B24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22,1984
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
COLUMBIA Four hundred
and fifty pounds of chickens and 30
dozen eggs will make a lot of
chicken com soup! That’s what it
takes when the Lancaster County
Poultry Association starts thinking
about its food stand at the Ephrata
Fair.
In what has become a tradition,
this marks the eighth year that the
Association has been offering
fairgoers delicious poultry
products. Turkey barbecue,
broasted chicken breasts, ron
delets and chicken corn soup are
the main attractions, but the group
also offers fresh fruit cup,
homemade cakes, pies and drinks.
When the Association first
decided to have a stand at the fair,
Vernon Leininger was a member
of the Board and he and his wife
Allegra headed up the stand. Two
years later the Board decided not
to have a stand, so Vernon and
Allegra continued it themselves,
each year turning their profit over
to the Poultry Association. Last
year the check was for $1,600.
Although the Leiningers have
decided to retire from the
demanding job, the Association
will continue the tradition. Earlier
this week members got together at
Keagy’s butcher shop near
Columbia and deboned the
chickens, cutting the meat fine for
the soup.
There will be six poultry
association members at each of the
two shifts daily, beginning at 8:45
a.m. and ending around 10 p.m.
There’s a lot of work involved,
but Poultry Association President
Marlin Hershey says they feel it is
an excellent way of promoting'
their products. “We need the
promotion. We need the ex
posure,” he says.
Allegra agrees, “I was glad they
decided to continue the booth. It
has really been a good promotion.
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Poultry Association is busy preparing for Ephrata Fair
It is amazing all the people who
know what kind of food vou have.”
But it’s the corn soup which
keeps them coming back year
after year. Shirley High, who is
heading this year’s effort with her
husband Clair, says, “People say
they come back for the soup.”
What’s the secret to good soup?
Allegra says the first year she
purchased it ready made from a
local company. The next two
weeks she made it ahead and froze
it, but wasn’t completely satisfied
with the results. She subsequently
cooked the chickens ahead and
frozen the broth, then made the
soup fresh daily, something
Shirley will continue.
Hershey said one reason the
booth is at the Ephrata Fair is that
it is the largest fair in the county.
So, next week, when you’re
visiting the Ephrata Fair, and the
hungries hit, look around for some
delicious chicken products,
courtesy of some hard working
poultry association members.
Wayne Co. 4-H'ers bring home ribbons from Northeastern Daily Show
TROY Four Wayne County 4-
H members recently participated
in the 37th Annual Northeastern
Pennsylvania 4-H District Dairy
Show held at the Troy
Fairgrounds.
The Wayne County 4-H members
that exhibited their project
animals included: Jay and Nancy
Vail, members of the Cold Springs
4-H Ag Club from R 3 Honesdale.
Jay exhibited his Jersey senior
yearling to a fourth place white
ribbon and Nancy showed her
Jersey intermediate calf to a third
place red ribbon. Nancy also
showed her Ayrshire three-year
old cow to a first place red ribbon.
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ncaster County Poultry Association members are hard at work preparing chicken
for the chicken corn soup they offer at the Ephrata Fair. From left are Rick Meek, Marlin
Hershey, Barbara Mowrer and Elsa Mowrer.
Another Wayne County 4-H
exhibitor was Tim Rutledge, a
member of the Tri-Gal 4-H Club
from R 1 Equinunk. Tim showed his
Holstein intermediate calf to an
eleventh place white ribbon.
The fourth Wayne County par
ticipant was Craig Reifler, from
R 2 Waymart and a member of the
Kountry Kids 4-H Club. Craig
Michele Rodgers
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showed his Holstein intermediate
calf to a sixteenth place white
ribbon.
Type judge for this Northeastern
Pennsylvania 4-H District Dairy
Show was Obie Snider, a Holstein
breeder from Imler, Pa. 4-H
Showmanship was judged by Patty
Kitchen and 4-H Fitting was
judged by Randy Kitchen, both 4-H
honored for stress management article
Home Economists to receive
national recognition for her news
article on stress management. The
article appeared in Rodgers’
column “Back Home” published
by the “Lancaster Farming.”
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A total of 173 4-H dairy project
animals were exhibited at this one
day show.
The counties that participated in
this year’s show included:
Bradford, Columbia, Luzerne,
Wayne, Susquehanna, Sullivan,
Potter, Tioga and Wyoming-
Lacka wanna.
Rodgers received her award
during the annual meeting of the
National Association of Extension
Home Economists held recently in
New York City.
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