Inter-State 3 producers
BY SUSAN KAUFFMAN
Staff Correspondent
CHESTNUT LEVEL -
Southern Lancaster County
members of Inter-State
District 3 held their annual
dimer meeting at the
Chestnut Level Presbyterian
Church Tuesday to honor
several of its members. The
organization also presented
awards to local dairy 4-H
youth.
The meeting provided
District 3’s meeting were: Robert Housekeeper, Quality Award; Joyce and
Robert Wagner, 50 year membership; and David P. Hess, 25 year membership.
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time to hear reports of last
year’s activities within the
Co-op and dairy industry as
a whole.
District president, Ed Zug
introduced the five top
recordbook youth winners to
the group Helen, Sarah and
Tom Arrowsmith, children
of Mr and Mrs William
Arrowsmith, Peach Bottom,
Susan Hess, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. James Hess,
Quarryville R 2, and Cindy
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Trimble, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Trimble,
Peach Bottom, were given
checks from the district by
treasurer Tom Galbreath.
Robert McSparren,
district director recently
elected president of Inter-
State, recognized 25 and 50
year continuous family
memberships and a Quality
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honor several members
Youth 4-H recordbook award winners honored by District 3 were, front row:
Tom and Helen Arrowsmith: back row: Sarah Arrowsmith, Sue Hess, Cindy
Trimble.
plaques and certificates to
the recipients.
David P. Hess, Pequea,
received a 25 year mem
bership plaque.
The two 50 year old
membership honors went to
Robert and Joyce Wagner
and Don and Ira Martin.
Both memberships dated
back to 1930.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Housekeeper, Peach Bot
rtilizer
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tom, were honored for
maintaining 12 consecutive
months on the Honor Roll,
designating a Quality
Premium Award
Arba Henry, Solanco FFA
instructor, introduced five
students involved in dairy
projects to the membership
and guests attending the
dinner meeting.
Steve Aument, Dale
Melburn, Bill Morns, Brian
Trimble and Doug Sheets
were guests of the District
Henry expressed thanks to
the group for also helping to
sponsor David Holzhauer at
the National FFA Con
vention last Fall. Holzhauer
placed eighth in the nation in
farm management com
petition, Henry reported.
Speaking for the Young
Farmer program in the
school district, Henry
mentioned several upcoming
events. The evening of
February 3 is scheduled for a
credit and money
njanagement meeting. Feb.
17, John Shank, from Penn
State, will have a mobile
forage analysis unit utilizing
mfared equipment at the
school and on March 17 an
estate planning meeting is
scheduled.
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Cooperator Contestant for
1980, explained the two-day
judging program for the
contest and encouraged
others to become involved in
the contest He also gave a
brief report concerning the
dairy tent proceeds at the
Solanco Fair last Sep
tember.
Annual convention
delegate, Jim Long, gave a
report of the auctions taken
by the total membership last
Fall. His wife Barbara
reviewed the ladies’ ac
tivities at the convention
held in Lancaster in mid-
November.
Glen Shirk, associate
county agent, commended
the group for their efforts m
marketing their product and
encouraged the membership
to support the cooperative,
to support promotion and
advertising and continue
producing a quality product.
Noting the surplus of milk
in the marketplace. Shirk
suggested that better
production per cow, with
fewer cow numbers and
concentrating on top quality
forage might be a better goal
than increased herd sizes.
Shirk cautioned the group
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