‘He has touched 4 generations and his contributions will live on forever,’
Retiring York County extension agent John Smith, right, accepts a Nittany Lion statue
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By Joyce Bupp
Staff Correspondent
EAST PROSPECT - “Because
of this servant, this is a much
better place to be.”
With those words in his in
vocation, York farmer Rolla
Lehman opened an evening of
reminiscense, laughter, and a few
tears as the 31 year tenure of John
T. Smith, as York County’s ex
tension agent, came to a close.
On hand at the spacious
Wisehaven Hall to pay tribute to
Smith’s leadership and likeability
were more than 500 farmers, agri
business representatives and
friends of extension. •
A series of speakers,
representing various segments of
the agriculture community, in turn
offered memories, sentiments and
some “roasting” for the well
known and respected county agent,
who in 1978 received the State
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miss you.’
better place/
Cooperative Extension’s first-ever
award for outstanding leadership.
Speaking for the county’s far
mers was dairyman E. Wayne
Beshore, who told the gathering
that “John Smith has touched four
generations, and his contributions
will live on forever. ’ ’
George Williams, of Codorus
Fertilizer Service, represented the
agri-businessmen, and reminisced
of the support Smith offered when,
many years ago, Williams ap
proached the county agent for
advice on beginning his fledgling
business.
"My office will help you in any
way we can,” he remembered the
county agent saying, with this
added admonition; "If you ad
vocate solid agriculture practices
and practice honesty in dealing
with farmers.”
Dr. Howard Tboele, assistant
dean of Penn State University,
noted that threaded through
Smith’s career was the theme
"teacher.” The county agent was
an instructor in vocational
agriculture and a veterans
agricultural training program
prior to joining the extension staff.
Congressman William Goodling,
raised on a York County fruit
farm, acknowledged Smith as a
“walking source of diversified
information.”
Representing the more than two
thousand 4-H’ers in the county was
state winning public speaker Chris
Shive. She related how she once, as
a little girl spilled a glass of water
on the county agent while seated
next to him at a banquet, and how
Smith went out of his way to
comfort her and laugh off the
accident.
Smith is credited with instituting
a number of now-popular 4-H
activities; including day camp and
4-day camp, being instrumental in
updating the York fair facilities
and adding the 4-H petting zoo to
the York Fair attractions,
initiating scholarships for 4-H’ers
and helping to establish the
programs that have paid off and
set up a trust foundation for the
county 4-H Center.
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