—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25,1978
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Participants in the Southwestern FFA tractorcade are, from left: Andy Bange,
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Pride and progress
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the Future Fanners of
America. Lancaster Far
ming salutes the young men
and '7'omen who are
preanng themselves for a
life of service to mankind.
SOUTHWESTERN FFA
Accustomed to picking up
trash during FFA Week, the
Southwestern FFA had to
come up with a different idea
this year since the group is
covered with snow. As a
result of some brain
storming, the York County
chapter came up with a
“tractorcade.”
Six family farm tractors
were driven parade-style
into the school grounds on
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Tuesday morning and lined
up in front of the sprawling
building to call attention to
the contributions made to
the academic program by
the Future Farmer ac
tivities. Drivers had painted
signs to adorn the tractors,
carrying messages like:
“Help support agriculture’s
new generation - FFA,”
“Southwestern for
agriculture’s new generation
- FFA,” and “National FFA
week.”
OCTORARA FFA
Octorara High School FFA
in Chester County worked on
several projects to
disseminate information
about FFA around their
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student body. Along with a
radio broadcast for a local
station, they distributed
FFA pocket calendars
throughout the school, put up
posters, and constructed
window exhibits. The exhibit
covered all phases of
agriculture and included the
projects the FFA members
complete and the com
petitions they can enter. It
also incorporated a slide
presentation on “What is
FFA?”
SOLANCOFFA
The 50th anniversary flag
of the FFA waved in the
breezes above the high
school this week. It was one
of several ways the school’s
FFA Chapter told southern
Lancaster Countians about
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“America’s greatest
return in investment will
come in the form of its youth.
The FFA ... in business of
managing that investment ...
insures a new generation for
agriculture.” That
statement is one of a series
of announcements Solanco’s
FFA members broadcasted
on the school’s public ad
dress system each morning.
Solanco brought additional
pride to the FFA earlier this
year when Chapter Vice-
President Lester Hershey
finished second in a national
medallion design contest.
The winning medallion was
issued last November at the
National Convention in
honor of the organization’s
50th year. Hershey, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Hershey, Kirkwood Rl,
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The 50th anniversary flag of the FFA graced the flag poles
schools this past week. Brent Hess, Ron Althoff, Lester Hershey
prepare to raise the colors at Solanco. Althoff is vo-ag instructor ai
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