C4-Lancastor Farming, Saturday, May 31,1986 BY NANCY KUNICK Staff Correspondent CENTERVILLE - Changes are taking place for the Northwest Pennsylvania Sheep and Wool Growers Association in order to better serve their members. This was evident at the annual meeting held May 16 at the Centerville Methodist Church in Crawford County. The big event for the association is the annual wool pool begun in the late 1930’5. The location will be the Crawford County fairgrounds on June 12, rather than 5M Milling in ENON VALLEY The Lawrence County Fairgrounds, Lawrence County Co-operative located on Rt. 108, east of New Wool Growers, Inc. have an- Castle. The board of directors nounced that their annual Wool suggests that producers in Penn- Pool will be held June 3 and 4at the sylvania counties other than Lawrence, bring their wool on Wool Pool Slated In Wayne Co. HONESDALE The annual natural colored (black), .4610 and Wayne County Wool Pool will be tags, .10. held Wednesday, June 18,8 a.m.-12 Anyone who has wool is welcome noon at Frank Machek’s bam to market it through the Wayne located three miles east of County Wool Pool which is spon- Pleasant Mount at the in- sored by the Wayne County Sheep tersections of routes 371 and 247. an( ] Wool Growers Association. A The wool has been purchased by the Banbury Wool Company, Danville, Ohio. Prices are as follows: 3/8-V4 staple, .7010; 3/8-V4 clothing, .6710; Low V*, .6610; % staple, .7510; Fine staple, .7710; Fine & % clothing, .7410; Fine & Vi rejects, .7210; 3/8-V4 rejects, .6510; NW Sheep and Wool Growers Meadville. Ohio is the buyer. The second major change is the The association has also in packaging of the wool. Thp omnp is troduced a new idea for their considering the purchase of a promotional royalty. Rather than a baler. Bales are preferred to bags NW Pennsylvania I Jtmh and Wool by the buyers for transportation Queen there will be represen purposes. tatives from each geographic area. President Vern Johnson This year the NW Lamb and Wool reported on the annual meeting of Princesses are: Bobbi Foreman, the State Sheep and Wool Growers daughter of Richard & Marge Association held May 12 and 13 at Foreman of R.D. 2 Meadville; State College. He was pleased to Rhonda Van Ord, daughter of announce that Crawford, Mercer Robert Van Ord of Russell and and Venango counties garnered Kelly Wmkleman, daughter of Mr. the second high bid of $70.10 per & Mrs. Fred Winkleman of hundred for medium staple wool. Waterford. Queen coordinator Banbury Wool Co. of Danville, Susan McClellan explained the Lawrence Co. Schedules Wool Pool small charge is deducted to cover the cost of operating the pool. June 3, and producers from Ohio and Lawrence County bring their wool June 4. As before, spinners and weavers will be welcome to make retail purchases of unscoured wool. Linda Mosley, an instructor of spinning and weaving, and a member of the Youngstown Area Weavers Guild and the Mercer County Spinners and Weavers Guild, will be available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day to help handspinners and weavers in their selection of wool. For more information, contact William Fullerton at 412-667-7810. It V 'lf 4 v «, ** ' \ lifliry TUe From that first cutting day onward, even through wet, tangled |l|lrn I llr hay, the Vicon mower/conditioner shows what it’s made of It _ - - aa -"JJ? y aaaa a gets the hay down and conditioned 30% faster iiff||Af|U|” |"L|P TIIIICU than competitive models. The crop goes stalk-first BwllllHl 1111 l 11l I I UUlin. through the rollers, for less leaf loss and a higher " APV " protein content. You get more hay and better TUE TilllEll IZET nutritional quality. The worlds fastest mower/conditioner |||£ I ||U|p|| | also puts hay in windrow’s 30% faster than conventional m ■ niiimn models. The extra-tough drive unit brings you through the MnWIMK heaviest crop without plugging. And because it’s powdor-painted, |T||| ff ||| fhe Vicon mower/conditioner can be counted on to keep its long lasting beauty. See your Vicon dealer for a demonstration. He has the Vicon mower/conditioner to fit your farm and budget. Vmm Fan>i Mai hi nay. hu . PO Bin Ml 3. Chesapeake. VA 23323 {MX}) :m 3244. [304) 4H5 KiOOm VA Name Directors program. Outgoing NW Lamb and Wool Queen Betty Lou Miller shared her reign through her well prepared scrapbook. Blaine Schlosser, county extension director, presented a certificate of ap preciation to the association for their contribution to the Extension Service. This was used for the National Association of County Agents convention when it was hosted by Pennsylvania. :) transferred her crown to new prin cess, Kelly Winkleman at the recent NW Sheep and Woolgrowers meeting. Coordinator, Susan McClellan, looks on. W "ft - e ' ■>/ S' - * .-'V i" v dS)\lMir partner for the future. was election of directors. New bylaws have enacted staggered terms, therefore three elections took place. The new directors are: Steve Sandle, John Nordin, Jack McMUlen and Vem Johnson (three year term); Richard Burlingame, Ed Trask, Terry Allen and William Wasielewski (two year term); and Pat Bender, John Burnham, Marge Foreman and Ed Burkett will serve one year terms. $ V r * « .1 / < , » f' k’si'. J %>'•■ \ •■'* wS'. ■S4*>-. v £ V' vftaK % v . - </ ? lAp*' t' '^/l ;5Sg %•' n ■fv*' - v ’* 'W; ~ * ; S- ’ l-'^As '.fev '*V« w'•' >#s~A 'iS;^ * \ v 's ? * The final business of the evening * ' i
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