new BRUNSWICK, NJ - As
the 55th State FFA Convention
closed at Cook College, Rutgers
University, 300 members across
New Jersey traveled home with
new offices and awards.
The highlight of the convention
was the election of the 1984-85 State
Officers, who will serve a one-year
term, visiting over 1,500 members
m 37 FFA Chapters across New
Jersey. They will also travel to
other states to meet with FFA
members and officers, all sharing
a common interest-agriculture and
agribusiness.
The 1984-85 Officer Team is as
follows; Kenneth S. Ingalls, state
president, from Cream Ridge;
Deborah Pomroy, state vice
president, from Stewartsville;
Robert K. Byrne, vice-president -
Central Region, from New Egypt;
William J. Hudson IV, vice
president - Southern Region, from
Bellmawr; Melissa A. Hajdu, vice
president - Northwest Region,
from Phillipsburg; Kathryn Ann
Smyhe, State Treasurer, from
Wrightstown; Thomas A. Butler,
Jr., State Reporter, from Burl
ington; and Buddy F. Hahola,
State Sentinel, from Pittstown.
Nearly 30 students received the
Garden State Farmer Degree. This
degree is the third of four degrees
in FFA. William J. Hudson of the
Camden Tech - East Chapter,
Sicklerville, received the Star
State Agribusinessman Award,
and Thomas Hartung of the
Belvidere Chapter received the
Star State Farmer Award for their
outstanding accomplishments in
vocational agriculture/FF A.
Four highly-motivated
agriculturalists were selected as
American Farmer Degree Can
didates. Steven P. Gruenberg,
North Hunterdon Chapter, An-
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New Jersey FFA'ers honored at state convention
nandale; Janet Johnson
Duckworth, Belvidere Chapter;
David Pool, Woodstown Chapter;
and Deb Wooster, West Essex
Chapter, all have continued their
agriculture involvement and will
continue their occupations in the
field of agriculture.
Steven P. Gruenberg, past state
president, will represent New
Jersey as a 1984-85 National Of
ficer Candidate at the National
FFA Convention in Kansas City,
Missouri in November.
In the area of Proficiency
Awards, the following people
received a certificate, a $lOO
check, and a chance for their ap
plication to be reviewed at the
Regional and National levels of
competition. They are Tracy Sloan
Hitchner, floriculture,
Cumberland Chapter; Patricia R.
Rupell, sales and service, Warren
Hills Chapter; Richard S.
Yurkovitch, home and farm stead,
Warren Hills Chapter; John H.
Burdge, agricultural mechanics,
Belvidere Chapter; Susan Seman
chik, dairy, Hackettstown
Chapter; Lee Curto, poultry, War
ren Hills Chapter; Leah Hetzell,
div. livestock, Cumberland
Chapter; Ross Mills, beef, Hunter
don Central Chapter; Kathryn
Smylie, sheep, Northern Burl
ington Chapter; Robert Hampton,
crop, Cumberland Chapter; Susan
Albertson, horse, Belvidere
Chapter; and Mark Lucas, place
ment in agriculture, Belvidere
Chapter.
Many students competed in
public speaking contests at the
convention. First-place students in
the extemporaneous and six to
eight-minute contest will speak at
the Tri-State Contest and in the
Regional Contest in
Massachusetts.
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In the extemporaneous public
speaking contest, Carole Schanzlln
of the Belvidere Chapter, placed
first; Lee Curto, Warren Hills
Chapter, placed second; and Beth
Bull, Oakcrest Chapter, placed
third.
In the public speaking six-eight
minute contest, Kim Zar of the
Camden Tech East Chapter, plac
ed first; Ronald Vassallo,
Woodstown Chapter, placed se
cond; and Lee Curto, Warren Hills
Chapter, placed third.
In the public speaking five
minute contest, April Hickey of the
Oakcrest Chapter, placed first;
and Richard Stigale, Gloucester
Chapter, placed second.
In the public speaking three
minute contest, Stephen Madara of
the Oakcrest Chapter, placed first;
Amy Rogers, Northern Burlington,
placed second; and Tina Santini,
Warren Hills Chapter, placed
third.
In the creed contest, Ann An
drews of the Northern Burlington
Chapter, placed first; Robert
Masseau, Hackettstown Chapter,
placed second; and Vicky Milford,
Woodstown Chapter, placed third.
In the demonstration contest,
Amy Rogers and Beth Weyman,
both from the Northern Burlington
Chapter, won second place as a
team. Nancy Fieumenero from the
Middlesex County Chapter placed
second in individuals and William
Emerson from the Gloucester
Chapter placed third in in
dividuals.
In the parliamentary procedure
contest, the Allentown Chapter
placed first in the state. The
Oakcrest and Northern Burlington
Chapters followed their placings.
This contest tests the members’
ability to conduct a business
meeting using parliamentary pro-
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Superior chapter awards went to
Cumberland, Woodstown, Warren
Hills, West Essex, Oakcrest,
Belvidere, Allentown, North
Hunterdon an<J Hunterdon Hills
Chapters.
Allentown and North Hunterdon
FFA Chapters will be considered
for a National emblem in Kansas
City, Missouri, at the National
FFA Convention. The Gloucester
County Vocational School received
the award for Most Improved
Chapter in New Jersey.
In the Chapter Safety Contest,
Cumberland County Regional
received a gold emblem for their
plaque; Gloucester received a
silver emblem and Belvidere
received a bronze emblem. The top
two schools will be recognized at
the National FFA Convention.
, The Warren Hills Chapter,
Washington, received first-place
recognition in the FFA week con
test with Allentown and Hunterdon
Hills following.
The Allentown Chapter, Warren
Hills Chapter and Belvidere
Chapter placed first through third
in the public relations contest.
The Middlesex County Chapter,
East Brunswick, received the first
place award in the chapter scrap
book contest, and Dawn
Duckworth, Belvidere Chapter,
placed first in the chapter
secretary’s book. Becky Rice, also
from the Belvidere Chapter,
received the award for the best
Chapter Treasurer’s Book in New
Jersey.
Kathy Smylie of the Northern
Burlington Chapter, Columbus,
received the Harry Schnieber
Scholarship for her academic and
agriculture accomplishments.
The Gloucester County Chapter
received a plaque for the first
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tion.
The Building Our American
Communities (8.0.A.C.) Award
was sponsored by R.J. Reynolds,
Inc. The first place chapter was
the Cumberland Chapter.
Belvidere and Middlesex Chapters
placed second and third. Wayne
Beal, committee chairperson of
the Cumberland Chapter, received
the Achievement in Volunteerism
Award, which includes a trip to
Washington, D.C., to attend a Na
tional 8.0.A.C. Conference. Beal
was also selected as Outstanding
Member-of-the-Year in New
Jersey.
Patty Rupell of the Warren Hills
Chapter received a gold award in
the record keeping contest and
Bonnie Grunow, Oakcrest Chapter,
received a silver award.
In the new computers in
agriculture award contest,
William Perez, Oakcrest Chapter,
Mays Landing, received a gold
rating and will attend a National
Computer Conference in August.
The 1984-85 State FFA
Sweetheart was crowned after a
very competitive contest. Carole
Schanzlin of the Belvidere Chapter
will travel to Kansas City to com
pete in the American Eoyale Com
petition. Melissa Hajdu,
Phillipsburg Chapter, and Jackie
Hoyer, Northern Burlington
Chapter, were the first and second
runners up in the competition.