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NEWSLETTER
Lloyd Ebersole to Speak at Annual Meeting
J. Lloyd Ebersole is the featured Livestock Judging Team the
speaker at the 1998 Penn State following year.
Dairymen’s Club Annual Meeting A j 1970 Ebersole retuined t 0
charter member and first president of A L concentratillg on & e
the Dauymen s Club Ebersole will evaluation, direct herd
shed light on the club s 20-year and the tta
history and mission to the supervision of technicians. He
Pennsylvama dairy industry. be came a sire analyst for Sire Power
in 1972 and was named director of
sire programs in 1974. In 1979, he
was named assistant manager at Sire
Power, a position he holds today.
Ebersole has served the National
Associauon of Animal Breeders
(NAAB) on a number of committees.
These committees include the Dairy
Sire Evaluation Committee that he
chaired for three years, the Beef
Development Committee and the
National Dairy Herd Improvement
Rules Committee, which he served as
an industry representative. In 1994,
he was elected to the NAAB Board of
Directors. A lifetime member of the
Ebersole grew up on a Guernsey
farm m Perry County, PA. He began
his career in the artificial
insemination (A. 1.) industry in 1962,
working in the bam and laboratory
of the First PA Artificial Breeding
Cooperative in Lewisburg, PA. He
worked as an A.I. technician for
three years before attending Penn
State and receiving his baccalaureate
degree in agricultural education. As
a member of the Penn State dairy
judging team, he was the high
individual in the 1968 National
Intercollegiate Dairy Judging
Contest. He was a member of the
Jay Houser Wins Service Award
The winner of the 1997 Penn State Dairymen's Club
Service Award was Jay Houser, respected dairy producer
in Centre County.
After taking over management of the family farm in
1963, Jay has built and maintained a high quality dairy
herd over the past 34 years. The Penn Dell farm consists
of 287 acres and 150 head of registered Holsteins. Jay
has bred and developed cows that have high lifetime
production totals, with the top producer reaching
301,000 pounds. Thirty homebred cows have scored
Excellent and the herd has maintained a BAA in the
range of 105-107 over the past 20 years. The herd has
received the Holstein PBR award for each of the past 25
years.
Jay has been a member of the National Holstein
Association since 1957, and a member of the Centre
County Holstein Club since 1959. He has served as
Centre County director, vice-president, and is currently
serving as president of the PA Holstein Association.
Jay was a 4-H dairy leader for more than 30 years, a
member of the Centre County DHIA, and the Sire Power
AI Cooperative. Jay has shown regularly at the Centre
County Fair, winning Premier Breeder and Exhibitor
awards, as well as Grand Championships. He has hosted
the PA PDCA judging schools and PA Holstein Junior
Judging School.
In addition. Jay has has significant achievements and
contributions in other areas. Jay has been a leader in
many areas of Centre County agriculture such as PA
Farmers Association, Center County Crop Improvement
Association, local ASCS board, county extension
committee, and has been a local fireman and a Pioneer
seeds salesman. Jay belongs to the local Agway Board
and is a member of Dairy Shnne. He was named a
Master Farmer and received the Conservation Farmer of
the Year award in 1983.
Jay and his wife, Mary, have five children and five
grandchildren - all involved in the dairy industry on the
production end. Jay has been a member and office
holder of the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Council for
many years.
Jay has given of his tune to help young farmers get
started. He has a reputation for always having cows for
sale at very fair prices for beginner farmers and always
has good advice for them.
Jay Houser is not only a successful dairyman, but also a
successful family man and is well respected in his
community.
The Penn State Dairymen’s Club Service Award is
presented each year to a leadej in the dairy industry who
is either a producer, educator, or representative of
industry. The 1997 award winner, Jay Houser, has made
notable contributions to the Dairy Industry of
Pennsylvania.
The Penn State Dairymen's Newsletter is compiled by BetU Raney.
Dairy Shrine, he was a director for
six years, before serving as president
in 1994.
A strong supporter of youth and an
advocate of education, Ebersole has
given freely of his time to Penn State,
die Department of Dairy Science,
and the Pennsylvania dairy industry.
He serves as a judge for numerous
intercollegiate and youth dairy
judging contests at the PA All-
American Show and World Dairy
Expo. He also was instrumental in
conducting a research trial at Penn
State to determine the best method of
incorporating linear evaluation
formats into judging contests.
The Dairymen’s Club is honored to
have Lloyd Ebersole. a distinguished
leader in the Pennsylvania dairy
industry, as our guest speaker at the
annual meeting.
Student Visitation Day
Registration Form
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
Area(s) of interest:
Farm Management
Science/Pre-vet/Research
Companion Animals
Mail registration to:
LuAnn Weatherhollz
324 Henning Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863-3664
Andy Reed Wins Poage Grant-in-Aid
The 12th recipient of the Poage
Grant-in-Aid was Andrew Reed of
Reedsville. He was Ist place, 1997
PA 4-H Achievement Days; All
American Judge, 1997 National 4-H
Dairy Cattle Judging Contest;
Member, High Oral Reasons Team
and Second Overall Team at the
National 4-H Contest; High
Individual for Jerseys, 1997 PA All
American 4-H Contest.
Pena State Dairymen's Club
Annual Banquet
Friday, November 6, 1998
Registration 6:00 PM. Dinner served at 6:30 PM
Celebration Hall, 2280 Commercial Blvd., State College
Reservation Form
Name.
Address.
Total for banquet ( reservations at $l5/person)
Membership: Lifetime (S 50); Three-Year Renewal (Sl5)
Donation to Endowment Fund (supports Judging Team activities and Poage Grant-in-Aid)
Donation to “Sponsor a Senior”
(SlO, Sl5, S2O helps defray the cost of a meal for a senior student at the annual dinner meeting)
$ Total Enclosed Please use single check, made payable to Penn State Dairymen's Club, Thank You!
Penn State Ag Clubs To Hoi
Student Visitation Day
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) High school juniors and
seniors are invited to attend Pros
pective Student Visitation Day on
Oct, 28 and 29 at Penn State Uni
versity in State College.
Serving as host for the event are
the University’s Dairy Science,
Block and Bridle, and Poultry Sci
ence clubs, as well as the Students
Fall 1998
Agribusiness
Large Animals
Penn State Dairymen’s Club to t
Celebrate 20th Anniversary yS
Friday evening, November 6 will feature the annual
dinner meeting of the club. The 20th Anniversary event
will be held at Celebration Hall, 2280 Commercial Blvd.,
State College. Arrival time is 6:00 - 6:30 P M. with the
dinner beginning at 6:30 pm We’re looking forward to
hearing from guest speaker Lloyd Ebersole. Dr. Terry
Etherton. Unit Leader of the Dairy & Animal Science
Department, will update the membership with his
comments.
Directions to Celebration Hall: From downtown State
College, go north on Rt. 26. At the traffic light by
College Gardens Nursery and Dunkin' Donuts, turn left
on Gerald Street. Commercial Blvd. is the first left hand
turn. Celebration Hall is the last building on the street.
Please mail this form with your payment to:
Penn State Dairymen’s Club
Atm: Beth Raney
405 Ag Admin Building
University Park PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-3449
E-Mail: bnrl@psu.edu
Deadline: November 2.1998
E-Mail Address
Davtime Phone.
Evening Phone.
for the Responsible Use of Ani
mals (SRUA).‘
The Prospective Student Visita
tion Day event is for high school
students interested in agriculture,
especially the animal sciences.
There is no cost to high school
students, but pre-registration is
required by Oct. 20. Pre
registration should be sent to
LuAnn Weatherholtz, 324 Hen
ning Building, University Park,
PA, 16802, or call at (814)
863-3664 for more information.
Participating students are to stay
overnight with a host student Oct
28. Registration is to start at S p.m.
Oct 28, and the evening includes
dinner and a joint meeting with the
sponsoring clubs, featuring a talk
by alumnus Becky Sonnen-Bube,
a graduate of the College of Agri
cultural Sciences, currently
involved with dairy promotion.
Also on tap for the evening are
to be a disc jockey, volleyball, and
the opportunity to interact with
Penn State students as well as other
high school students.
On Thursday, Oct 29, high
school students are to attend an
Animal Science laboratory class in
the morning.
After the lab class, the partici
pating high school students are
free to select from taking campus
tours, meeting with advisors or
attending classes with their host
student
Lunch Thursday will be
provided.
After lunch, students are to
attend an Ag Science class (Ag Sci
290), “Careers in Agriculture,”
followed by a wrap-up session.
Students are to be released to
return home at 2:30 p.m.
Parents qf participating T )iigh
school students who wish to stay in
the area can make their own
arrangements at the Days Inn-Penn
State at (800) 258-DAYS; the
Autoport Motel and Restaurant at
(814) 237-7666; the Sleep Inn at
(814) 235-1020; or the Hampton
Inn at (814) 231-1590.