8— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August IS. 1970
Lancaster County 4-H Club members
were first place winners in the Junior Live
stock Judging Contest held at State 4-H
Days at Penn State this week. From left
Lancaster County Captures Statewide
Junior,
The senior Lancaster County
4-H Livestock judging team has
won the state title for the third
straight year
At competition with 18 other
teams at Penn State this week,
the senior team won the title
by scoring 1,172 points out of a
possible 1,350 Each team mem
ber can score 450 points, but
only the top three score are
counted.
Meanwhile, the county junior
livestock judging team also won
the state title, after finishing
fourth last year.
Max Smith, county agricul
tural agent, was coach for both
teams.
The senior team faced com
petition with 18 other teams,
while the junior team faced 12
others This means 72 other
individuals in senior judging
and 48 in junior.
(See Picture on Page 1)
Members of the senior team,
their score and over all placing
include Ed Donough, of Man
heim RDI, second, 403 points,
Gary Dean, Stiasburg RDI,
third, 389 points, Burnell Buch
en, Manhemi RD3, sixth, 380
points, and Claik Stauffer, Eph
rata RDI, 18th, 367 points
Junior team members includ
ed Jeffrey Gi eider, Columbia
RD2, fourth 309 points, Ed
Hess, Strasbuig RDI, seventh,
307 points, Ken Grube, Elm,
12th 299 points and Joseph Le
fever, Manheim RD4, 290
points
The senior judging team now
has four maim competitions
ahead The fn st is the Atlantic
Rural contest at Richmond, Va, |
in late September The second
is the Pennsylvania Livestock j
Exposition in Hainsburg in]
early Novembei, with the third |
the Eastein National Livestock
Show in Timonium, Md , in mid-
November
The judging season will be
climaxed in late November,
when the team will travel to
competition at the Internation
al Stock Show 4 H Judging con
lest m Chicago, where top 4-H
teams fiom acioss the nation
will meet.
Elsevheie, ip an event aimed
at making bettei consumeisout
of 4-H’eis, Sue Buckwalter. ot
L;titz RD3, Nancy Bailey, Mil-
Senior 4-H Livestock Events
lersville RDI, and Peggy Ham- RD2, and Sue Kauffman and
ilton, Ephrata, won a blue rib- Raelene Harbold, both of Ehza
bon for their presentation bethtown RDI, took seventh.
In 4-H Demonstiations, Nan- Darryl Bollinger, of Manheim
cy Yungmger, Manetta RDI, RDI, took 10th in tractor dnv-
Cmdv Hess, Strasburg RDI, and in g
Cynthia Smith, of Ephrata RD2, The youngsters were accom
won a blue ribbon for their panied to the three-day event by
livestock conservation presenta- Mrs Dons Thomas, extension
tion. home economist, and Robert
The county dairy judging Kauffman, a club leader,
team of Jesse Balmer. Lititz More than 1,100 4-H’ers took
RD4, David Wanner, Narvon part in the program.
they are: Ed Hess, Strasburg RDI; Mike
Grube, Elm; Jeffrey Greider, Columbia
RD2; and Joseph Lefever, Manheim RD4.
Chester Co. 4-H
Revue Draws 77
>omt 77 Kills pailicipatcd m
tlu- Chester C’ounty 411 Dilms
Re\ui .it tlu- Slone Bam neai
Umom illc August H Sin top
Wllllli- S f I 0111 till- SCIIIOI dlMblOll,
who weie cliosin to compete at
the Plymouth Meeting Mall
Southia-t Du-ss Rtvue on
An cast 13. wcie Anna Mane
Ciolti State Road. West C.ioie,
Cindy .Jo Cluisman, 134 Haies
Hill Road, Phoonixville: Jayne
Hensslcr, Chester Spnngs, RDI,
Kaien Laffeity, Hockessin, Dela
ware. Patti Yamall, Oxford RDI:
and Jane Wollaston, Newaik
Road. Toughkcnamon
The senior paiticipanls, who
must be 14 years old as of Jan
uaiy 1, 1970, were first judged
by then peeis. Eighteen girls
were chosen to be judged by a
panel of competent judges Mis
William Tail Jr, West Chester,
Mis daie Lilley of the Daily
Local News, and Mrs C. G.
Bigelow Jr., of Wayne.
The junior winners, who com
pete only on a county level,
weie Diane and Shaion Hite,
Landenbeig; Barbaia Hughes,
L\ndell; Charlene Thomforde,
Kennett Square RDI; Sandy
Flasher, Phoenixville, and Caiol
Ciarrocchi, Avondale
The Avondale 4-H Clothing
Club under the guidance of Mrs
Robert Trostle planned the
fashion show. They chose as
their theme “Fashions from
Aquarius” and the atmosphere
the teen leaders cieated through
posters and lighting was in the
youth mood of today. Other 4-H
leaders and parents of the Avon
dale, Oxford and West Grove
Clubs assisted in the tabulation
of scores and the physical ar
rangements of the day.
This National contest is spon
sored by The Pennsylvania State
Dress
Girls
fmvcisilv under the guidance
of the Coopei at i\ e Extension
Sei vice of Cheslei County. The
4-H Development Fund, Inc.
spomois the piogram in the
county
Mis. Edd Zug. Jr. sccrclaij,
spoke to the 4-11 members at the
Luncheon expicssmg the aims
oi this oig.mizalion and plcasuie
in seeing some of these objec
tives being lealized.
Miss June Wilke, extension
home economist, and Mrs.
Sandra M Eaton, associate home
economist, said they know -the
success of this event is due to
the efforts of the many 4-H
leaders who give then time,
energy and talent in canying on
the 4-H clothing clubs through
out the county.
Send Your 4-H News
Each 4-H Club is encour
aged to submit periodic re
ports of club activities for
publication in Lancaster
Farming.
To avoid mistakes, how
ever, it is important that ma
terial be double-checked for
accuracy before it is sent.
Make sure names are spelled
correctly and times and loca
tions are accurate.
Make sure handwriting is
legible, particularly with
names. Type if possible.
Material should be in the
office of Lancaster Farming,
P. O. Box 266, Lititz, Pa.
17543 by Thursday. Reports
are encouraged for publica
tion the same week as the
ejyent.