At Ephrata,
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FFA
Angus - Jeff Cramer,
Strasburg, RDI, first; Rick Hess,
Strasburg RDI, second; Galen
Long, Columbia RD2, third; and
Curt Hess, Strasburg RDI,
fourth.
Crossbred - Dwight Houser,
Lampeter, first; Bob Shenk,
Washington Boro RDI, second.
4-H
Angus - Carol Harnish, Lan
caster RD6, first; Greg Greider,
Columbia RD2, second; Cathy
Harnish, Lancaster RD6, third;
Rick Hess, Strasburg RDI,
fourth.
Hereford - 'Joanne Shank,
Conestoga RDI, first; Marcie
Shank, Conestoga RDI, second;
Ed Hess, Strasburg RDI, third;
and Gary Forry, Horseshoe
Road, fourth.
Crossbred - Tim Hess, Lan
caster RD2, first; Robert Hess,
Lancaster RD2, second; Debra
Greider, Columbia RD2, third;
Gary Brubaker, Running Pump
Road, fourth.
In Wednesday afternoon’s
swine competition, Rick Pfautz,
18, Stevens RDI, captured both
the champion boar and champion
sow awards.
A 1972 graduate of Ephrata
Area High School, Rick is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Pfautz.
The champion market hog was
shown by Carl Thomas, 14, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas,
Millersville RDI. In addition,
Carl showed the champion pen of
four hogs.
The hog show was judged by
Mark Nestleroth, Manheim.
At the sheep show on
Wednesday, blue ribbons were
rather evenly distributed bet
ween about six exhibitors
showing 52 sheep in seven
breeds.
Among those exhibiting sheep
were Tim, Edward and Laßue
Donough, Manheim RD4 and
RD2; Randy Walker, Lancaster
RD6; Clyde Brubaker,
Harrisburg Pike; Harold Harp-
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In Dairy Show competition on
Thursday, Susan Frey showed an
aged cow to the grand champion
Holstein honors. The cow was
owned by Susan’s father, J.
Mowery Frey.
Frey’s five-year-old cow was
also among the best three
females in the show.
James High’s five-year-old
Holstein took the reserve
champion ribbon.
The 4-H champion entry was
won by Sandra Frey, daughter of
J. Mowery Frey. The reserve
honors went to Randy Hess.
Rick Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Hess, took the top FFA
honors.
Rick’s cousin, Randy Hess
captured the senior showman
trophy while Randy’s cousin,
Jack Hess, took the junior
showman award.
Keeping it in the family, Elvin
Hess, Randy’s father, captured
the senior Holstein get award.
Jay Landis’s Holstein took the
best udder award.
Another Hess, Curt, also took
the junior reserve ribbon while
Susan Frey took the Holstein
Junior championship.
The grand champion for the
Guernsey event went to Kenneth
Garbep, Willow Street RD2.
Garber’s entry also took the
senior champion Guernsey title.
Garber’s son, Gerald, captured
the junior champion Guernsey
title with his eight-month-old
junior calf.
• Arthur Brenneman won the
reserve grand champion title
with his Guernsey and also the
senior reserve ribbon. Bren
neman also showed the best three
Guernsey females. Ken Garber
captured the best udder award in
the Guernsey competition.
In the Brown Swiss breed,
Steve Witowski’s junior calf took
top honors. It was the only entry.
The show was judged by Sam
Acker, Chester Springs.
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Kerry Boyd, Ephrata, showed the reserve Beef Show on Thursday night,
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Competition at the Ephrata
Fair began Tuesday night with a
greased pig chase and an adult
tractor driving contest.
The tractor drivers were faced
with an unusual test of skill this
time, with the addition of a
double hitch backing contest to
the regular tractor course. The
contest consisted of backing a
tractor towing a forage harvester
and forage wagon - all 10 axles -
down a marked course without
“jack-knifing” or crossing the
marked lines.
Charles Ackley, a vo-ag in
structor at Ephrata Area High
School for the past nine years,
won the event. One of the courses
he teaches is tractor safety.
First place winner in the
regular tractor driving contest
Tuesday was Leonard Kreider,
Lititz RD4.
Kreider demonstrated his
tractor driving skill by driving a
manure spreader through an
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obstacle course, backing it into a
stall and backing a four-wheel
wagon into a stall.
Second place in the tractor
driving competition went to Clark
Stauffer, Ephrata RDI. Tom
Zartman, Ephrata RDI, placed
third and Glenn Martin, Ephrata
RDI, placed fourth.
In the pig chase, 14-year-old
Daryl Martin proved to be the
best bacon bagger in the 15-years
and under competition. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs .Theodore H.
Martin, Ephrata RDI. Martin’s
prize was his catch.
The two runnersup in the event,
Steve Nelson 15-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nelson,
Stevens RD2, and Dennis Martin,
14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore H. Martin, Ephrata
RDI, each won 10 pounds of pork
chops.
In over 15 years of age com
petition, Dave Moore, 32,
Ephrata RD2, won the 150-pound
pig which he captured.
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Other finalists in the adult pig
chase were Phil Leininger, 20,
Denver RD2, Edwin Williams, 41,
Stevens RDI; and Dale Weid
man, 23, Stevens RDI.
In Wednesday’s junior market
lamb show, the three children of
Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Herr,
Narvon RD2, had the champion
and reserve champion market
lambs and the champion on-foot
carcass lamb.
Dr. Herr is chairman of the
vocational agriculture depart
ment at Garden Spot High School,
in addition to being one of the
county’s top sheep farmers. The
Herrs raise about 90 sheep. Ten
year-old Barbara took the grand
champion market lamb rosette
with her Dorset lamb. The
reserve grand champion market
lamb was shown by 14-year-old
Elizabeth. Her entry was the
champion Suffolk lamb.
The top on-foot carcass lamb
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