A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12, 1998 Farm-City Banquet Provides People Sense Of Community (Continued from Page A 1) and commercial and other organi zational exhibitions. The floor was filled with white round tables and chairs to scat ban quet participants. The wall behind the main stage and podium was decorated with quilts, and the rest of the walls were lined with exhi bits booths. At one end of the large hall stood a 20-foot tall, decorated Christmas tree. In the lobby area, there were also various displays and a number of Christmas trees, and a hat and coat check area with donations to be used to start a new 4-H camping program in memory of Theresa Lopinto. Other donations were being accepted to help victims of Hurri cane Mitch. Opposite the stage were three long buffet tables. With all that in one large hall, there was still at least 10 feet of aisle between tables and displays. The Lebanon Farm-City Prog ram, a program conducted through the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce headed by Stephan Vegoe, has changed over the years, with some variety in the amount of actual open house activity at farms. This year, during October, there were three farms opened up to tours, though this was just a men tion during the banquet. Kenneth Wincbark, former county livestock agent for Penn State Extension, who has been Jeff Werner, co-chairman of the Lebanon Farm-City Ban quet, presents a century business award to David Harpel, representing Harpers Inc., a Lebanon family owned busi ness that reached the century mark this year. involved in helping children with problems find self-confidence, direction, fulfillment and a sense of love through religion and self help, provided the invocation. Toward the end of the banquet meal, the Lebanon High School Chamber Singers, in their long school colored gowns entertained from a four-tiered riser adjacent to the main stage. Unamplifled, they sang a mix of holiday and classic songs with piano accompianment The Lebanon Farm-City Prog ram indudes a poster contest for youth, and this year’s winner was 9-ycar-old Schane Clark, son of Gail Clark of Annville. Schane said it was the second time he won a poster contest; the fust time he wear a contest was when he was 4-ycars-old and entered and won a local framing-store competition. Dennis Grumbine of Myer stown, director of the Pennsylvani a Farm Show Complex, repre sented the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture, and explained that state Secretary of Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr. would have enjoyed being present, but was instead in Mexico on a goodwill mission to help with the grand opening of the nation’s largest livestock show. He explained that Secretary Hayes would also be inviting a contingent from Mexico to attend the state Farm Show, to be held Jan. 9-14 at the Complex in Harrisburg. A traditional part of the Lcba- 1998 Lebanon Farm-City exchange participants are, from the left, Bruce BoKz and Andy Mick, Dawn Richard and Karen Molt. non Farm-City Program is the pre sentation of a century farm award and a century business award. (Lebanon County actually has two century farm award winners this year, although the first one was uncharacteristically presented during the county Extension annu al meeting in November.) Grumbine presented the award to Frank Reist, who accepted on behalf of bis family. The Peist family farm began in 1851 with 41 acres and a herd of purebred Holstein-Friesan dairy cattle. The farm has continuously maintained Holstein dairy catde on the farm ever since, and the acreage has grown to 300. Up until 1939, the farm bottled and sold milk. Frank Reist represents the seventh generation to farm that land. He recognized his family, wife Cindy and daughter Michelle; his mother Eunice Reist; older brother Carl and his wife Linda; MILK Where's your mustache? ate? tndard. OPEN-SIDED CALF FACILITY instruction. MEMBER >ars 17) 354-4271 brother Donald, who works with him at the Harm full time, and Donald’s wife Cathy; and brother Gary and his wife Valerie. Grumbine told the group that the farm started under the Femsler name and in 1938 Frank Femsler became a master farmer. Farm-City Banquet Committee co-chairs, Carol Howard and Jeff Werner (who also is the county Farm Bureau president), presented the century business award. The recipient of that award was Harpel’s Inc., currendy celebrat ing its 100th anniversary as a fami ly owned concern. It began as a photography busi ness with Luther Harpel, whose many and early photographs have served as rich historic documents for the community. Many are in possession by the county historic association. His son Donald continued the business, and then passed it on to his son David, whose son Rick Price Redtic and T Deduc The end is the best tinv grain stor- age bins. and Brock can help you take advantage. Purchases made in December qualify for discounts and incentives plus an added deduction on your 1998 tax return ■ If you are ready to upgrade or increase your grain storage capacity, now is the time to get the best value for your dollar with Brock grain storage bins. Contact us now for a complete quote. ********* me.. 1248 SOUTH MOUNTAIN RD., DILLSBURG, PA 17019 Harpcl now serves as president of the operation. Over the years it became an office and photography supply store, and while photography work dropped off during interim genera tions, the current generation has successfully restarted that aspect with Rick and his wife Maty Lee opening up a studie and doing event photography, as well as framing and photo processing. Furthermore it also has a franch ise copy center, called Copies Now. David Harpel accepted the award «nd thanked the community for its patronage over the years, allowing the family business to serve them, and for continuing to do so. He also recognized his wife Anne and his aunt Lucille, daught er of Luther. Henry Homan mentioned that as a youth in the community, he even (Turn to Page A 29) PHONE 717-432-9738 FAX NO. 717-432-8389
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