—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 20, 1976
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William Walker, left, assistant advisor of the Conrad Weiser FFA
secretary for Rural Development of Chapter for outstanding achievement
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in community development,
congratulates members and an
Community
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - FFA
chapters from across the
nation were presented
Building Our American
Communities awards at the
1976 National FFA Con
vention, held here recently.
The awards were presented
in recognition of outstanding
efforts by FFA chapters to
make their communities
better places in which to live
and work. This year the
'awards were presented to
131 FFA chapters to
recognize participation in
the FFA Building Our
American Communities
(BOAC) program. From this
area, the Grassland , Nor
thern Lebanon, and Conrad
Weiser Chapters received
the high honor.
The BOAC program is
sponsored by Lilly En
dowment, Inc., Indianapolis,
Ind., as a special project of
the National FFA Foun
dation. Awards were
presented at the Thursday
morning session of the 49th
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BO AC AWARD WINNERS
FFA projects recognized
National Future Farmers of
America Convention.
Forty-seven chalpters with
the most comprehensive
community action programs
will be presented National
Gold Emblem Awards, the
top award in the BOAC
program. Eighty-four other
FFA 'chapters will receive
National Silver and Bronze
Awards for their efforts in
community development.
During the Convention one of
the forty-seven National
Gold Emblem chapters will
be selected to receive the
National Citation for the best
community improvement
program in the nation.
Four regional winners
were selected from among
the forty-seven National
Gold Emblem Chapters by a
regional selection com
mittee. The four chapters
selected to compete for the
National BOAC Citation
were:
Other Pennsylvania
chapters to be so recognized
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were: Brockway, Berlin-
Brothersvalley, Headwaters
and Penns Manor. In neigh
boring Maryland, the
Linganore Chapter at
Frederick received the
honor. Sussex Vo-Tech
School at Georgetown, Del.
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Delaware.
On November 20, 1776,
General Cornwallis crossed
the H udson River from King
sbndge, N Y to New Jersey
while his second division
marched by land up the
Hudson, crossed the river
and were landed with their
cannon The seamen
dragged the cannon up a
rocky road for half a mile
Cornwallis then marched
both divisions on Fort Lee a
few miles away
SERVICE
IS THE
STRENGTH
OF OUR
BUSINESS
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The Grassland FFA Chapter of New
Holland was one of 131 FFA chapters
across the nation to be honored in
Kansas City recently for outstanding
community development activities.
Accepting a congratulatory hand
from HISTORY’S SCRAPBOOK
DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
November 19, 1874-William Marcy Tweed, political
boss of Tammany Hall in New York City, is convicted of
defrauding the city of about $6 million and sentenced to 12
years in prison.
November 20, 1962-President Kennedy instructs the
Secretary of Defense to lift the naval quarantine of Cuba.
November 21,1877-Thomas Edison announces in Menlo
Park, New Jersey, that he has invented a “talking
machine.”
November 22, 1963-President John Kennedy is
assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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BO At AWARD WINNERS
shake on behalf of the chapter is
Steve Sauder, chairman of the
Chapter's FFA Community
Development Committee, while
Linford Weaver, Chapter president
and Clifford Day, advisor, look on.
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West Chester 215-696-2990
Shotzberger’s
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Elm, PA
717 665-2141
A.B.C. Groff, Inc.
New Holland 717-354 4191
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215-257-5136
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215-398-2553
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717,-235-1306
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Bernville, PA
215-488-1510
Lynnport, PA
215-298-3270