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itself. The ideas were as
varied as the projects
themselves with displays
ranging from the newest
ideas in bicycle safety to the
fine art of cake decorating.
Although all the exhibits
proved to be excellent in
their construction and
imaginative ideas, the first
place award went to the
Boots and Saddles 4-H Club
which aimed their display at
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If you’re just getting started,
horse management and
care. Complete with a
replica of the famous talking
horse "Mr. Ed”, the group
explained Just what steps
must be taken to insure a
healthy horse along with the
mechanics of feeding and
equipment work.
Boots and Saddles, which
is comprised of 60 members
is lead by Mrs. Rose
Fellenbaum, Dick AUegreti,
Eleanor Doutrich and Deb
Heidig. The club received a
cash award of $35 for their
display.
Second place and a cash
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award of $25 went to the
Broken Bit 4-H Horse Club
while the Lititz-Manhoim
Community Club captured
third place honors and a cash
award of $2O.
Penn Willow 4-H Club and
the Mountvilic 4-H Club were
awarded Honorable Men
tions in the competition and
both received cash awards of
$lO.
The cash awards for the
contest, were donated by the
Manheim
Farmers
Manheim Young Farmer
members, wives and guests
met last Friday night in the
Manheim Central High
School cafeteria for their
annual dinner meeting. They
heard from a number of
speakers during the evening,
and presented awards to
members who has posted
outstanding production
records during the year.
The chapter’s award for
chapter service the past year
went to James Kettering,
who serves as Young Far
mer secretary. Donald
Hershey was honored with
the outstanding community
service award.
Melvin Martin was
honored with a plaque
recognizing the fact that he
has just begun fanning, and
John Yocum, director of
Penn State’s experimental
research farm in Lan
disville, was made an
honorary Young Farmer.
Glenn Spangler, Young
Farmer advisor, also
received an award of ap
preciation.
James Kettering won the
top grain corn award for his
174 bushel per acre yield last
season. Clarence Keener,
Jr., was second with 173.3
Bushels, and Gerald Erb
captured the third place
trophy with 169.5 bushels.
Top award in corn silage
competition went to Luke
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Judges for the event were
Gary Martin, promotions
director for Sperry New
Holland and Ken Radcliff,
promotions director for the
Park City Merchants.
Along with the displays,
the 4-Hers arranged a pet
ting zoo and gave demon
strations on the various
topics of 4-H projects and
crafts.
Young
Meet
Brubaker for his 6.14 ton per
acre yield. James Ket
tering’s 6.10 tons was good
for second place and Jay
Todd, with a 5.72 ton mark,
was third.
An award for having the
top DHIA dairy herd in the
chapter went to Elam
Bollinger, whose cows last
year produced an average of
17,074 pounds of milk and 648
pounds of butterfat.
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