McCrumb Wears Umb/Wool Crown BY BARBARA RADER Staff Correspondent NEW CASTLE Lawrence County Sheep/Wool Growers will be represented by 17-year-old Peggy McCrumb in November at the Keystone International Livestock Exposition during the state Lamb/Wool Queen com petition. She was crowned county queen by Carol Shuler the 1982 Lawrence county queen filling in for the absence of 1963 queen Mary Jo Shick, who is attending college and was unable to get away. Runner-up Janet Shick, 16-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shick, New Castle, is a junior in school and is active with the family’s flock of 60 registered Shropshire, Hampshires and a few grades. Sewing with wool is one of her favorite past times. Peggy, a senior at Mars Area High School, stated that she’s been involved with sheep since she was two-years-old and has been in 4-H MID-WINTER SAVINGS DURING FEBRUARY ONLY ON ALL NEW HOLLAND SPREADERS Three new models are available in capacities from 745 gallons to 1,060 gallons Right- or left-hand unloading is available on all three And hydraulic foldback lids are standard equipment you operate them from the tractor seat Tanks and lids are made from acid resisting copper-bearing steel so they last longer Sturdy A-frames carry the load instead of pulling it And rugged flails handle all kinds of manure even pen-packed slabs or frozen chunks Come in and look at our new line of "clean machines " ever since she’s been old enough, making this her 10th year She’s presently a member of the Butler County 4-H & FFA Livestock Club which formed two years ago. Peggy’s flock of sheep on their Poverty Point Farm consists of 30 registered Southdown ewes among the rest of the family’s Merinos. Shropshires, Homed and Polled Dorsets of 225 sheep, excluding this years lambing. Along with her parents, one brother and three sisters, they enjoy showing their sheep at the county fair and farm show and surrounding county area fairs. She is an active member of the Mars Presbyterian Church where her father '