BlS—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 30,1983
Cloister FFA members, Tim Pfautz, left, and Tom High are
shown with Bryan Stamps,, of Mississippi, National Vice
President.
Dowey wins FFA market hog show title
BY PATTY GROSS
Staff Correspondent
LEAMERSVILLE Over one
hundred hogs and their youthful
exhibitors participated July 18 at
the annual Blair-Bedford-Fulton
FFA Market Hog Show and Sale
held at the G & M Livestock
Market, Leamersvilie, Blair
County.
The grand champion hog was
shown by John Dowey of the
Williamsburg FFA Chapter.
Richard Shaw of Shaw Packing
Company, Newry, purchased the
230-pound champion for $3.20 a
pound. Dowey received a trophy
from Keystone Feed and Flour for
his grand champion swine.
Wayne President of the Central
Cove FFA Chapter showed the
reserve grand champion hog.
Agway Inc. of Curryville presented
him with a trophy during the show.
The 230-pound reserve champion
brought $2.10 a pound from Ezra
Good, of Hatfield Packing, Hat
field.
Third-place was captured by
Randy Rhodes of the Central Cove
Naugle ends presidential year
RED LION - Guy W. Naugle,
Jr., a teacher of vocational
agriculture at Red Lion Area
Senior High School for 14 years,
completed his year as president of
the 385 vocational agriculture
teachers organization for Penn
sylvania, during the three-day
Professional and Technical In
stitute at Penn State recently.
During the past seven years
Naugle has served as treasurer
and regional vice-president. The
institute involved many varied
activities; in-depth classes on
technical agriculture information,
PVATA business sessions,
banquets and awards presen
tations, observation of commercial
exhibits on educational and
agricultural materials, and
several speakers from PA Dept, of
Vocational Education and PA
State University, Agricultural
Education Department. Also, Sam
Stenze], executive director of the
National Vocational Agricultural
Teachers Association from
Washington, D.C. was available
during the institute.
Some of the activities Naugle
was involved with during his year
FFA’ers attend Washington conference
Grand champion at annual Blair, Bedford & Fulton FFA
Market Hog Show and Sale was shown by John Dowey and
purchased by Richard Shaw, of Shaw Packing, for $3.20 a
pound.
as president were; PVATA
executive board meetings,
beginning vo-ag teacher workshop,
PVATA regional membership
meetings, FFA Activities Week
planning for PA, hearings on
Vocational Education, AVA
NVATA Convention in St. Louis,
Missouri, PA Council of Farm
Organizations, SOEP Workshop,
NVATA Regional metting at
Rutgers University, N.J., and PA
Department of Education Ad
visory Committee.
Other areas of concern that have
been receiving attention during the
past year are: to develop a better
understanding of the needs of
vocational agriculture' in the
schools of Pennsylvania as to
financing, length of teacher con
tracts, and communications; the
development of the Pennsylvania
FFA Foundation, incorporated
which would seek agri-business
financial assistance for FFA
member activities; and hiring of a
state wide executive secretary for
FFA activities since vocational
education staff have been cut on
the state level.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two
members of the Cloister FFA
Chapter, Ephrata, and a pair of
members of the Oley Valley
Chapter participated in the Future
Farmers of America Leadership
Conference Program held at the
nation’s capital.
The Cloister FFA members
include Tim Pfautz and Tom High.
Pfautz is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leroy Pfautz, of Stevens, and High
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
High, of Ephrata.
Included in their trip to
Washington was a visit at the office
of Congressman Bob Walker. Their
advisor is Lew Ayers.
The Oley Valley FFA members
are Kevin Schlegel and Kirk
Fisher. Schlegel is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Schlegel, of
Oley, and F her is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. St« e Fisher, of Oley.
Both made a visit to the office of
Congressman Gus Yatron. Their
FFA advisor is Jim Howe.
The week-long program is
designed to aid FKA members
improve their leadership skills,
develop an understanding of the
nation’s heritage and prepare for
more effective leadership roles in
their chapters and communities.
Sessions are held on social and
human relations, group leadership
and personal communication.
FFA Chapter for the 236-pound
animal he raised and showed. The
hog was bought by his father Lloyd
Rhodes of Rhodes Meat Market,
Martinsburg, for $1.90 a pound.
Another member of Central Cove
won top honors with his 252-pound
hog. Shaw Packing purchased
Gary Eshelman’s 4th place hog for
$1.35 a. pound.
Twenty-eight FFA members
from Bell wood-Antis,
Holhdaysburg, Central. Tyrone,
Williamsburg, Northern Bedford,
Bedford and Chestnut Ridge
participated in the show and sale
sponsored by their chapters, the
Martinsburg Boosters Association
and G & M Livestock Market.
The 101 hogs sold for a total of
$15,225.72, with the average price
being $67.48. The total weight of the
sale animals was 22,564 pounds.
The average hog weighed 223.4
pounds.
There were ten buyers at the
show and sale. They were Shaw
Packing, Newry; Hatfield
Packing, Hatfield; Khodes Meat
Market, R 2 Martinsburg: Holland
Brothers Meats, Newry, G & M
Livestock Market, K 2, Dun
cansville; Garner Meats, Altoona,
Williamsburg IGa, Williamsburg;
Hollidaysburg Auto Parts,
Hollidaysburg; Froelick’s Meat
Oley Valley FFA members, Kevin Schlegei, left, and Kirk
Fisher, are greeted by Bryan Stamps, National Vice
President.
Rhodes purchased by his father Lloyd Rhodes, of Rhodes
Meat Market, for $1.90 a pound.
Wayne Pheasant's reserve grand champion hog was
purchased by Ezra Good, of Hatfield Packing, for $2.10 a
pound.
Market, Johnstown; Pudhner’s Somerset, auctioneered the sale.
Meat Market, Johnstown. Each exhibitor was provide
Ezra Good, buyer for Hatfield wlth a tree * unc * l by
Packing Company was show livestock Market
judge, while Eugene Gontis, of K 6
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