BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent turning of the 1983 Farm Show YORK Few people who were champion steers are likely to This was the scene just after a record $12.00 a pound was paid for the 1983 grand champion Farm Show steer. Stan ding behind “J.D.", from the left, are Penrose Hallowell, state Attn P E Hess P O Box 337, Oxford, PA 19363 D—*6f Inquiries Available in Pennsylvania Counties Berks Schuylkill Armstrong Indiana Erie Crawford Warren Elk Cameron McKean Clinton Lycoming Sullivan Wyoming Luzerne Columbia Bradford Susquehanna Adams Cumberland York New Jersey Counties Sussex Morns Passaic Atlantic Cape May Monmouth Middlesex Somerset Maryland Counties Talbot Dorchester New York Counties Orleans Genesse Monroe Livingston Allegany Steuben Yates Seneca Cayuga Tempkms Schuyler Tioga Chemung Broome Chenango Madison Lewis Oneida Herkimer Fulton Montgomery Otsego Delaware Schohaire Sullivan Orange Ulster Greene Chautauqua Cattaraugus No Dealers Fees Name Address County City Phone Legacy of J.D. lives on in York County in the crowd watching the auc- It all began with * Participating Agri-Builders Only BUTLER State FREE CAP AND JACKET * Bethlehem NAZARETH BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC. PO Box 47 Nazareth, PA 18064 PH 215-759-1331 FOUR COUNTIES CONTRACTOR R D , Box 249 Coalport, PA 16627 PH 814-672-5751 forget that experience. streaming down her face, led her In the center of the arena, 18- purple-banner-blanketed Angus year-old Annette Walter, tears Chianina champion, “J.D.” this joyous moment ag secretary; L Annette Walter. m Icranton; Art Glatfelter, buyer; and ■ I m 1 AG MASTER 2:12 20 YEAR WARRANTY W.R. MOODY, CONTRACTOR 113 Walnut Lane West Newton, PA 15089 PH 412-872-6804 GOMPF CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. 1841 Jerry’s Road Street, MO 21154 PH 301-692-5350 Around the arena, a cheering audience applauded the widely grinning York insurance executive and country-boy-made-good, Art Glatfelter, who had attended the auction on impulse, after a casual invitation by county agent Tony Dobrosky. Glatfelter had just paid a record setting $l2 per pound for the 1255- pound champ. “No one remembers a second place bidder,” Gladfelter had quipped afterward, explaining his $15,060 impulse buy. But after mulling over his four legged acquisition during the following weekend, the breeder of Paso Fino horses on his own eastern York County farm called up the county agent and said he wanted to give the steer back to the youth of York County. After hasty consultation with key county youth leaders, a fund raising raffle plan emerged. Glatfelter would sponsor the fund raising by printing 40,000 tickets, at his own expense. Five top prizes in the raffle were to be packages of the champion’s steaks, roasts and hamburger. Five additional winners would get steak dinners for two at the Ac comac Inn on the Susquehanna, widely acclaimed for its cuisine. Members of both the 4-H and FFA organizations sold the tickets, at one dollar each, marking on each ticket which particular club judging or team or chapter’s treasury should be credited for the ticket sale amount. Twenty cents of each 4-H ticket sold went to the county’s 4-H Center fund. A York Chamber of Commerce sidewalk press conference, ap- YOUR AGRI-Bsl Show You A Buljle Take You On A llu Tour Make A Bonafidb Proposal ! (Be sure to ask your Agrilu Discount From Butler) 0. A. NEWTON & SON CO. Bndgeville, DE 19933 PH.302-337-8211 D. E. SMITH. INC. Miffhntown. PA 17059 PH 717-436-2151 MATTSON ENTERPRISES 1605 Mt Holly Road Burlington, NJ 08016 PH 609-386-1603 TO QUALI CAP & —- TRI-STATE M DIST.IMC Routels6 Oeale. M 0207 PH 301 M.W. HOOK CONSTRUCT! R.D #2, BO* 16 Peach Bottom. PA 1 PH 717 548.26
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