Lancaster 4-H’ers leam elocution skills
LANCASTER - Fifteen
young adults took part in
Lancaster County’s 4-H
Demonstration Day and
Public Speaking Contest held
at the Farm and Home
Center recently.
Of the 15, there were two
public speakers - Phil Risser
and Judi Anderson. Phil
belongs to the Manheim
Township Community Club
and spoke on the dairy
situation. Judi, who is a
member of the Easy Rider’s
Horse Club centered her
speech around personal
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Rosemarie Nissley from the Mt. Joy Sewing Club
gave a junior demonstration on “Find Your Sewing
Tools.” She received a Blue Ribbon for her effort.
development through 4-H.
Both youths will go on to
represent Lancaster County
in State Competition in
August.
The demonstrations were
divided into junior and
senior categories. To give a
demonstration, the 4-H’er
had to be enrolled in or
previously completed the
project that related to his or
her demonstration.
Illustrated talks with pan
tomine, pasters, slides,
puppets, role playing, etc.,
were also permitted in the
same contest.
All demonstrators were
able to go to regional com
petition. However, only
seniors who wm blue ribbons
at this level will go on to
compete at the state level.
The youths who par
ticipated in the senior
divison of demonstrating
were Susan Martin, Wanda
Yoder, Martha Gregory,
Carole Ebersol, Jane
Gregory, Genevieve Gibson,
Karen Mullen, and Judi
Anderson.
The six 4-H’ers to par
ticipate in junior demon
strations were Edith
Yoder, Mary Ann Bassalin,
Virginia Smith, Glenn
Seidman, Rosemarie
Nissley, and Cindy Risser.
The topics of the
demonstrations were varied.
In the junior division Edith
Yoder and Mary Ann
Bassalin from Pequea
Valley Cooking Club gave a
demonstration on milk.
Whereas, Virginia Smith
from the Penn Manor 4-H
Club used turtles as her
topic.
Lancaster Co. youth named to select group
LANCASTER - Kim
Martin, 17, 34 Diller Avenue,
New Holland, has been
selected as one of several
Pennsylvania young adults
to serve on a 4-H Report to
the State Group, it was
announced by Leland G.
Jinks, chairman of Ex
tension Youth Programs at
The Pennsylvania State
University.
Members of the group
have recently received
special communications
training on the Penn State
campus and will serve as 4-H
Fallston farmers meet
FALLSTON, Md. - The
monthly meeting of the
Fallston Farmers Club was
recently entertained by
Burton Twining with the
majority of members
present.
Joining the group for the
occasion was Max Buckle,
Baltimore County Extension
agent, who gave a survey of
the interests affecting far
mers in Baltimore County.
These included water sup
ply, water quality, and the
elimination of the multiflora
rose which is causing an ever
increasing problem in
pastures.
The group also toured the
Twining farm, and made the
following observations:
Sugar com, raised for
local and roadside markets,
One blue ribbon demon
stration was by Glenn
Seidman on “Choosing your
Camera.” Another, on “Find
Your Sewing Tools,” by
Rosemarie Nissley. One
other blue ribbon junior
demonstrator was Cindy
Risser. She used the topic,
“Muffins and Milk.”
Senior topics ranged from
macrame, to horsemanship,
culinary skills and garden
demonstrations.
Senior demonstration blue
ribbon winners were Susan
Martin, for “Let’s Knot and
Say We Did”; Martha
Gregory, Brickerville
Community Club, “Hat’s Off
to Tom Turkey”; and Carol
Ebersole, Penryn - Elm
Community Club.
Wanda Yoder, of the
Pequea Valley Cooking and
Sewing Club, totaled the
highest score on her senior
demonstration, “Nut Brown
Buttermilk Bread.”
Judges for the event were
Joe LeFever, Judy Mentzer,
Robert Woods and Sharon
Shaeffer.
Ambassadors to promote the
educational youth program.
Their activities will help
the public more fully un
derstand the 4-H program,
an integral part of the Penn
State College of Agriculture.
They will be available to
talk to organizations at local,
regional, and state levels,
including 4-H Clubs, College
of Agriculture Alumni
groups, legislators and
church and school functions.
They may also make per
sonal appearances at con
ventions and other large
meetings.
is doing well and has been
sprayed three times. The
alfalfa field, covering 60
acres, though off to a poor
start due to the weevil, had
produced an average of 143
bales per acre on the first
cutting. The production of
the dairy herd over the years
has shown a marked in
crease due much to the use of
superior bulls in artificial
insemination. The poultry
flock was producing their
usual plentiful supply of eggs
which are retailed on the
Baltimore market.
One or the Other
“Let me have a tur
key sandwich,” was the
lunchtime request down at
the corner delicatessen
“Sorry, no turkey today,”
was the reply “Then give
me a chicken sandwich,”
was the alternate request
“Don’t be ridiculous if we
had chicken. I would have
given you a turkey sand
wich'"
Know Where the
Activities Will Be?
Read the
Farm Women
Calendar.
Phil Risser from Manheim Township Community
Club gave a public speech on the dairy situation.
He, along with Judi Anderson, will represent
Lancaster County at State Days in August.
Kim, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Martin, will be
a senior in Garden Spot High
School this fall. She has been
a 4-H member for eight
years.
A member of the Garden
Spot 4-H Home Economics
Club, Kim has completed
projects in clothing, cooking,
teen leadership and crafts.
She has served as president,
vice president and news
reporter of her club.
In county events, Kim was
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winner in the 1974 County
Dress Revue and par
ticipated in the talent show.
In other activities, she was
a semi-finalist in the 1974
Regional Dress Revue and
was on the consumerama
team in the 1975 State
Contest.
Kim was an exchangee 4-H
member with Laplata
County, Colorado, and also
was honored as Lancaster
County’s Outstanding Teen
Leader in 1974.