C2— iMCMtor Farming, Saturday, DtcMabtr 3,1913 Pa. Extension honors Mrs. Mary Grim, of 200 East King St., East Berlip, receives Friends of Extension Award presented by the Pennsylvania chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi from Robert Nuss, Penn State professor of ornamental horticulture extension and awards chairman. Friends of Extension Award to Mary Grim UNIVERSITY PARK - Mrs. Mary Grim, of 200 East King St., East Berlin, has been named recipient of the 1983 Friends of Extension Award presented by the Pennsylvania chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, national honorary extension fraternity. She received the award, a plaque, Nov. 16 at the chapter’s annual meeting in State College. “The award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to Cooperative Extension Service programs,” said Robert Nuss, professor of ornamental hor ticulture extension at Penn State, awards chairman. Mrs. Grim was cited for her leadership in the Pennsylvania Council of Cooperative Extension Associations (PCCEA), a group of lay leaders from the Com monwealth’s 67 counties, who advise and support Extension programs at local, regional, and state levels. Currently president of PCCEA, the award winner also is a member of the staff power planning task force, studying Extension staffing state v of Epsilon Sigma . ... n«. v .Ml honorary insion fraternity, elected at the organization's annual meeting Nov. 16 at Penn State, are from left Walter W. Johnson, Extension forest resources specialist at Penn State, president; Patricia L Huff, Dauphin County Extension home economist, secretary-treasurer; and R. Blaine Schlosser, Crawford County Extension director, president-elect. procedures in the next 10 years.. Along with other board members, she makes numerous trips to Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., visiting with legislators and others in an attempt to strengthen Penn State’s funding position. When PCCEA was organized, Mrs. Grim became a board member and secretary of the Capital Region. She helped establish an area farm management agent position in the region. , As president of the Adams County Extension Service executive committee, the award winner worked closely with the county commissioners in securing additional space for the Extension office. She and other members of the executive committee were influential in establishing a county funded youth and family living agent position in Adams County when University staffing formulas resulted in the elimination of one position. Mrs. Grim also serves as a 4-H leader and teaches several projects. 1984 aterni UNIVERSITY PARK - William F. Schaefer, of Tunkhannock, retired manager of Sire Power artificial breeding cooperative (formerly NEBA), has been named an Honorary County Agent by the Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents. Schaefer was honored Nov. 17 at the county agents association annual meeting in State College. “The award is presented to an agricultural leader who has contributed to educational programs of Penn State’s College of Agriculture,” said Murray W. Fide, Wyoming County Extension director. “BiU Schaefer has worked closely with county Ex tension agents and Penn State specialists in promoting and conducting agricultural and far mer cooperative programs.” The Honorary County Agent, who retired in 1974, started his agricultural career in 1927 when he was employed as a Dairy Herd Improvement Association supervisor, a position he held for 10 years. He then worked as a herd sman and in 1943 was named manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative. In the mid-1940s he became manager of NEBA at Tunkhan nock and built the cooperative into one of the most efficient operations in the nation, F isk pointed out. Interested in improving forage production in northeastern Penn sylvania, the award winner worked closely with Penn State agronomists in establishing numerous grass and legume testing projects on the cooperative’s farmland. Shaefer provided leadership in the Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives, serving as treasurer and co-editor of the organization’s newsletter, “Comment.” He is active in numerous local civic organizations and is author of two books on agriculture and the farmer cooperative movement. cers top staff Schaefer honorary county agent William Schaefer, third from left, receives Honorary County Agent Award from, left to right: Murray Fisk, Wyoming County Extension director; James Bochy, Somerset County Extension director, awards chairman; and right, William Kelly, Westmoreland County Extension director, association president. Mrs. Helen A. Packer, of 139 Spruce Street, Pleasant Gap, secretary in Penn State's Department of Agricultural Communications, was recipient of the Secretarial Award presented by the state chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, national honorary extension fraternity. Presenting award is Harry A. Carey, Extension exhibits specialist. Mrs. Packer, a 10-year employee in the department's visual aids section, developed computerized recordkeeping systems for the educational materials sales program. She also handles clerical duties for six full time faculty and staff. The award winner was selected from among secretaries in the 67 county Extension Service offices and Extension sections in College of Agriculture departments. ANKENY, lowa - “The Golden Anniversary of Soil Conservation” will be the theme for the 39th an* nual meeting of the Soil Con servation Society of America, July 29 - Aug. 1, 1964, at the Sheraton- Century Center Hotel in Oklahoma City. Okla. The program will review the first SO years of the soil and water conservation movement and examine the challenges facing the movement in the years ahead. A call for papers has been issued that requests presentations on the history of soil and water con servation or on subjects relating to (a) conservation policy development: 4b) gevUrnmental members is named Gets secretarial award Conservation meeting set roles; (c) conservation program structure and implementation; (d) technological developments and their implications for con* servation; (e) socioeconomic factors that inhibit or encourage conservation; and (f) research needs. Chairman of the Program Committee for the meeting is Richard L. Deusterhaus, assistant chief for the midwest with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Soil Conservation Service in Washington, D.C. Leonard A. Solomon, executive director of the Oklahoma Conservation Com mission, Oklahoma City, will head the local Arrangements Con* mlttoe.
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