Monroe County agent retires
STROUDSBURG - John
E. Withrow, Monroe County
Extension Director on Penn
State’s Extension Service
staff, retired January 16
with almost 28 years of
service.
Withrow, a native of
Washington County was
appointed to the Extension
staff m 1953 as an assistant
agent in both Cumberland
and Perry counties. In 1954
he was assigned full tune in
Cumberland County and in
1962 was promoted to
Monroe County agent.
He earned a bachelor of
science degree in
agricultural education from
Penn State and has attended
Extension Summer School at
Cornell University and
Colorado State Umversity
Prior to joining the Ex
tension Service, he worked
in research and ad
ministration at the Los
Alamos, New Mexico,
Scientific Laboratory.
During his tenure as
Monroe County agent, he has
developed educational
programs to meet the needs
of a rapidly growing county
located in the Pocono
Mountains, the largest
recreational area in the
East.
Withrow was directly
responsible for the initiation
of planning in Monroe
County. In 1963, the agent,
working with numerous
organizations, developed
eight community planning
seminars which were sup
ported by 11 key
organizations.
As a result, a new county
planning commission was
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John E. Withrow
formed along with six
township planning com
missions He continued to
conduct educational
programs for county and
township planning members
and local government of
ficials.
He also conducted
programs on land use
planning and taxation and
held pubhc meetings on the
implementation of Act 319.
The retired extension
agent organized a wildlife
essay and exhibit contest,
held in conjunction with
National Wildlife Week in
elementary students in all
county schools In the last 12
years, nearly 12,000 essays
have been written and
judged and 2200 exhibits
have been constructed and
exhibited publicly.
He also organized a senes
of meetings on wildlife and
land use management and
water quality for sportsmen
During his tenure in
Monroe County, the agent
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assisted in the development
of 17 new commercial
campgrounds. He also edited
a regional newsletter for
campground owners.
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Active m 4-H horse club
work, he has written a
handbook for all 4-H leaders
and one specifically for
horse leaders. He organized
one of the first 4-H horse
clubs m the state in Cum
berland County in 1955.
Horse club members have
typically made up one-third
of the total 4-H enrollment in
Monroe County. He served
nine years as chairman of
regional horse shows.
Through his interest, more
than 50 guide dogs for the
blind were raised and
trained by 4-H’ers in a
project initiated by Withrow
prior to Penn State’s active
involvement m the program.
To meet the needs of
homeowners with hor
ticulture-related problems,
he initiated a Garden Notes
newletter that currently
reaches 3500 families. In
numerable workshops,
meetings, seminars, and
demonstrations have been
conducted in this program
area.
Another effort was the
successful establishment of
a farmer’s market for part
time producers in 1980.
Withrow was instrumental
in the development of a
Firewood Field Day which
involved many agencies and
dealers in an educational
presentation which attracted
several thousand persons.
He has coordinated
training sessions for com
mercial applicators and
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Withrow is a member of
Alpha Tau Alpha, Alpha
Gamma Rho, and Epsilon
Sigma Phi societies; Penn
sylvania and National
Associations of County
Agricultural Agents; and
has served on many
University committees.
He is an active Rotanan
and served as president of
the Stroudsburg club in 1972-
73. He also is a member of
the Stroudsburg Elks Club.
Withrow was cited with
awards from Stroudsburg
Kiwams Club, Community
Planning Seminars par
ticipants, Monroe County
Extension Association,
Pennsylvania Future
Farmers of America, Board
of Directors of Monroe
County Cooperative Ex
tension Service, and Monroe
County 4-H Clubs.
He is married to the for
mer Ruth Bush of Utica,
New York. They are the
parents of two daughters and
three grandchildren.
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training exemptions
portant, says Ron Jester,
Delaware extension safety
specialist.
The child labor provisions
of the Fair Labor Standards
Act state that youth under 16
cannot be employed in
certain hazardous
agricultural operations
unless they have had special
training and received a
certificate.
The provisions do not
apply to youth working on
the farms of their parents or
guardians, but the training is
still essential, says Jester.
Among the hazardous jobs
not open to youth are
operatmg a tractor over 29-
belt horsepower, operatmg
or assisting with the
operation of certain pieces of
farm machinery, operatmg
or assisting with trenchers,
fork lifts, chain saws, or
other types of machines, and
working inside airtight
produce and gram storages
or silos.
Other forbidden jobs in
volve working at high
elevations, handling
hazardous materials,
working pens with breeding
stock, handling explosives or
anhydrous ammonia,
working in heavy timber
operations, transporting
passengers in buses, trac
tors, trucks or autos, or
riding on a tractor as a
passenger or helper.
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In certain of these
operations, notes Jester, 14
and 15 year-old farm
workers can receive
exemptions if they have
completed formal training in
these areas.
Training programs
available for 14 and 15 year
olds teach them about
normal working hazards
mvolved with tractor and
farm machinery. Written
and operational
examinations test their
knowledge of the correct use
of machinery.
Exemptions are also
available for 4-H youth who
have completed specific
training requirements, and
for students who have
completed certain units m
the Vocational Agriculture
Training Program.
The Delaware Extension
Service is offering free
training programs in tractor
and farm machinery safety.
These will be similar to
correspondence courses,
with formal classes in
terspersed throughout the
eight-week program. The
deadline for registration is
January 30.
For further information
contact county extension
agents or 4-H youth agents in
New Castle, Kent, or Sussex
counties, or Ron Jester at
the University of Delaware
Substation in Georgetown
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