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VOL. 28 No. 33
Future Farmers of America
President for 1983-84
Voss takes top honors
at Del. Holstein Show
BY TRISH WILLIAMS
HARRINGTON, DE - There
were a record number of entries
Thursday at the Fourth Annual
Delaware Holstein Show, ac
cording to show manager Char
mayne Busker. Participation in
the show has continued to grow
since its creation four years ago to
replace the three separate county
shows.
Colored Breed Association
organizes in Crawford
BY NANCY KUNICK
| Staff Correspondent
MEADVILLE Colored breed
exhibitors of the Crawford County
Fair are banded together into a
new organization the Northwest
Pennsylvania Colored Breed
Association.
(See Crawford dairy feature on Page DIQ)
Four Sections
Showmen were hustling around
at the show taking care of the last
minute details before entering the
ring, and loading up the show box
and cattle soon after the class was
finished to head home. Waiting at
home for most of them was hay
and straw to bale, and the threat of
a thunderstorm. Yet all the
The Northwest Pa. Colored
Breed Association will consist of,
but will not be limited to,
exhibitors of colored breed dairy
cattle at the Crawford County
Fair. The new association intends
(Turn to Page A 36)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Juno 18,1983
Holly Webb, Delaware Dairy Princess, and Judse Marion Andrew pose with Norman
- Voss, Jr. exhibitor of the Grand Champion of the Delaware Holstein Show.
Contest winners picked
Carolyn Witmer
heads Pa. FFA
BY DICK ANGLBSTEIN
UNIVERSITY PARK
Perhaps, it could have been con
sidered an omen at the 55tb annual
State FFA Activities Week
gathering on the Penn State
campus.
And, it was an omen with special
meaning.
When the opening general
session was held Tuesday night in
the spacious Eisenhower
Auditorium, the more than 1500
FFA members from throughout
the state were greeted by Ms. Jan
Eberly, blue and gold jacketed
young lady who is in the midst of
her reign as National President of
the Future Farmers of America.
And when, the Activities Week
closed on Thursday morning on the
same stage, a Lancaster County
young lady stood before an
audience -of - some 1000 fellow
FFA’ers, advisors and guests as
the new president of the Penn
sylvania Future Farmers of
America Association.
Carolyn Witmer, 17, daughter of
Earl and Ruth Witmer, R 2 East
Earl, thus became the first female
FKA’er to head the Pennsytlvaiua
Association - one of the leading
segments of the nationwide ag
youth organization.
But there was even more special
meaning to the achievement.
Last year, Witmer served as
president of the Grassland Chapter
and as such was the leader of the
parliamentary procedure team
that, went on to become state
champions. She was among the
chief rooters this year as the
Grassland team attempted to
repeat its honor.
After successfully moving
through the county and area
competitions, the Grassland PP
team suffered a tragic loss when
ohe of its members was killed in an
$7.50 per Year
auto accident. The team was
eliminated in the regionals and
never went to the state com
petition.
(Turn to Page A 18)
This week's
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SWAP SHOP Business was
brisk at this week’s Lancaster
Farming Dairy Product
Promotion Swap Shop.
First, one of the leading silo
manufacturers' has adopted the
idea of putting Real Seals on what
we called those “big blue
billboards.” Further information
can be found on Pages AlO and 12.
A well-known Maryland dairy
family tells how it promotes milk
and the Real Seal among the many
visitors to the farm. Their story
can be found on the same pages.
And, a farm wife wants to get
tough in the competitive battle
with soft drinks. Her controversial
suggestion was received in the
Swap Shop, too.
And, finally there’s some unreal
“real” money in today’s issue to
possibly help dairy families get
across the importance of their
REAL products. For these latter
two Swap Shop items, also turn to
PagesAloandl2.
The doors of the Swap Shop are
still open and will remain so as
long as promotional ideas come in.
So, send them in and we’ll pass
them along.