CARLISLE (Cumberland Co.)
Mrs. John (Jenny) Hornmer,
New Cumberland, was presented
with a Life Membership Award by
the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree
Growers at the association’s
recent Winter Membership Meet
ing here.
Hornmer accepted the award on
behalf of the John Hornmer fami
ly, formerly of Glasgow, who for
more than 40 years operated a suc
cessful lumber and Christmas tree
business. Boyd E. Wolff, Pa. Sec
retary of Agriculture, and Joseph
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Christmas Tree Growers Honor Hornmer Family
Aheam, PCTGA past president,
presented the award.
Life Membership awards are
presented to those individuals and
families who have made lasting
contributions to the Christmas tree
industry.
The Hornmer family joined the
association in 1954, as one of the
first members of the then “infant”
association. At the peak of their
Christmas tree business, the fami
ly had 10 farms with more than
one mil-lion Christmas trees
planted. John Hornmer (deceased)
was elected to the association’s
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board of directors in 1964 and
served two three-year terms on the
board. ,
In other business, PeterAbrac
zinskas, a fourth-generation
Christmas tree grower from Cata
wissa, was elected president of,the
association. Other 1994 officers .
elected were vice president, Dar
ryl Bowersox, Middleburg; secret
ary, Michael J. Weaver, Orbisoni
a; and treasurer, Sandy Walker,
Lehighton.
The association also elected
four new directors; David Laury,
Walnutport; Norman McCurdy,
Dillsburg; Bill Hagenbuch, Kings
ley; and Craig Weidensaul, Woos
ter, Ohio. Re-elected to the board
were Ellis Schmidt, Landenberg
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Orbisonia.
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Mrs. John (Jenny) Hommer, New Cumberland, center,
was presented with a Life Membership Award by the Pen
nsylvania Christmas Tree Growers at the association’s
recent Winter Membership Meeting in Carlisle. Also shown
from left are Mrs. Hommer’s daughters: Mrs. Joan Sober
and Mrs. Jane Renshaw, along with Pa. Secretary of Agri
culture Boyd E. Wolff, who presented the award with
Joseph Ahearn, past-president of the grower’s
association.
NORWICH. N.Y. Farmers
and agribusiness representatives
are invited to attend the 1994
Grasslands Expo, scheduled Satur
day, March 12, from 9:30 a.m.-S
p.m. at Howard Johnson’s (Fred’s
Inn) here in Norwich.
Scheduled for the annual expo
are the following:
• New Zealand Overview
Tim Johnston, dairy herdsman
• Prescribed Grazing Darrell
Emmick, state grassland special
ist, USDA Soil Conservation
Service
• Balancing Dairy Rations
While On Pasture Sonny Gol
den, Golden and Associates,
Springville, Pa.
• Maximum Profits From
Grass: Farmers Talk Dollars and
Cents (Producer Panel) moder
ated by Julian Drelich, Jr.,
“Efficiency Is
The Key To Profit”
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Grasslands Expo
Set
March 12
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IT DOES A
BODY GOOD:
igronomist/grassland specialist,
USDA Soil Conservation Service
• New York State Grassland
Activity Update Congressman
lames Walsh’s office
• The Grass Is Greener On Our
Side Of the Fence Dave and
Helen Forgey, Forgey’s River-
View Farm, Logansport, Ind.
• Hairy (Wooly) Solutions To
fhomy Problems Dr. William
Bryan, West Virginia University
• Livestock Sessions an
opportunity to have your questions
answered.
Sponsors of the event include
Great Lakes Basin Intensive Rota
tional Grazing Network, Soil and
Waler Conservation Society
(Empire State Chapter), the Center
for Agricultural Development and
Entrepreneurship, N.Y. Beef Cat
tlemen’s Assocation, the Allegh
;ny Plateau Sheep and Wool Pro
ducers, and the Catskill Alterna
tive Agriculture Program.
Those agencies have helped to
sponsor the expo in cooperation
with the Cornell Cooperative
Extension Service, West Virginia
University, county soil and water
conservation districts, and other
cooperating agencies.
For more information, contact
Daniel Flaherty, Broome County
Cooperative Extension, Bingham
ton. N.Y., (607) 772-8953, ext.
129.