jr. market swme (Continued from Page Al') are the best of any show I have judged. “There just aren’t any bad hogs anywhere today ” As he tapped Michele Bankert’s heavyweight as the grand champ, Andrews said it had the most of the best He liked its bone structure and body shape, particularly through the lower half of the body Despite the morning snow, a full crowd of spectators watched the crowning of the grand champ, named Natalie by its 17-year-old owner Michele, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Rodger Bankert, didn’t exhibit at last year’s show Two years ago, she took a couple of second placings. She also garnered top placings during the past year at two county roundups and at the York County Fair A high school senior, she plans to attend Central Business School in Harrisburg following graduation Exhibitor of the reserve grand champion, Eric Sheiss is the son of Mr and Mrs Daryl Sheiss, 967 Marian Road, Chambersburg It was his first competition at the Farm Show and he launched its quite im pressively with the reserve Eric is a member of the Hamilton-St Thomas 4-H Pig Club. In the lightweight com petition, the champion was exhibited by Randy Williams, Rl, Honey Grove, and the reserve champion by Donald Bishop, R 2 Homer City Among the middleweights, the top spot went to Ben jamin Gruber, Rl, New Tripoli, and the reserve honors to Todd Niebauer, Rl.Ebensburg. Finishing behind Eric Sheiss in the light heavyweights was Greta Lehman, R 2, Port Royal, who showed the reserve champion. And runnerup to Michele Bankert in the heavyweights was Mike Niebauer, Rl, Ebensburg. The top finishers in each of the groups of competition include LIGHTWEIGHT Group 1 1 Chris Chapman R 5 Manhetm 2 Jack Thompson R 2 Pulaski FARM SHOW - The foods clases of the Home Economics Award contest at the Farm Show had more participants then any other class Out of over 80 different categories, Lancaster County placed first in over 25 Results are as follows HOME ECONOMICS AWARD LIST 1981 Foods Open Classes Menu li Display ot 3 Jars of Food I Myrtle Lefever Lancaster Co 2 Judy Meek Cumberland Co 3 Mrs Merle Mishler Somerset Co 4 Margaret Burkholder Franklin Co 5 Kathryn Auman Dauphin Co Display of Canned Fruit 1 Mrs Janet Miller Lancaster Co 2 Mrs Roy B Mull Lancaster Co 3 Mrs Merle Mishler 4 Mrs L Henry Zim merman Lancaster Co 5 Myrtle Lefever Display of Canned Vegetables 1 Mrs Merle Mishler 2 Myrtle Lefever 3 Mrs Janet Miller 4 Mrs Roy B Mull 5 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman Canned Fruit Sweet Cherries White With Pits I Myrtle Lefever 2 Mrs Roy B Mull 3 Margaret Burkholder Franklin Co 4 Mrs Harry Heim Mercer Co 5 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman Sweet Cherries Dark or Red with Pits 1 Mrs Merle Mishler 2 Mrs Janet Grand champion junior market hog is this purebred Duroc shown by Michele Bankert, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Bankert, R 3, Hanover. 3 Donald Haas R 2 Orefield 4 Gary Rohrbach Shoemakersville 5 Mark Gutshall Carlisle Group 2 1 Gregg Strieker Rl Bernville 2 Darlene Harr Rl Latrobe 3 Jeff Gerlach Rl Washington Boro 4 Markßohrback Shoemakersville 5 Mark Diamond R 2 Smithfield Group 3 1 Randy Williams Rl Honey Grove 2 Donald Bishop R 2 Homer City 3 Donald Sheiss Chambersburg 4 Lyndon Yeanck R 2 Mill Hall 5 Mike Pfautz Rl Stevens MIDDLEWEIGHT Group 1 1 Todd Niebauer Rl Ebensburg 2 Barbara Hilty R 5 Ml Pleasant 3 Dawn Shirk Lebanon 4 Barbara Hilty 5 Dana Hollaway Rl New Freedom Group 2 I Robert Bishop R 2 Homer City 2 Dorothy Harr Rl Latrobe 3 Donald Bishop R 2 Homer City 4 Stephanie Kocher Mansfield 5 Mike Niebauer Rl Ebensburg Group 3 1 Benjamin Gruber Rl New Tripoli 2 David Arnold Lebanon 3 Gordon Long R 3 Columbia 4 Linford Martin Rl Stevens 5 Michele Bankert R 3 Hanover LT HEAVYWEIGHT Group 1 1 Greta Lehman R 2 Port Royal 2 Chris Chapman R 5 Manhetm 3 Jay Zimmerman Rl New Holland 4 Stephanie Kocher Rl Mansfield 5 Chris Diamond R 2 Smithfield Group 2 I Eric Sheiss Cham bersburg 2 Jay Zimmerman Rl New Holland 3 Darlene Harr Rl Latrobe 4 Dana Hollaway Rl New Freedom 5 Randy Williams Rl Honey Grove Group 3 I Enc Sheiss Cham bersburg 2 Todd Niebauer Rl Ebensburg 3 Robert Bishop 111 R 2 Homer City 4 Dawn Shirk Lebanon 5 PeggyKreider Rl Elizabethtown HEAVYWEIGHTS Group 1 1 Mike Niebaue r Rl Ebensburg 2 Kyle Brown Rl Klmgersto*n 3 Dorothy Harr Rl Latrobe 4 William Hoffman Rl Pa Furnace 5 Bruce Smith Washington Group 2 1 Donald Sheiss Cham bersburg 2 Beth Hottzmger R 2 Red Lion 3 Bruce Smith Washington 4 Scott Lazarus Whitehall 5 Donald LeidugJr R 4 Tyrone Group 3 1 Michele Bankert R 3 Hanover 2 James Howard Jr Rl Petersburg 3 Jim Harnish R 6 Lan caster 4 Mike Bergey Teltord 5 Brian Zerby Rl Knoxville Lancaster Co. sweeps food awards Miller 3 Margaret Burkholder 4 Kathryn Auman 5 Mrs Lynwood Cott Sullivan Co Sweet Cherries Red Without Pits I Mrs Merle Mishler 2 Myrtle Lefever 3 Mrs Roy B Mull 4 William R Fntsch 5 Kathryn Auman Peahces 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Pearle Barrow Somerset Co 3 Mrs Meric Mishler 4 Shirley Tice Potter Co 5 Suzi Schock Columbia Co Pears 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Mrs Harry Heim 3 Mrs Merle Mishler 4 Mrs Lynwood Cott 5 Pearle Barrow Plums Red or Blue 1 Mrs Merle Mishler 2 Mrs Roy B Mull 3 Myrtle Lefever 4 Mrs Harry Heim Raspberries Red 1 Kathryn Auman 2 Mrs Roy B Mull 3 Mrs Merle Mishler 4 Mrs Janet Miller Raspberries Black 1 Mrs Merle Mishler 2 Myrtle Lefever 3 Mrs Roy B Mull 4 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman 5 Mrs Janet Miller Blackberries 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Mrs Harry Hiem 3 Mrs Janet Miller 4 Mrs Merle Mishler 5 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman Blueberries 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Myrtle Lefever 3 Mrs Merle Mishler 4 Mrs Janet Miller 5 Margaret Burkholder Canned Vegetables Tomatoes Whole In Juice 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Judy Meek Cumberland 3 Mrs Harry Heim 4 Myrtle Lefever 5 Mrs Lynwood Cott Benjamin Gruber, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gruber, Rl, New Tripoli, exhibits middleweight champion junior market hog. Bankert wins swine showmanship FARM SHOW - Michele Bankert, R 3 Hanover, captured the championship in the Swine Showmanship Contest at the 65th Farm Show. She also was declared Tomatos Cut in Juice No Water Added 1 Hazel E Angle Franklin Co 2 Mrs Harry Heim 3 Mrs Roy B Mull A Myrtle Lefever 5 Mrs Merle Mishler Tomato Juice I Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Margaret Burkholder 3 Myrtle lelever 4 Mrs Harry Heim 5 Mrs Merle Mishler Beans Snap Yellow I Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Myrtle Lefever 3 Mrs Merle Mishler 4 Mrs Janet Miller 5 Mrs Lynwood Cott Beans Snap Green 1 Mrs Merle Mishler 2 Mrs Roy B Mull 3 Myrtle Lefever 4 Trudy John ston Clinton Co 5 Kathryn Auman Beans Lima 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Myrtle Lefever 3 Mrs Merle Mishler 4 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman 5 Hazel E Angle Peas Hulled 1 Mrs Merle Mishler 2 Mrs Roy B Mull 3 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman 4 Myrtle Lefever 5 Betty Berkstresser Fulton Co Asparagus 1 Mrs Janet Miller 2 Myrtle Lefever 3 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman 4 Mrs Roy B Mull Corn (I) Whole Kernel Yellow 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Mrs Merle Mishler 3 Betty Berkstresser 4 Myrtle Lefever (2) Whole Kernel White 1 Myrtle Lefever 2 Mrs Merle Mishler 3 M s Roy B Mull 4 Haze) E Angle 5 Mrs L Henry Zimmerman Carrots 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Mrs Merle winner of the 16-17 years oh division. Winner of the 11 years and under division was Michael Niebauer, Ebensburg. u ,Sh ', e F r l 4 > Mrs°MeHe Henry 3 MerleM,shier >Zt " Beets M m t| e Lele n e 3 8 MU " 4 1 Mrs Merle Mlshler 2 Mrs L Henry 1 Mrs Janet Miller 2 Mrs L Henry yr e v Zimmerman 3 Margaret Burkholder 4 Zimmerman 3 Mrs Roy B Mull 4 Pcale r , . Mrs Roy B Mull 5 Myrtle lefever Auman S ° merSel 5 1 Mrs Roy B Mull 2 Myrtle Lefever (Turn to Page A3B) honors in 4-H canned foods competition. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 17,1981—A37 With his champion lightweight junior market hog is Randy Williams, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams, Rl, Honey Grove. Light heavyweight champion and reserve grand champion junior market hog is exhibited by nine year-old Eric Sheiss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Sheiss, Chambersburg. Greta Lehman of Port Royal, was named first place winner in the 12-13 years old division. Willie Wilson, Mertztown, was declared winner in the 14-15 years old division. In the 18 years and older division, the winner was Marilyn Deaven, Fredericksburg.
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