Eight of the fourteen members of the Manor FFA nish, and Don Almond. (Front, left to right) Jay who will be attending the convention are: (back Shertzer, Ray Caldwell, Galen Long, and Daryl left to right) Rick Hunt, Jim Risser, Craig Har- Hershey. MUTER WATCHER PUT A RITCHIE FOUNTAIN IN CHARGE OF YOUR HERD'S WATER. Ritchie fountains keep plenty i Ze d steel, Ritchie Fountains of water in front of your cows, W iH stand up to years of day in, day out. . . automati- abuse from livestock and cally. weather. Big-throat, rust-free valves dish it out fast, and Ritchie s Why take chances on an reliable heating system keeps D id watering system? There's water ice-free on the coldest a Ritchie fountain that's right winter days. for your operation. With the CD-50*epoxy finish over heavy-gauge galvan- RYDER SUPPLY CO. P.O. BOX 219 CHAMBERSBURG, PA 17201 TEL 717-263-9111 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Nov. 6.1976 Annual trek [Continued from Page 22] convention. These representatives are usually juniors or seniors in high school who have done out standing work throughout the years, and have earned the right to attend the convention. Irt some cases, a point system is used to determine who of all the members in the chapter will go, and in other cases, the top individuals are chosen by both teachers and a group of peers. Ephrata Six FFA members have been selected from the Cloister Chapter to attend the convention. The selection of these members was based on chapter, school, and community leadership ac tivities. Farming program projects and school academic achievements were also considered by the FFA selection committee when the written ap plications were judged and personal interviews con ducted. ' These representatives will report to the chapter with a * ft >1 Warwick's chapter representatives going to Kansas City are (left to right) Mark Walton, John Grube, Tom Arehart, advisor, Bill Crockett, and Jim Shirk. color slide presenilation of the convention activities and points of interest visited while on the trip. For the first time in Ephrata’s history, a young lady was selected to represent the chapter at the convention. She is Sheryl Bollinger, the daughte of Mr. and Mrs. Warren F. Bollinger, Lititz R 4. The other members of the group going to the convention are Dennis Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Martin, Stevens; Marty Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Hoover, Stevens Rl; Michael Nolt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nolt, Ephrata; David Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Martin, Ephrata R 2; and Glen Beiler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Beiler, Sr., Ephrata Rl. Charles Ackley, vocational agriculture teacher at Ephrata High School will accompany the group. Grassland Chapter Eleven representatives will be attending the con- [Continued on Page 28] 27
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