Bl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1982
BY PATTY GROSS
Staff Correspondent
MARTINSBURG - FFA
members from Blair, Bedford and
Fulton county chapters sold 95
hogs at their thirty-fifth annual
Tri-County FFA Market Swine
Show and Sale on July 12.
The 26 exhibitors took in a total
of $16,717.95. The average price
paid was (77.94.
The average weight of the hogs
was 226 pounds. Including the
champions, the total sale weight
was 21,450 pounds.
Sheila Biddle, R 1 Williamsburg,
owned the grand champion hog.
The 230 pound light-heavyweight
was purchased for (3.20 a pound by
Larry Weyandt and Sons, of the
Morrison Cove Livestock Market.
The reserve grand champion
hog, owned by Scott Hileman, R 2
Williamsburg, was bought by
Hatfield Packing. The 230-pound
light-heavyweight sold for $2.30 a
pound.
Rhodes Meat Market purchased
a light-heavyweight 235 pounder
for $1.85 a pound. The hog, owned
by Kevin Rhodes, of R 2 Mar
tinsburg, captured third place in
the show.
The fourth-place hog was owned
by Robert Bishop, R 2 William
sburg. Hatfield Packing bought the
240-pound medium-heavyweight
for $l.OO a pound.
A dozen buyers participated in
the sale. Firms that bought other
than the top sellers were Shaw
Brothers Packing Co., Russell
Kegg, Cunyville Agway, A.J.
Peachey Meat Market, Shen
Valley Meat Packers, Inc., Louis
Kline, Inc., and Gamer’s Meats.
The show placmgs in order of
finish were as follows:
Heavyweights (250-285
Area FFA’ers attend
leadership conference
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Washington, D.C. is Brenda Werner, of the Twin Valley
Chapter. Presenting plaque to her is John Pope, National FFA
secretary. Brenda is the daughter of Jack and Ruth Werner,
of Elverson.
Greetings to FFA Leadership Conference are extended to
Mervin Keagy, left, of the Manor Chapter, Penn Manor High
School, Millersville, by John Pope. National FFA secretary.
Keagy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keagy, of Washington
pounds)— David Bishop,
Williamsburg FFA; Terry Morral,
Everett FFA; Brian Sipes, Everett
FFA: Rohm Wareham, Bedford
FFA; Charles Dinger,
Hollidaysburg FFA.
Light Heavyweights (240-245
pounds) Robert Bishop,
Williamsburg FFA; Henry Hall
111, Northern Bedford FFA; Jeff
Koontz, Bedford FFA; Don Leidig,
Tyrone FFA; Gary Eshelman,
Central Cove FFA.
Medium Weights (225-235 pounds) -
Sheila Biddle, Williamsburg FFA;
Scott Hileman, Williamsburg
FFA; Kevin Rhodes, Central Cove
FFA; Ken Rhodes, Williamsburg
FFA; Todd Hall, Northern Bedford
FFA.
Lightweights (165-220 pounds)
Kevin Hampson, Bedford FFA;
Melvin Leach, Northern Bedford
FFA; Dwight Brumbaugh,
Williamsburg FFA; Brian Koontz,
Bedford FFA; Dave McCreedy,
Hollidaysburg FFA.
Nine FFA chapters participated
in the annual event. They were
Bedford, Central Cove, Chestnut
Ridge, Everett, Hollidaysburg,
Northern Bedford, Tyrone,
Southern Fulton and William
sburg.
Trophies were presented by
Agway Feed in Curryville and Ron
Bookhammer of Keystone Flour
and Feed.
Ezra Good, buyer for Hatfield
Packing Co., was the judge. The
sale at the Morrison Cove
Livestock Market was auc
tioneered by Dale Broadwater of
Grantsville, MD.
The 1982 show and sale was
sponsored by the Morrison Cove
Livestock Market, Martinsburg
Boosters Association and the area
FFA chapters.
Brenda Wemer
Mervin Keagy
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Buyer of the grand champion hog of the Tri-
County FFA Swine Show was Larry Weyandt,
of the Morrison Cove Livestock Market shown
Ezra Good, Tri-County FFA Swine show
judge, left, purchased reserve grand champion
for Hatfield Packing Co. Also in photo are, from
Berks FFA attends institute
SHIPPENSBURG - Four Berks
County FFA members attended
the recent Pennsylvania
Association of Farmer
Cooperative Summer Institute at
Shippensburg.
The Berks delegates included
Mary McMullen, of the Twin
Valley FFA Chapter; David Rice
and Mark Latshaw, of the Kutz-
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town Chapter; and Jan Adam, of
the Hamburg Chapter.
The program included
organization of a mini-cooperative
by the students, plus lectures,
films, discussions and presen
tations on the operation of
cooperative
organizations.
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holding son. The champ, owned by Sheila
Biddle, not shown, of Williamsburg FFA, was
shown by Steve Hern, left. Holding trophy is
Robert Bechtel, of Curryville.
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left, Scott Hileman, Williamsburg FFA,
exhibitor of the reserve champ; Ron
Bookhammer, of Keystone Feed and Flour;
and Betsy Stitt, regional FFA vice president.
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