Broadcaster; Dr. Howard Thoele
of Penn State University; a
Taiwanese student presently
working on a Pa. dairy farm; and
Melodee LeVan, Milton, Pa.,
National Distinguished Junior
Member.
Friday night’s banquet
program featured speaker Nellie
King, Pittsburgh Pirates
broadcaster. Sharing the
program with King were Miss
Marcia Gnagey, Meyersdale, the
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess,
and Pa. Holstein Distinguished
Junior Members, Melodee LeVan
and Roy Hoppes, Hamburg, Pa.
Entertainment will be provided
by the I Uppers Glee Club from
Indiana University.
Nearly 600 Holstein dairy men
participated in the two-day
program hosted by Holstein
members from the Southwest
District of the Pa. Holstein
Association composed of Holstein
Clubs from Armstrong, Beaver,
Fayette, Indiana, Somerset,
Washington, and Westmoreland
Counties. Robert Taylor,
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