60—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 26, 1976
Auctioneer
[Continued from Page 58]
Gerry Nevins explains it
this way, “A good auctioneer
never quits making you
money and a poor auctioneer
never quite costing you
money.”
Each contestant was
sponsored by a livestock
market and had to pay $125
entry fee to be able to
compete. Evaluated by nine
judges, three each from the
western, central, and
eastern regions of the
country, each contestant had
four sales and only a few
minutes to prove _his
talents.
The biggest criterion of
evaluation used by each
judging was an intrinsic
reaction to whether he (the
judge) would want the
auctioneer to handle sale of
his animals. This breaks
down into finer catagories
such as clarity, speed,
personal appearance, dic-_
tation, ability to catch bids,
and ability to-convince the
buyers to bid higher.
Actually, the bidding
wasn’t all that much higher
on Saturday than the
previous day. According to
Norman Kolb, secretary
treasurer of the New Holland
Sales Stables, the prices
were steady with Thursday,
Religious heritage
music festival
LITITZ, Pa. - The Lititz
Bicentennial Choir will
present an evening of choir
and instrumental music,
narrated to highlight the
Lincoln 4-H
Sewing Club
names leaders
The Lincoln 4-H Sewing
Club is divided into six
categories with the following
leaders. Mrs. Miriam Moore,
Mrs. Molly Royer, and Mrs.
Shirley Martin help the
“Start Stitdhing” girls, who
are the beginning sewers.
The second year group,
“Making a Skirt,” is led by
Mrs. Judy Leaman.
Miss Debra Myers and
Miss Pat Hetrick lead the
third year group, “A School
Outfit,” and the “Wool” and
“Freelance” groups are both
led by Mrs. Nancy Good.
or possibly a little higher.
Top price for fat cattle was
42.00 and 47.25 for stockers.
In the five hours of auc
tioneering, 860 cattle were
run through the block. Of
these, 650 were fat cattle and
200 were feeders and
stockers. These cattle were
consigned to the 'Showcase
Cattle Sale, arranged
especially for the contest.
“They are fine, grain-fed
cattle, but nothing ex
traordinary,” commented
Ron Ball, last year’s world
champion. “You can’t have
anything exceptional
because you want to test the
auctioneer’s real ability,-to
sell cattle, not' just prize
winners.”
Ball, from Brush, Colo.,
held the coveted title for the
past year. He says it helped
to stimulate sales and acted
as free advertising and
publicity. And, just as in any
other tile, the holder’s value
goes up in the eyes of those
purchasing his servicqg. But,
mostly, it is just the great
honor involved that makes it
such a desired title. '
One exceptionally exciting
event Ball took part in due to
his title was the In
ternational Stock Show in
Chicago where he sold the
Grand Champion. That event
area’s religious music
heritage. The program will
be presented on Sunday
evening , July 4th, at 7 p.m.
in the Lititz Springs Park or,
in event of rain, in the
Warwick High School
auditorium.
The choir is composed of
more than 140 singers from
the churches of the Lititz
area led by Mrs. Julia Keehn
and Mrs. Virginia Burkey.
The choir will be ac
companied by Mrs. Donna
Burkholder and Mrs. Grace
Fulweiler at the piano and
organ and by a Trombone
Choir directed by John H.
Yerger. A narration by Dr.
Byron Home will identify the
selections and relate them to
the establishment of the
various churches in the area.
There will be no admission
charge.
The program should be
over in time for you to attend
the Pageant of Light and
Sound at 9:00 p.m. in the
Moravian Church Square.
MARTVTS
BAH
Use in any stable or animal
pen that has a tendency to
become slippery when wet
• Cow Stables and Runways
• Hog Pens
• Sheep Stables
• Dog and Cat Kennels
• Chicken Houses
• Other damp areas
See your local dealer.
MARTIN’S LIMESTONE INC.
was part of a 30-minute TV
program.
This year’s contest at New
Holland was also being taped
for television - German
television. Werner Herzog,
academy award nominee
and winner at the Cannes
Film Festival, taped the
whole event. It will be aired
in about four months and will
hopefully be available to
American audiences.
Three camera crews were
on hand to capture the whole
event. Herzog wants to dipict
auctioneering as a form of
poetry, as a dying American
tradition, and as a tie to the
old country. The Gerrnan
crew had seen an auction in
Colorado where they had
created the idea for the film.
Of the three crews, only
one photographer Ed Lach
man, was an American. He
has also won an Emmy and
an academy award
/nomination for his work. He
is now doing a feature film of
his won entitled “Trapped.”
After the auction, all
contestants headed to
Hershey Motor Lodge and
Convention Center by bus or
by car where the winners
were announced at an
awards banquet. Steve
Liptay, of Bowmanville,
Ont., Canada, was the World
Champion. Reserve
champion was Ralph Waite
of Miami, Okla., and Leon
Wallace, West Monroe, La.,
was runnerup.
The regional winners
'were: Eastern Region,
Marvin Alexander, Siler
City, N.C., regional cham
pion; Bobby Russell, Canton
Miss., regional reserve
champion, and Phil Tuck,
Cedartown, Ga., regional
runner up; Central Region
Armon Wolff, Golden Valley,
N.D., regional champion,
Alan Drake, Houston, Tex.,
regional reserve champion,
and Bill Zobel, Creighton,
Neb., regional runner-up;
Western Region, Chuck
Cumberlin, Brush, Colo.,
regional champion, Jim
Odle, Brush, Colo., regional
reserve champion, and Ken
Younglund, • Miles City,
Mont.
MEMO
HAY, STRAW
and EAR CORN
SALE
EVERY MONDAY
AT lIA M.
EVERY WEDNESDAY
12 00 NOON
NEW HOLLAND SALES
STABLES, INC
Phone 717-354-4341
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Brandt's Farm Supply, Inc.
601 E. High St.
Elizabethtown, PA-
Ph. (717) 367-1221
Longacre Electrical
Svc. Inc.
Bally, PA
Phone (215) 845-2261
H. Daniel Wenger
& Bro. Inc.
RDI, Hamburg, PA
Phone (215) 488-6574
Jim's Sales & Service
Oak Bottom RD Box 37
Quarryville, PA.
Phone (717) 786-1533
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RDl.Wind Gap, PA
" Ph. (215) 863-4557
Glenn E. Hurst
RD2, East Earl, PA
Ph. (215) 445-6865
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RD2, Annville, PA
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Ph. (717) 626-6198