—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 25,1978
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Solanco
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medals for dairy project
work, and public speaking,
and gold medals for both
county and state FFA
Project Books.
Dan’s younger brother,
Doug, was chosen as the Star
Greenhand.
The Star Red Rose Far
mer was Jeff DeLong, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry DeLong
of Peach Bottom R 2. He also
received a silver medal in
the County FFA Project
Book Contest.
Charles Blevins was the
recipient of the Henry N.
Wenger Award - a sparkling
metal bowl which annually
goes to the student who
makes the best use of his
opportunities. Wenger
Gary Eberly, Doug Hershberger and Jeff DeLong
were chosen as Star Chapter Farmer, Star
Greenhand, and Star Red Rose Farmer,
respectively.
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son of Mrs. Carrie Blevins,
Kirkwood, also received
additional honors - bronze
medals for on-the-farm work
experience and the State
FFA Project Book Contest.
Another big winner was
Sam Long, recipient of the
Lancaster County Bankers
award, a silver medal in 4-
enterprise County Project
Book work, and two FFA
Foundation medals. The
latter were given for his
accomplishments in public
speaking and soil and water
conservation.
Vickie Warfel, a recent
Solanco High School
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Aaron Click and David Stoddard became
honorary members of the Solanco FFA Chapter
last week.
graduate, was the group’s
only gold medal winner for
County FFA Project Books
involving five enterprises.
That feat helped her to win
the coveted Production
Credit Association Award
and a gold medal in the state
contest. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George
Warfel, Quarryville.
' In the com contest, won by
Hershey with 209 bushels per
acre, Stanley Vasco and
Richard Drumm followed in
second and third place,
respectively. Vasco har
vested 199 bushels from his
1-acre field while Drumm
picked 184 bushels.
Other FFA Foundation
medal winners called up for
honors were: Tom Kirk,
dairy; Ron Clark, crops;
Bryan Groff and Dave
Holzbauer, beef; Greg
Phillips, livestock; Dave
Ramsay, placement in
agricultural production;
Mike Rhoades, swine
production; Ed Griest,
agricultural sales and
service; Scott Frantz,
agricultural processing;
Tina Bucher, horse
proficiency; Kim Landis,
fish and wildlife; and Robert
Frick, agricultural
mechanics.
In the County FFA Project
Book Contest,“the following
were winners of either gold,
silver or bronze medals in
multiple enterprise
projects: Tom Kirk, Mike
Rhoades, Jim Bell, Jeff
DeLong, Tim Hanks,
Dwayne Peifer, Dan Her
shberger, Sam Long, Les
Hershey and Vickie Warfel.
Pn the state level, Tom
Kirk, Dan Hershberger, Les
Hershey and Vickie Warfel
won gold medals. Tim Hanks
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FFA officers visit
oil company
CHICAGO, m. - “Never
has the association between
the energy industry and the
agricultural community
been so important,” said
Larry Fuller, executive vice
president of Amoco Oil
Company, in remarks to a
group of Future Farmers of
America (FFA) national
officers touring Chicago.
The six national officers,
representatives of 510,000
FFA members nationwide,
were in Chicago as part of a
year-long program taking
them all over the country as
official representatives of
the FFA program. After
morning meetings with
industry officials in Chicago,
the FFA group had lunch
at the general office of
Standard Oil Company
(Indiana),' parent company
of the Amoco subsidiaries.
Officers asked questions
about energy and its
relationship to agriculture,
particularly the relationship
between energy prices and
food. Later, the officers
toured the Standard Oil
and Carl Hershey earned
silver medals and Charles
Blevins captured » bronze.
Carl Hershey was also the
recipient of the Junior
Agriculture Book award.
Recognizing the con
tributions to fee FFA from
citizens in fee community,
the Solanco Chapter in
ducted Aaron Click and
David Stoddard as honorary
members. The presentations
were made before a banquet
gathering numbering ap
proximately 180 people.
building, the world’s fourth
tallest.
In an afternoon meeting
with the FFA officers,
Blaine Yamngton, Stan
dard’s executive vice
president, said: “I believe ■
the future of agriculture as a
business will be safe with
young people like these. FFA
is a good training ground for
our future agricultural
leaders, and I’m pleased
that Amoco can have a hand
in promoting such a fine
organization.”
During the rest of the year,
the FFA officers wilL con
tinue to travel around the
country encouraging
development of youth
agricultural training op
portunities and promoting
agriculture as a career. ' v
G Lct us never
forget
that the
cultivation
of the earth
is the most
important
labor’of
man.
Not
lave
But
Per
ield!
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