Lebanon Quitter's Guild Announces Winners of Annual
BY MIRIAM GREENFIELD
Lebanon County Correspondent
LEBANON - More than 600
people attended the second annual
quilt show and contest sponsored
by the Lebanon Quitters’ Guild,
Saturday, May 31, in the Lebanon
Area Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall.
According to Hetty Wengert, in
coming president of the guild,
people came from Lancaster,
Philadelphia, York, Harrisburg,
Johnstown, and even from Virginia
and Maryland.
Best of Show was a white-on
white Wagon Wheel quilt done by
Beth Gingrich. Each viewer was
given a ballot and Viewers’ Choice
was the same as Judges’ Choice:
Ripples in a Pond, a stunning
patchwork quilt with a drunkard’s
path motif quilted by Effie Ruth
Eshelman.
An original pattern with a
cardinal in the center of a ring of
morning glories, made by the
Heidelberg Church of the Brethren
Women’s Work, won first place in
the applique category. This quilt
will be auctioned later in the year.
Autumn leaf, by Anna Ruth Shenk,
received a second place in ap
plique. Blanche L. Wenger’s Apple
Quilt placed third.
Ripples in a Pond, by Effie Ruth
Eshelman, captured first place in
the patchwork category. It was
also Judges’ Choice and Viewers’
Choice. Becky Johnson’s Lone Star
quilt placed second in patchwork;
and Catherine H. Wolfe’s Double
Wedding Ring placed third.
Violets, by Dorcas H. Hoffman,
placed first in embroidered
category; Blanche Wenger’s
Flower of the Month placed
second; and Minerva Lentz’s
Flower of the Month placed third.
In the combined techniques
category, Soma C. Schaeffer
placed first with her Bandanna
Medallion; Sandra Klingler’s
Gordian Knot won second place;
and Butterflies by Kitty Rose
Zackey won third place.
"Gordian Knot” in blues and white won second place in
combined techniques. Sandra Klingler entered the quilt.
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Third place in the combined techniques category was
“Butterflies” by Kitty Rose Zackey.
Beth Gingrich’s Wagon Wheel
won first in the White-on-White
category and was also named Best
of Show. Ties and Feathers, by
Betty Templin, placed second in
White-on-White; and Forget-Me-
Not by Effie Ruth Eshelman
placed third.
Crib quilt prizes were awarded
to Catherine H. Wolfe, first place,
for Stacking Spools; to Kitty Rose
Zackey, second, for Diana’s Quilt;
and to Sonia C. Schaeffer, third, for
CatS(in the Window.
Challenge of the Stars was a first
prize wall hanging by Lynn
Trump, Marlene Williams was
awarded second place for Carolina
Lily; and Hetty Wengert’s Baby
Lone Star won third place in the
wall hanging category.
Marlene Williams’ Tabard Vest
won a first prize for quilted
clothing; Lynn Trump’s Floating
Log Cabin won second; and Patti
Sheffey’s Quilted Jacket placed
third.
Quilted Crafts category first
prize was awarded to Kitty Rose
Zackey for her Doll Quilts; second
prize went to Jo Lynn Gerber for
Dee’s Twinkling Star; and third to
Beth Kapp for Leah’s Doll Quilt
and Cradle.
UNIVERSITY PARK - Ann
Wolf, a research assistant in the
Department of Agronomy, has
been named manager of Penn
State’s Merkle Soil and Forage
Testing Laboratory and of its soil
and forage analysis programs.
Announcing the appointment,
Dr. James Starling, associate dean
for administration in the College of
Agriculture, said, “She has an
impressive background in soil
chemistry. As a research assistant
she has worked closely with soil
analysis, especially in relation to
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Judges were Jacqueline
Magann, a certified judge from
Coatesville; Margot Carney, a
home economist from Landsale;
and Donna Bamett-Albert, a fabric
designer from Lancaster. Bamett-
Albert created the Pennsylvania
entry for the Statue of Liberty
Quilt.
The Lebanon Quilters’ Guild has
45 members who meet the first
Monday of the month from Sep
tember to May. Their programs
include guest speakers, films,
workshops, demonstrations, and
pattern exchanges. In April, the
guild members attended the Great
American Quilt Festival at Pier 92
in New York.
As a guild service project, this
year’s show included a stand
where the Oakview Auxiliary
displayed and sold raffle tickets
for a quilt made by Oakview
resident, Mae Lines, formerly a
resident of Myerstown. The quilt, a
white-on-white pineapple design,
will be raffled October 15.
Proceeds from the raffle will go
toward the Auxiliary fund for the
benefit of residents of Oakview.
For information about the
Lebanon Quilters Guild call Hetty
Wengert, 866-2408.
Wolf Named Manager of
phosphorus chemistry and fer
tility, and has published a number
of articles on the subject.”
The Merkle Laboratory is one of
the few laboratories in the nation
especially designed for mass
processing and analyzing soil and
forage materials. It provides
analyses to researchers, com
mercial and private growers and
home gardeners. During March
and April, the height of the soil
testing season, nearly a thousand
soil samples are received and
processed every day
Located in the research complex
off Orchard Road on Penn State’s
University Park Campus, the lab
was named in honor of Professor
Frederick G. Merkle, Penn State
agronomist and pioneer in soil
chemistry, soil fertility and soil
physics.
As tab manager, Wolf is
responsible for administration,
budgets and program coordination
as well as for staff supervision and
quality control. She works with
CARLISLE - Cumberland
County 4-H members were high
scorers in the District 6 4-H Horse
Judging Contest held recently at
Carlisle Springs.
Angel Burkepile, Denise Jones,
Heather Blosser and Todd Holston
made up the team that scored 1156
points.
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Lebanon County placed second
with 1084 points and Lancaster was
third with 1079 points.
Angel Burkepile, Newville,
Cumberland County, placed Ist in
the Senior Division and received
the Senior Trophy for high score,
her score was 393. Second honors
went to Denise Jones, Carlisle,
Cumberland County, Score 386;
Third Place - Sheri Pierce,
Lebanon County, Score 384; and
Heather Blosser, Carlisle, Cum
berland County, Score 377.
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Other winners include: Ist Place
Senior Performance Division
Winner - Tammy Long, Lancaster
County; Ist Place Senior Con
firmation Division Winner - Angel
Burkepile, Cumberland County;
and Ist Place Senior Reasons
Division Winner - Denise Jones,
Cumberland County.
Junior Trophy Winner, Donna
Snyder from Cumberland County
was high scorer in the Junior
Division with 275. Melany Ginnick
and Luanne Frey, both of Cum-
Cumberland County 4-H Tops Horse Judging Contest
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First place in the applique division was awarded to an entry
by the Heibelberg Church of the Brethren Women’s Work.
The quilt features an original design of cardinals and morning
glories by Arlene Patches. It will be sold at the Church of the
Brethren Relief Auction at the Lebanon Fairgrounds on Sept.
20.
MeHde Lab at Penn State
College of Agriculture research
and extension specialists to im
plement the testing programs and
coordinates the data processing
phases with systems analysts and
programmers. She provides
technical leadership in analytical
laboratory methods and
procedures.
In addition, Wolf evaluates new
developments in the fields of soil
testing and forage analysis,
especially in the areas of lime,
fertilizers and feed and research
new chemical techniques for their
adaptability to mass production
chemical analysis
Wolf is a doctoral candidate in
agronomy. Working with Dr. Dale
E. Baker, professor of soil
chemistry, her dissertation is on
the evaluation of phosphate buffer
capacity changes in soils. Last
year she won a nationally com
petitive American Potash and
Phosphate Institute Fellowship.
“I am interested in using the
principles of soil chemistry to
berland County placed Second and
Third respectively with scores of
272 and 252. Charity Farrell,
Lebanon County, placed Ist in the
Junior Performance Division and
Donna Snyder, Cumberland
County was high in the Junior
Confirmation Division.
The following results are the top
three placings in each class.
4-H HORSE JUDGING
SENIOR RESULTS
Performance
1 Tammy Long Lancaster 2 Heather Blosser
Cumberland 3 Angel Burkepile Cumberland
Confirmation
1 Angel Burkepile Cumberland 2 Denise
Roth Wins *2,000 PPI Fellowship
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA -
Gregory Roth of Coplay, Pa. won a
$2,000 unrestricted fellowship from
the Potash and Phosphate Institute
this spring. He is a doctoral can
didate in the Department of
Agronomy at Penn State, working
with Dr. Harold Marshall,
professor of plant breeding, and
Dr. Richard Fox, professor of soil
science.
Roth was one of five students
nationwide to receive a PPI
fellowship. The Institute offers five
to 10 competitive fellowships each
year to deserving graduate
students in North America who are
studying some aspect of plant
nutrition in relation to soil and
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develop better testing methods to
improve the efficiency of fertilizer.
I also have a continuing interest in
ways to maintain environmental
quality when fertilizers and waste
materials are applied to
agricultural land," says Wolf.
“The position as m mager of the
Merkle Laboratory is an excellent
opportunity to apply what I have
learned and to pursue these in
terests.”
Wolf received a master’s degree
in agronomy in 1980 and a
bachelor’s degree in general
agriculture in 1976, both from Penn
State. In addition to being a
graduate assistant and a research
assistant in the Department of
Agronomy, she has been a con
sultant in soil chemistry with the
Council tor Agricultural Science
and Technology and a dairy farm
worker in Maine and at the Penn
State dairy barns.
Ann Wolf is the daughter of Mary
and Edwin Wolf, who live in the
Chestnut Hill section of
Philadelphia.
Jones Cumberland 3 Shen Pierce Lebanon
1 Denise jones Cumberland 2 Sheri Pierce
Lebanon 3 Tammy Long Lancaster
1 Angel Burkepile Cumberland 2 Denise
Jones Cumberland 3 Sheri Pierce Lebanon
Team Scores
I Cumberland 2 Lebanon 3 Lancaster
JUNIOR RESULTS
individual Scores
1 Donna Snyder Cumoerland 2 Melany
Gmmch Cumberland 3 Luanne Frey Cum
berland
1 Chanty Farrell Lebanon 2 Jennifer Greene
Perry 3 Melany Gmmck Cumberland
1 Donna Snyder Cumberland 2 Melany
Gmmck Cumberland 3 Luanne Frey Cum
berland
plant sciences.
The awards, which are made on
the basis of academic per
formance, teacher recom
mendations, originality, depth and
innovativeness of research, are
granted independent of any
scholarship or assistance the
applicant may ha e. Dr. William
Griffith, regional director for the
Potash and Phosphate Institute,
presented the award to Roth in
behalf of the Institute.
Roth’s research involves
evaluation of plant tissue test
procedures for estimating fer
tilizer N requirements of winter
wheat in Pennsylvania.
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Reasons
Individual Total
Placings
Performance
Confirmation