—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1977
112
Little Dutchmen FFA banquet held
By SALLY BAIR
Feature Writer
ANNVILLE, Pa. - The
Little Dutchmen Chapter of
the Future Fanners of
America celebrated FFA
week by holding their
seventeenth annual Parent •
Member banquet at Annville
- Cleona High School.
Nearly 240 persons at
tended to help the 50-
member chapter recognize
their accomplisbements.
Jay Bomgardner, Annville
R 3, chapter president, was
named Chapter Star Far
mer. In making the
presentation, FFA advisor.
G. Lowell Morton recognized
bis leadership ability and his
willingness to help otherrs.
and to work as needed to
accomplish a project.
Bomgardner also won the
DeKalb Agricultural Award,
the leadership award and the
chapter tractor driving
award - for the second year.
He received a proficiency,
award in swine production
and got a blue ribbon and a
state gold medal for his
fanning enterprises project
book.
Bomgardner said, “I
realize how good it has been.
I wish I could start again in
ninth grade and do it all
again. Of all the awards I
won I like the emblem of the
rising sun the best. Being
president will help me in all
my life.”
Each retiring officer
received the emblem of his
office as a gift from the
chapter for the work he had
accomplished. Sam Heagy is
vice-president; Tom Landis,
secretary and Jim Wampler,
treasurer.
Steve Wampler, Lebanon
R 4, was named star agri
businessman. He also
received a proficiency
award in agricultural
production, and in the
project book contest he
received a blue and a gold
medal in work experience.
Star Greenahnd- was
Robert Kreider, Annville Rl,
who was also recognized as a
winner of the creed contest,
and the greenhand contest.
Kreider received the
scholarship award, and was
a proficiency award winner
in public speaking.
Keystone Fanner awards
went to Jay Bomgardner and
Jim Wampler, Lebanon R 4.
Harvey Smith, Area
Consultant, presented the
National Chapter Safety
Award to Brian Burkholder
who is chairman of the little
Dutchmen Chapter safety
committee. The award was
bronze, and Burkholder said,
“We are going to improve.”
The award was based on
safety activities, including a
worrying about
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snowmobile show which
features safety information
and a certification course.
The chapter also teaches
safe tractor driving and
other instruction in safety
techniques.
Burkholder said the
chapter will have a service
project making available
fire extinguishers and smoke
detectors to the general
public.
Honorary degrees were
given to Alice Heagy, a
student who assisted with the
FFA float and the banquet;
Kenneth Paries, who helped
organize a trap shoot at the
Palmyra Sportsmen’s Clubl
and Warren Wampler, father
of one of the Keystone far
mers.
State FFA president
Randall Ranck expressed
appreciation to FFA for
helping young people “gain
the experience of sharing
ideas and problems. The
knowledge we gain allows us
to have ambition and set
goals. Some we reach
readily and some we never
reach. Through FFA we
build the foundation to be
useful, productive citizens.”
“If we put to use the
knowledge we gain we have
an optomistic future.”
James Campbell, Annville
- Cleona High School,
principal congratulated the
ELECTRIC
FFA award winners and
members, and adddressing
the parents, he said, “We
appreciatethe crop of young
men and women you send to
school.
Other proficiency award
winners are: sheep
production, Sam Heagy; ag
mechanics, Sam Heagy;
crop production and soil and
water management, Ellis
Meyer; dairy production,
Alan Hostetter; wildlife
'management, Willy Smith;
horses, Beverly Cooke;
forestry, Debra
Longenecker; poultry
George Hoffman; home
improvement, Luther Early;
farm electrification, Bruce
Brightbill; farm safety,
Bryan Burkholder; outdoor
recreation, Doreen
Cooke and Luther Early;
livestock, Joe Ellenberger;
ornamental horticulture,
Debra Longenecker and
Doreen Cooke. Joe Peters
was a state proficiency
award winner for horses.
Other award winners
were: creed contest, Mike
Fair; greenhand contest,
David Bomgardner and
Mike Fair; Annville- Cleona
Kiwanis heifer, Bruce
Brightbill; and chapter gilt,
Roy Miller.
County Project book
contest winners are as
follows: Blue ribbons - Willy
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Smith, Joe Ellenberger,
Bruce Brightbill, Jeff
Hostetter, Ellis Meyer,
Bryan Burkholder, Kevin
Reinhold, Tim Fuhrman,
and Denis Kettering. Red
Ribbons - Luther Early,
Bruce Buffenmeyer, Doug
Buffenmeyer, Roy Klein
felter, Reid Hoover, Alan
Hostetter Donald Brandt and
Jim Wampler: White Rib
bons - Jeff Gibson, Tom
Landis," Luther Early and
Beverly Cooke.
State project book awards
were presented by Harvey
Smith to the fqUqwing : Gold -
Swine banquet planned
BLUE BALL, Pa. - The
Lancaster County Swine
Producers annual banquet
will be held on March 18 at
6;30 p.m. at the Blue Ball fire
hall. The presentation of
Spring carcass awards and
youth achievement awards
as well as the election of
directors are planned
events.
Featured speaker for the
evening is Dr. Sam Shiedy,
veterinarian from Smith,
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farming program 2 e D !
terprises; Steve Wampler
work experience; j t [j
Hostetter, work experience.
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Silver - Donald Brant
field corn; BryjJ
Burkholder, field com; T®
Fubrman, home garden.
Bronze - Denis Kettering
home garden; Luther Early
truck crops; Kevin ReinholJ
dairy cow; Bruce BrightbiU,
dairy beef.
A slide presentation on the
chapter’s activites con
cluded the program.
Kline, & French. Hit
program includes slidei
depicting livestock
production in other cow
tries. - - -
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available from any director
of the Lancaster Count;
Swine Producers
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354*7540. Deadline for all
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at noon.
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