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JANUARY 10, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 3
Celebrating 65 years of Grassland FFA Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS), 207 E. Main St., New ob Lauffer, who helmed Holland, with a planned opening Grassland FFA at Garden date of Tuesday, March 5. The Spot High School (GSHS) NHAHS Museum is currently open for many years as an agricultural Thursdays and Saturdays from teacher, is quick to explain how the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day or by philosophy behind the program appointment. Also on March 5, has always been broader than the a reception for the 2023-24 FFA confines of the school building. Pennsylvania officer team will be Grassland started held. Current state with teacher Bob FFA officer Grace Herr, who taught “The program was McCar ty and all the first 18 students unique in stressing previous Grassland in 1959. “(Herr) had FFA officers who conservation the philosophy of served at the state the community as level are invited. On education.” the classroom,” said Thursday, April 4, Lauffer, who conretired agricultural tinued in that vein when he joined teachers of southeast Pennsylthe GSHS agricultural department vania will meet for breakfast at in 1977. “We used the farms and Yoder’s Restaurant, followed by an agribusinesses for field trips so optional tour of the Grassland FFA the kids could engage in the real display at the NHAHS Museum. thing,” he said. On Saturday, May 11, Grassland Now retired, Lauffer is spear- FFA will host an open house at heading the celebration of 65 the NHAHS Museum with by-doyears of Grassland, which will nation meals next door at Trinity include a display at the New Lutheran Church. Donations for BY ANN MEAD ASH
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Former Garden Spot High School agricultural teachers who are looking forward to the 65th anniversary celebration of Grassland FFA include (from left) Phil Ogline, Bob Herr, and Bob Lauffer.
the meal, which will be sponsored by Penn Ag Industries, will help fund a scholarship in Bob Herr’s name. The first shift of the event
will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The second shift will be the Grassland FFA banquet from 12:30 to 2 p.m., followed
by the Grassland awards ceremonies. In addition, a reception for all former Grassland chapter presidents is planned, as well as See Grassland FFA pg 3
“We are trying to find the best way to help people to stretch their dollars,” said Amy Marburger, who oversees the CrossNet Food and Nutrition Center at 127 W. Franklin St., New Holland. “Our social workers push for families to sign up if they realize food is one of their biggest expenses.” In addition to the food pantry, CrossNet offers Buddy Bags for children attending New Holland, Brecknock, and Blue Ball elementary schools and CrossNet Meal Packs for families.
Now, a student choice pantry has opened at Garden Spot High School to serve students in seventh through 12th grades. “Chrissy Ansari, the high school social worker, said, ‘We need Buddy Bags at this level,’” recalled Marburger of the impetus for the program, which began in October of 2023. “The social workers are diligent,” Marburger noted, adding that Ansari made direct contact with students she felt would directly benefit and encouraged students to continue to participate. Students who need items from the pantry, which offers individual meal and snack items See CrossNet pg 2
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Brian Frankhouser displays a few of the postcards he will use in his presentation “The Golden Age of Postcards.”
Brian Frankhouser, board member with the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS), has been collecting old postcards for about three decades. Frankhouser shared his knowledge of the subject, along with his expertise in local history - specifically Blue Ball - during an NHAHS presentation in October. Frankhouser’s presentation was so positively received that he suggested to Rodney Hartman, a member of the Terre Hill Area Historical Society, that he give a similar presentation on
Terre Hill. “The Golden Age of Postcards,” a multimedia experience, will be presented at the Terre Hill Community Center, 131 W. Main St., Terre Hill, on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. The presentation will be free, and the public is invited to attend. F ra n k h o u s e r ’s c o l l e c t i o n includes more than 60 views of Terre Hill, which was first settled in 1840. “There are street scenes, the churches, and the hotel,” said Frankhouser, who easily veers from the subject of postcards to the history of the places in the photos. “That’s the new hotel built in 1906,” Frankhouser said, See Historical society pg 8
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