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Vol. 38 No. 51
Egg Producer Bob Armstrong Heads
Lancaster County Poultry Association
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
MOUNT JOY (Lancaster Co.)
Bob Armstrong feels much
more comfortable dressed in a
flannel shirt and jeans and servic
ing chicks than donning a suit and
addressing about 500 members of
ihc Lancaster County Poultry
Association. But, that’s his job as
the newly appointed president of
the Association, and he will not let
his uncomfortablcncss stand in the
way of helping make the Associa
tion a viable force in the poultry
industry.
Because most past presidents of
the Association have worked in
industry positions rather than in
the production end, Armstrong
admits that he is at a disadvantage
when it comes to “upfront time”
Pa. State Grange Adopts Policies, Presents Awards, Elects Officials
CLARION (Clarion
Co.) The Pennsylvania State
Grange held its 121st annual con
vention this week at the Gemmcl
Complex of the Clarion Universi
ty, in Clarion, to discuss issues,
adopt policies and positions, pre
sent awards and elect officials.
The Grange is an organization
representing an estimated 35,000
rural Pennsylvanians. More than
600 members attended the four
day event.
In addition to providing political
Calf To Be Given To Holstein Youth
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.>—This frisky two-month-old calf will be given a new
young owner Tuesday evening at the Lancaster County Holstein Association annual
meeting at the Family Style Restaurant. As in previous years the Association and a
county breeder together give a calf to the intermediate youth in the association who
has the top record book score.
The calf this year comes from the Lowell and Deb Brubaker family’s Hilltop-Heritage
herd and is a Black Star out of a Russ with 3y 22,419 m 824 f 699 p. A maternal sister to
the calf is VG with over 20,000 m at 2y and the grand dam is VGB6 with records to
20,146 m at Bysm. The Brubaker children showing the calf for the camera Wednesday
afternoon are from left, Crystal, Heather, Blake, and Candice. Reservations for the din
ner meeting can still be made by calling any of the county directors. Photo by Evenn
Newawanggr, managing adltor.
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before an audience. But advantage
is on his side when it comes to
understanding the needs of the pro
ducer and the educational seminars
that arc needed during the Associa
lion’s annual Poultry Progress
Day.
“As a producer, 1 probably have
a better idea of the smaller things
that affect farmers that the allied,
industry doesn’t think about,” he
said.
“1 was educated in the chicken
house, not the classroom,” Arms
trong said. Although he would be
happy to add a degree to his
accomplishments, and has
checked into the possibility, he
said, “With a wife and two child
ren, it’s both a time and a financial
impossibility.”
In his present job of managing
clout for its rural membership, it
also offers member benefits, such
as insurance, a credit union, com
munity service and social
activitiesr -
iCfIJTITBers of Clarion and Venan
go counties served as host for the
convention.
The 1993 Granger of the Year
was named Tuesday during an All
Granger Banquet at St. Joseph’s
Hall at the western Pennsylvania
college campus.
Alice McDowell, of Grove City,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30, 1993
and servicing the half million lay
ers for Garber’s Farms in Milton
Grove, Armstrong’s lack of a
degree doesn’t hinder his responsi
bilities and abilities. But he is lim
ited in job opportunities for many
companies that require a degree for
doing the same work that he does
for the Garbers.
Armstrong grew up on his
grandfather's dairy and poultry
farm in the Glcnville area of York
County. As an FFA’er at Dover
High School, Armstrong knew that
farming would be his career
choice, although his grandfather’s
farm was sold in 1979.
Lou Elgin, serviceman for Pen
nficld Feeds, convinced Arms
trong that chickens had more of a
future than cows. But at that lime,
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received the award, one of the
highest honors made by the
Grange to its members, in recogni
tion for her dedication to her com
munity and the organization in her
59 years as a member.
McDowell, secretary for Ven
ango County’s Wesley Grange
No. 1675, is also the pianist of the
(county) Pomona Grange, lecturer
at the county Dcmctcr Club, and a
member of the 1993 State Session
Steering Committee.
Though active for 59 years in
Newly appointed president of the Lancaster Poultry
Association Bob Armstrong said that for him, taking care of
chickens is as much of a hobby as it is a job. “I’m fortunate
to have the opportunity of working in the Industry,” he said.
“A lot of people don't get to do what they like.”
the Grange, she continues to
remain acitvc in her church and
other community organizations,
and for the past five years, she has
also served as a delegate to the
state session.
She has twice received “Gran
ger of the Year” recognition by her
local affiliate, Wesley Grange, but
this is the first year she received
the state recognition.
In other awards, the Slate
Grange presented community ser
vice awards to a number of local
Committee Asks Chester
Holstein Members To
Help Support 4-H Center
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
ATGLEN (Chester Co.)
Members and Mends of the Ches
ter County Holstein Association
were asked to play a significant
role in the funding of the new
Romano 4-H Center at a banquet
here Tuesday night.
According to Walt Wurster,
Chester County agent, a commit
tee was recently formed to plan a
sale to be scheduled in the spring
next year to raise money toward
the construction of the center.
More importantly, according to
Wurster, it will help the committee
raise the awareness of the need for
the center to other organizations
whose donations are needed.
“Rather than keep asking you
for a buck here and buck there,
we’ve put together a committee
that's going to have a sale in the
spring,” said Wurster. The com
mittee is chaired by John St. John
and Mildred Seeds.
The Romano 4-H Center will be
located along Rl 322 north of
Guthriesville and just south of
Honey Brook. The center, to cost
about $950,000, will include two
pole buildings, two show rings,
and a headquarters office. The
Four Sections
Granges, as well as four county
Granges.
Recipients of the community
service awards to a local Grange
♦include North Jackson Grange No.
1740, in Lebanon County; Perry
Valley Grange No. 1804, in Perry
County: Virginvillc Grange No.
1832, Berks County; and Fort
Granville No. 1902, in Mifflin
County.
Those county Grange recipients
were Jefferson No. 20; Berks No.
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estate and hiers of Fiorre A. Roma
no of West Brandywine Township
donated 13 acres of land and have
allowed an option to build on
another five acres in the future for
the center. ■
“We’re going to ask the dairy
people in this county to donate an
animal to a sale that we’re going to
have,” Wurstcr said. “The sale is
not going to raise enough money to
build the 4-H center, but it’s going
to tell some of these other charit
able organizations and foundations
out there that the dairy industry in
Chester County, one of the largest
in the state, is behind the center."
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