A2B-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, February 28,1987
The performance starts with Mayor McLaughlin at the halter of catalogue No. 1 Joy-
Will Millie Glendell Padst who went on to top the sale—Millie that is--at $15,000.
Welcomoe to the “We Got It All" sale. (L to R) State Dairy
Princess Pam Kendig, Executive Secretary Bil Michael,
Wilkes Barre Mayor, Tom McLaughlin and Sale Chairman
Ralph Sands.
Dick Witter, president of Taurus Service, welcomed visiting
Holstein guests.
Additional Sights At The Pennsylvania
le crowd enjoys the show
Chairman Ralph Sands (Continued from Page A2l)
compliments many individuals daughter, classified VG-85 and
produced three records over 25,000
pounds of milk.
Nine lots sold over the $5,000
mark.
The sale averaged $3,857 on 60
lots. Kenneth Raney, PHA director
of membership service, noted
prices were strong throughout the
sale. The 1986 convention sale
averaged $3,293. Eight embryo lots
averaged an unofficial $4,288.
This year marked the first time
the state convention sale was held
in a theater. In previous years the
sale was held in the host hotel’s
ballroom. The Holstein sale was
sandwiched between appearances
by Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Paul
Anka at the Kirby Center.
Spectators and buyers viewed
the sale from the plush, velvet
seats in the newly renovated
Center, adding a new touch of
elegance to the sale.
To prepare the stage for the
bovine performers, the sale crew
first covered the stage with plastic,
then tar paper and finally sawdust
and the rest of the sale trappings.
Holstein Convention
Channel 16 took the opportunity to get farmers views.
A Kirby Theater first.
“Sammy” makes a cautious acquaintance
with past PHA president Marion Alsdorf.
Pa. Holstein Sale
Ralph Sands, sale chairman,
noted the theatre was an ideal
location for the sale and it
progressed without a hitch or mix
up. The sale cows, housed across
the public square at the parking
garage of the Sheraton Crossgate
Hotel, were trucked over one at a
time as their turn in the spotlight
came.
Backus Associates co-managed
the sale with the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association. Michael
Weimer auctioneered the sale.
Horace Backus read pedigrees.
Serving as ringmen were William
Nichol, Jeff Harding, Jay Howes,
Jim Young and Howard Ham
mond.
Calf Raffle Winners
Mary Lou Wilcox, New Park,
won first prize in the Pennsylvania
Junior Holstein Association Calf
Raffle. She had a choice of the
June 1986 calf sired by Electra and
out of Target-City Empire-ET VG
-86 or $l,OOO. She selected the calf.
Second prize, $250, went to
Coralie Stayduhar, Roaring
Spring. Belmer Hitchcock, Russel,
won the third prize of $lOO.