Fancy Flock Flyers sell first place shawl for record price
BY SHEILA MILLER
FARM SHOW - The
Fancy Flock Flyers claimed
first place in the second
Farm Show Sheep to Shawl
contest, held last Wednesday
evening.
Judges Jean Woodward,
Mount Airy, Md., and
Florence Hall, Keymar,
Md., selected the team’s
buck-grey natural white
shawl as the winner out of
ten entries.
Team captain and weaver
for the Fancy Flock Flyers
was Carol Buskirk,
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second Sheep to Shawl Contest. While spectators looked on, sheep were shorn,
wool was carded and spun, and a natural fiber shawl was created the fastest
time just over an hour.
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At Farm Show’s Second Sheep to Shawl Contest
Lmglestown. Glenn Seibert,
of Lebanon, provided the
shearing skills, while other
team members, Betsy
Dilger, Lebanon; Jimmie
Hepford, Summerdale; and
Joanne Higgins, Harrisburg,
carded and spun the fleece
into wool yarn. The Flyers
also had the first place shawl
at the Lebanon County
Farm-City Week contest
held last fall.
The team with the fastest
finishing time for taking the
fleece from sheep to shawl
was the Lancaster Niddy-
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Noddies. Their time was 63
minutes from start to finish.
Team . members included
Dotty Lewis, Lancaster,
captain; Phyllis Robinson,
Lancaster; Connie Rannels,
Hershey; Barbara Lynch,
Pequea; and David Eck
man, Lancaster, shearer.
The finished shawls
measured 20 to 22 inches
wide and were at least 75
inches long with 5 inches of
fringe on each end
After First Lady Ginny
Thornburgh awarded the
ribbons and trophies, the top
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The first place team at the 65th Farm Show Second Annual Sheep to Shawl
Contest was the Fancy Flock Flyers. Team members, from left, included: Betsy
Dilger, Lebanon; Carol Buskirk, Linglestown; Jimmie Hepford, Summerdale;
Joanne Higgins, Harrisburg; and Glenn Seibert, Lebanon. In the background is
First Lady Ginny Thornburgh who presented the championship trophy.
six shawls were auctioned
off by Harry Bachman,
AnnviUe.
Bidding on the first place
shawl started at $lOO. By the
tune all the bids were in,
buyer Rich Brandt, Reading,
set a Farm Show record with
his final nod to the auc
tioneer at $260. Brandt also
purchased last year’s first
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place Farm Show shawl and
the Lebanon Farm-City
Week blue ribbon shawl.
Audrey Shirk of Lebanon
bought the second place
shawl from the Lancaster
team for $l9O.
Pennsylvania Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture
Chet Heim showed his
support of the contest by
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fast unloading
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purchasing the third place
shawl, created by the
Pennsylvania Wool Workers.
Last year’s first place Sheep
to Shawl Contest winners,
team members Scott
Murdock, Gettysburg;
Cheryl Mampe, Ben
dersville; Sharon Worley,
Camp Hill; Brenda Bothe,
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