—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1978
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Mike Martin, East Earl RDI, proved to be the
best pig catcher in his class at the eighth annual
pig catching contest held at Ephrata Fair October
Pig and Guinea chase results announced
EPHRATA - The pigs were
let loose andthe chase began
in the eighth annual pig
catching contest held at the
Ephrata Fair October 3.
successful pig catcher in the
seven to eleven year old
category. Grant, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wise,
receivec a trophy and sold
his captured pig at the hog
sale held the following
evening. Steve Shuman, 11,
Electric fencer manufacturer
Grant Wise, 10,
Bowmansville was the
gets magazine’s recognition
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
world’s largest manufac
turer of electric fence
controllers, has been given
special recognition by The
Kansas City Business
Journal, Outlook, for
leadership and advances in
specialized electronics.
The Parker-McCrory Mfg.
Co., makers of Parmak
Products, was the world’s
first company to introduce
electric fence chargers and
is also the first to mtroduce
sohd-state technology to
farm fencing. “A sohd-state
device called the ‘silicon
controlled, rectifier’ delivers
a powerful shock that lasts
about .0002 of a second, a jolt
powerful enough to shock
through weeds and charge
up to 20 miles of fence
without endangering
animals,” the business
magazine reported.
Parmak was also one of
the original manufacturers
to sell world-wide “wiftd
powered” electric
Greased pig
chase held
LAMPETER As part of
the West Lampeter Com
munity Fair, Brian Roth,
won the greased pig contest
for boys under 12 years of
age. The Wheatland Junior
High School student com
peted against 50 other youth
to win.
In the 13 to 15 age class,
James Stauffer, from the
Penn Manor School District,
won the contest.
And in the senior divison,
the winner was Fred Ger
mer, also of Penn Manor.
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'EM ALL!
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generating systems for
farms in the mid 1930’5.
These systems used the wind
to charge batteries in order
to run electric lights and
other devices.
For more information
about Parmak electric fence
chargers, please contact
Kenneth D. Turner, general
sales manager, Parker
McCrory Mfg. Co., 3175
Terrace Street, Kansas City,
Mo., 64111.
Noli p
[jeep]
was the runner-up in the
same division. Steve, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Shuman, Lancaster RD2,
received a gift certificate
from Cloister Dairies Inc.
for his efforts.
In the 12 to 15 year old
category, Mike Martin, 15,
proved to be the best pig
catcher in his class. Mike,
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilmer R. Martin, East Earl
RDI, received a trophy and
will keep his pig. Rodney
Gockley, 13, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Gockley,
Remholds RDI, received a
gift certificate from Galens
Hardware for being the
runner-up.
An aggressive group of pig
chasers were in the 16 years
and older class. Clarence
Fittery, 19, was muddy but
successful as he took his
caught pig back to his
Denver RD2 residence.
"IN OUR 57th YEAR"
INC
Clarence also received a
trophy. Allen 8011, 17, of
Lititz, received a gift cer
tificate from Hairy Hoover
for Agway as his runner-up
award. David Eberly, 20, of
Lancaster, received a gift
certificate from Hollinger’s
Farm Market. David was a
runner-up in this class also.
Another feature of the
evening was a Guinea chase
open to children seven years
and younger.
Dwayne Host, 7, was one of
the three successful Guinea
catchers of the evening.
Dwayne is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ezra Horst. Carol
Martin, 7, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer
Martin, East Earl, caught a
Guinea along with Debra
Hulse, 7 Debra is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Hulse, Ephrata.
Both contests were con
ducted by the Ephrata Area
Young Farmers’ Association
as an Ephrata Fair event.
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