Farm youth plan cross-country farming tour in 1962
Six Lancaster Farming youths from Elizabethtown R3 oversee 35 acres of corn on Spreckbill farm while Gary Kreiner Elizabethtown R3 and Edward Shoop Bainbridge grow 25 acres of tobacco at the Coble farm. They will camp along the trip and cook their own meals as the local AAA office helps map a Western agriculture and scenery route.
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Man
Elizabethtown
Spreckbill
Gary Kreiner
Edward Shoop
Bainbridge
Coble Sinters
American Automobile Assa Club
Judging Team Details and Regional Coaches
The text lists judging team members Kenneth Weaver of Quarryville who placed tenth in total score and fifth in heel judging along with Carl and Larry Weaver of New Holland and Eugene Hosier of Manheim R3. Judges hailed from Adams Cumberland Chester Montgomery Northumberland Dauphin and also York and Lancaster counties. Local team coach was Elvin Hess of Sthasburg Ri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kenneth Weaver
Quarryville
Carl and
Larry Weaver
New Holland
Eugene Hosier Manheim
Adams
Cumberland
Chester
Montgomery
Northumberland
Dauphin
York
Lancaster
4-Il
Elvin Hess
Sthasburg Ri
Beef Club Schedule At Stock Yards Auction
Beef Club events run Tuesday August 14 from 8 00 am to 1 00 pm with baby beef displays in the afternoon. On Wednesday August 15 at 6 30 am steers are weighed. Judging starts 9 09 am in the parking area and the steer auction follows at 1 30 pm in the small ante barn.
Elizabethtown FFA Members Start Four Week West Coast Trek
Four Future Farmers from Elizabethtown with a school chaperone begin a four week trip spanning Chicago the badlands Seattle World’s Fair national parks and Canadian and Mexican side trips. The journey rewards work on a 45 acre tobacco project led by former agriculture teacher Marlin M Henneinger to fund next year’s trip. Participants Irwin Engle John Frey Jay Marsh Kenneth Myer and leader William Weitz with Elvin Hess plan an annual FFA excursion.
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West Coast
Elizabethtown High School
Elizabethtown
Future Farmers of America
Jay M Gish
Paul Gish
Rheems
John Hf Frey
Mahlon Frey
William Wertz
Irwin Eng
Marlin
G M Henneinger
Richard Breckbuill
Chicago
Subh Dakota
Seattle
Canada
Mexico
Irwin Engle
Elvin Hess
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Beef Club
Ethalaire
Smoketown
Ph. Lane
E’town
FFA
Willis M Tiack
Moore Farms
Ghostley
Eden
Dial
Rohrerstown, Pa
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