Craftsmen awarded at Farm Show
FARM SHOW - Craft
smen and craftswomen from
all over Pennsylvania had a
chance to participate in the
Farm Show too this year.
The work which ranged
Corn husk is for recycling into flower
arrangements. That use of the crop by-product
earned Melissa Weaver, Jonestown R 3, Lebanon
County, a first place in 4-H crafts.
from traditional to folk
crafts, was judged Saturday
afternoon and was on display
for the entire week.
This year there were 29
classes with needlecrafts
and rugs being amongst the
favorites. Others, such as
cornhusk characters,
Mexican weaving and batik
had only a few entries, but
still were admired by
thousands of onlookers.
The winners and their
classes follow:
Quilts
1 Betty Berkstresser HarnsonviJle 2
Gert Leffmgwell Girard 3 Kathleen
Peiffer Lebanon 4 Mrs Dons Leas East
Berlin 5 Mrs Linda Oilier Gap
Folk Art
1 Mrs Jackie Everett Mifflmtown 2
Verna Covington Muncy Valley 3 Mrs
Entries in the open class crafts included the four
door decorations. Unique were the upper left
design, woven from wheat straw, and the wreath
of dried grape vines, at lower right.
Kathryn E Johnson 4 John Everett
Mifflmtown 5 Sharon Raub Edinburg
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1 Marcia Kile BiglervilJe 2 Mary Alice
Tyock 3 Eunice Fredrick Sugartoaf 4
Donna Morgan Kingston 5 Mrs Sara
Reynolds Mechamcsburg
Crafts from Natural Materials
I Mary C Wmsheimer Pine Grove 2
Sandra Murray Pottsvitle 3 Cathnne
Kieffer Hershey 4 Mrs Kathryn E
Johnson Easton 5 Theresa Hercenberg
New Albany
Needlework Acessones
Crocheted
1 Mrs Carl Deitnch Bellefonte 2
Mary Harshbarger Camp Hill 3 Nancy K
Hodge New Holland 4 Mrs Robert R
Balsbaugh Myerstown 5 Edna Mae
Hahn Stoystown
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 17,19t1—A9
Always wondering what to do with those Farm
Show ribbons? Design them into a quilt, like this
one exhibited by Joan Watt, Corsica Rl. Jefferson
County.
Knitted
1 Hilda J Kirwan Camp Hill 7 Louise
Stiglitz Franklin 3 Mrs Robert R
Balsbaugh Myerstown 4 Sarah Stein
Harrisburg
Harness Loom Weaving
1 Mrs Louise Mower Chambenburg
2 Judy D Mower Cbambersburg 3
Mary Frances Watkins Oberlm 4 Jean
Kimmel Somerset 5 Dorothy Reed
Bedford
Braided Rugs
1 Linda Garber Mt Joy 2 Mrs Tom
Denlmger Gap 3 Ruth Hyatt Ronks 4
Trudy E Johnston Lock Haven 5 Jean
Lewis Hershey
Hooked Rugs
I Mrs Lester Clogett Gettysburg 2
Hazei E Angle Greencastle 3 Blanche
Landis Fnedenos 4 Eunice Frederick
Sugarloaf 5 Mrs John Wyckoff Get
tysburg
Creative Fabrics and Fibers
(Quilted Craft*) I Lois Fisher Lake
City 2 Dons Misselhorn Lancaster 3
Patty Mandes Nazareth a Jane L
Alexander Lebanon 5 Bertie Price
Harnsonvdle
Creative Fabrics and Fibers
(Weaver Controlled Crafts)
1 Cheryl Mampe Bendersville 2
Dorothy Reed Bedford 3 Barbara J
Mellott Warfordsburg 4 Nadine Stock
New Oxford 5 Mrs Mae Burket Mar
tmsburg
Creative Fabrics and Fibers
(Latch-Hook Crafts)
1 Cynthe Brubaker Hershey 2 Beth
Whitman Mechamcsburg 3 Sally M
Focht Leesport 4 Carolyn Musick
Latrobe 5 Debbie Leader Harrisburg
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