A3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25,1984
BY IRISH WILLIAMS
ALTOONA Pennsylvania
Holstein Association’s retiring
President, Marion Alsdorf was
presented with a symbolic key to
the city of Altoona, a railroad
spike, by Mayor David L. Jan
netta, Thursday morning at the
awards banquet.
Janetta told Alsdorf and at
tending Holstein breeders that he
felt fortunate that PHA had
selected Altoona as this year’s
convention city, and welcomed the
convention to return in 1989 to the
city.
Highlighting the awards banquet
Women’s program provides
educational theme
BY LAURA ENGLAND
ALTOONA Dealing with social
problems of growing old and
learning to administer first aid to
unexpected farm accident victims
highlighted the Ladies Day
Program of the Pa. Holstein
Convention.
Planned with an educational
theme, the program was held at
the Eldolyn Terrace in Altoona,
where the women were greeted
with an array of handmade crafts
items for sale. After having a
chance to talk to the craftsmen and
leam their skills, the women sat
down to a lunch of dairy dishes and
an afternoon of learning about
aging and farm accidents.
First on the agenda was Dan
Lago of the Penn State Geron
tology Center who addressed the
topic of “Social Relationships with
Aging.” These social relationships
are important, Lago said, and a
greater risk of illness or death
exists if a person has a poor
friendship or social network.
Lago said the highest risk group
of women are those divorced or
widowed. This group is a higher
risk, he said, because they are
under stress and are faced with
coping with their problems. People
in this group also die at much
higher rates than other women of
their age groups
“The loss of an intimate
relationship makes widowship
difficult,” he said “If the person is
missing a network of friends or
intimate relatives, they are likely
to have more problems,”
Lago said some people, in
general, are voluntary social
isolates who are “plain old not
seeing people.” Again, this group
faces a higher risk and are often
Jamie Frey
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and Karl, 12, joined as partners to
help with the planting and har
vesting chores.
Today, Jamie’s greenhouse
operation consists of four
greenhouses. Crops grown are
pachysandra, myrtle, ivy and
winter creeper. She sells her crops
by flats at a wholesale price of
$6.50 a flat and a retail price of
$8.50 a flat.
Jamie currently has about 100
customers including landscapers
and individual buyers. Last year
she grossed $13,000 in sales.
Although her greenhouse
business has been the driving force
behind her FFA involvement,
Jamie has participaed in area
contests, has had leadership
responsibilities and has recevied
several awards.
Jamie has received' the Star
Dairy bowl teams compete at awards breakfast
was the exciting final round of the
dairy bowl senior division. In
competition the day earlier two
teams emerged from a field of 10
as the top contenders. The two
teams who proved themselves
most knowledgable were from
York and Perry County. York
team members were Leslie King,
Patricia Bupp, Peggy Klinedinst
and David Krone. Perry County
team members were Joe and
Darnel Albright, Irene Benner and
KimKriebel.
Before a large audience the team
members competed in two phases
of competition. The first phase
dissatisfied with personal contacts
and are lonely. He added, though,
that people can feel lonely even
while part of a crowd.
Social relationships are moving
up in the list of concerns of the
aging, Lago said. Most American
families, he said, are doing a good
job of taking care of older relatives
but run into problems when trying
to provide 24-hour constant
companionship. Lago stressed that
families don’t need to do
everything and suggested that
older relatives volunteer time in
organizations and other pastimes.
Providing training on first aid
treatment for farm accident
victims was Dr. Thomas Bern,
emergency physician of Centre
Community Hospital in State
College. Dr. Bern said that farming
is the number one high risk oc
cupation in the United States and
needs special attention to farm
related accidents.
Farming is a high risk, he said,
because farmers work alone and
for long hours where fatigue can
set in. Farmers are also less apt to
wear safety gear, he added
Dr, Bern provided information
on the ABC’s of any injury and
explained how to treat accident
victims The ABC’s are to make
sure the airway is cleared, that
breathing is possible and that
circulation is in order
The special feature of the
women’s program was a fashion
show sponsored by the Blair
County Historical Society. Titled
“Bosom Buddies to Bustle” the
show featured fashions up to the
1890’s The fashions were
recreations of original sytles worn
during that time
Greenhand Award, the Star
Chapter Farmer Award and the
Lancaster County Star Farmer
Award - all which she said lead to
her Star Agribusiness Award. She
has served as chapter sentinel,
secretary and president and
county secretary.
In addition to these, Jamie has
participated in parliamentary
procedures and public speaking
contests and has won awards for
her project book records.
Jamie plans to continue her
greenhouse business after
graduation this spring. After a
year, she may attend college to
major in horticulture or business.
But whatever she decides to do,
Jamie said she has learned much
from her greenhouse business and
has learned skills she can apply in
other areas. The profits come in
handy, too, and Jamie will carry
fond memories of a trip to Europe
that she financed through her
greenhouse sales
required each team member to
answer three questions. In the
second phase, questions were
tossed out for the first person to
ring a buzzer to answer. That takes
quick thinking and a cool head.
The Perry County team took a
slight lead in phase one of the
competition, providing the correct
answer to a question that stumped
many of the people in the audience.
But in phase two repeated rapid
responses by Kim Kriebel took the
Perry County team on to an
overwelming victory. The Perry
County team will go on to national
competition in Louisville, Ky.
Chris Gitt, 1982 Distinquished
Junior Member, introduced this
year’s finalist for the title of DJM.
In the junior division they were,
Patricia Bupp, Seven Valleys;
Thomas Eckstine, Mercersburg;
Fred Hoch, Shippensburg; Beverly
Meyers, Chambersburg; and
Jennifer Weimer, New Oxford.
DJM finalists in the senior
division were, June Bechtel,
Curryville; John Burket, East
Freedom; Barbara Green,
Warriors Mark; Sandra Houser,
Spring Mills; Willian Lesher,
Bernville; Bradley Ludwick,
Warren Co.; Constance Ohlinger,
Mohrsville; and Scott Troutman,
Meyerstown.
Douglas Hershey, director of
membership services presented
the 1984 Membership Awards to
individuals who solicited more
than five new members in the last
year. Recipients were, Norman
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Sollenbeger, Roy M. Cordell,
Robert G. Flickinger, Wendell J.
Smith, William Marteeny, Donald
Ackerman, Roger Latuch and
Dividend Holsteins.
The prestigious and much sought
after Progressive Breeder
Registry Awards were presented
by Clarence Stauffer and Tom
Dum, HFA consultants to the
follow breeders, Keystone Farm,
Easton; Richard H. and Marilyn
B. Packard, Troy; Jefferson D.
Yoder, Elverson; Marcove Farm,
Martinsburg; John M. Umble and
ry v inty Senior Dairy Bowl team won state com
petition and will represent the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association at the national contest in St. Louis in June. From
left are, Albright, Kim Kriebel, captain; coach Jane
Benner, Daniel Albright, Irene Benner. Roy Brenneman
presented the team awards from Agway.
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Sons, Atglen; Jay H. and Mary
Houser, Spring Mills; Delaware
Valley College, Doylestown; E.
Wayne and Jed Beshore, New
Cumberland; Robert S. Junge,
New Tripoli; J. Ivan Smoker and
Sons, Genesee; Robert H. Kauff
man, Elizabethtown; Keith E.
Decker, Knox; Thomas Dum, Jr.
and Thomas Dum, 111, Lan
dis burg; Joseph Hartle, Jr.,
Beliefonte; Wayne LaMont, Troy;
and Willowland, Atglen.
Other awards presented at the
banquet were sales awards and All
Pennsylvania Awards.
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