VOL. 9 NO. 49
Holstein Ass’n
Annual Banquet
By EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Staff Reporter
The Lancastei County Hol
stein Association Annual
Meeting and Banquet held at
Hostetter’s Banquet Hall, Mt.
Joy Thursday evening fea
tured the appearance of Miss
Wilma Lea Blevins, The
American Daily Puncess from
Arkansas, Miss Rosa Lee
Morse, Canton, Pa, the Penn
sylvania Dairy Princess and
Miss Martha Foulk, Quarry
ville, the Lancaster County
Dairy Princess
Miss Blevins and Miss
Morse had been present at the
American Daily Association
Meeting held during the day
at the Holiday West Motel
located at the Gettysburg in
terchange of the Pennsyl
vania Turnpike. Clarence
Lyons, Lancaster, a represen
tative of ADA made the ar
rangements to have the Roy
alty at the County meeting and
introduced the ladies to the
230 members attending the
local banquet. The Princesses
in turn told of their work of
promoting the sale of. milk.
Samuel Shotzberger, local
truck fleet owner, gave a chal
lenging talk as the main ad- ;
dress of the evening, ;
State Director Elvin Hess Jr.
reported that the county had
a total membership of 511 1
which is 4 more members than
last year, and urged that
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3 LOVELY PRINCESSES A WISH COME TRUE
ROYALTY AT THE HOLSTEIN BANQUET (1 to r): Miss Rosa Lee Morse,
Canton. Pa., Pennsylvania Dairy Princess; Miss Wilma Lea Blevins, The American
Dairy Princess from Arkansas; and Miss Martha Foulk, Quarryville, Lancaster
County Dairy Princess. These princesses were featured at the Lancaster County
Holstein Banquet held Thursday evening /at Hostetter’s Banquet Hall, Mt. Joy.
L. F. Photo
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION “BRUNO”
SHOWN BY TOM HOUSER, Lampeter. After becom
ing champion in the Hereford class, this team went on
to win the next-to-top spot in the 4-county meet on
Wednesday. L. F. Photo
Willow Glen Farm Tops
Yorkshire Carcass Show
As part of their all-day
swine show, which started at
the Lancaster Stockyaids in
the morning and moved to
Lampeter Fairgrounds jn the
afternoon, the- Pennsylvania
Yorkshire Breeders Associa
tion sponsored a dressed car
cass event recently.
There weie seven Pioduction
Registry (P R ) litters entered
in the show, and only two of
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 7, 1964
these met the rigid standards
for certification The two quali
fying litters were entered by
Willow Glen Farm, R D. 1,
Stiasburg, and Penn State Uni
versity. Two hogs from each of
these litters were judged on
the hoof with the other entnes,
then they were all slaughtered
and dressed by Kunzler & Co,
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Lane. 4-H’ers Take Reserve
And Showmanship Titles In
Southeastern Duel Here
In the four-county Southeast
ern District meet a Chester
county Angus shown by ele
\en-yeax-o!d Randy Scott cap
tured the grand championship
This is the third consecutive
win foi oui eastern neighbors
Although the Lancaster
youngsters gave giound in the
Angus classes and lost the top
honoi, they dominated the
Hereford groups and had the
Reseive champion m Tom
Housei’s 1020 pound, meat
type Hereford
Houser, son of Mr and Mrs.
J Wilbur Houser of Lam
petei, topped the Hereford
group with his light-heavy
weight steer, “Bruno ” The
reserve Hereford winner was
a 1040 pound animal shown
by James Thompson, RD 1,
Oxford Houser received a
trophy from the Pa. Hereford
Ass’n
The Scott angus sold at auc-
Larry Weaver Is
Top Showman
At Co. Roundup
At the annual Red Rose 4-H
Baby Beef Club Roundup held
at the Lancaster Stockyards on
Tuesday, Larry Weaver, R.D. 1
New Holland, topped a very
closely-contended showman
ship class, and won the beef
calf which is presented an
nually by the Intelligencer
Journal
The outstanding peiformance
of Miss Nancy Fiey, RD 1,
Mauetta won her the runner
up spot in the event, but the
decision was so close that the
nidges suggested they would
have awarded a tie if moie
than one calf had been on the
pnze list
In winning the showmanship
awaid, Weaver runner-up in
the lightweight Angus class, re
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Farm Calendar
Oct 9 Penna Livestock Ex
position, Farm Show Bldg,
9-13
7 45 pm. Manheim YFA
sue selection and dany
breeding problems
—8 00 pm Daily Clinic -
Solanco H S
Oct 10 720 pm Young
Farmeis Class, “Quality Milk
Production’’, Agr. Dep’t Gar
den Spot H. S.
8 pm. Young Farmers
Class, “Modern Trends in
Poultry”, Agr. Dep’t. Penn
Manor H S.
8 p.m. Dairy Clinic - John
Neff School, Neffsville.
Oct. 12 10:15 a.m. to 3:30
pm., Agronomy-Dealer
Luncheon Meeting, Hostett
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$2 Per Year
bon to Acme Markets for 80
cents per pound, and the re
serve grand champion brought
38 cents per pound on the
high bid of Harold F Hilde
brand, Strasburg butcher The
sale went very well under the
gavel of auctioneer Tom
Mathews, and local merchants
and packets supported the
4-H’ers efforts for the second
consecutive year through the
livestock exchange and the
Chamber of Commerce.
Lancaster County came
through with a strong finish
in the beef show as they cap
tured the top showmanship
and runnerup awards. Top
showman was Miss Nancy Lou
ise Rohrer, Lititz R.D. 3, who
had placed second in the light
weight Angus class Miss Roh
rer received a leather hatter
from the Lancaster Show Com
mittee which wap presented by
Glen Klippenstein. Miss Pat
Yunmger, RD. 1, Marietta
was runnerup in the showman
ship event. Judges were Les
ter Burdette, Livestock Spe
cialist, Penn tSate University;
Frank Zimmerman, Millardaa
Farms, Annville, James Gal-
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Miss Long Wins
4-H Capon Show
Annette Long, a junior at
Manheim Township High
School, captured the grand
championship for her pair of
White Rock capons at the an
nual 4-H capon loundup held
Tuesday at the Hotel Bruns
wick
Miss Long, the daughter of
Mi and Mis Melvin Long,
RD 3, Lititz also took the
grand championship at last
year's show
The reseive champion was
Henry Hershey, thirteen year
old son of Mr and Mis Rich
ard Hershey, R D 1 Lititz,
with his Bki pound White
Rock capons.
This show was sponsored by
the Lancaster Kiwanis Club
whose members purchased the
oven-ready birds, and hosted
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Weather Forecast
Temperatures for the five
day period Saturday through
Wednesday are expected to
average near, or slightly
above normal. Normal high
for the period is 55, and
normal low is 37 degrees.
It will be seasonable Satur
day, a little cooler Sunday
and Monday, mild Tuesday,
and cooler Wednesday.
Little or no percipitatkm
is expected of any conse
quence during the period.