Cl2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 22,1950 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Three University of Maryland field faculty members have received recent honors from national and state professional organizations. They are Miss Julia A. Lockard of Bel Air (Harford county), Mrs. Kathryn K. Jenkins of Middletown (Frederick county) and Mrs. Constance H. Pergerson of Glen Bumie (Anne Arundel county). All are Extension home economics agents. Miss Lockard and Mrs Ohio chapter wins nat’l BO AC award KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Preserving the history of the 1800’s farm life by con structing an Agricultural Heritage Farmstead has earned the Monroeville, Ohio, Chapter of the Future Farmers of America the national FFA Building Our American Communities (BOAC) award. The chapter represen tatives received the National BOAC Citation, $2OO and a plaque. Working with the Huron County Fair Board and Heritage Society, the Monroeville FFA members moved and reassembled a 32 x 48 foot bam and a comcnb at the fairgrounds. They used the same construction techniques as the original builders did more thant 100 years ago by assembling handhewn beams, roofing the bam with cedar shingles and cutting poplar siding with a steam-powered mill. The bam is now used for senior citizen activities and square dances. A farmhouse is being refurnished, and THE WORLD’S FIRST AUTOMATIC KUBOTA You can Jmt ir with one toot Press >our to< s on the pt d il mei \ou j»o torw mj Put >our heel down tnd \ou hick up It's unornanc the twdrost uic innsnusMon is nr e ij\ mtage the Kuhot i B7IOOHST his o\er \ll other igneultunl trietors ot its si:e But our one ped il tr letor h is more th m one benefit Its powered b<y i 16 hp diesel engine Diesel is more eeonomie d There are three PTO mounts Front middle md i 2 Speed lue tear Choose From A Big Selection... Over 60 Kubotas In Stock KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO. 717-94M501 Buffalo Springs, PA 717343^501 Home Economists receive honors Jenkins were honored on November 6 at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., during the forty-sixth annual meeting of the National Association cf Extension Home Economists, Mis. Pergerson received recognition on Oct. 23 at McHenry (Garrett County) during the annual fall meeting of the Maryland Association of Extension Home Economists. A native of Umontown (Carroll County), Juba A. future buildings will com plete the farmstead. The Monroeville FFA members also built an oc tagon bandstand, planted trees and ornamentals and built picnic tables for a park To aid their vocational agriculture classroom in struction, they constructed a greenhouse and landscaped the adjacent courtyard. Three other FFA chapters were national finalists in the BOAC program this year. Franklin Senior High, Louisiana, FFA members built a school classroom, baseball field and nature trail. Project TIMBER- Traming to Improve the Most Beneficial En vironmental Resource-was the title of the Elma, Washington, Chapter’s reforestation project Denmark, Wisconsin, FFA members conducted com munity safety programs, tagged trees, raised pheasants for release and improved the school grounds. Other points m its hvor ire the 3 point hitch depend ihlc hv Jr mile swc*m and i choice of two or tour wheel drive The B7ICOHST [IKUBOTH We’re looking for work. Rt. 419-1 Mile West of Schaefferstown, Lebanon County Lockard is this year's Maryland winner of the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Extension Home Economists. The honor is presented annually in recognition of professional achievement, leadership and service m county Extension home economics programs. Miss Lockard has been an Extension home economics agent in Baltimore county since January 1980. She previously worked for 22 years in neighboring Har ford county, both as a home economics agent and as a 4- H youth agent Her recognition was based in large part on the success of a ‘ Parents and Children” organization which she helped to establish in Har ford county This parent education group was in volved in sponsorship of countywide workshops at which more than 400 mothers and fathers received training In addition. Miss Lockard conducted 67 special interest classes, seminars and workshops involving more than 3,000 persons during the past year m both Harford and Baltimore counties. In 1973 she was presented the “outstanding youth worker award” by the Maryland Association of Extension 4-H Agents. Mrs. Kathryn K. Jenkins of Middletown won the Florence Hall award, presented to six persons throughout the nation each year by the National Association of Extension Home Economists. The award is presented for outstanding programs conducted by NAEHE members who have been It >ou need » tr letnr th its edsv to use md ettieienr to run isk FCubot ide iler FT IS response will lx Ultoin Itle dloU 111 iU Uf,‘iUJlit, new concerns and interests of families and have involved people in planning and carrying out such programs. Mrs. Jfenkins was recognized for her Extension education programs in mental health. Singled out for special mention was the “Way Station,’’ a resociahzation center for released mental patients which she helped to establish in 1978. The center assists outpatients in adjusting to the community by teaching them skills. Born at Hagerstown (Washington county), Mrs Jenkins grew up in nearby Jefferson county, W Va. She has been a county Extension home economics agent at Frederick since 1965 and county chairperson for the University of Maryland’s Cooperative Extension Service during the past three years. Last year she won the Distinguished Service Award from the NAEHE. Mrs Constance H. Pergerson of Glen Bumie has been named as the state’s outstanding Ex tension home economics agent with four to seven years of professional ex perience. A native of Portsmouth, White Heaters... Save pigs, feed and fuel. MYER’S PROPANE GAS SERVICE, INC. Va , she has been an Ex tension home economics agent in Anne Arundel county since 1975. Mrs. Pergerson is county supervisor for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program of the U.S Department of Agriculture. She is also the Extension resource person for food and nutrition education work with all audiences in the county. Her newsletter reaches 500 persons in the county’s hard to-reach areas of low-income housing complexes. She also works with senior citizens groups. Her weekly P.O. Box 71 Manheim, PA 17545 Phone: (717)665-3588 DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME newspaper column of ‘’besl buying tips” reaches an estimated 17,000 persons. She also makes daily telephone recordings with timely nutrition information Mrs. Pergerson is president-elect of the Maryland Dietetic Association, and she serves on several statewide professional home economics committees. She has appeared many times on local television shows. In some of these appearances, she uses a puppet show which she designed as a symbol for the state dietetic association.
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