IQ—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 15, 1957 Champion Baby Beef Brings 5.77 Per Pound; Reserve Stays in County The reserve champion steer at the Southeast District 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb Club Roundup stayed here in the County as S. J. Hildebrand, Strasburg, paid 53 cents a pound for the Here ford shown by Dorothy Groff, R 7 Farm Women 10 Plan Philadelphia Shopping Trip Farm Women 10 met Saturday al Salem Reformed Church Rohr erstown Mrs. Noah Getz was hos tess. The Rev Elbert Smith led de votions. Mrs. Smith sang several selections and a duet with Mrs Smith. Slides of ‘'California m Bloom” were shown by the Rev. C R. Heisey, Elizabethtown Canned fruit and jellies were brought to this meeting to be donated to Cnspus Attucks Cent er The following contributions were made $25 to United Drive, $lO to Muscular Dystrophy; and $lO to 4-H delegates from Lan caster County who will attend the 4-H Club Congiess in Chicago. Two busses are chartered for Dec. 4 |or a trip to Philadelphia to see fmerama and to shop at the latge department stores. Busses frill leave the terminal at. 9 a m. I I •* > ♦! 3 2 LOW PRICES American Flyer - Lionel “027” Track, 15c “O” Track, 20c Low Prices For Everybody GROFFS HARDWARE NEW HOLLAND n> i Lancaster. The Grand Champion brought 77 cents a pound and was bought for Acme Markets by George McMillan, beef buyer for the supermarket chain. The average for the 241 steers sold was $28.20 a hundredweight, $1 24 less than a year ago, and $l2O over the top for prime cattle at Chicago Thursday. The steers weighed a total of 242,215 pounds and brought a total price of $68,312. The aver age weight per steer was 1,005 pounds. The top Shorthorn steer, shown by Terry Petticoffer, R 3 Elizabethtown, brought 35 cents a pound from Standard Packing Co, Linden, N J. He was a spe cial banquet purchase for Diana Motors, Elizabeth, N J Only 31 of the steers were brought by local buyers. Of these, two were bought by Stock Yards Inn and one was purchas ed by Lancaster County National Bank to be donated to the Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef Club for its annual banquet. Buying the largest number of steers in the Lancaster area was Kmzler and Co, Lancaster Pack m gfirm, with 13 Four steers, including tha reserve champion, were purchased by Hildebrand and Lancaster Packing Co. took home three. Kilheffer’s Food Market, Lan- LOOK! ON TOYS TRAINS > I Zmlmi OR CKS Leghorns ■Housed Basis ;ord made by 1800 irm of L. M. Garrette. with low losses and ;ed on carefully-kept same high quality ghorns nearby from ised to produce them ;k this year? ‘W Hamps, Sex Links, tion for Onalitv Clicks : F, Oxford, Pa. 286 Collect Ph. EL 4-0851 :-vjv4^ & ' 4 jA)V, l r -?*V c \,<T4Lj > - 'Fvfev;-' •; * A.**. tl-.» - C '"'??*■_ ''*V> -H-V THE WINNING PEN OF three lambs at win gave Lebanon County a clean sweep the Southeastern District 4-H Baby Beef of livestock championships this year Pre and Lamb Show at the Lancaster Stock viously Lebanon County entries had won Yards Thursday was owned by William the baby beef and barrow championships- Hartman, R 2 Lebanon. Young Hartman’s (LF Photo) caster, bought two as did Da gen’s Super Market, Willow Street Single animals were bought by Richard Hollinger, Roy Mull and John Plank, all of Lancaster, and Musser Lock ers, Buck Topping the sale purchases was the Schuderberg Kurdle Co. Baltimore, with 33 animals for a total of $9,248 Consolidated Dressed Beef Co, Philadelphia, bought 29 and Standard Packing Co , bought 24. During the morning proceed ing the sale, the lamb show was held Showing the grand Cham pion pen of three lambs was William Hartman, 13, son of Mr. IlillllllH Uliillill ANOTHER WEAVE SHOP FIRST! Weave Shop - Warehouse Carpet Store and Fri. Evenings, 7 - 9 P. M.; Sat., 9 A. M. - 5 P. M. Every Week - Day Afternoon, 1 - 5 P. M. Tues. Every Week (Saturday AM) a room-size rug will be placed on auction display in our Warehouse Carpet Store Display Window—you are invited to inspect the rug and submit your secret bid in the sealed bid-box which will be opened every Friday evening at 8 P. M. High Bidder will be notified by phone or mail if not present when bid-box is opened. HOW TO BID: Merely print your name, address and telephone number, and the amount of your bid on any piece of paper and deposit in sealed bid-box. Every week another rug goes on auction display—we believe it will pay youto watch our warehouse store window and bid on the rug of your choice —you may make the best bargain of your life. | / The WEAVE SHOP | jg 359 East Chestnut St., Lancaster EX 4-5148 g || Daily Mon thru Sat., 9A.M.-5 P. M. Mon., Tues. & Fri. Evenings, 7to 9 || and Mrs Robert Hartman, R 2 Lebanon. His victory gave Leban on -County a sweep of the grand championships at Che three day show, as a Lebanon County girl took top honors in the steer divi sion. And again Lancaster County had the reserve championship A Pen of three Hampsihires shown by Richard 'Toews, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Towes, R 2 Lancaster, filled the runner up spot. Champion Chevoits were shown by Chester Cohick, R 1 Camp Hill J P. Warfel Inc, Lancaster, paid young Hartman 30 cents a WEEKLY RUG AUCTION Legitimate Auction on NEW RUGS 342 N. Marshall St.. Lancaster pound for the lambs at the auc tion sale m the afternoon. They weighed in at 295 and were pur chased for Samuel Hippey, Wil low Street. The reserve pen, weighing 400 pounds, brought $27 50 a hund red and went to Consolidated Five Chevoits offered by Cohick brought the same price at the same weight Average for the 32 lambs sold was $27 72. SI 46 above last year. In the baby beef sale, the bidding bogged down after the champions were sold, and only after much chiding and work on the part of auctioneer Abram (Continued on page 11) .'llllilllllillllHlllllUlUlilllilillllllilllliiHllllllM ! WHEN TO BID Any time convenient store need not be open—drive by, see rug in window and drop your secret bid thru mail slot on front door it will fall into sealed bid-box. •r
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