10 • Morni ng Journal • Columbiana County Fair 2013 • Fr iday, July 26, 2013
Two will be inducted into county Agriculture Hall of Fame LISBON — The Columbiana County Agriculture Hall of Fame selection committee elected two individuals to the Class of 2013: Curtis F. Hively, of Unity Township; and Carey Augustus Houlette, of Fairfield Township. They bring the total Houlette number of members in the Hall of Fame to 58. All awards are presented posthumously. The pair will be enshrined at the Columbiana County Fair, at 10:30 a.m. July 30, in the Arts & Crafts Building. The enshrinees’ families will also be honored, and framed portraits and biographical sketches of each individual will be
unveiled. The biographies of the previous inductees are permanently displayed in the Arts & Crafts Building. This year’s inductees include: Carey Augustus Houlette 1898-1973 Carey Augustus Houlette was a pioneer of many dairy and crop production practices in Columbiana County during his distinguished career as a dairyman in Fairfield Township. He provided leadership to many endeavors, both in agriculture and in the community at large. Houlette was a member of the Dairymans Cooperative Sales Association, which covered Geauga, Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana, Stark and Carroll counties. A board member for 16 years, he negotiated wages, benefits and labor laws for milk truck drivers working with the association. He was also dedicated to improving the dairy community’s
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overall performance and animal welfare as a member and then president of the Ohio Dairyman’s Association, and as a member of the Federal Milk Marketing Board. He also was an early proponent of soil erosion prevention through contour farming and crop rotation, and worked with Ohio State University to learn soil management and improve his farming techniques, both with the crops and the dairy herd. He was one of the first to install a closed system bulk tank and DeLaval glass milk pipeline, and three-cow stanchion system, in 1954, for his Jersey herd. The new construction included a new wooden pole barn and twin Unadella wooden silos. He remained active in his farm work and dairy industry demands
until his retirement in 1966. He also found the time to drive school bus for Fairfield Centralized School District for 16 years, and was a member of the county Republican Central Committee, precinct chairman, and Columbiana County Election Board member for 11 years. He served as a Fairfield Township trustee for 14 years, and dedicated 51 years as a member of the Columbiana Allan Masonic Lodge, and was a lifetime member of the Grace Church of Columbiana. He and his wife, the former Dorothy Mae Bell, married in 1924 and raised six children. See AG HALL, Page 11
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