Farm Show honors top family, oldest farmer
FARM SHOW - Raymond
Simpson, Marion Center, received
the 1963 Farm Show’s Oldest
Farmer Award during Secretary
of Agriculture’s Night on Monday.
Simpson, 82 years old, qualified for
the award as the oldest farmer at
the show.
Raymond Simpson, 82, of Marion Center, receives plaque
honoring him as Oldest Farmer attending 1983 Farm Show
from State Ag Sec. Penrose Hallowed.
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Simpson and his wife, Thelma,
have a 100-acre farm where the
couple raise 24 head of dairy cattle,
oats and com. He was bom on his
parents’ farm near Indiana, and
has worked his own farm since
1936.
Simpson says he attends the
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Farm Show occasionally and came
to this year’s show with his son and
daughter-in-law, Edward and
Sandra Simpson.
Clyde Handwerk, the 92-year-oid
winner of the 1961 award, was also
in attendance at the show on its
Senior Cititzen’s Day.
Other awards included;
The first of the awards were
Farm-City awards given to Farm-
City Councils from Franklin
County, accepted by Paul Dalton,
director of Vocational Education
for Franklin County Area Vo-Tech
Schools; Lebanon County, ac
cepted by David Walls, executive
vice-president of Lebanon Valley
Chamber of Commerce; Mifflin
County, accepted by Maxwell
Hook, an area grain farmer and
Russell Walters, president of the
Mifflin County Savings and Loan.
“This award is given in
recognition of outstanding con
tributions made by these counties
during Farm-City Week,” said
Hallowed. “This year we decided
to also recognize an outstanding
organization for its contributions.
The winner of this first award is
the Pennsylvania Farmers
Association.” Accepting the award
for the PFA was Carolyn Rutter, a
member of the association’s state
board of directors.
The Pennsylvania egg industry
gave the Edible Egg Award to an
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The winner of the award was the
Hershey Lodge and Convention
Center. Accepting the award was
William Trautman, assistant
general manager for food and
beverage. “The excellent job done
by the Hershey Lodge and Con
vention Center in including egg
dishes and promoting eggs through
specials and displays deserves
recognition," said Hallowed in
announcing the winner.
The Senior Farmer Award is a
Farm Show tradition, given each
year to the oldest farmer attending
the show. This winner is selected
from nominations taken at the
Senior Citizens Corral in the lobby
Watusi cattle
PENROSE, Colo. The Ankole
Watusi International Registry is a
new cattle breed association which
is being formed.
Ankole or Watusi cattle are
named for the respective African
tribes that have raised them for
thousands of years. Known by
some Americans as “African
Longhorns’', these are the largest
horned cattle in the world. Besides
their horns, these cattle possess
many good traits such as har
diness, calving ease and disease
resistance.
An organizational meeting for
this new registry will be held
of the Farm Show Complex.
Another Farm Show tradition,
the Farm Show Family of the Year
Award, was presented to the
George Hunter Family of
Stoneboro, Mercer County. This
prestgigious award is given to a
family exhibiting outstanding
contributions and support to
Pennsylvania agriculture and
Farm Show. George and his wife
Evelyn have five sons Samuel R„
Donald, Glenn, Robert and Frank;
four daughters Elizabeth, Hazel,
Mary and Audrey. “The famly has
participated in Farm Show since
1936,” said Hallowell, “exhibiting
in sheep, wool, beef cattle and
poultry departments.”
assn, forms
during the National Western Stock
Show at Denver, Colorado, this
month.
Anyone owning or interested in
owning or promoting this fine
breed of cattle is invited to attend
the meeting which will be held at 3
p.m. on Jan. 20 in Room 220 of the
Livestock Exchange Building.
For further information on the
Ankole, Watusi cattle or the
registry contact: Maureen or
Marlin Neidhardt, Hebron, N. Dak.
58638, phone 701-87M970; Dean
Drake, Penrose, Colorado 81240,
phone 303-372-3605; or George
Anhley, Haswell, Colorado 81045,
phone 303-446-5379.
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