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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15,1980—A13
bam
BRICKERVILLE - A fire
which started at about 8 p.m.
Tuesday night completely
destroyed a bam located on
the North side of Rt. 322 just
East of Brickerville.
The bam was owned by
Philip Seppi, 121 E. 28th
Division Highway.
Over 100 firemen from half
a dozen companies fought
the fire, but the building was
given up as a total loss
within minutes after the
blaze was discovered.
Seppi said his wife looked
out the window and com
mented that it looked like
there was a fire up the road a
bit.
“It went just like a puff,”
he added.
High winds fanned the fire
and sent billows of smoke off
to the East. The winds also
carried flames to the roofs of
several neighboring homes.
All of the smaller fires were
extinguished immediately
by firemen.
A neighbor first saw the
blaze. Seppi said the
neighbor told him it was not
much of a fire until straw in
a wagon caught and then the
whole place went up in a
flash.
Responding to the fire
were men from Brickemlle,
Lincoln, Durlach-Mt. Airy,
Brannerville, Penryn, and
Manheim fire departments.
Other area compames
were on standby alert.
Pork producers
choose queen
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The
1980 National Pork Queen
Title has gone to Beth Coody,
18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Leon C. Coody, Bentoma,
MS.
She was selected from a
field of 19 candidates in
coronation ceremonies last
Thursday evening at the
American Pork Congress in
St. Louis.
First runner-up was Alicia
Haynes, 19, Shongaloo, LA.
The three other finalists
were Paula Lynn Tenhouse,
21, LaPrairie, IL; Tanyia
Greseth, 20, Wanammgo,
MN and Kay Meyer, 20,
Leipsic, OH. Miss
Traffic was rerouted for
several hours from busy Rt.
322 through Brubaker
Valley.
Investigators said the fire,
i which started m a small shed
attached to the bam, was
considered as being of
suspicious origin.
Seppi said there was no
electricity in the shed or in
that part of the bam. But he
said a neighbor was sure the
fire originated in that part of
the building.
The bam housed about 15
hogs. For a tune rumor had
it that the hogs had escaped
the blaze. But unfortunately,
Seppi said he figured only
one of the animals got out of
the burning building.
A number of small
animals, cats and dogs, also
were burned. A dog at the
nearby tennant house was
scorched.
Some farm equipment,
gram and hay were lost in
the fire.
Seppi said insurance
appraisers were at the scene
of the fire by the next
morning.
But because of the
suspicious origin of the fire
no cleanup could begin right
away until the state fire
marshal had the op
portunity to come to the
farm and inspect the bumed
out barn.
Seppi said be is unsure at
the moment whether or not
he will rebuild.—CH
Congeniality was Belinda
Stephens, 20, Sapulpa, OK.
The new National Pork
Queen received a $3OOO
scholarship from National
Pork Producers Council and
American Cyanamid as well
as special presentations
from Wolverine and
Moorman Feeds.