Grube’s Hogs Top FFA Show
A Wamp-Yoik Ciossbrcd won Championsh.ps. .md om He
ttic Grand .md ,i scive Bicod Championship
Yorkshire won the Heservi Kphi.it.i and (i.udcn Spat both
#nnd Championship m the had two bicod champions and
Eighth Annual Lancasloi Conn- two toserve bleed champions
ty FFA Market Hog Show and
Sale held at the Lancaster Stock
yards on Tuesday,
Both the Giand Champ.on and Gar(,tn s P ot H'Rh School, won
Eesciye Grand Champion wcic the filling contest m (he compc
exhibited by Mike Giubc. a tition The awaid for showman
sophomore in tllc ship went to Claik Stauffer of
Chapter of FF\. Mike won Ephiala.
three breed championships and
«ae second place In all, the four Second m the fitting contest
hogs Mike enteied won six was Claik Slauffei. and thud
awards was Fiank Ruoss of New 110 l
The Grand Champion, a 225 £nc *
ponnd Dan ow set a ieco. cl p. ice Donald Bollmgei f. om Eph. ata
for the FFA Sale The pig went was secon d in u ie showmanship
to Penn Packing foi SI Iper con test and Jesse Bdlmei Q P f
pound The best any Giand Wdlwlck was thlld
Champion had brougnt befoie
Kvas $Bl Mike lecencd 5263 25
for his Grand Champion
in the sale which followed the
The Reseive Giand Champion, o£ f th « h ° gS Theavel^
a 215 pound gilt, also d.ew a ® f . th « wa £, 209
recoid price, $64 per pound % "
It went to E W Martin Pack- f ® la ° e , 52613 pet
ing Company for $137 60 The hu ? d i e sT® h i These ave ‘ a S^
previous top price had been the^ a e pilce for a i the
*6O per pound Champion and Reseive Cham-
T r • pmn hogs.
The contest was the fust FF\ .
hog competition for Mike He ™ e tot^^ e ' ght the , h °f
fcas been raising pigs for thiee was , 66 ’ 770 Pounds and the
years and has exhibited m 4-H £ tal sales amounted to ? 17 -'
contests The highest Mike ever
went in the 4-H competition was
breed leseive champion
The Warwick Chapter made a the sale on Tuesday afternoon
fine showing in the competition, Repiesented were Penn Packing
taking the Grand and Reserve Company, E. W Martin, Kunz-
Championships, four Breed lei, A & B Packing, Armour
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Livengood and daughter Nancy
watch closely as their son participates in the hog show
competition. With the Livengoods is Miss Raye Jean
Shields. The Livengoods live at Manheim RD3.
The lepoit fiom the Conseiva
tion Distnct office last week
that Ivan Yost, Christiana RDI
would be eligible foi the state
plowing contest at Heishev was
in error, officials said this w'eek
Frank Ruoss, one of the competitors m the FFA Hog yost fimshed second in the
Show, watches the judging along with his parents, Mr and C ontoui plowing contest at New
Mrs. Frank Ruoss, of New Holland. Frank was one of the Holland and would be eligible
successful exhibitors in the show, winning the Duroc Breed only if the fust place wmnei
Championship and placing third in the Fitting Contest. did not attend, officials said
Filling, Showmanship
Ei ic Zcisct of New Holland,
A total of 319 head wei e sold
Eight Buyers
Eight buyeis were present at
FFA Grand Champion and Reserve Mike holds the Grand and Resen e
Grand Champion were shown by Mike Champion trophies above each of his
Grube from the Warwick FFA Chapter. prize winning pigs.
Packing, John Hoober, J P Wai-Spot; reserve, Eric Zeiset of Mike Grube, leseive, Euc
fel, and Chailes Poor Garden Spot; Beikshne—Mar- Zeiset, Open Class—champion.
Mr Henry Gruber from \&B lm B °Bmger of Ephiata, ic- Ken Giube of Waiwick, and
Packing was the judge foi the seive> Eu S ene Bollingei of Eph- icseive, Robeit Halting of
morping competition rata, Cxossbied champion, Ephiata
This yeai’s show was the , »
usual The good showing came
about despite the lecent epidem- MMP
ic of hog choleia in the County |j“Jj r s
Sale Chairman Maik Camp
bell said he knew of only one
boy who could not show his hogs
because of the disease Campbell
further stated that the boy in
volved only had stock under ob
servational quarantine
Breed Champions
The bleed champions and le
serve champions were Yoikshne
—champion, Mike Grube of
Waiwick, leseive, Joe Lefevei
of Manheim, Hampshne—cham
pion, Mike Giube leseive, Jesse
Balmer of Waiwick, Poland
China—Meivin Gioff of Man
heim, leseive, David Biandt of
Manheim, Spotted Swine—Lin
ford Weavei of Eplnafa le
seive, Alvin Redcay of Gaiden
Spot.
Landi ace champion, In in
Saylor of Elizabethtown le
seive, Glenn Obeiholtzer of
Elizabethtown, Duioc cham
pion, Fiank Ruoss of Gaiden
Yost Not In State Contest
LaiH’fisti’r Farm
Showmanship Award —Clark Stauffer from the Ephrata
Chapter was judged the best showman at the FFA Hog
Show and Sale on Tuesday Clark is seen showing one of
his hogs in an earlier competition. Stauffer \\ as also second
in the fitting contest.
mg. Siitui clii,\. Ai.gml (i. 1070 0
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