York Co. 4-H’er wins national honors
YORK - Brooke Palmer,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Glenn Palmer, Shrewsbury,
won national honors at the
44th annual National Junior
Horticulture Convention in
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LOCATED ALONG ROUTE 23,1 MILE EAST OF CHURCHTOWN, PA.
We are equally proud to announce that Lester M. Weaver and Ivan
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Warehouse.
Please be patient with us during this transition period, and if for any
reason you are unable to contact Lester or Ivan at the Churchtown
Office, please call collect at our Elizabethtown Office: (717) 367-1211.
During the month of November one of our salesman and Lester will
meet with each one of you and discuss your soil fertility program for the
1979 Spring season.
May we at Farmers’ Fertilizer continue to serve you with premium
agricultural products and service, as Lester M. Weaver has done for you
previously!
REMEMBER - At Farmers’ Fertilizer - You Get More
Than Products And Service - You Get A REPUTATION!
Cleveland, Ohio, with her
demonstration dealing with
the preservation of fruits
and vegetables entitled
“Nature’s Way”.
Other York Countians who
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR
CUSTOMERS PREMIUM AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS & SERVICE IN THE NEW HOLLAND,
BLUE BALL, TERRE HILL, MORGANTOWN
AND CHURCHTOWN AREAS
competed on judgmg teams
and presenting demonstra
tions were: Becky Bren
neman, Glen Rock; Cmdy
Dise, Glen Rock; Joanne
Haskins, Spring Grove; and
Rita Loughran, Dallastown.
These 4-H’ers were among
500 delegates and their
leaders who attended the
convention.
The NJHA meeting
brought together young hor
ticultural leaders from
across the nation who com
peted in various demonstra
tions and contests, took part
in tours of the Northern Ohio
area, and learned many new
things about the wide world
of horticulture.
Convention delegates from
about 25 states competed for
national honors in such
areas as environmental
education and beautifica
tion; production and
marketing; experimental
horticulture; speaking con
tests; gardening; plant pro
pagation; and achievement
and leadership recognition.
Some 275 delegates com
peted in judging, informa
tion and identification
phases of the horticulture
contest. They judged fruits,
vegetables, flowers, and or
namentals, took a written
test on a variety of hor
ticultureal topics, and iden
tified more than 100
specimens.
Other program highlights
included horticultural and
leadership workshops; tours
of research facilities,
greenhouses and several
museums; and exciting
messages from experts in
the horticultural field.
Co-sponsors which made
this trip possible for York
County 4-H’ers to be
represented at this national
competition were:
Rockelman’s Nursery and
Garden Center, Shiloh
Nursery, Inc., Hively Farm
and Nursery, Inc., Raab’s
Fruit and Vegetable Farm,
Goodling’s Fruit Farm,
Agway, Inc., Allis Chalmers,
York Federal Savings &
Loan Assoc., Glen Rock
State Bank, Spring Grove
National Bank, Mrs. Naomi
Bupp, Loganville and
Thomasville 4-H Community
Clubs.
NOTICE
Uncaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1978-
Quarter Horse
champions named
HARRISBURG, PA. - Pete
Bowling, Leesburg,
Virginia, took the grand
champion stallion title with
his four-year-old stallion,
“Flashy Flame Junior,” at
Quarter Horse judging
Monday at the Keystone
International Livestock
Exposition being held at the
Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg.
A Cumberland County
entry, “Impressive Smoke,”
was named the reserve
grand champion stallion.
The three-year-old “Smoke”
was exhibited by Harry and
Delores Jones, Carlisle.
The grand champion
mare,“Ms. Scarlet O’Hara,”
a four-year-old mare, was
shown by Kenneth Mills,
Fruitland, Maryland.
Reserve grand champion
honors went to Jackie
Paint horse show
results told
HARRISBURG, PA. ■ A
three-year-old horse from
Kansas captured the grand
champion stallion title in
Paint Horsejudging at the
Keystone International
Livestock Exposition being
held at the Farm Show
Complex in Harrisburg. The
stallion, “Hatchett,” was
shown by Bill Lee HitQe of
Hugoton, Kansas.
The reserve grand
champion stallion, a four
year-old, “Skip Bar Dude,”
was exhibited by Crystal
Garvin, Penfield, Clearfield
County, Pennsylvania.
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showing a three-year-old
filly, “Prissy Pawnee.”
The grand champion
gelding, a four-year-old or
older, was shown by a
Lehigh County woman.
Karen Gorsuch of Friedens
took the title with “Call
Dutch Eagle.” The reserve
grand champion gelding,
two-year-old “Leo Lena
Bars,” was shown by
Kenneth and Eunice Mills,
Fruitland, Maryland.
The Youth Activitity
Performance Champion was
“Kohoutek,” shown by
Thomas Perkins
Harleysville, Montogomery
County. The Youth Activity
Performance Reserve
Champion was “Royal
Chapter,” shown by Leslie
Romadka of Monkton,
Maryland.
Crystal, showing “Miss
O’Bee,” a two year-old filly,
also took the reserve
champion mare.
The grand champion
mare, “Poco’s Gold Penny,”
was shown by Tracy M.
Howard, Ashland. Ohio.
A four-year-old was
named the grand champion
gelding, “Spanish Fun
nyface.” “Funnyface” was
shown by Tom and Cindy
Nelson, Shelbyville, Indiana.
The reserve grand champion
gelding was also a four-year
old. “Eagle Jo” was shown
by Lynn Patterson of On
tario, Canada.
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