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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1973
Page
10
The Local Ag Teachers series introduces Ernest Orr as the second new instructor joining the county’s vocational agriculture staff at Ephrata High School as the department expands.
A New Englander named Orr joins Lancaster County schools in July to teach ninth grade vocational agriculture and multiple nine week electives including horse management soil and water conservation landscaping and small gas engines He comes from Rehoboth Massachusetts where his family ran a poultry operation with 6000 layers and a door to door egg route He earned a BS in agriculture science from the University of Rhode Island in 1968 and taught science in Bristol before pursuing a masters in animal science at the University of New Hampshire He later moved to Pennsylvania
The PFA Policy Development Committee meets in Carlisle at Embers Restaurant on Oct 31 and Nov 1 to draft policy suggestions for the Pennsylvania Farmers Association. The 50 member panel will present proposals to voting delegates at the 23rd Annual Meeting November 18 to 21 at Penn Harris Motor Inn Camp Hill. The group includes Eugene Thompson of Indiana as chairman with members Ivan Yost Christiana Clarence Forney Jr Lebanon Paul McPherson New Park Harold Burgert Fleetwood and Horace Mowrer Spring City from 52 local associations and 17,200 plus members.
A sweeping look at the Sahara notes that less than a fifth is sand while the remainder comprises gravel plains stark mountains and dry salt lakes shaping a harsh desert landscape.
In June 1970 he began as assistant county agent for Penn State Extension in Northumberland County with half time on poultry across Snyder Union Montour and Northumberland counties and half on 4-H clubs in Northumberland. He later taught vocational agriculture in Southington Connecticut for two years before joining Ephrata Agriculture. Mrs Orr, native Lancaster countian Anne Diffenderfer from New Danville, met him at the University of New Hampshire. They live in Mountville and enjoy camping swimming photography and square dancing.
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