JOYCE BUPP
York County Correspondent
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
—Four family dairy farms with a
half-century each of continuous
cooperative membership have
been honored by the Middle
Atlantic Division Diarymen, Inc.
Saluted for their SO years of
membership were the Gary Braun
ing family, Finksburg, Maryland.
Skip and Stephen Pieper, Pieper
Brothers, White Hall, Maryland,
Robert and Nola Ramsburg,
Walkersville, Maryland and Char
les E. Richardson, Fawn Grove.
The 50-year members were rec
ognized by the dairy cooperatie at
its annual division meeting awards
program, held at the Ramada inn.
Dairymen division is headquar
tered in Sykesville, Maryland,
with corporate offices in Louisvil
le, Kentucky.
Quarter-century member
awards were presented to 11
member-producer families. Hon
ored for 2S-years of continuous
membership were Marjory and
Fay Banow, Bel Air, Maryland;
Campbell Farm, Bert and Ruth
Campbell. Glen Rock; R. Franklin
and Mariann Dulin, Chestertown,
Maryland; Larry and Donald Lee
Hawbaker, Mercersbuig.
Also, Robert and Douglas
Hawker, Middletown, Maryland;
Joseph F. Long and Sons, Marvin.
Daniel and James Long, Green
castle; Lee and Dean Myers.
Greencastle; Peace Valley Farms,
Terry and Jane Martin, Chambers
burg; Phil-Jon Farms. John, Phyl
lis. J. David and Kathryn Long,
Greencastle; Kenneth and Mary
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Dairymen Honors Cooperative Members
Spielman, Union Bridge, Mary
land, and David and Esther Yoder,
Grantsville, Maryland.
Quality Production Winners
Dairymen’s highest milk
quality production honor, the
Excellence Award, was presented
to four member families.
Excellence Award recipients
for 1991 production were Roy and
Susie Kinsinger, Myersdale, Wal
bert Farm, Ltd., Albert and Tracey
Hurline, Baldwin, Maryland,
Katherine and Talmadge Wilson,
Jr., Ml Airy, Maryland, and John
and Sarah Yoder, Meyersdale.
Members achieving the Excel
lence level meet continuing and
stringent quality production stan
dards.'Excellence winners qualify
for Dairymen’s Honor Roll qual
ity list every month and score 99
or 100 points on all farm
inspections.
Honor Roll requirements
include a monthly Standard Plate
Count less than 5,000 and Somatic
Cell Count less than 500.000, no
antibiotics or suspensions, excel
lent or good sediment level, freeze
point of .530 or better and milk
shipped the entire month.
Gold Award winners meet Hon
or Roll standards monthly through
the year and score 92 points or
higher on all farm inspections.
Winners of the Gold Award
woe Armacost Farms, Inc., Cle
tus and Austin Armacost, Upper
co, Maryland; Harold and Sharon
Carbaugh, Clear Spring, Mary
land; J.U., Betty and William
Cgshum, Taneytown, Maryland;
Mark and Donna Garber, Waynes
boro; Clement and Donna Halde-
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man, Greencastle; Malcolm and
Arlene Hoff, Uniontown,
Maryland.
Also Abner and Fannie King,
Paradise; Donna and William
Messix HI, Queen Ann, Maryland;
Steven Ruby, Hampstead, Mary
land; Helen and Carl Seiler, West
minster, Maryland; Charles and
Marry Ann Seraydian, Taney
town, Maryland; Glenville Shade,"
Inwood, West Virginia; Kenneth
and Virginia Swartz, Shippens
vurg and Effie Wotring, Amboy,
West Virginia.
Silver Award winners qualify
for the Honor Roll 11 of the 12
months, have a Standard Plate
Count of less than 50,000 in the
non-qualifying month, and score
92 points or higher on all farm
inspections.
Winners of Sliver Award certi
ficates were Sterling A. Alban,
Manchester, Maryland; Antrim-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 28, 1992-A7
Way Farm, Robert and Keith
Grove, Greencastle; Edward and
Bette Beard, Westminister, Mary
land; Bethel Hill Dairy, Kevin and
Harold Martin, Oxford; Christian
and Delores Elliott, McConnells
burg; William Homer and Dana
Owings, Union Bridge, Maryland;
Millard and Nancy Kefauver,
Keedysville, Maryland.
Also, Levi and Lydia Kinsin
ger, Meyersdale; Edward and Joan
Lipscomb, Eglon, West Virginia;
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