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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Feb. 16, 1974
Pequea Valley FFA
Year In Review
by Nelson Martin,
Chapter Reporter
The Pequea Valley FFA
Chapter participated in
many activities in the past
year, 1973. During the month
of January the Chapter
attended the Pennsylvania
Farm Show at Hamsburg,
and also hosted the Lan
caster County corn and
tobacco show at the Farm
and Home Center. In order to
increase interest in the
Agricultural Program at the
high school, representatives
were sent to the Pequea
Valley Intermediate School
to talk about the program
and give a slide presentation
of the projects of the
members. On the fun side the
FFA held an iceskating
party.
Sports activities during the
month of February included
basketball, finishing with 2
wins and 2 losses. The
Chapter also 'sponsored a
joyful, evening of Donkey
Basketball. In the
Parliamentary Procedure
Contest at the Brownstown
Vo-Tech, Pequea FFA
placed fifth in the county.
The following members
attained the degree of Red
Rose, they are: Don Miller,
Charles Neff, and Jere
Skiles.
The big event in March
was a Parent and Son
Banquet. Afterwards there
was an awards presentation
at which there was a total of
fourteen awards given in
different areas of
agriculture. The Chapter
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sponsored a T.V. program on
WGAL to discuss tillage vs.
No-tillage.
New officers for the FFA
were elected and installed in
May. That same month was
the school field day at which
the FFA sponsored a food
stand and a greased pig
contest which was enjoyed
by all.
There were activities
during the summer also. In
June five members from the
chapter went to Penn State
for the state FFA contests.
They were: Tom Denlinger,
Gordon Hoover, Kevin
Kurtz, Nelson Martin, and
Don Miller.
Activities during July and
August were the baseball
playoffs, the summer picnic
at Jere Skiles's, and a
reunion of all the past
members of the Pequea
Valley FFA. Three members
from our chapter par
ticipated in the Southeastern
Regional Dairy Show at
Hamsburg.
The farm shows started in
September at Solanco and
West Lampeter. These were
attended by Tom Denlinger,
Nelson Martin, and Charles
Neff. Each of the contestants
showed dairy animals. Carl
Caskey presented a TV
program on WGAL on the
subject of Taxidermy.
The Kansas City trip,
during October, was at
tended by six members from
our chapter Earlier
everyone from our chapter
attended the livestock
judging contest at the
Manheim Fair.
Leaders Urged To
Guide Citizens In
R ural Development
Assistant Secretary of the
U. S. Department of
Agriculture Will Erwin
called on the rural leaders of
Pennsylvania to help citizens
understand why rural
development should be
guided and how it can be
used to curb escalating taxes
and add to the quality of life
characteristics of conf
munities.
Speaking at a Rural
Development Symposium in
Harrisburg, the Secretary
said vast, over-the-years’
growth of the Keystone State
industries has reached
almost every rural area and
has absorbed the lion’s share
of the state’s expanding
labor force.
The Secretary reported
that today twice as many
new jobs are being created in
the rural areas as in the
urban communities. And he
expects this trend to con
tinue because most
Americans prefer to live in
the country.
In addressing the rural
development leaders, Erwin
said data is inadequate to
indicate the degrees to which
communities have guided
their growth so as to make it
contribute to local facilities,
services, and environmental
conditions.
Farmers, Erwin con
tinued, have a long suc
cessful record of creating
self help organizations to
help them solve problems.
He mentioned the use of
conservation districts to
solve soil and water
problems, REA electric co
ops to bring electricity to
rural areas, and local farm
credit facilities.
Organizing to create and
guide rural development in
the interest of shaping the
destmj of one's community
is no different, Secretary
Erwin said
U S. Department of
Agriculture agencies,
Pennsylvania' State
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rural development
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Development Act of 1972
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communities and private
enterpreneurs a wide array
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Speech Award
To Gertenlauer
David L. Gertenlauer,
Ephrata received an
honorable mention at the
annual Paul R. Guldin
Speaking contest at The
Pennsylvania State
University.
Gertenlauer, sophomore
majoring in agriculture
education at Penn State, will
receive $4O at a College of
Agriculture faculty meeting
in March.
Attending the contest was
Mrs. Guldin. Her husband
was once a faculty member
in poultry science at Penn
State. He established funds
for the contest because of the
great deal of importance he
placed on the benefits of
public speaking.
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