Eastern Milk Co-op Appoints Stephan PHELPS, N.Y. John Ste phan was recently appointed to the board of Eastern Laboratory Ser vices, in Waverly, a subsidiary of Eastern Milk Producers. Appointed by the Eastern board of directors, Stephan was selected because of his experiences in the cooperative’s Young Cooperator (YC) Program, the educational and leadership development arm of Eastern. Not only has John been the YC president for the past four years the maximum by-law allowance but he has represented the YCs on Eastern’s Board of Directors. Because of John’s industry know ledge and leadership skills, the board wanted to utilize his skills in another area of Easton. According to Easton Chairman Lewis Gardner, a dairy farmer from Galeton, “John will make positive contributions to the Lab Board, just as he has in serving as FARMER BOY AG. INC. 410 E LINCOLN AVE MYERSTOWN, PA 17067 PH 717-866-7565 , John Stephan ia appointed to board of Eastern Laborat ory Services. /X. # . • YC President on Eastern’s Board.” The new Lab board member said, “I’ve gained a regional and national perspective of the dairy industry, learned how a board of directors operates, and now I’m excited to apply my leadership skills to another part of Eastern.” John received a “Special Rec ognition Award” at the Eastern Annual Banquet in September for n his leadership and dedication tofSCdVer CflDOIl Sdlfi A SIIPPPCC the YC program. More recently. " * the YCs presented a leather brief case to him at their YC Fall Con ference and Annual Meeting, Suf fem, NY, where his term officially ended, YC Coordinator. Stephanie Meyers has worked closely with John for more than two years. She said, “John’s insight onto the YC Program will have a lasting effect on the future leadership of Uncamr ftfrotofl, Saturday, Mom** 25, IM3-A37 Eastern.” John is a full partner of Schoe- Acres, Phelps. NY, where they milk 80 registered Holsteins with a herd avenge of 26,300 pounds of milk. The 450-acrc farm has been in his partner, Ed Schoen’s family since 1936. John and his wife. Ho (Gode lieve), have two sons: Jacob, 12, and Isaac, 8. Outside his Eastern activities, John is a county director .(I )- ig. and sold 36 capons which averaged $3.72 per pound at the recent Beaver County 4-H Capon Sale. Shown here Is Andy Chaffee, 15, Ohlovllle, second from left, with the grand champion capon. Dr. Atcheson, Bright on Township, far left, purchased the 102-pound bird for $lO per pound (for a total of $102). With him are Tony Boone, 13, Hookstown, with his 10.2-pound reserve grand champion, which was purchased by John McCandless, right, for First Western Bank N.A. for $9 per pound (a total of $91.80). The capons were purchased as day-old chicks from Longenecker Hatchery, Elizabethtown. The champion was an Avian Roaster and the reserve was a Hubbard Roaster. for the Northeast DHIA, a little league coach and a member of the Lyons Presbyterian Church and Youth Fellowship. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastern, the Lab does dairy and environmental testing for clients in New York and Pennsylvania. With 3,200 members in nine northeastern states, the coopera tive markets 1.2 billion pounds of milk each year.
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