22—Lancaster
■arming,
Grangers briefed on
.GETTYSBURG More' workshop on news and
than a hundred lecturers and publicity that also featured
women’s activities directors Tuesday afternoon’s
of Subordinate and Pomona program
Granges attended a g. Henry Roth, city editor
Irwin promoted
to county agent
The desire to help people
do a better job has been Jay
Irwin’s motivating force
through his ten years of work
for the Cooperative Ex
tension Service of the
Pennsylvania State
University. Effective as of
July 1, "Irwin’s work was
officially recognized by a
promotion to county agent
for Lancaster County.
Irwin began his career in
agriculture after graduating
from the Pennsylvania State
University in 1949 with a
degree in economics. After
this, he held several
positions , before joining the
state extension staff in July
of 1967 as a state agent. In
-1968 he was promoted to
associate county agent
lay, July 3. T
The major emphasis of his
work with the extension
service has concentrated
around the fields of poultry,
farm management, and 4-H,
In the poultry field, Irwin
has been working with egg
shell damage research and
poultry house ventilation.
He has also coordinated portant news and an
the total of the 4H horse nouncements first, following
program, which now has through with details as the
eight different horse dubs, story lengthens. Avoid trivia
Other areas he has worked —do not send in copies of the
in are community 4-H dubs, minutes. Pictures should be
the 4-H tractor safety A sharp and dear, keeping in
program, and the farm 'mind that after reproduction
acddent survey. , in the paper the photograph
As county agent, his work will look only half as good,
will remain closely Therefore editors prefer the
associated with the work he best possible pictures,
has done in the past.
- She .pointed out that the At tfaeWednesday <
sign language usedby the banquet, Mrs. C<
deaf in their culture is the husband, Robert N. (
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■ wxls t f f/O English, she explained, with also demonstrated,
a different grammar and the assistance of a Grang<
use of facial expression group, how deaf *
instead of voice inflection, enjoy and share ac
and intonation to com- .with those people
municate their feelings. - . hearing is not impairei
of the Gettysburg Times,
Gilson C. Sheffer, news
director of WGET, and
Dieter Krieg, editor of
Lancaster Farming,
described the problems
involved in preparing and
presenting news, and how
the selection and evaluation
of news is often affected by
later news developments.
They answered many
questions relating to news
handling and pictures 'for
newspapers.
The two newspapermen
pointed out the following
important tips to keep in
mind when sending in news
stories.
If at all possible, type the
stories, double-spaced, and
on one side of the paper only."
Begin with the most im-
Sheffer, a veteran radio
news director, noted that any
announcements of upcoming
events must be submitted in
writing. Summaries of past
i
* L !
‘ 0
In
happenings should be brief
no longer than 40 seconds
of reading time on the air.
Messages lasting 30 seconds
or less are : preferred. Also,
names of people and actual
quotes from someone who
gave a speech are of up
permost importance.
In the keynote address at
the opening of the school,
William A. Steel, National
Grange youth director,
reminded the group of the •
four D’s desire, deter
mination, discipline and
dreams that j)lay an
important'part in-; helping
deaf people overcome their
handicaps.
The Pennsylvania State
Grange has been aiding deaf
by raising funds
and financing purchase of
equipment used by various
groups in helping those with
hearing impairments.
Mrs. Sarah B. Collins of
Lancaster-explained during
a series of workshops
Wednesday" that com
munication is the biggest
problem of deaf persons in
our society. “Because of
communication barriers,”
she said, “deaf persons are
cut off and isolated from the
hearing society.”
“Consequently,. the deaf
have formed their own sub
culture in which there is no
communication barrier
because all members know
and use sign language.”
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