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vt i kaa3wsstdel wednesday november 30 1983 sa3 york region alex davidson rr 1 stouffville was honored thurs- day evening for long service with the markham 4h crops club mr davidson was presented with a twenty year di- ploma by alan wall york region agri cultural repre sentative at the annual awards night held in the newmarket com- munity centre his work was praised by both mr wall and phyllis mcmaster york regions 4h coordinator the announcement was accorded enthusias tic applause a ten year ser vice certificate was presented to brian winch of the sutton 4h club v the success of the 4h program in 1983 was described by the coordinator she outlined several changes planned for the year ahead in cluding the intro duction of personal finance and com puter program ming in 1984 also courses in home- making and agri culture will be brought together under one umbrel la- she said the following markham 4h mem bers were honored v pony club- chris cameron rr 4 stouffville lionels pony farm trophy chris was also the 1st place member the club leader is carrie purcell the club president is kim little crops club- burk pugh rr 1 locust hill david son bros award allin lewis rr 2 markhamciba- geigy award allin igg was the clubs first 4h ceremony alex davidson left rr 1 stouffvil le was honored thursday at the annual york region 4h awards night held at the newmarket community centre mr davidson was presented with a twenty- year leadership certificate by agri cultural representative alan wall jim thomas place ruber leaders3realex davidson trevor watson and tim boadway dairy club- cathy oconnor bank of commerce award and bank of nova scotia award stephen mihorean reesors marmill ltd award di- annc beckett jr showmanship award lynne beckett was the clubs first place member the lead ers arepaul hul- shof karen riseb- rough and val wert the president is barry reesor i auin lewis left rr 2 markham the cibageigy thursday iwonfirst prize for his exhibit of sixrowiifromtcompany representative al de- barley in the 4h section of the royal nsmore agricultural winter fair he received jim thomas beef club- jamie hirons sco tia bank trophy the joe easton tro phy and the mar kham royal bank tray cathy knott newmarket royal bank tray paul brown pike farms trophy the first place member was jamie hirons club leaders are- martha henshaw eric rincker and mark toole the president is cathy knott special awards were presented to the following david smith farm credit corpor ation mark weedon cne shield paul mccallum new market coop trophy don smith shurgain trophy york 4h beef ciub team of don smith mark weedon paul brown and ray brown fieldhouse farms trophy kathy kingdon secretary award teresa sheardown press reporter award mark weedon quecns- ville farm supply award michael goulding ocon nor veterinary ser vice award russ brown re ceives his second 25000 york fed eration of agricul ture scholarship russ is in his second year at the uni versity of guclph certificates of achievement were presented toailin lewis eighteen projects don smith twelve pro jects kelly little kim little doug thompson jamie hirons and john cupples six pro jects in interclub shows awards were won byles laflam- me george s hen ry memorial tray doug livingston holstein club gold watch award and the carl boynton trophy and teresa sheardown norm and don bagg silver tray beckett family honored it was a proud evening for bert and don- na beckett rr 2 markham and ross and lorraine beckett rr 1 unionville at york region 4h awards night in the new market community centre five members of their families received awardsarlene bryan and dianne lyn ne and terry in one area of accomplishment each re ceived a metric converter calculator cour- tesy the guernsey cattle breeders asso ciation of ontario all placed in the top six as members of the markham 4h dairy club dianne won the junior showmanship award phyllis mcmaster the 4h coordinator complimented each family member on the excellence of hisher record books high bids for book f i i ten copies out of a total of 20 limited deluxe editions of a book entitled cana das holsteinsone hundred years were auctioned for a total of 7800 the auction held in the market cattle sales ring immediately prior to the royal classic holstein sale helped generate an excitement among the capacity standing- roomonly crowd which didnt subside until the last cow was sold twoandahalf hours laterrvvrivi hd sloan from ayrshire scotland out- bid everyone and purchased the number two book for 3000 n copy no 1 of the book was sold previous- lytostephenb roman of romandale farms unionville for 6000 at a sale held inguelph copy no 3 was sold to roy oriniston of brooklin for 1000 the book tracing the history of holstein dairy cows since their introduction into canada was authored by internationally- known agricultural journalist peter lewinetonv iv lewington the winner of several nation- 1 al writing awards and a resident at larig- i moor farms near ilderton ont stated im delighted theres been such spon- taneous enthusiasm top ayrshire breeder ashburn the name wmg reid is synono- mous with high quality ayrshires because of this entries enjoy good success in com petition including the royal winter fair this year was no exception placements fol low female junior heifer tenth female intermediate heifer sixth female born jan 1 1981scpt 30 1981 ninth twentieth female three years old fif teenth female five years old fifteenth female mature cow ninth ifssuggests 4isundayw we deliver watch for the following flyers being delivered to your door this week by this areas finest carrier team mon nov 28 cards hardware canadian tire tues nov 29 aerial telebeam mr grocer wed nov 30th sweater lady home hardware kmart eatons kos anitas workshop to have your message del- ivored to our market call joo anderson at 2942200 or 6402100