—Lancaster Farming,, Saturday, Oct. 23, 1976
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Four Welsh brothers build
By JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Rep orter
EAST BERLIN, Pa. -
The problem: How do you
direct four young men into
worthwhile learning ex
periences as they are
growing up?
The solution: Get ’em
involved in 4-H!
Four such young men
became involved, and in the
process, have been named
winners of top awards in the
recent county 4-H
Achievement presentations.
The boys are the sons of
James and Emilie Welsh,
East Berlin Rl. Seven years
ago, the Welsh family moved
to York County from a farm
in Maryland, not far from
Washington, D. C., hoping to
escape the encroaching
suburbs. James Welsh’s
parents were already living
near East Berlin, and helped
to make the transition into
the new dairy facilities
somewhat smoother. After
getting' settled in the
beautiful new ranch home,
the opportunity arose for
their sons to join the nearby
Thomasville 4-H club. At
that point, the boys’ 4-H
success story had begun.
Gaiy, age 17, is the oldest
of the boys. He gleaned the
top male award in the York
county competition when he
was chosen Outstanding 4-H
Boy Overall at the 1976
Achievement Day. A senior
at the York County
Vocational-Technical
School, studying auto
mechanics, Gary also won
the 4-ITs automotive project
plaque. Another project for
several years in his 4-H work
has been dairy, and he is
responsible for helping with
the outside work on the
family farming operation.
But, Gary has decided that
he would “sooner be an
automotive mechanic that a
dairyman.”
This young man’s interest
in expanding his automotive
knowledge, coupled with the
teen leadership project in
volvement, has led to his
helping to establish the first
4-H Automotive Club in York
County in several years. The
club has received a donated
car for their study. They
plan to tear the motor apart
in order to get a first-hand
look at what makes motors
“go.”
Gary recently discovered
an interest in journalism,
and through his elective
writing classes at school, he
is contributing to their
newspaper, The Tech Times.
Active in his local
Thomasville Community
Club, Gary also carries rifle,
agronomy and pesticide
projects. When he rounded
up all the safety measures he
takes on the assorted project
areas, and set them down on
a “blue form,” the story won
him an additional award, the
Keystone Safety presen
tation
Sandwiched into his busy
schedule each week during
the school months are
several hours devoted to
work with the York area
Junior Achievement
program Sponsored by
participating industries, the
Junior Achievement ad
visors help interested youth
establish “mini-industries;"
They elect a board, then
produce, advertise, and sell
foundation in 4-H
Displaying their trophies around (back, left to right) Tommy Welsh,
the family-room fireplace are: (front, Outstanding Boy for 1976; Gary
left to right) Joey Welsh, Outstanding Welsh, Outstanding Boy Overall.
Jr. Boy; Mike Welsh, Rookie Boy; and
a product, and balance their
books to determine a profit
or a loss. Geared toward
teaching business knowledge
through involvement, the JA
program gives corporations
a chance to effectively
educate the participating
youth. Pace Resources, of
York, sponsors the company
to which Gary belongs. Their
project , this year is
producing wooden baskets
with beaded macrame
hangers.
Sixteen-year-old Tommy
Welsh received the Out
standing Boy for 1976
trophy in the senior division.
Like brother Gary, Tommy
has been in 4-H for five
years, and carries numerous
projects. Included in the list
are tractor, rifle, leather
craft, rockets and teen
leadership. In addition to his
projects, Tommy has just
been elected president of his
local club.
A number of first-place
show awards helped Tommy
to win another county award,
in the senior dairy project
division. He owns several
animals in the family herd,
but his favorite Brown Swiss
senior heifer calf did the best
job in his show string this
year. The calf placed first at
the county roundup, then
went on to do the same at
the district and state 4-H
competition,
Included in Tommy’s
home chores are helping to
milk and raise the calves.
His work with calves
blossomed into the
demonstration that he took
to 4-H State Days this past
summer. Entitled “Moo-vin
Out,” the demonstration
featured a model of an
outdoor calf hutch, patterned
after the 10 hutches in use at
the Welsh’s Ponderosa
Farms
“We really like the hut
ches,” states Tommy.
“Calves stay in them until
weaned, and then the
building gets moved to a
new spot. It really helps cut
down on diseases.”
Tommy is a Junior at the
county’s Vo-Tech School His
field of studies - electrician -
gave him the background to
take another 4-H award in
the electricity project.
With Gary, he serves as a
football manager for the Vo-
Tech team. Originally,
Tommy planned to play on
the team. He found he had
to choose between football
and 4-H showing of cattle -
and the 4-H activities won.
However, he does play the
trumpet in the school band
after football season ends.
Junior Achievement has a
place in Tommy’s life, too.
He belongs to a company
backed by American Chain
and Cable Company of York.
Hanging basket items are
popular this year, and this
junior corporation is also in
that field.
The third brother, Joey, is
a 14 year old ninth grader at
Spring Grove Junior High
School. He, too, is planning
future studies in the
vocational area, possibly the
electronics field.
Joey was presented the
Outstanding Junior Boy
award and an Outstanding
Junior Dairy Project plaque.
The owner of a two-yr-old
Ayrshire that was grand
champion at the county
roundup, Joey can
frequently be found in the
milking parlor, helping his
Dad. He also owns a Jersey
senior heifer calf that took
first place and reserve
champion at the York Fair.
“There’s a lot of competition
between Mike (his younger
brother) and me,” he laughs.
A specialty of Joey’s is
working m leather. One of
his projects was a beautiful
wall clock with a leather
face, now prized by his
mother. This interest in
spired his demonstration for
State Days. Showing the
steps in making a leather
belt from start to finish, the
presentation brought him a
red ribbon.
His mother, Emilie,
worries about Joey’s
unabashed love for taking
things apart She relates how
she once mentioned this to
one of his teachers.
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“The next thing I knew,
the teacher had him working
on a cassette tape player. I
wondered what in the world I
had gotten him into,” she
said.
When asked what hap
pened to the player, Mike
related, ‘Tt was a make no ,
one had ever heards»f_ before
- but another kid and I fooled
with the wires. After while it
made a funny squawking
sound, and we got it working
again!” The teacher must
have been pleased - Joey has
since repaired walkie-talkies
and a CB set for him.
In addition to his 4-H
activities, Joey works with
the youth group at nearby
Paradise (Holzschwaam)
Lutheran Church in
Thomasville. They recently
hiked the Appalachian
Train, camping overnight in
the mountains. He also
camped in June at the 4-H
Hidden Valley Camp in
Perry County.
Exuberant Mike is the
youngest family member.
This was his first year in 4-H
work, and his efforts made
him the winner of the Rookie
Boy award. Mike owns four
dairy project animals, two
Jerseys and two Holsteins.
At the 4-H county roundup,
he took reserve and
champion in the Jersey
class. An animal lover, Mike
also carried a pets project
with his two rabbits. He
received a county award for
that field. Sharing the
family’s enthusiasm for
leathercraft, Mike prepared
a county demonstration
showing the medallions he
has made.
The presentation' won the
beginner a red ribb on award.
A friendly, outgoing
youngster, Mike especially
enjoyed helping with the 4-H
Chicken Bar-B-Que held as a
fund-raising event at the 4-H'
Center near Bair. Each 4-
H'er had a specific job to do.
“I helped to show the people
their seats; that was really
fun,” confides Mike.
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