Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, September 24, 1966, Image 7

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    STEER SHOW
At last year's steer show at
lflC Ephrata Fair, Sharon
Weaver’s Angus «won the re
serve grand championship.
Thursday night Sharon bounc
ed back to take the top spot in
;hc Ephrata Steer Show.
Miss Weaver’s 925-pound An
gus, bred by Eisenhower Farms
at Gettysburg, is appropriately
named "Ike”. He got a little
over excited at one point dur
ing the show, when a random
shower fell, and stepped on his
owner’s foot But sore foot and
all, the fifteen-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester M.
Weaver of New Holland Rl,
was not to be denied the top
title “Ike” was also picked as
the best-fitted animal in the
show by judge Tony Dobrosky,
associate agent for York Coun
ty.
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A meaty, 800-pound, Colora
do-bred Hereford shown by
Carol Kettering, Lititz R 3, cap
tured reserve honors for the
show. Miss Kettering is the
twelve-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Kettering.
The master showman award
went to Marvin Nissley, Mount
Joy Rl. Nissley was the coun
ty’s top winner at the 1966
State Farm Show in January
when he took the reserve An
gus championship.
Winners by classes were:
Shorthorn
1. William Buchter, Ephrata
Rl; 2. Susie Hess, Mount Joy
Rl.
1. Sharon Weaver, New Hol
land Rl; 2. Sheryl Weaver,
New Holland Rl; 3. Dale Her
shey, Lititz R 4; 4. Glen Flick
inger, Ephrata Rl; 5. Larry
High, Bareville.
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Hereford
1. Carol Kettering, Lltitz R 3;
2, Mike Smuckcr, Ephrata R 2;
3. Florence Bixler, Marietta
Rl; 4. Judy Drager, Marietta
Rl; 5. Kathy Ney, Marietta Rl.
Special Awards
Showmanship 1. Marvin
Nissley, Mount Joy Rl, master
showman: 2. William Buchter,
Ephrata Rl; 3. Glen Flickinger,
Ephrata Rl; 4. Larry High,
Barevilie; 5. Mike Smucker,
Ephrata R 2.
Fitting 1. Sharon Weav
er, New Holland Rl, master
fitter; 2. Kathy Hershey, Lltitz
R 4.
• Solanco Fair
(Continued from Page 6)
contest. Her sister Kathy ran
a close second, and Shirley
Craig of Nottingham finished
third.
In the junior fitting contest,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 24, 1966
it was Donald Nissley, Holt- Heavyweight placings were
wood; Donna Walters, New Sollenberger, first: Charles
Providence; and Ronnie Enck, Smith, New Providence Rl,
Holtwood Rl. second: Lewis Kreider, Quany-
In the senior fitting class,
Carol Holloway took the top
award, followed by Kay Wea
ver, and Shirley Craig.
HOGS
A pair of mcdiumwcight
Yorkshire hogs, with a com
bined weight of 435 pounds,
won the FFA Hog show cham
pionship Thursday at the So
lanco Fair for Jay Hastings,
Kirkwood Rl.
The reserve title went to
Parke Sollenberger, Quarry
ville Rl. His pair of Yorkshire
heavyweights totaled 460
pounds.
Ronald Ranck, Quai ryville
R 2, won the master fitter
award, and the master show
man award went to Henry De-
Long Jr, Nottingham
Judge for the event was Hen
ry Gruber, of Arbogast and
Bastion, Allentown He also
judged the steer show Thuis
day at the Southern Lancaster
County Community Fair
' In mediumweight hogs, Jay
Hastings placed first, followed
by Ranck, second, and Jeff
Hastings, Kirkwood Rl, third.
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ville, Rl third: Jerry O’Don
nell,, Peach Bottom, fouith;
Robert Groff, Peach Bottom,
fifth: and David Waltman,
Quarryville R 2, sixth.
Sollenberger was second in
fitting, while Ranck was sec
ond in showmanship.
• Farm Calendar
(Continued fiom Page 1)
September 29 10-30 am,
Junior dairy show, Lampeter
Fair
Ipm, Open class dany
show at Lampeter Fair
—1 pm, Baby Beef Club
judging at New Holland Fair
—2 30 pm, Hog judging at
New Holland Fair
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ty Swine Pioducers Assn.
Fall Carcass Show at Lam
peter Fairgiounds
October 1 Noon, Tiactor
dnving contest at New Hol
land Fair
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