6&~*Lancast«r Farming. Saturday. March 13, 1976
Certificates of
Merit presented
MT ZION - Dairymen
from Lebanon, southern
Dauphin, and western Berks
Counties were honored here
recently at the annua)
District 3 meeting for
Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative for having high
producing herds
All herds were at least 15
per cent above the state
average for butlerfat last
year, while at least two
thirds of the cows in these
herds are progeny of
Atlantic sires The awards
were presented by Edwin
Sauder, Atlantic’s Field
Supervisor for this area
Receiving Certificates of
Merit for having top Dairy
Herd Improvement
Association averages were -
Lancaster Mennonite
Hospital, Lebanon R 3,
Willow Maple Farm,
Newmanstown Rl; Mervin
Horst. Newmanstown, Enos
Leinbach, Myerstown R 2.
Marvin Meyer, AnnviUe R 2;
Edwin Funck, Jonestown
Rl, David Brandt, AnnviUe
Rl, Wernersville State
from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AMD EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
March 12.1912-Captaio Albert Berry performs the first
parachute jump from an airplane at Jefferson Barracks.
Missouri.
March 13, 1925-The governor of Tennessee signs into
law a bill making it unlawful for any teacher in any of the
state's unisersities, normal, and all other public schools, to
teach an> theory that denies the stor\ of the divine creation
of man as taught by the Bible.
March 14,1743-The first town meeting, later to become
famous throughout New England, was held in Faneuil Hall.
Boston
March 15, 1820-Mamc is admitted as the Union’s 23rd
state.
March 16, 1882-Senate approval is given to a treaty
making the United States a member of the Red Cross.
March 17.1917-Almost a hundred women from across
the United States participate in the first bowling tour
nament for women in St. Louis. Missouri.
March 18.1931-The first electric shavers are offered for
sale in America.
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Reports by District 3
Director Tom Williams of
Middletown. Pa , and
management representative
Willis Ritchey. Service
Manager, informed mem
bers that 1975 was a very
successful business year for
Atlantic The service
program was up-dated with
the entire area divided into
66 units and all farmer
members can now use WATS
numbers to call toll-free for
A 1 service Atlantic sires
maintained their rating
among the nation’s best for
transmitting profitable
traits, Ritche> said
Members present voted for
District representatives for
the coming year Election
results will be announced in
the next issue of the
Cooperative’s monthly
newsletter, since more than
one meeting is held in most
of Atlantic’s 16 Districts.
'Your Pigs
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Phone 354 0744
ABC recently honored, left to right, David Brandt, Marvin Meyer, Edwin Funk, Franklin Graybill
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