Nineteen Students To Attend Institute
HUNTINGDON Nineteen
high school students are bound for
the National Institute on Coopera
tive Education in St. Louis next
month, courtesy of cooperatives in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York and Delaware.
The students were participants
in the 27th annual Pennsylvania
Association of Fanner Coopera
tives (PAFC) Summer Youth Insti
tute held at Juniata College in mid-
July. The four-day educational
conference on cooperatives and
the economic system drew 120 stu
dents from the four-state area.
The highlight of the awards
luncheon, however, is the presen
tation of the Jay Irwin Leadership
Award, which is awarded to two
individuals who demonstrate lead
ership throughout the program as
well as exhibit knowledge of the
cooperative system.
. This year’s recipients are Irene
Benner of Millerstown, PA and
Bill Lewis of Antwerp, NY.
Each state also recognized stu
dents who achieved the best score
on the final day’s examination on
cooperative basic principals,
according to Chris Peterson,
PAFC youth program director.
Students selected to attend the
NICE program, sponsored by the
American Institute on Coopera
tion, are evaluated on their com
munity leadership, PAFC Institute
participation, poise and know
ledge of cooperatives, he said.
The 19 students and their spon
sors follow;
Seven Pennsylvania students
are sponsored by PAFC: Irene
Benner, Millerstown; Kim
Hopple, Mechanicsburg; Junia
Laughery, Union City; Todd Mar
wine, Dover; David Price, Nichol-
Last Chance
For Jersey
Farmer -
Business
Picnic
A final count is being tallied for
this year’s Far
mers ’-Businessmen’s Picnic on
Wednesday, July 29, at Stonegate
Standardbred Farms, Hill Road,
Route 628, Glen Gardner. “Our
caterer, Gene Maddalena, needs to
know how much food to prepare,”
says August Knispel, Franklin
Township dairy farmer and chair
man of the Picnic Committee.
“And we need to know how many
drivers and hay wagons will be
required to accommodate every
one going on the tour,” continues
Mr. Knispel.
Stonegate Standardbred Farms
specializes in the breeding and
raising of trotters and pacers for
the race tracks. The wagon tour
will include the fenced grazing
areas, stops at the breeding bam
and lots of information about
Stonegate’s operation. A film will
be shown in one of the bams and
there will be many commodity
exhibits to highlight Hunterdon
County’s diverse and viable agri
cultural industry. Tours are
between 5 and 7 p.m., the picnic
supper begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are
$8 each. Checks can be made pay
able to the Hunterdon County
Board of Agriculture and mailed to
4 Gauntt Place, Flemington, NJ.
08822. For more details call (201)
788-1338.
son; Janet Sweinhart, New Enter
prise; and James Zakostekecky,
Conneautville.
Six students are sponsored by
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative: Susie
Burkhart, Mohnton, PA; Christine
Davidson, Shippensburg, PA;
Benjamin Dum, Elliottsburg, PA;
Tim Eachus, Elmer, NJ; Susan
Eisenhart, New Park, PA; and
Dwight Stoltzfus, Morgantown,
PA.
Three New York students are
sponsored by the New York Coun
cil of Farmer Cooperatives: Paul
Kish, Fillmore; Bill Lewis, Ant
werp; and Amy Seeley, Marcellus.
Two students are sponsored by
the Delaware Council of Farmer
Cooperatives: Donya Argo and
Judith Urban, both of Milford, DE.
One student is sponsored by the
New Jersey Council of Farmer
Cooperatives; Lou Anne Schillaci,
Robbinsville, NJ.
Exam winners for each state
include: Pennsylvania, Sweinhart
and Tamara Lobaugh, Aspers;
New York, Seeley and Lee Clark,
Gouvemeur; Delaware, Argo; and
New Jersey, Dennis Symons,
Robbinsville.
Peterson said the program is
made possible because of the
efforts of the five returning youth
staff members and the 29 adult vol
unteers who help organize and
direct the program.
Fair committees for the dairy
and livestock divisions of the 1987
Wayne County Fair have been
announced by Clifford Eric, Presi
dent of the Wayne County Fair and
the department superintendents.
Robert Olver, Fair Director, is
responsible for the overall coordi
nation of dairy and livestock activ
ities. He also serves as Dairy
Superintendent The dairy check
in committee consists of Ellis Dix,
James Cusick, Robert Hellmers,
Harold Rutledge, Jr., and Joe
Schriefer.
Junior dairy show committees
are as follows: Show Committee -
Art Spangenberg, Bill Bryant, and
Ed Press; Ring Recorder - Margot
Spangenberg; Announcer - Ed
Pniss; Ringman - Jim Yatsonsky;
Recording Committee - Jean Pruss
and Jeanne Rutledge; Premium
Committee - Judy Muller and Ani
ta Stiles; Ribbons - Nancy Vail.
Open Holstein show commit
tees are as follows: Show Commit
tee - James Cusick, Robert Hell
mers, and Donald Bryant; Ring
Recorder - Margot Spangenberg;
Announcer - Robert Olver and Ed
Pruss: Ringperson - Kathy Dix;
Recording Committee - Kathy
Taninies and Debbie Bryant; Pre
mium Committee - Judy Muller
and Daisy Dix; Ribbons - Nancy
Vail.
The Open Colored Dairy Breed
show committees are the same as
the open holstein committees
except for the following: Record
ing Committee - Anita Stiles and
Lenore Reinfurt; Premium Com
mittee - Judy Muller and Clara
Keast.
.iltz will serve as Beef
C'Uiiendent and Ernie Rut
. ,ge and Kent Swartz as Assistant
Superintendents. The beef check
in committee consists of Clyde
Eltz, Ernie Rutledge, Charles
Megivem, and Steve Richner.
Junior beef cattle show commit
tees; Show Committee - Ernie Rut-
The program is a joint project of
PAFC and the Pennsylvania State
University College of Agriculture.
A 10-year employee of the
Cooperative Business Education
Program, Gale Miller, was recog
nized for her service at the
luncheon.
PSU Department of Agricultur
al Education and Extension Head
Dr. Sam Curtis presented Miller
with a solid oak, handmade hall
tree. He and PAFC President
Robert M. Dever expressed appre
ciation for Miller’s quiet efficien
cy which is the glue that holds
together such programs as the
Youth Institute. Peterson also
made a presentation from the vol
unteer staff.
Other awards included Best
Pitch, David Price; Best Reading,
Dwight Stoltzfus; Best Poster,
Bobby Bingaman, Waynesboro,
PA and Andrew Kushman, Edin
burg, PA; Variety Show Award,
Individual, Tade Sullivan,
Malone, NY; and Variety Show
Award, Group, New York.
The Pennsylvania Association
of Farmer Cooperatives, organized
in 1933, is a trade association rep
resenting about 40 agricultural
cooperatives that operate in the
Commonwealth. Agricultural
cooperatives generate about $3.2
billion in economic activity in the
Commonwealth each year.
Wayne Co . Fair Committees Named
ledge, Joe Seeley, Andy Weist, Jr.,
and Harold Rutledge; Ringman -
Roger Gries; Announcer - Kent
Swartz; Ribbons - Jean Warring;
Records - Mary Rutledge and Don
na Weist; Premium Committee -
Judi Wentzell and Orley White.
Open beef cattle show commit
tees are as follows: Show Commit
tee - Clyde Eltz, Ernie Rutledge,
Jim White, and Harold Rutledge;
Ringman - Clyde Eltz; Announcer
- Kent Swartz; Ribbons - Jean
Warring; Records - Mary Rutledge
and Mary Gries; Premium Com
mittee - Orley White and Judi
Wentzell.
Joe Davis, Sr. will serve as
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30 YEARS AGO
- Soaking rains fell on most of
Pennsylvania Tuesday to alleviate
near existing drought conditions
on Pennsylvania farm crops, the
State Department of Agriculture
said following Federal-State
surveys.
Described as a “multi-million
dollar rainfall,’’ the same condi
tions were reported from all areas
of the Commonwealth.
- Effective control of Hessian
fly in wheat by a single application
of chemical insecticide mixed with
the fertilizer at seeding time may
soon replace the current practice of
delayed seeding.
Field-size tests at the Missouri
Experiment Station here in 1956
gave almost perfect control on
heavily infested land even though
the wheat was seeded on Sept 6, a
full month before the fly-free date
in this area.
- The total supply of nitrogen,
phosphates and potash for the 12
months ended June 30 is currently
estimated to have been slightly less
than for the previous year, accord
ing to the Fertilizer situation yearly
review.
- Home gardeners and farmers
in eastern Pennsylvania have just
about seen the last of this year’s
Swine Superintendent with Robert
Lewis as Assistant Superinten
dent. Check-in committee will
include: Bill Bryant, Ed Knehr,
Jim Yatsonsky, and Wyman
Smith.
The junior swine show commit
tees are as follows: Show Commit
tee - Floyd Peters, Grant Stiles,
Carl Robinson, and Grant Sheard;
Announcer - Extension Person;
Recorders - Bonnie Korb and
Cherie Gilbert; Premium Commit
tee - Shirley Johannes and Suzanne
Crum.
Louis Mang will serve as Sheep
Superintendent with Les Mang
being the Assistant Superinten-
The Saving Place
THIS WEEK
Japanese beetle, but soil moisture
in the western part of the State has
kept beetle population at a peak,
the State Department of Agricul
ture said today.
Beetle damage in eastern Pen
nsylvania is reportedly the smal
lest in recent years because of hot
and humid temperatures, accord
ing to Dr. Thomas L. Gtlyton,
director of the State Bureau of
Plant Industry. Favorable weather
in the western sections is expected
to prolong the beetle season there.
- Food donations by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture reach
ed a record high in the fiscal year
ended June 30, under an active
Department effort to dispose of
surpluses. A total 0f2,818,400,000
pounds of food was donated during
the year here and
abroad through the direct distribu
tion program conducted by
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service.
- Excessively hot weather dur
ing the month of June held down
egg production, the State Depart
ment of Agriculture reported
today. Production was 275 million
eggs in comparison with 307 mil
lion during May.
dent. The sheep check-in commit
tee consists of Louis Mang, John
Korb, Les Mang, and Jim White.
The junior sheep show commit
tees are as follows: Show Commit
tee - Les Mang, Bonnie Korb, and
Gary Rutledge; Ringman - Louis
Mang; Announcer - Les Mang;
Recorder - Orley White; Premium
Committee - Sally Mang.
The open sheep show commit
tees are as follows: Show Commit
tee - Louis Mang and Clyde Mead;
Ringman - Clyde Mead;
Announcer - Les Mang; Recorders
- Doris Mead and Grace
Schweighofer; Premium Commit
tee - Sally Mang.