B24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24,1981 Lancaster Farmer’s Assn, tells 6 ag story’ BY DICK ANGLESTEIN LANCASTER - A couple ot months ago Earl Newcomer, president of the Lancaster County Farmer’s Association, went to a benefit auction for the Holtwood Fire Fighting Crew. One of the items coming up tor bid was a large, three dimensional, hand-crafted display ot a Pennsylvania Dutch Farm. “I remember the bidding opened at $5.” Newcomer recalled, “And, 1 got it at $9.” After getting the large display home, the Newcomers were faced with the age-old problem that has faced auction-goers since the tirst sale was ever held. What do 1 now do with my latest find? Well, this week the Pennsylvania Dutch Farm display was just one of many items on exhibit at Park City as the Lancaster County Farmer’s Association brought the farm to the shopping mall. “The display was built by an advertising company and donated to the auction,” Newcomer said. “1 couldn’t guess what it might cost to attempt to duplicate it today.” V Charlene Rohrer, of Chester County, Pa. Dairy Princess, pauses with recently born calf, which is among livestock in Park City. Chet Heim, deputy ag secretary, toasts opening of ag event in Park City with a glass of milk. The farm scene is complete with house, barn, windmill, lane, animals and some equipment. "It even had a hand-made horse and buggy, but we were atraid to let that on it at a public display,” Newcomer said. The display even has a stream built into it, but the motor wasn't hooked up to pump the water tor this week’s exhibit. It’s even electrified. The farm scene is being utilized this week by the Association to announce the Farm-City farm tours which will be held next month. The display is also symbolic ot the many cooperative efforts which went into the week-long ag PR effort which ends today at Park City. Not all ot these efforts can be cited here. But others range from the transport ot the highly creative "pumpkin people” from the Leroy Pfautz Farm Market, north ot Ephrata, to Park City, to the 140- pound orange behemoth that was brought by Dan Fitzkee. And there are machinery displays, quilting, various craft activities, poultry and dairy livestock, milking and milk drinking contests, eggs hatching and much more. And, as Charles Kohrer, association vice-president, ex plained at the opening ceremonies Monday night: Earl Newcomer and his wife, Ruth, bought Lancaster irmer’s Association week-long ag this Pennsylvania Dutch Farm display at an PR event at Park City, auction for $9.00. It's one of many features at ... ■ .-I**** 1, T -*f!*^Mo!»*** Commodity queens, examining quilt to be Potato Queen; Lavon Fuhrman, Lancaster auctioned off tonight, include, from the left, County Poultry Queen; Charlene Rohrer, Pa. Michelle Vogt, Pa. Flying Farmers; Becky Dairy Princess: and Joyce Markey, York Fisher, Pa. Honey Queen; Gail Graybill, Pa. County Apple Queen. Present for ribbon cutting ceremonies are, County Extension director; and Charles froni the left, Bob Mangel, marketing manager Rohrer, vice president of Lancaster County for Park City Associates; Chet Heim, deputy Farmer's Association, state ag secretary; Jay Irwin, Lancaster “We must talk about ourselves and tell our story to non-tarm people. If we don’t do it, no one will.” And the Lancaster County Farmer's Association is doing it very well. V V.W- v^4.V > imm*, «?** .. I A' <* *>✓ * *A \ For m the audience at Monday’s opening were a lot ot local officials and state legislators, particularly those on the House Ag Committee. And tribute was paid to two - (Turn to Page 825) -***-**».• x»v,-. v i. ,** '-A-- o
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