Pennsylvania Hoi
State Holstein Association
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
WARRENDALE (Allegheny
County) An awards breakfast
honoring membership recruit
ment, milk promotion and cattle
breeding achievements wrapped
up the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association annual meeting, held
at the Warrendale Sheraton Inn.
Special recognition went to four
solicitors of ten and more new
members. Those top recruiters to
date are Rick Allen, Fayette Coun
ty, Denise Riddle, Jefferson Coun
ty, Nathan Soltzfus, Lancaster
County and Lawrence Stratton,
McKean County.
Honored for recruiting five to
nine new memberships are Adam
Derr, Jr., Westmoreland County;
George Cashell and James Burdet
te, both of Franklin County; Tim
Wetzel, Snyder County; Mark
Miller, Somerset County; Wendell
Smith, Butler County; Kenneth
Umble, Chester County; and Lynn
Royer, Lancaster County.
Four county clubs were recog
nized for having reached the 1992
membership goal. Recipient clubs
and their chairpersons are Fayette,
Rick Allen; Jefferson, Denise
Riddle; Lehigh, Bruce Deitrich;
and McKean. David Stratton.
Monetary awards for outstand
ing milk promotional efforts went
to five county Holstein groups.
Each promotion group submitted a
scrapbook including such items as
news articles, photographs and
letters highlighting their efforts.
Scrapbook winners were the
Adams County club, whose milk
promotion efforts were chaired by
Scott Deputy, and Beaver-
Lawrcnce club, chaired by Mar
lene Mitchetree. Both organiza
tions were awarded SISO for their
outstanding milk promotional
programs.
Three clubs each won $lOO
awards in the milk promotion
category, Centre chaired by Mary
Ann Zimmerman, Butler, co
chaired by Patty Rassau and Bev
Everly, and Somerset, chaired by
Helen Mishler. Somerset’s group
won an additional $5O award for
the best new promotion idea, put
ting dairy promotion information
at local hotels to welcome visitors
and educate them about the local
dairy industry.
Progressive Breeder Registry
(PBR) Awards
The prestigious Progressive
Breeders Award was presented to
28 state members, including Don
and Gerry Seipt’s Keystone Farm,
Easton, receiving the award for
the thirty-fourth year.
Progressive Breeder Registry
requirements include a minimum
One and two-year recipients of the Progressive Breeder Registry awards included
from left, Jeff and Cindy Shaffer, Andrew Stoltzfus, Vincent Wagner, Paul Country-
Solicitation of ten or more members brought special PHA man, Julie Wagner, And Darren Peachey, accepting certificates from Tom Dum, Hols
honors to, from left, Nathan Stoltzfus, Denise Riddle and tein consultant.
of 20 cows in the milking herd
bearing the owner’s prefix and
cows bearing the herd’s prefix
must represent at least 7S-pcrcent
of the total milking herd. Herd
BAA from the most recent classi
fication must meet or exceed 104
percent DHIR herd lactation must
be in the top 30 percent for milk
production on a national basis and
meet established fat and protein
levels.
First time PBR honors went to
Kevin F. Burleigh, Pleasant
Mount; Furry H. Frey and Sons,
Lancaster; Kirby and Sheryl
Horst Newmanstown; James D.
McCaffree, Delta; Darren L.
Peachey, Belleville; Jeffery and
Cynthia Shaffer, Beavertown; and
Andrew D. Stoltzfus,
Morgantown.
Named two-year PBR reci
pients were Allen and Lorraine
Andrews, Gilleu Charles J. Bean,
Franklin; David P. Countryman,
Berlin; Christ L. Stoltzfus, Honey
brook; Vincent and Juliet Wagner,
Myerstown; and Richard D.
Wheeler, Gillet
Accepting PBR honors for their
third year were Wayne A. Hall,
Shippensburg; John and Susan
Howard, Willow Street; and Harry
and Aliene Thompson, Carlisle.
Four year honors went to Thomas
W. Kelly, Tyrone; Leroy and Ida
Jane Plance, Wellsboro; Sinking
Springs Farms, Inc., York; and
Mark S. Yoder, Belleville.
Other multiple-year PBR reci
pients arc Kenneth M. Umblc,
Atglen, 5 years; Thomas A. Boy
er, York, 6 years; Keith E. Decker,
Knox, 8 years; North View Farm,
the Calvin Will family, Berlin, 9
years; Junge Farms Inc., Robert
Junge, New Tripoli, 12 years; Jay
and Mary Houser, Spring Mills;
and Richard and Marilyn Packard,
Troy, 25 years.
All-Pennsylvania Awards
All-Pennsylvania awards arc
presented annually to the top ani
mals in eighteen classes of the
three major shows sponsored by
PHA. Points toward the award can
be earned at the Spring Show, any
one of the five regional Champ
ionship shows, and the Fall
Championship show.
A combined total of more than
1,000 head were shown at the
state’s major Holstein shows, with
a total of 54 head winning awards
at All-Pennsylvania, Reserve All-
Pennsylvania and Honorable
Mention levels.
Largest single winner of All-
Pennsylvania recognition was the
James and Nina Burdette family,
Mercersburg, garnered nine
awards. Steve and Chris Wood,
(Turn lo Pago AM)
stein
Honors
Amoung the recipients of All-Pennsylvania Holstein awards were, from left, front,
Jim Grove, Amy Trimmer, and Shirley Trimmer. Back, Alan Hostetter, Cindy and Mike
Weimer, John and Alice Foster, Steve and Chris Wood, and Jim Burdette.
Front, PHA milk promotion awards were presented by Howard Halstead, to Chris
Wood, for Adams County. Also to, back, Marlene Mitcheltree for Beaver-Lawrence
Counties, Andrew Meier for Somerset County, and Paul Hartle for Centre County.
Recognized for soliciting at least five memberships to PHA were from left, front,
Wendell Smith, and Kenneth Boyer, accepting for Tim Wetzel. Back, Lynn Royer,
George Cashell and Jim Burdette.
Convention News
Outstanding Achievements
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7. 1992-A23