A36-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Decamber 2,1989
Rumler, Craig Honored For 34 Years Of Service
BY BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
KAUFFMAN STATION
(Franklin Co.) Robert H. Rum
ler, the retired executive secretary
and chief executive officer of the
Holstein-Friesian Association of
America, received an award from
the “home'folks” recently at the
20th Annual Farm-City Week
Banquet, held at Kauffman’s
Community Center.
David G. Sciamanna, executive
director of the Greater Chambers
burg Area Chamber of Commer
ce, presented the Chamber’s
Farm-City Award for Distin
guished Service to Rumler saying,
“His influence has touched all of
us.” The award is presented annu
burg Area Chamber of Commerce’s Farm-City Week Award
for Distinguished Service. Presenting the award Is David G.
Sclammana, executive director of the chamber.
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ally to an individual or group who
has touched urban-rural relations
in Franklin County.
Sciamanna noted that of the
42.000 cows in Franklin County,
40.000 are Holsteins. “They
account for $B5 million of receipts
at the farm gate,” he said.
Rumler was bom in Franklin
County and graduated from the
local high school. After graduat
ing from Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, Rumler served the Hol
stein Association from
1948-1982, helping to improve
and promote the Holstein breed.
During his career, Rumler
helped to rebuild the dairy herds
of Eastern Europe after World
War n, "according to Sciamanna,
William Swalles,(center) president of the Franklin County Farmers’ Association,
presented the association’s Farm-City Award for Distinguished Service to Agricul
ture to Jeff Craig of the Greencastle Livestock Market. Accepting the award for Craig _
was Rich Byers (left). Pennsylvania Farm-City Week chairman Dalton Paul Is at right. |
and led two delegations to China stock Market Craig’s market is quet. Each year, the county
for the Department of Agriculture the third largest in Pennsylvania, arranges a job exchange between
and the Department of Commerce. He regularly donates his facilities three urban and three rural work-
He has advised secretaries of to 4-H clubs for their round-ups ers to promote understanding of
agriculture during several pres- and sales, and supports the 4-H each other’s way of life. This year
idendai administrations, and has program by buying project ani- the exchanges were between
visited the Soviet Union eight mals in several surrounding coun- Glenn Phenicie, Waynesboro
times to facilitate agricultural rela- ties. For June Dairy Month, he Chief of Police, and Carroll Wil
tions between the Department of gives out free milk, ice cream and hide, a dairy farmer from Waynes-
Agriculture and the Soviet Mini- cake to the public. boro; William Sheppard, Chief of
stry of Agriculture. William Swailes, president of the Chambersburg Fire Depart-
After his retirement in 1982, the Franklin County Farmers’ m ent and Carl Rosenbcrry of
Rumler returned to Franklin Association, told the audience to Rosenberry’s Lumber Company,
County. In accepting the award he “Go and watch a sale sometime. Fannettsburg; and Michael Hen
said, “It’s very nice to be back It’s an education.” nessy of Hennessy Products, Inc.,
home.” Craig was unable to attend the of Chambersburg and Galen
Receiving the Franklin County banquet due to a death in the fami- Buckwalter of Lehman’s Egg Scr-
Farmers’ Association’s Farm-City ly. Rich Byers accepted the award vice. Inc. of Greencastle.
Award for Distinguished Service on Craig’s behalf. Myers of St. Thomas,
to Agriculture was Jeff Craig, Slides from the Job Exchange president of the Franklin County
owner of the Greencastle Live- Program were shown at the ban- (To™ *° p, 0* A3B)
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