VOL, 12 NO. 45
Ruoss Wins
PigJShow At
New Holland
FranfcsKn Ruoss, Ephrata R 2,
topped the all-breed, one class
swine iShow Thursday after
noon, 3>eW just outside the
swine tent at the New Holland
Farmer® Fair in New Holland.
The grand champion was a 4-H
220-pound Duroc, the same
breed that won him the title
at the fiaar last year. -
The reserve grand champion
hog, a Hampshire, was shown
by 'Robert Fisher, East Earl Rl.
The fitting contest went to
Rums and the. Showmanship
award went to Fisher.
York County Agent
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Ralph Horchler
Is New Pequea
Valley Teacher
•Ralph HbreMer has been
named Vocational Agricultural
CcK'tU^ l TWiftihn'^r^,
Henry Givler. As "was an
nounced earlier Givler accept
ed the job of Vocational Agri
culture Director for the Lan
caster- York area.
A native of Lawrence Coun-
- Ralph Horchlep
ty, Hordiler came to Pequea
Valley from, a two-year teach
ing assignment at the New
Wilmington High School only
11 miles east of the Ohio state
line. He has also managed
dairy and .beef farms and as
an FFA student raised beef
cattle and swine. In 1963 Ralph
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Farm Calendar
Sunday, October 8
8 - 14 Fire Prevention Week
12:30 p.m. 4-H Wildlife
Club fossil hunt -
Monday, October 9 ■ '
NEPPCO tour to Lancaster* '
9 - 35 Open house at-NEBA,
Tunkhannock ■
8:00 p.m. 4-H Ayrshire-
Jersey Club meet at ißichard
B. m*™: Qu.nrvm. *i
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GRAND CHAMPION OF THE 1967 SWINE SHOW
at New Holland Farmers Pair, Thursday afternoon; - for
EphratJa,R2. The,champion is a Duroc,
. - -' - >, - ■ L. F. Photo
Go. Poultrymen Add International
Touch To Upcoming Banquet
The October 26th annual ban
quet meeting of the Lancaster
County Poultry Association will
feature a n internationally
known guest this year, accord
ing to banquet committee
spokesman Paul Hiestand.
Members and friends of the
association will hear a first
hand report on the recent Arab-
Israeli conflict from Sidney D.
Troy, Lakewood, N. J.
. Troy is managing director of
Poultry Breeders International.
.The franchised agency repre
sents the sale of Israel egg and
’ meat line poultry breeding
stock in North America.
He has been involved in Zion
ist activities since before the
establishment of the state of
Israel. As a volunteer partici
pant in the recent conflict, Troy
will give an illustrated talk
titled, “Before, During and Af
ter The Six-Day War”,
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The annual Lancaster County
Livestock Tour will be held
Thursday, October 19, starting
at 7 a.m. from the Lancaster
Shopping Center, according to
M.-M. .Smith, Lancaster - County
Agent. The bus tour will go to
the Philadelphia area, visiting
the Acme Market Warehouse
in Philadelphia; the Lee Tire
Company, Conshohocken; the
P rgarl at Doyles
Kin = s RanCh -
Coates\ r ille R 5
Pl ® mc be ta^
b& m
day October 16.. - r t .
Lancaster Panning, Saturday, October 7,1967
Tickets for the banquet mav
be obtained from any director of
the poultry association, or from
association secretary Mrs Paul
F McGarvey, 379 W. Roseville
Rd., Lancaster.
Because of seating limitations
at Hostetter’s Banquet Hall,
Mount Joy, ticket sales will be
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THREE TIMES IN A ROW. Sheryl
Weaver, 15-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lestter Weaver, New Holland
Rl, had the grand champion at the New
Miss Weaver Wins Three
In-A-Row At Beef Show
For the third year in a row,
Sheryl Weaver, 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Les
ter Weaver, New Holland R 2,
showed the grand champ.’on
baby beef in the New Holland
Farmers Fair, held Thursday
afternoon at New Holland The
black 4-H Angus later sold for
a record price of 78 cents a
pound to Melvin Kolb, Willow
Road, Lancaster
FFA Boys To
Head For Kansas
City Today
Twenty-one Lancaster County
FFA boys and their Vo-Ag In
structors from three local
schools are scheduled to leave
(some as early as 5-30 a.m ) this
morning Saturday, October ,7,
for the National FFA Conven
tion to-be held in Kansas - City,
Missouri - from October - 10-T3,
According to Charles KAc-tley,'
teacher at Ephrata High School,
the purpose of the trip is to give
the leaders of our local FFA
chapters leadership training
plus a better understanding of
the National FFA organization.
The boys going with Ackley
from Ephrata are Eugene Bol
linger, Denver R 2; Raymond
Bollinger, 465 Ridge Avenue,
Ephrata; Levi Henly, Reinholds;
Jay Smoker, Stevens Rl and
Earl Stauffer, Ephrata Rl
Going from Elizabethtown
High School with Elvin Hess
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Holland Farmers Steer Show for the
third time in as many years. The cham
pion was an Angus. Sheryl also won the
best showmanship award. L. F. Photo
$2 Per Yea:
Reserve grand champion was
shown <by Linford Martin, 16-
yearold son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter S. Martin, East Earl
Rl. Also showing an Angus,
Linford received 40 cents a
pound from Ess-Kay Packing
of Baltimore
In all, 23 head sold tor a to
tal of $9,023, or an average of
$4165 per hundredweight, at
the sale held in the New Hol
land Sales Stables immediate
ly following the show.
In Hie showmanship contest
Sheryl was also first, and ia
fitting her aster Sharon was
lop.
The list of show placings are:
Herefords: 1, Larry Shreiner,
Leola; 2, Karen Smoker, Gor
donville Rl; 3, Mike Smacker,
Ephrata R 2; 4, June Shretner,
Leola; 5, -Jeffrey Martin, New
Holland (El; 6, Jacob Musser
Jr., East Earl Rl; 7, Randy
Bucfcwalter, New Holland. Rl;
Herr, New Holland
Ar-~vr-
Angus: 1, Sheryl Weaver; 2,
Linford Martin, East Earl Rl;
3, Karen High, Leola; -4, Galen
Yoder, Elverson Rl; 5, Brenda
Yoder, Elverson Rl; 6. Sharon
Weaver, New Holland" Rl; 7,
<ollllolxl Martin, Leola; 8, Jean
Martin, Leola; 9, Larry High,
Leola; 10, June Smoker, Gar
donvilLe Rl: 11, Mike Martin,
New Holland Rl; 12, Dianne
Herr New Holland R 2; 13,
Robert Fisher, East Earl; 14,
Mary Lou Fisher, East Earl;
15, Carl Campbell, New Hol
land
Other beef photos on Page 6 & 7