CAMP HILL - The Policy Development Committee of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association (PFA I will meet Monday and Tuesday at the Holiday Inn, Mechanicsburg, to prepare for PFA’s upcoming annual meeting. PFA vice president D. Eugene Cayman of Franklin County, who chairs the statewide committee, announced, “We - will be reviewing about 350 policy suggestions submitted by PFA’s 54 county associations. We expect the suggestions will be combined into about 100 recommendations for consideration by voting delegates at PFA’s Annual Meeting.” Several hundred farm leaders, including 172 voting delegates, will be meeting in Hershey, Nov. 19-21, to adopt policy for 1985 on farm issues and to elect officers. “Policy development is a grass roots procedure at PFA,” Gayman said. The PFA Policy Develop ment Committee will also hear from several guest speakers during their two-day session in cluding PFA president Keith Eckel of Lackawanna County, and PFA administrative secretary Richard Newpher. In addition the com mittee will hear J. Robert Derry, chairman of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board, who will discuss milk marketing law; Amos Funk, a farmer and con servationist who will discuss the Chesapeake Bay cleanup program; and George Wolff, a public affairs consultant, who will discuss the Chesapeake Bay and other environmental issues. Representing each county association on the PFA Policy Development Committee will be their county committee chairman or a substitute. County policy development committee chairmen are: ADAMS-Jeffrey Waybnght, Gettysburg; ARMSTRONG-Bruce Steele, Dayton; BEAVER/LAWRENCE-Jeffrey W. McConnell, Volant; BED FORD-Johnny Corle, Imler; BERKS-John Koch, Birdsboro; BLAIR-Leon S. Dell, Martmsburg; BRADFORD/SULLIVAN-Andrew R. Dewing, Warren Center; BUCKS-David W. Wurster, Bed mmster; BUTLER-Charles & Dorothy Bupp, Harmony; CAM BRIA-Joe Leiden, Patton; CENTRE-Ira D. Whiteman, Centre Hall; CHESTER/DE LA WARE-Clin ton Blackwell, Jr., Hockessin, DEL.; CLARION-Kenneth M. Alsop, Emlenton; CLEARFIELD-Mich ael R. Kenms, Dubois; CLINTON- Ronald H. Meyer, Loganton; COLUMBIA-Franklin D. Welliver, Blooms burg; CRAWFORDGary Shidemantle, Edinboro; CUM BERLAND-Donald L. Strock, Mechanicsburg; DAUPHIN-Bruce D. Corsmtz, Halifax; ELK-Eugene Flynn-Kersey; ERIE-Alan M. Tech, Wattsburg; FAYETTE-R. Burd, Uniontown; FRANKLIN- Clifford L. Hawbaker, Cham bersburg; FULTON-R. Boyd Cromer, McConnellsburg; GREENE-WiUiam Cree, Car michaels; HUNTINGDON-Howa rd B. Wiggin, Tyrone; INDIANA- Laurence Alhson, Clymer. ONTHE GROW PFA policy committee to meet JEFFERSON-Jerry Cham berlin, Brookville, JUNIATA- Marvm Pontius, Millerstown; LANCASTER-Donald L. Ranck, Paradise; LEBANON-Earl R. Lehman, Annville; LEHIGH- Eugene Pattishall, New Tripoli; LUZERNE-Charles E. Phile, Bloomsburg; LYCOMING-Irvm H. Kreider, Trout Run; McKEAN/POTTER-Emory Rari ck, Port Allegany; MERCER- Richard B. Kellogg, Jackson Center; MIFFLIN-J. Elrose Click, Belleville; MONTGOMERY-Ken Schultz, East Greenville; MON TOUR-John Fetterolf, Danville; NORTHAMPTON/MONROE-Michae -1 J. Rinaldi, Easton; NOR THUMBERLAND-George Craig Richard, Elysburg; PERRY- Charles C. Byers, Millerstown; SCHUYLKILL/CARBON-David K. Koch, Tamaqua; SNYDER-Craig E. Mitterlmg, Port Treverton; SOMERSET-Harold M. Shaulis, Jr., Somerset; SUSQUEHANNA- William Booth, Hallstead; Join the growing ranks of successful corn growers who are finding the top performers at EASTLAND SEEDS! R. Clair Koontz of New Enterprise, Pa. shows his fine crop of EASTLAND 855 X. Get your top performing Eastland Hybrid Seed Corn at prices below last year at any Eastland Dealer BEFORE NOV. 10,1984! TIOGA/POTTER-Karl W. Kroeck, Knoxville: UNION-John J Thomas, Miffhnburg; WARREN- Raymond Lawson, Sugar Grove; CAMP HILL Voting delegates from 54 county associations of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association (PFA) will gather at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, Hershey, Nov. 19 - 21 to elect leaders and adopt policies on statewide issues important to agriculture. A total of 172 voting delegates will deliberate on about 100 resolutions, originating in county associations, to decide 1985 policy for the statewide, general farm organization which represents over 22,800 farm families. Several hundred farm leaders will be in attendance for the convention which will include business, guest speakers, and conferences. Pennsylvania’s Lt. Governor COR. 279, E 425 X, E 500 X, E6BOX _ n E 625 X, EBSSX, EB2BX O 0 »wO 80,000 Kernel Units, Flats Or Rounds COR. 281, E 517 X, E 580 X. E 629 X _ _ E 3X717, E 722 X, E 730 X, E 809 X 57 ,00 (Plateless 3$ Less Per Unit) E 3X655, E 3X614, E 6883, E 8833 | 54.00 1 Volume Discounts/See Dealer E 710 X, E 681 AX, E 755 X 48*00 . (Deduct 8% Early Pay Discount If SILAGE BLEND 100 AND 115 DAYS 35.00 Paid Before Nov. 15) EactUtnH seedway inc. brKftfClf SEEM SEED FARMS DIV. RD#l, 80X413A EMMAUS. PA. 18049 215-967-4131 PFA convention outlined %< * .A WASHINGTON-Thomas E Herbst. McDonald; WAYNE- Robert K. Bailey, Waymart; WESTMORELAND-George A William Scranton, 111, will present the opening address to the con vention at a luncheon, Monday, Nov. 19. On Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, NBC TV News correspondent Peter Hackes will address about 600 farm leaders, state legislators and guests at PFA’s Annual Awards Banquet. PFA’s Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award and numerous county association program achievement awards will be presented during the banquet. Other guest speakers include Michael Chaplin, Assistant Dean for Resident Education at Penn State’s College of Agriculture, and Murray Miles, Information Director of Tennessee Farm Bureau. Ongoing during the convention will be the PFA f \ %■ Overly, Mt. Pleasant, WYOMING/LACKAWANNA-E Harry Hopkins, Falls; YORK- James R Huntsberger, Etters Marketing Outlook Conference for 1985. Commodity experts will discuss marketing innovations and forecasts for livestock, fruits and vegetables, poultry, gram and dariy commodities. An in formation conference on trading commodity options and using the forward contracting program offered by PFA’s affiliate cooperative, the Pennsylvania Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Association (PACMA), will also take place during the convention. Convention activities will con clude Wednesday, Nov. 21 with the elections for PFA president and eight members of the State Board of Directors, plus final adoption of 1985 policies.
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