Recc .<ig w jntury Farm awards were, from left, front, Bruce and Lois Leath
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Hope and Leila Anderson, left rear, Isabel and Bob Kilgore, Paul Webb, Frederick
Sprenkle and Paul McPherson.
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A special award for York
sary, being celebrated through 1988, was presented at the
Chamber of Commerce’s Ag Recognition Nite. From left are
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff, Harry Zimmerman,
Hamilton Bank, Robert llyes, representing market vendors,
Noah Hershey, for the market’s board, and Nancy and Jack
Myers, representing market vendors.
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award. He has been president of
the Pennsylvania Inland Fertilizer
Association, the York County
Agriculture Extension Service and
served on the council of Trinity
Lutheran Church in Jefferson.
CENTURY FARMS
Honored during the recognition
program were a dozen York Coun
ty Century Farm, named to the
prestigious honor in 1977-78.
Since Century Farm owners in
York County had never been offi
cially honored, the Chamber will
“catch up” saluting past recipients
over the next few years.
Awarding the Century Farm
plaques was Pennsylvania Secre
tary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff. In
brief remarks prior to the presenta
tions, Secretary Wolff noted that
the Department’s key goal is to
help Pennsylvania farmers market
their crops.
Century Farm owners receiving
recognition certificates were John
and Leslie Anderson, New Park,
1849; Richard and Marguerite
Dcardorff, Dillsburg, 1878; C.
Robert Kilgore, Airville, 1827;
Richard and C. Ruth Lanius, Stew
artstown, 1869; Bruce W. and Lois
Leathery, East Berlin, 1869.
Also, Mrs. Gladys Webb
McGinnis, Fawn Grove, 1854;
Samuel C. Miller, Jr., Lewisbery,
1849; Fredrick Sprenkle, York,
1734; Kenneth and Mildred Wam
baugh, Stewartstown, 1836; Paul
and Eunice Webb, Stewartstown,
1774; Paul W. and Mabel A.
McPherson, New Park, 1867.
Speaker for the program was
Wilmer D. “Vinegar Bend”
Mizell, Assistant Secretary Gov
ernmental and Public Affairs, for
USDA. Mizell, a 14-year pro
baseball player, for Pittsburgh and
St. Louis, reminisced about his
baseball career, and projected a
more stable ag economy. He based
his predictions on a $5O-55 billion
agriculture income projection for
1988, increasing real estate values,
stabilizing production expenses,
and farm debt loads on the decline.
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