Keystone Degree (Continued from Pase 166) the past three years and is currently serving as treasurer. Alan has been active on leadership, sales, and recreational committees and has shown his dairy projects at many FFA and 4- H shows. On the dairy judging team, he has ranked high individually several times at various contests. In school, Alan is a member of the yearbook business staff and was recently inducted mto the National Honor Society. He is the president of the Oxford 4-H Dairy Club and treasurer of the Chester County Junior Holstein Association. Alan is employed by his father and uncle who are partners in an all-registered Holstein dairy operation of approximately 230 head of milking cows and replacement heifers and 400 acres of cropland. His own projects include six registered Holsteins, 10 acres of rented land, 80 laying hens and a small, soon to be completed, hog fmishmg system. He has applied for en Commonwealth National lends more money to farmers than any other bank in the str Livestock and Poultry Loans Gilts Cows Boars Layers Steers Roosters Feeder Pigs Broilers Mules Calves Chicks Sows Heifers Pullets Bulls Ag-Business Lo; Feedmills Hatcheries Equipment Dealers Fertilizer Dealers ancf Manufacturers Nurseries Seed Dealers Processors Family Loans Kitchens Washers and Dryers Cars , Home Remodeling Education' Landscaping Vacations Lawn and Garden Furniture Equipment Alan Mason trance to the University of Delaware to major in animal science. After college graduation, Alan plans to return to the farm where he will be incorporated into the business. DUANE HERSHEY Octorara Duane Hershey has been a member of the Octorara FFA Chapter for 4 years. He served as sentinel in 10th grade, was president of the I Loans Plants Seed Fuel _ Herbicides Breeding Fees Pesticides Taxes and Insurano Repairs Rent Feed Commonwealth National Agri-Loan Corp Serving the Agricultural Community of South Central Pennsylvania Chapter last year, and is' presently serving as vice president. He was elected vice president of the Chester-Delaware County Association for the year 1978- 1979. His projects include dairy production, swine fattening, and seven acres of com. He received a silver metal for his record book in last year’s state contest. He was a member of the track and field team and is active m the local 4-H dairy club. He plans to continue working for his father after graduating from high school. * 4 sS'**' Jr* # / EEOj 10 1 ‘ > Emergency Loans Livestock Loss Flood Loss Crop Loss Wind Loss Hail Loss Hospital Fire Loss Estate Taxes Commonwealth National can help you with all your financial needs With money counsel, estate planning or investment advice Give one of our farming specialists a call right now at 393-5601 A Commonwealth National Bank Duane Hershey Equipment Loans Tractors Manure Pumps Balers Farrowing Stalls Combines Milking Parlors Gram Dryers Irrigation Equipment Harvesters Trucks Haybmes Egg Gatherers Generators Grinder Mixers Silo Unloaders Bunk Feeders Brooders Big Loans Barns Silos Additional Land Manure Storage Feedlots Poultry Housing Expansion Dairy Facilities Equipment Hog Setups Modernization _ * His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Hershey of Cochranville. DAVE LANTZ Octorara Dave Lantz has been a member of the FFA all four years at Octorara. He was secretary of the Chapter m his junior year, and presently holds the office of president of his Chapter and sentinal of the Chester- Delaware County Association. His projects in FFA mclude a 10-acre field of com, 4 acres of soybeans and a beef breeding and finishing enterprise. He is an active member of h* m Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 6,1979 the Maple Grove Mennonite Church where he is vice president of the youth group, and plays church league basketball in the Winter and volleyball in the Summer. He also enjoys ice hockey, skiing, softball, football and tennis. His future plans are to continue working for his father and get m a part nership with him. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lantz, Coatesville R 3. LOUIS R. DOLENTI Owen J. Roberts Louis R. Dolenti, Jr. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. Dolenti, Sr., of Pottstown Rl, has been chosen to receive the Keystone Farmer Degree. Louis has been in the vocational agriculture program for four years. He has held various offices in his local Owen J. Roberts FFA chapter, including vice sentinel, vice chaplin, reporter, County chaplin, and also chairman of the public relations committee. For his projects, he has raised a dairy heifer, beef steers, field com, hay, and small grains. His project books won blue ribbons in the County contest. Louis has attended the Pennsylvania Association of Farmers Cooperatives and the County Leadership schools. He was on the school parliamentary team which won first place in the County contest. Louis won the Chapter Foundation Medal for crop farming, and was on the livestock judging team to Penn State during the 1978 FFA Summer Convention. EDDIE PUFKO Owen J. Roberts Eddie Pufko, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Pufko, Birchrunville, has been chosen to receive the Keystone Farmer Degree. Eddie’s project program was working for experience on the Wetherill-Procters Chirstmas Tree Farm for four years where he worked up to crew foreman. Eddie is chaplin of his FFA chapter, and chairman of the 8.0.A.C. committee. This committee is active in beautifying the school grounds and maintaining the shrubs and trees. In June, Eddie received an honorable mention in land judging in the State FFA contest. ARTHUR KULP Owen J. Roberts Arthur Kulp, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Harvey Kulp, Jr., Pottstown Rl, has been selected for the Keystone Fanner Degree. 167
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