DlO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 1,1983
Reading Fair Holstein, Colored Breed champs chosen
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
READING Constance and
Cathleen Ohlinger of Reu-Hel
Farms, R 2 Mohrsville, swept away
all the top placings in the Holstein
Dairy Show at the Reading Fair
this past Wednesday.
Although there were over 60
Holstein exhibitors, this pair of
sisters collected the rosettes for
junior and reserve junior cham
pions as well as the honors of
senior and reserve senior cham
pions and grand and reserve grand
champions.
Top black and white of the day
went to an Elevation daughter,
Creek-Bluff Elevation Mae, owned
by Cathy Ohlinger. Shown to first
place m the Aged Cow class,
"Mae’'’ went on to take the senior
and grand championship for her
owner. Reserve Grand went to the
3-year-old Poverty Hollow
Milestone daughter, Reu-Hel
Farms Milestone Susie, owned by
Connie.
Connie’s animals also gamed the
top junior spots for her as Reu-Hel
Farms Valiant Cristy and Reu-Hel
Farms Valiant Reta took the junior
and reserve junior championships.
The daughters of Elwood and Ruth
Ohlinger, Connie and Cathy
exhibited the strength of their
animals throughout the show and
also went on to first place in most
of the group classes.
The Guernsey Show featured 28
entries with the Aged cow of
Clayton Snyder, Rl, Oley walking
away with the grand. Golden Dew
Bobs Resells was described by the
judge as "a cow with alot of style
... a tremendous depth of heart,”
as Clayton lead her to the Senior
and grand champioaships in the
Amor, Margoa
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
READING The Reading
Fair’s 1983 Goat Show was
dominated by the goat farms of
Amor Dairy Goats, owned by
Lorraine and Cheryl Eshbach, R 1
Kempton, and Margoat Dairy
Farm, owned by Margaret and
Alice Schoenly, R 2 Barto.
Owner of the “Best Doe in the
Show," Cheryl Eshbach, who
attends Arizona State University,
was not at the fair but this did not
deter her goats, however, as they
were shown by her mother,
Lorraine, and friend Mike Koehler
to the championships in four
breeds and also to the “Best Ud
der” and the “Best Doe.”
The “Best Doe,” “Breena” was
bred by Cheryl on the farm of her
parents, Clarence and Lorraine.
According to Koehler, Cheryl plans
to increase her herd and show
them at all the eastern fairs
starting in May and ending with a
Mike Koehler poses with the Best Doe in the Show, Breena,
owned by Cheryl Eshbach, R 1 Kempton.
open show and in the youth
division.
Reserve grand champion in the
Open Show went to the 4-year-old
entry of Carl Hollenbach, Rl
Bernville, who also exhibited the
reserve junior champion.
The Junior 2-year-old Ayrshire
of Chris Blatt, Rl Robesonia,
dominated the Ayrshire show and
went on to take the senior and
grand championships because of
her "maturity and sharpness."
Heindel Dropkick Dawn edged out
the 4-year-old exhibited by
Christine Dietrich who took the
reserve spots.
The Jersey show featured the
entries of Patricia and Carol
Dreisbach, R 3 Hamburg, as these
sisters captured the lop placings in
the show. Patricia’s 2-year-old
Samson daughter, "Silk,” took the
grand championship, and "Love”
Patty’s other Samson daughter
won the reserve ribbon.
Junior championship ribbons
went to Carol Dreisbach as her
senior yearling, Wilderness
Baronet Monday, was awarded the
championship and Wilderness
MMC Cupid taking the reserve.
In the Brown Swiss show, Clark
Sattazahn and his 3-year-old,
Witchcraft Hill Stretchs Anne, took
the grand championship and
Robert Deisemann and his in
termediate heifer took the reserve
ribbon.
The judge for the Holstein show
was Creedm Comman, Carlisle, a
Holstein breeder and approved
PDCA judge. Lee Yost, secretary
of the Guernsey Association and of
the PDCA, judged the Colored
Breeds Show.
Dairy results as follows:
t Farms dominate goat show
show in Bloomsburg.
Taking the grand championship
in showmanship, Margaret
Schoenly, R 2 Barto, demonstrated
her superior skills in showing as
she took the grand championship
in the Saanens Breed, too. Showing
her animals for seven years, 17-
year-old Margaret and her sister,
Alice, raise their goats on their
parents all-purpose farm with
several cows, pigs and veal calves.
Margaret won in Showmanship
with her goat, "Trouble” who she
says gets very when other
people show her. Explaining that
all her goats are like that,
Margaret did admit that it made
her look better in the show ring.
The 4-H senior showmanship
winners were Margaret Schoenly,
James Heffner and Kirk Fisher.
Senior fitters were Kirk Fisher,
Margaret Schoenly and James
Heffner.
Intermediate showmanship
honors went to Mark Price, Heath
Holstein - 4-H Show - Junior
champion, Constance Ohlinger;
reserve junior champion, Con
stance Ohlinger; senior and grand
champion, Cathleen Ohlinger;
reserve senior and grand cham
pion, Cathleen Ohlinger. •
Open Show - junior champion,
Constance Ohlinger; reserve
junior champion, Constance
Ohlinger; senior and grand
champion, Cathleen Ohlinger;
reserve senior and grand cham
pion, Cathleen Ohlinger.
Guernsey - 4-H Show - junior
champion, Kevin Schlegel;
reserve junior champion, Kevin
Schlegel; grand champion,
Clayton Snyder; reserve grand
champion, Susan Hollenbach.
Open show - junior champion,
Kevin Schlegel; reserve junior
champion, Carl Hollenbach; grand
champion, Claytone Snyder;
reserve grand champion, Carl
Hollenbach.
Ayrshire - junior champion,
James Blatt; reserve junior
champion, Christine Dietrich;
senior and grand champion, Chris
Blatt; reserve senior and grand
champion, Christine Dietrich.
Results for the open show are the
same.
Jersey - junior champion, Carol
Dreisbach; reserve junior
champion, Carol Dreisbach;
senior and grand champion,
Patricia Dreisbach; reserve senior
and grand champion, Patricia
Dreisbach. Results for the open
show are the same.
Brown Swiss - grand champion,
Robert Deisemann; reserve junior
champion, Tammy Balthaser;
grand champion, Clark Sattazahn.
Results for the open show are the
same.
Fisher and Glenn Heffner. Kent
Fisher, Mark Price and Heath
Fisher were named intermediate
fitters.
Junior showmanship and fitting
honors went to Alice Schoenly,
whole Joyce Heffner took second irr
both classes.
Grand champion showman was
Margaret Schoenly, and Mark
Price was reserve showman. Kirk
Fisher was named the champion
fitter and Kent Fisher the reserve
winner.
Breed Show winners were:
Alpines - Grand, Cheryl Esh
bach, and Reserve, Debbie Price.
LaManchas - Grand, Lorraine
Eshbach, and Reserve, Heath
Fisher.
Nubians - Grand, Cheryl Esh
bach, and Reserve, Cheryl Esh
bach.
Recorded Grades - Grand
Lorraine Eshbach, and Reserve,
Margaret Schoenly.
Schoenly.
Saanens - Grand, Margaret
Schoenly, and Reserve, Lorraine
Eshbach.
Toggenburgs - Gran, Barbara
Laudenslayer, and Reserve, Joyce
Heffner.
Best Doe in Show
Eshbach.
grand champions of the 1983 Reading Fair.
Rabenold tops swine show
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondents
READING Todd Rabenold, an
8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Rabenold, R 2 Kutztown, exhibited
his purebred Hampshire hog to the
grand championship in the Market
Swine classes and also showed the
grand champion pair of hogs.
Taking advantage of the 35 years
of experience of his father and his
grandfather, who have raised
purebred Hampshires on the home
farm, Todd, a first year showman,
purchased his stock from his
father and relied on his parents’
help in proper showing techniques.
The Rabenold Hampshires are
shown at the Farm Show every
year and have enjoyed success
there. This year they exhibited the
top pen of Hampshire boars at the
Penn State Test Station and had
three of the 10 top selling hogs.
Todd’s champion hog is from the
same sire as these boars.
Todd currently owns three pigs
and belongs to the 4-H Swine Club
and Beef Club. “He likes pigs
better,” his dad said "but he has
some to learn yet.”
Todd was also successful in the
fitting classes and received a first
place in his age group.
Grand champion showman was
Greg Strieker, R 1 Bemviile, with
Henry Seidel, R 1 Lenhartsville,
getting the reserve spot.
The Fitting contest featured a
pair of friends who shared their
assets before the show. Mark Price
said he had no money for breakfast
that morning at the fair, so he
made a deal with Kemanne Ranck
that if she bought him breakfast,
he would wash her pigs., Kemanne,
an expert clipper, had just been
paid for clipping a steer and was
willing to share.
When the dust cleared in the
fitting contest, Kemanne Ranck,
R 2 Reading, was selected as grand
Cheryl
Todd Rabenold, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Rabenold, R 2 Kutztown, proudly stands with his grand cham
pion market swine.
champion fitter because of the
"cleanliness” of her pig. Mark
Price was named reserve
champion. Laughing about their
deal after the show, Mark ex
plained, "1 was hungry,” and
Kemanne said she was just trying
to help him out.
In the showmanship and fitting
contests the winners were as
follows:
Ages 15 and over: Showmanship
Greg Zook, Charles Seidel and
Kemanne Ranck; Fitting
Kemanne Ranck, Charles Seidel
and Harold Dietnch. Ages 12 to 14:
Showmanship Greg Strieker,
Henry Seidel and Merlin Scott;
Fitting Mark Price, Steve
Rohrbach and Greg Strieker. Ages
eight to 11; Showmanship
Valerie Hunter, Randy Balthaser
and Jina Letterman; Fitting
Todd Rabenold, Valerie Hunter,
and Dwight Zook.
First place winners in the
market swine classes were:
Lightweight, Valerie Hunter;
Medium lightweight, Greg
Strieker; Heavy lightweight,
Henry Seidel; Light medium
weight, Greg Zook; Medium
mediumweight, Steve Rohrbach;
Heavy mediumweight, Mark
Price; Light heavyweight, Mark
Price; Medium heavyweight, Todd
Rabenold; and Heavy
heavyweight, Kemanne Ranck.
Grand champion was Todd
Rabenold, and reserve champion
went to Mark Price.
In pairs competition, the first
place winners were: Lightweight,
Greg Strieker; Heavy lightweight,
Randy Balthaser; Light
mediumweight, Mark Rohr bach;
and Heavy mediumweight, Kent
Fisher; Heavyweight, Todd
Rabenold; Heavy heavyweight,
Mark Price. Champion pair went
to Todd Rabenold and reserve
honors to Mark Price.