B3o—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, September 3,1983 2 students win poultry awards NEWARK, Del. - Two University of Delaware graduate students won top awards for their research papers at the annual national meetinf of the Poultry Science Association, held recently at the University of Maryland, College Park. Judith V. Downer, a Ph.D. candidate in animal nutrition from WilUamstown, N.J., won the association’s certificate of ex cellence in the category of poultry nutrition/metabolism. Downer and her advisor, William W. Saylor, have been trying to identify the mechanisms SANDBLASTING DEPDMTING WATERPROOFMG From repairing drafty, leaking walls to complete stucco removal and repointing. exs(|nor restoration or farmhouses is our spectaty' REASONABLE RATES JAMES H. DOSTER 507 South Spruce Street Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543 For information or a free estimate, return coupon below. 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