A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1982 UNIVERSITY PARK - Henry A. W. Gruber R 2, New Tripoli, Lehigh County, has been named the 1982 distinguished alumnus in livestock of Penn State University. He was selected by the Depart ment of Dairy and Animal Science at Penn State. The honor goes to Gruber for his contributions to agriculture, his support and contributions to Penn State, and his active support of youth in agriculture, announces Paul J. Wangsness, department bead. Gruber graduated from Penn State in 1957 with a bachelor of science degree in animal husbandry. He will be honored at a banquet following the 65th Little International Livestock Exposition April 24 at University Park. He will also be recognized at the annual Penn State Stockmen’s Banquet April 23 in Boalsburg. He has served on over 21 dif ferent committees, both state and local. He was president of the Lehigh County Agricultural Extension Board and chairman of the Lehigh County Agricultural Committee. Gruber has been a director of the Pennsylvania Livestock Association for many years, serving on the committee for youth activities and the research and development committee. For service to the livestock industry, he was named Livestock Man of the Year in 1978. He has been a member of the executive com mittee of the Pennsylvania Meat Animal Evaluation Station at Penn State. By appointment of the Penn sylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Gruber is a member of the Agricultural Research Advisory Committee which chooses and guides research in agriculture as sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. Gruber was largely responsible WO says.. MUELLER is your BEST BUY! i I THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO BUY MUELLER...HERE ARE THREE REASON TO BUY NOW! 1 For a limited time, Mueller will pay $4OO 00 on the price of any new Mueller cooler you select 2 Investment Tax Credits' 3 New Accelerated Depreciation under the Econo mic Recovery Act! 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In 1959, Gruber joined the firm of Arbogast and Bastian, Inc., an Allentown meat-packing company. He has served in several capacities and is currently head of livestock procurement. He also manages A and B Farms, an extensive hog raising operation. Gruber has been an avid sup porter of youth programs. He has judged many livestock shows for young people and has bought many animals for Arbogast and Bastian. He has won both the Lehigh County 4-H Alumni Award and the Penn sylvania State 4-H Alumni Award. \ 'SST 1 v < ? 1 He became the third Penn sylvanian ever to win the National 4-H Alumni Award, the Golden Key Award, for outstanding ser vice to 4-H. YORK A subsurface (tile) drainage system is only as good as its outlet. And the investment of a little time, paint, and a steel post can help fanners protect sub stantial investments in subsurface drainage systems, according to Lee B. Bentz, soil conservationist, USDA, Soil Conservation Service, York. 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