Lancaster 4-H Citizenship delegates plan Washington trip
Six Lancaster County youths Dennis Allen Judy Buckwalter Averill Royer and Nancy Risser prepare for a weeklong Citizenship program at the National 4-H Center in Washington with meetings in the House Office Building and field trips in the area. Pig-catching event by Eugene Bollinger of Denver R2 features a 50 pound prize donated by Ebys Feed Mill Lititz with a plowing contest to begin at 1 p.m. at Homer Graybill farm Manheim R3. If rain delays the Tuesday events will shift to Thursday.
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Lancaster County
Dennis Allen
Quarryville
Judy Buckwalter
Lititz
Averiil Royer
Oregon Pike
Lancaster
Nancy Risser
Leola
Washington
House
National
Washington Area
Eby
Homer Graybill
Manheim
Extraordinary height weight correlation in cattle judged
The piece notes an observed strong link between height and weight in cattle. Winners in the women’s division were Mrs Muma Elizabethtown, Barbara Nolt Ephrata, Sonya Ream Masonic Homes Elizabethtown. Men winners included Irvin Nolt Ephrata, E Richard Burkhart Manheim, Richard Metzler Manheim.
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Mark Mumma
Elizabethtown
Barbara Nolt
Ephrata
Sonya Ream
Masonic Homes
Irvin W. Nolt
E. Richard Burkhart
Manheim
Richard K. Metzler
County FFA Dairy Calves Exhibit and Entry Deadlines
The County FFA shows run from 1 pm to 8 pm on the 21st with animals on site between 3 and 8 pm. Dairy calf applications are due September 4 at the county VOAG teachers monthly meeting. Interviews for awards occur at the September 26 FFA meeting. All FFA and FHA chapters are invited to enter window exhibits at the Manheim Fair with October 5-7 set for the event. Robert Weaver, Red Rose Chapter president, reported on State FFA Week at Penn State University.
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County Ffa
County Voag
FFA
FHA
Red Rose
Robert Weaver
Penn State University
Plowing Contest Entries Open in Manheim Area
Holland, Narvon, Lititz, Quarryville, Manheim entries near ten with two spots left. Contact Aaron Z Stauffer or Forney Longenecker. Field Day starts 9 30 am to 3 pm with wagon tours archery fishing demonstrations and exhibits at Homer Graybill farm Manheim R3 if rain delays move to Thursday.
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Aaron Z Stauffer
Ephrata Ri
Forney Longenecker
Gebs
Homer Graybill
Manheim R3
Pig Chase rules limit reentry for next year's event
SWCD directors set a rule that a boy winning a pig chase cannot enter the following year if he is not too old by the third year, allowing reentry only if age permits. This preserves a running room advantage for this year’s competitors.
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Critter
SWCD
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Eugene Bollinger
Denver
ABC Meeting
Chicago
Harry Roth
ABC
Roth
Canada
Holland
Ivan Yost
Narvon
Ronald Kline
Everett Kreider
Jay Rohrer
Pig Chase
Haymer DuPuits
Ranger
A. H. Hoffman Seeds, Inc
Landisville
Mueller
L. H. Brubaker
R. D
Strasburg Pike
Strasburg
Agin
Ape
C. Ralph Miller
Manheim, Pa
Keay Way
Caleb M. Wenger
Drumore Center
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