I VOL* 6 NO. 44 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 23, 1961 $2 P
Mingus Wins Solanco Beef, County Planning
Lintons Take 2nd Crown For Discussion
■ A 900 pound Angus steer Rose Marie, daughter of At Aq Council
■amed 800800, Jr. ~ carried Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linton of •'*
4 ,6? the To State Horsemanship Contest
DAIRY CATTLE CHAMPIONS AT THE SOLANCO FAIR are, 1 to r, Marvin Herr,
[twood Rl, Jersey; Richard Ankrum, Peach Bottom Rl, Guernsey; R Edwin Harnish,
'.stiana Rl, Ayrshire, and John Welk, Strasburg Rl, Holstein. —L. F Photo
the Grand Crampionship Quarryville R 2, dubbed her c. Bickley Foster, Plann
itte in the Solanco Fair calf 800800, Jr. in respect ing Director of the Lancas
ty Beef show Thursday for the steer, 800800 she fed ter County planning Com
b's pretty owner, 'Rose last year in 4-H club work, mission will be the speaker
Linton. The steer, a Lancaster Coun- at the September 28 meet
ty calf, was bred by Clyde mg of the Lancaster County
K. Eshleman, Washington Agricultural Council.
Boro Rl. Mr. Foster will discuss,
illTy Dreeaer “How Urban Spraw Affects
- - ‘ The win for the 17 year- Qur Rural Areas”, and con
st entrant old senior at Solanco high duct a general question and
r| , school keeps the crampion- answer session on county
(Snoop Show ship in tre Linton -’ s for the planning and zoning prob
~ second consecutive year. Her lems
Mrs Milton K. Morgan of brother Fred, won the rose!- Since the topic is one re
-16 New Holland Pike, was te last year with a Hereford, quested by the membership
earliest Pennsylvania en- . . and should be of vital ihter
m the sheep depart- Runn f r " p m est to all concerned with ag
of the fifth annual was ® 1 ’ 01 ? 0 pound shorthorn r j cu i ture i n the county*-, ev
isylvania Livestock Ex- V >by ’ jr ow ? ed T^ ntt ex l ery member is strongly urged
lion. Mrs. Morgan is a nbited by Magda Frey, of to attend, Charles Cowan,
'an exhibitor in the Qnarryville R 2, a 16 year p res jdent of the council said
' and has won many old junior at Solanco High, this wee j c
is with her Suffolk bre- Magda repeated her showing other items on the agenda
flock. She has seven 1959 when she also show- w ju include reports from
fies this year. ed the reserve champion at the committees planning the
'irsl beef cattle division Solanco. forthcoming Agj-Business day
was made by Lynmere The champion hereford in Lancaster. The meeting
Easton, Northampton was shown by Donald Swine- is scheduled to btgin at 1:30
ity, with 8 head of An- hart, Quarryville. pm. in the conference room
j breeding cattle. Judge John Fogel, Cum- of the . Production Credit
John E Strawbridge and berland County Agent placed building, 411 W. Roseville
Kenneth McCleary, Stew- (Turn to page 16) Road, Lancaster,
own, York County,
-d the list in the swine .
""he wl 13 County Riders Move Up
_ Thirteen riders in the Barry Kulp, Church Street,
RM Cat FNDAR Lancaster County 4-H light Reamstown and Carol Sites
horse and pony clubs ad- of Manheim K 2.
25 -8 p m —Lancaster vanced to the state final Championship of the West
-oiinty Future Farmers from the district 10 elimina- c ' rn pleasure class for horses
in the Manheim tion Saturday at Ludwig’s went to “Know Kick” with
“ er >tral High School. Corner Hunt Club in Chest- Ronald Roether of Manheim
“Pm —Lancaster County er County. R 3 up. Michael Shoemaker,
“airy breed associations The r ; ders w m have a to- Quarryville E 2, with a four
award committees ta i 0 f 19 entries in 10 class- th place score was the only
in the Manheim Cen es durn g the state run-offs other county rider to place
,7* fl 'gh School held in conjunction with the in the class.
26 - 12 noon—Farm Pennsylvania Livestock Ex- Harold C. Groff, Manheim
Disease Conferen- position in Harrisburg on r 2. riding his horse “Dixie”
j “■ the New Bolton Cen- November 6 to 10. showed championship form
r fl ' the Univ. of Penna. Four of the county club in the Pole Bending class
Jk-mary School. members turned in first pi- Runner up in the class was
p 27 - 29 - Lampeter ace exhibitions in the dist- Robert Gibble, Jr, Manheim
°nunumty Pair—on the r i c t competitions Robert R 2
community gr- Adams, 4th Street, Akron. Barbara Shoemaker, Quar
°uPtis placed first in the Western ryville R 2, brought .home
f 2« - 1 30 pm.—Meet- Pleasure class for ponies un- the only county win in tne
yof the Lancaster Co. der 13 2 hands with his western Working class as
‘cultural Council at the mount, “Dusty”. Second thi- she took first position in that
Section Credit build- rd and fourth places in that division with her hoise
n K' Roseville Road. class went respectively to Danny• Barbara also rode
(Turn to page 13) Billy Gibble, Manheim R 2; (Turn lo page 7)
Two Dairy Championships
Won By Welk At Solanco
John Welk, Strasburg Rl, Peach Bottom, exhibited a 3-
turned in an unusual double year old cow to the lop spot,
win in the dairy show at the Stella Jack-on Nottingham
Southern Lancaster Comma- R 2 showed the Reserve
nity Fair Wednesday when Champion, a junror calf
he exhibited a mother-daugh- R Edwin Harnish, Chnsti
ter combination to the Grand ana Rl, and his cousin Mari
and Reserve Championship lyn Harnish, Quarryville R 2
spots in the Holstein compe- split the top division m the
tition. Ayrshire show as they have
• The 12 year old son of Mr for four years Grand Cham
and Mrs Leroy Welk pulled pion honors went this year
off the dual triumph with a to Edwin, son of Mr and
three year old cow, Colantha (Turn to page 12)
Dandy D. Stonehurst and her
first offspring, a senior calf • • —i
named Christine A. Stone- JliHlOr LhdDip
Wednesday’s win marked TOD CoUl“lty
the first time John had garn
ered a championship, though ||-| stat© SmOW
he showed his cow to a first
place in her class at the 1960
4-H courty roundup. She
stood thi I in her class 1 1
the °jlancu Fair last year
Six other ! nildren in Pi-
Wclk f.imJy have exhibit'd
Grand Championship and
mais at one -*t more show*
One brotlu r a na one sister,
in 4-H work at the present
tune, are slit I working to
ward the coveted “rosette.
In the Guernsey classes
Richard Ankrum, son of Mr
and Mrs. Paul Ankrum, of
Rutts and Troop
Tractor Driving
Wins at Solanco
The father and son team
of Amos and Kenneth Rutt
of Quarryville R 2 made it
two in a row as they took
the tractor driving champion
ships Thursday at the So
lanco Fair.
Kenneth repeated as co
unty 4-H champion while
his father took his second
consecutive adult crown.
Isaac Hershey, New Provi
dence was second in the
adult class.
The FFA championship
was won by Carl Troop of
Quarryville R 3, a senior at
Solanco High School. The
son of Mr and Mrs Hiram
Troop was runner up in the
division last year Dale Herr
of Kirkwood Rl, finished
in second place in FFA com
petition followed by John
Frey, Quarryville R 2; Ross
Tumble, Quarryville R 2,
Harold Lefever, Quarryville
R 2, and Harold Beck, Quar
ryville R 3, second to sixth
respectively.
Kenneth Rutt, who will
compete in district 4-H fin
als at Lebanon on October
7, was second in the district
competition last year. He
will also compete in the
trouble-shooting contest at
the Lampeter Fair next we
ek He has been in 4-H club
work five years.
Other placings in the 4-H
classes were 2, Michael Shoe
maker, Quarryville R 2, and
3, Scott Shoemaker, Kirk
wood Rl
“There is no single fact
that I have learned as Secie
tary of Agriculture that has
surprised and concerned me
more than the vast depth
of misunderstanding that
prevails with regard to far
ming “ —Secretary Freeman
Lancaster county entries in
the Pennsylvania Junior
Dairy Show Thursday in the
Farm Show Building, Harris
burg, took one Junior Cham
pionship and two first places
in class competition.
The strong sen.or yearling
of Avernl L. Royer, 2025
Oregon Pike, Lancaster was
judged junior champion of
the 4-H show but came up a
gainst an outstanding two
year-old senior champion and
a good aged cow in the
grand championship judging.
Judge Gilbert Porter of the
Beacon Milling Company, of
Cayuga, N Y. went along
with the cows with develop
ed udders showing.
Champion 4-H Holstein
was Fairwood Reflector Em
my Lou, owned by William
Fairchild, Berwick R 2
Glenn A Musset, Mount
Joy R 1 showed his junior
yearling to first place in her
class in FFA judging.
The best county showmen
(Turn to page 11)
Hastings Shows
Champion Boar,
Gilt at Solanco
Litter mates won Grand
Champion Boar and Gilt a
wards for John C. Hastings,
Jr., Kirkwood HI, at the So
lanco Fair Thursday.
The champions, farrowed
February 2, were out of a
litter of nine Chester White
pigs born to Hanover II
Reserve Champion Boar
and Gilt awards went to the
Ruoss family of Ephrata R 1
for their Duroc entries,
Franklin B Ruoss showed
the Reserve Boar while his
father, W F Ruoss exhibit-
(Turn to’pays 11)
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday Wednesdcr*
Temperatures during the
next five days are expcCiCi
to average seven degree.,
above the normal range of
54 at night to 74 in the
afternoon. Warm weather
throughout the period with
little day to day change.
Little or no precipitation
is expected. Hurricane Es
ther dropped only about
.04 inch of rain on Lancas
ter County.
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