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Youths Honored at Pennsylvania Poultry Federation Banquet
Six youths were honored at the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation banquet in Harrisburg. Michael Peifer of Manheim RD1 won top awards for live and dressed capons at the Farm Show in 1970 and 1971 and has claimed champion or reserve champion 4-H capons in Lancaster County since 1966. Barbara Sue Hershey of Lititz, 15, earned blue ribbons for capon projects each year in the Lititz Manheim 4-H Club. Also honored were Larry Flinchbaugh of Wrightsville RD1 for a state FFA record book in broilers, Agnes and Cecelia Arnold of Lebanon RD2 for promoting poultry foods and nutrition, Marian Wertz of Danville RD5, Pat McBroom of Derry, and John E Creighton Jr of Wayne County, recipient of the Good Egg award for exceptional youth involvement in poultry projects.