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FFA awards presented
at Mount Joy banquet
MOUNT JOY, Pa. - On
March 29 the Mt. Joy Future
Farmers of America held
their fourth annual awards
banquet.
Prior to the evening en
tertainment which was
presented by Ziggy the
Magician from East
Petersburg, the following
FFA awarrfo presented
for the 1976-77 school year;
Star Greenhand Award
(outstanding junior FFA
member) was given to
Gregory Fouse, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Fouse,
Mount Joy Rl; Star Chapter
Farmer Award (outstanding
senior FFA member)
given to Kimberly Goodhart,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Goodhart, Mt.
Joy, Rl. The most out
standing Floriculture
student was James Wert, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Wert,
Landisville, and the most
improved Floriculture
student was Colleen Spidle,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John E. Spidle, Lancaster.
The most outstanding hor
ticulture student was Mike
Diffenderfer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Diffenderfer,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 16,1977
1505 Manor Street, Colum
bia. The most improved
horticulture student was
Leonard Mumma, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Mumma,
285 Anchor Road,
Elizabethtown, Pa.
The Lancaster County
Bankers Award to the out
standing ag-student of Mount
Joy Vo-Tech was given to
Linda Shenk, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Layser Shenk,
Manheim R 4. Special re
cognition was given to
Daniel Helwig, floriculture
instructor, and Raymond
Little, horticulture in
structor, for their assistance
as FFA advisors.
In appreciation for their
help through the year
honorary chapter farmer
awards were were given to
Charles Ruhl, of Ruhl’s
Flowers, Mount Joy and
Gary Shelly, of Shelly’s
Nursery, Manheim, R 7.
Appreciation service
awards were given to Lori
Kulp, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. Eugene Kulp,
Manheim, Rl, and Karen
Hershey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Hershey,
Lititz, R 2.
Red Lion
Grange
announces
coming events
RED LION, Pa. - Easter
was observed at the April 2
meeting of the Red Lion
Grange.
Viola Leibhart, women’s
activity chairman, an
nounced that a rummage
sale will be held on April 13
and 14 in the basement of
The Hub store in York.
The Red lion Grange will
hold a “Special Activites”
Day on June 4, with an
auction, soup and sandwich
sale, and a bake sale, all
beginning at 10 a.m. Anyone
wishing to donate articles for
the Auction, or have an
article sold on consignment,
should contact a Grange
member.
April is designated
“Youth Month” in the
Grange, with each subor
dinate Grange throughout
Pennsylvania asked to hold a
youth night in honor of its
younger members. On April
22, the younger members of
York-Adams counties will
hold a youth exchange
program at Walker Grange,
Juniata County.
The York-Adams Pomona
Grange No. 40, will hold their
annual legislative banquet
on April 23, at Valley Grange
hall, Lewisberry, beginning
at 6 p.m. The public is in
vited. The price of tickets is
$3.50, and and can be pur
chased at the door the night
of banquet. Guests will be
the legislative members
from York-Adams County.
Land use -
meeting topic
LEBANON, Pa. - The last
in a series of Lebanon
County land use meetings
will be held on April 20 at
7:30 p.m. in the Municipal
Building, here. Sponsored by
the Lebanon County Ex
tension Service and the
League of Women Voters,
the meeting will acquaint
those attending with land use
alternatives. Specifically,
the topic of the various
techniques for the preser
vation of agriculture related
land will be discussed after
which a land use question
naire will be filled out.
For more information,
contact the Lebanon County
Extension Office.
Many trucking firms have
been able to increase fuel
efficiency by nearly 20 per
cent by streamlimng their
tractor-trailer rigs, engine
modifications, use of radial
tires and high-torque-rise
engines.
Trucks are the safest
vehicles on the road. In 1974,
the National Safety Council’s
records showed trucks ac
counted for only 13.5 per cent
of ah vehicles involved in
accidents.
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Annual state and federal
highway user taxes for a
typical heavy truck range
from $1,834 for a 3-axle
tractor trailer to $3,941 paid
by a 5-axle truck and trailer.
On the average, state and
federal use taxes paid by 36
passenger cars.
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