A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1990
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Jerrel
Heatwole of Greenwood, Del., has
been elected to the Board of
Directors of Eastern Milk Produc
ers Cooperative.
He succeeds Lee Ressler of
Conestoga, who retired from
fanning after serving on the board
for two and a half years.
Heatwole represents 200 farm
families in District 8, which
encompasses southeastern Pen
nsylvania and parts of Delaware
and Maryland.
A 1976 graduate of Rosedale
Bible Institute, Irwin, Ohio, Heat
wole worked on an uncle’s beef
farm for two years and then on a
cousin’s dairy farm for another
two years before going into the
construction business.
In 1984 he purchased his own
82-acre farm, where he usually
milks 50-60 Holsteins.
He joined Eastern in 1987 and
Breakfast
Meeting Set
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) —A breakfast meeting for
dairy sales and service people has
been scheduled by the Lancaster
County Extension Service to be
held Wednesday, May 16 at the
Harvest Drive Restaurant in Inter
course. Starting time is 7 a.m.
Glenmn Shirk, dairy extension
agent, said 1989 presented dairy
men with a variety of challenges
and opportunities and some of the
impact of last year will carry over
into 1990. Since dairymen look to
sales and service people for
advice, this breakfast meeting will
help address these concerns.
Jud Heinrichs, Penn State will
discuss: “What have we learned in
1989 that will help us feed the herd
in 1990.” Heninrichs will also dis
cuss coccidosis in calves.
Robert Anderson, Lancaster
extension agent, has the topic:
“Evaluating alfalfa stands and
alternative feed crops.”
The cost of the breakfast is
$5.25 and reservations should be
made with the Lancaster extension
office by Monday. Call: (717)
394-6851.
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Two Elected To Eastern Board Of Directors
has been active as a delegate, rep
resenting Delaware member
farmers at Eastern’s general busi
ness meetings.
In 1988 Heatwole was honored
by DHIA for having highest milk
production, and in 1987 and 1988,
for highest milk fat.
Heatwole and his wife, Alma
Jean, have four children, Jerrel Jr.,
David, Gabriel and Carmen.
Robert Thomson Jr., of Wya
lusing, has also been elected to the
Board of Directors.
He will complete the unexpired
term of R. LaVeme McCarty of
Forksville, who served on the
board for more than eight years
before resigning in the last year of
his third three-year term.
Thomson will face another
election in the fall before begin
ning his first full three-year term.
As a member of the board,
Thomson represents about 175
farm families in District 2 encom
passing most of Pennsylvania’s
Bradford County and parts of
Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehan
na, and Wyoming counties.
He operates a 600-acre farm
with 130 milking cows and 120
head of young stock, in partner
ship with son Keith.
A member since 1956, he has
been active in the co-op as a local
president and delegate, as well as
on the board of Eastern Laborat
ory Services, a wholly owned
subsidiary.
Thomson also has been active
in other agricultural organizations,
including PFA, DHIA, Bradford
County Holstein Club, Sire Pow
er, Extension Executive Board
and State Extension Board.
A 1951 graduate of Cornell
University, Thomson managed a
farm in Ohio for three years before
coming to his present farm in
1955. He and his wife, Olive, have
four sons, Robert, Keith, Clay and
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Jerrle Heatwole, elected
to Eastern Board of
Directors.
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Olive serves on the Towanda
Library Board and formerly
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