A26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1,1984
Geraldine
Popp
exhibits
top beef
BY JACK HUBLEY
ELIZABETHTOWN For her
debut at the Elizabethtown Fair,
Dauphin County’s Geraldine Popp
made quite a splash. Her meaty
Angus-Chi cross was named grand
champion of the Beef Show,
winning top honors in the
heavyweight division, as well.
A homegrown steer out of one of
the family’s Angus cows,
Geraldine’s 4-H steer was also
champion at the Middletown Fair.
The 18-year-old Popp stood alone in
the winner’s circle, as no reserve
champion was named.
Five breeding heifers and 19
steers participated in the show,
with one class of heifers and four
classes of steers recognized.
Dwayne Messick showed the top
heifer, with Tammy Baker taking
first place in the lightweight steer
division, Joe Garber exhibiting the
top mediumweight, and Dwayne
Messick showing the top light
heavyweight.
Winners in the three age groups
of showmanship and fitting
competition were Deb Wolgemuth,
Joe Garber and Jim Landvater.
Heisey shows
top hog
BY SUZANNE KEENE
ELIZABETHTOWN - Steven
Heisey, a veteran 4-H hog
showman, had a good day at the
Elizabethtown Fair on Tuesday,
when he captured the grand
champion hog trophy with his 230-
pound Duroc. Later in the event, he
was named master showman as
well.
Although Heisey has been
showing hogs for eight years, this
is the first time he has taken the
top honor. However, he did receive
a reserve champion award at his
first show eight years ago.
Heisey’s winning Duroc is a
barrow which he purchased at the
Centre County feeder pig sale.
Show judge Henry Gruber, an
Allentown hog farmer, said he
selected Heisey’s hog from among
the 35 entries because it is a
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Steven Heisey with grand champion hog.
Elizabethtown Fair names champions from
raWine Popp's grand champion steer, Ren, inspects the
trophy he took home for being named the Elizabethtown
Three classes were recognized in the Beef Show's
showmanship and fitting contest. Deb Wolgemuth won the
Age 8-11 class. The big guys flanking her are (left) Joe
Garber, winner of the Age 12-14 class, and Jim Landvater,
the 15-and-over-winner.
fore and rear quarters and long in
the middle. He noted how well the
pig moved out, commenting on it’s
neatness.
Gruber said that pseudorabies m
some Lancaster County swine
herds may be one reason the
number of entries was lower than
usual, but be said that the overall
quality of the show was very good.
Heisey, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Heisey, is a junior at
Elizabethtown High School and a
member of the Elizabethtown Pig
and Rabbit Club.
In the lightweight division,
Sharon Huntzberger showed the
champion, while the reserve
champion went to Sheldon Heisey.
Steve Heisey took both the
champion and reserve champion in
the middleweight division.
The top honor in the heavyweight
division went to Sharon Huntz
berger and the reserve champion
went to Sheldon Heisey.
A list of the top three placings in
each division follows.
LIGHTWEIGHT
Class 1; 1. Sharon Huntzberger;
2. Dean Zeager; 3. Greg Musser.
Class 2: 1. Sharon Huntzberger;
2. Barry Geib; 3. Steven Heisey.
Class 3; 1. Sheldon Heisey; 2.
Sheldon Heisey; 3. Greg Musser.
Lightweight Champion; -Sharon
Huntzberger
Lightweight Reserve: Sheldon
Heisey
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Class 4; 1. Steve Heisey; 2.
Karen Becker; 3. Karen Becker.
Class 5: 1. Sheldon Heisey; 2.
Barry Geib; 3. Doug Musser.
Class 6; 1. Steve Heisey; 2. Steve
Heisey; 3. Barry Geib.
Supreme champ
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of dairyness ... from her muzzle to
her tail,” said Ayers.
“It’s a hard choice between the
cow and the lamb, but this Holstein
comes closest to the ideal dairy
animal Her size, structure and
level udder that, if anything, could
be a tad higher in the rear and a
little stronger in the front.”
Tracy, whose son won the first
Supreme Championship last year
with his Suffolk lamb, had this to
say about the Herr Dorset entry:
“Very stylish and outstanding
with natural thickness on top, long
loin and full level of rump.”
The other competitors were
Steven Heisey with his market hog
and Geraldine Popp with b r
market steer.
Both were described as good
representatives - meaty and
would yield high quality carcasses
- but they just couldn’t compare
with the breeding reps of their
Tom McCauley with his Grand Champion of the E-Town Fair
Youth Day Show.
McCauley sweeps dairy show
ELIZABETHTOWN - Thirteen
year-old Tom McCauley, who was
practically weaned on the space
age dairy reproductive techniques
of recent years, knows his way
around the more historically
traditional show ring, too.
He proved that on Thursday at
the Elizabethtown Fair when he
swept the Junior, Senior and
Grand Championships of the Youth
Dairy competition with his stylish
entries.
His tall, long and angular three
year-old, Queen Star Sexy, took the
Grand Championship. The
powerful frame of the sleek, black
cow caught the eye of Judge Dr.
Jim McCaffrey, of Delta, and held
it throughout the cow competition.
Son of Dr. Alan McCauley, Tom
has shown Sexy in a number of
shows. Last year, she was picked
the All-Pennsylvania top two-year
old. In her first lactation, she
recorded 23,851 lbs. of milk and
1042 butterfat at 4.4 test.
Results:
Ayrshire
Jr. Heifer Calf - 1. Anthony
Spickler, 2. Angela Spickler.
Sr. Yearling - 1. Angela
Spickler.
Middleweight Champion: Steve
Heisey
Middleweight Reserve: Steve
Heisey
HEAVYWEIGHT
Class 7:1. Sharon Huntzberger;
2. Sheldon Heisey; 3. Sharon
Huntzberger.
Class 8: 1. Sharon Huntzberger;
2. Chris Zeager ; 3. Barry Geib.
Class 9: 1. Jason Wolgemuth; 2.
Chris Zeager; 3. Jason
Wplgemuth.
Heavyweight Champion: Sharon
Huntzberger
species.
But while Heisey ,may not have
had a smile in the Supreme
Championship competition, he had
one a bit later when his hog was the
only representative to go across
the Fair’s auction block.
Due to spirit d bidding between
Reed Chevrolet, local bidder, and
Hatfield Packing, traditional
statewide bidder, Heisey ended up
with $3.80 a pound for his 230-pound
champ. Reed Chevrolet won out.
And, a purse of some $874 for a
hog project is the final payoff that
everyone looks for.
In the market lamb sale, another
entry of Margaret Herr brought
$2.00 a ound from Lebanon Valley
National Bank.
Greg Kerdeman’s steer brought
$1.40a pound, also from Reed
Chevrolet.
Price average for the hogs at the
sale was 90 cents and 71 cents for
the lambs.
Junior Champion - Anthony
Spickler.
Holstein
Jr. Heifer Calf - 1. Norie Wivell,
2. Kevin Shope, 3. Jayanna Kopp.
Intermediate Heifer Calf -1, 2.
Tom McCauley, 3. Beth Ann
Witmer.
Sr. Heifer Calf - Janelle Wivell.
Jr. Yearling -1. Tom McCauley,
2. David Bollinger.
Sr. Yearling -1. Galen Lehman,
2. Jo Anna Kopp.
Junior Champion - Tom Mc-
Cauley.
Two-year-old -1. Nikki Wivell, 2.
Galen Lehman, 3. Jeanne Ginder.
Three and Four-Year-Old - 1.
Tom McCauley, 2 and 3. Nikki
Wivell.
Five and Over - 1. Jeanne
Ginder.
Sr. and Grand Champion - Tom
McCauley.
Dam and Daughter - 1. Tom
McCauley, 2. Jeanne Ginder.
Showmanship
15 and Over - 1. Jeanne Ginder,
2. Galen Lehman.
12 to 14 - 1. Tom McCauley, 2.
Angela Spickler, 3. Nikki Wivell.
7 to 11 - 1. Kevin Shope, 2.
Beth Ann Witmer, 3. Anthony
Spickler.
Heavyweight Reserve: Sheldon
Heisey
GRAND CHAMPION
Steven Heisey
SHOWMANSHIP AND FITTING
Age 15 and up: 1. Steven Heisey;
2. Sharon Huntzberger; 3. Dean
Zeager.
Age 12 -14; 1. Sheldon Heisey; 2.
Doug Musser.
Age 8-11; 1. Karen Becker; 1.
Jason Wolgemuth; 3. Chris
Zeager.
MASTER SHOWMAN
Steven Heisey