Att-Lancasttr Fuming, Saturday, May 16, 1992
Carolyn Pfautz Recalls Year
(Continued from Pago A2B)
mer was elected the first female
state FFA president.
The 1983-84 state officer tenure
brought back many memories for
Carolyn. There was a movement
in the national ranks of FFA to do
away with the National Poultry
Judging Contest. The Pennsylva
nia delegation, headed by Caro
lyn, made the motion to table that
idea for a year undl further inves
tigations could be made. The state
officer team was instrumental in
gaining other states' support, such
as Delaware, Ohio, and Virginia,
to back up Pennsylvania's motion.
As a result the National Poultry
Contest is still in tact on the
national FFA level.
Carolyn's 83-84 team was
diversified but united. One team
member, Brandon Weary, chap
lain, was "into" heavy metal bands
the team always joked with him
about this irony. The team became
Commodity
Boards
Accept
Nomination*
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin Co.) The
Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture is
seeking board member
nominations for several
commodity promotion
programs.
The commodity prog
rams include sheep and
lamb marketing, apple
marketing, vegetable
marketing/research,
peach and nectarine
research, and potato
research.
The boards have the
authority and responsi
bility to manage com
modity promotion prog
rams and to distribute
funds.
Nominees must be
active in the production
of the particular com
modity in Pennsylvania.
Those appointed to
the boards will serve
three-year terms and are
expected to attend regu
lar board meetings and
participate in other
related functions.
The deadline for sub
mitting nominations is
May 22 for terms that
will begin on July 1.
Nominees’ names and
addresses should be
submitted to the Pen
nsylvania Department
of Agriculture, Bureau
of Market Develop
ment, 2301 N. Cameron
St., Harrisburg, PA
united in more than one way
Duane Herr, regional vice presi
dent, married the sister of Bill
Mcßratney, another regional vice
president after meeting her at a
summer get together, held at the
Mcßratney’s lakeside home. Caro
lyn herself ended up marrying a
1982-83 state officer, Michael
Pfautz, of Ephrata. Some of the
other officers have been in each
other's weddings. Dave Blank,
now an ag teacher at Danville
High School, and Ron Martin
from Garden Spot High School
were in Carolyn and Mike's wed
ding. Michael's brother, Tim, con
tinued the line of Pfautz state
officer tradition by being elected a
state officer in 1984-85.
The 1983-84 team did many of
their activities under their own
direction, due to the fact that the
state advisor was quite ill. But
Carolyn recalls affectionately the
help of Henry Givler, then field
consultant for the Lancaster area.
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"I have used all the leadership
skills that I developed as a state
officer and have applied them to
what I have done to date." The
teamwork ethic needed to function
as state officers is one of its best
attributes. "I also gained a lot of
self-confidence whereas before I
had very little. I learned the value
of working with other people and
gaining the ability to express
myself. I developed the ability to
think and speak extempora
neously."
After Carolyn's tenure as stale
president, she worked a couple of
years in a bank, training to be a
financial services representative.
She discovered during her training
that she wanted more direct con
tact with the public.
While chapter president, sever
al of her male officers asked her to
cut their hair occasionally. She
considered this fact and her natur
al talent in that area and decided in
1984 to attend beauty school.
After working several years as a
hair stylist, in 1990 Carolyn
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tell young people coming in for
appointments about the FFA and
the effect it had on me getting
where I am today... and my pro
fession is not directly related to
agriculture in any way. I know
sometimes FFA is not perceived
as ‘cool’ but I tell them they have
to give it a chance—just one year
and you'll be surprised that it is
really not just a ‘farming’ experi
ence." The personal growth attri
buted to the FFA curriculum will
affect you the rest of your life.
In closing, Carolyn Witmer
Pfautz, states "being a stale officer
was the best year of my life. It was
something I could never experi
ence in any other organization."
Now a successful business woman
in her own right, Carolyn says she
will encourage her own children,
Sabrina, 3, and Elliott, 9 months,
to take advantage of all the oppor
tunities the FFA offers, and of
course, to aim to be FFA state
officers... in a new century, 2000,
and with new horizons to look for
ward to.
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