Pennsylvania Auctioneers’
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The 1994 convention of the
Pennsylvania Auctioneers Asso
ciation (PA A) was held at the Har
risburg Marriott
The convention was billed as
providing “something for every
one - fellowship, education, food,
new ideas, meeting friends and
competitors, and plenty of fun.”
Mission accomplished!
The forty-sixth state convention
got under way with a seminar ti
tled “Shut Up and Listen... Back
to the Basics,” by veteran auction
eer Larry Reed, CAI, of Dußois.
This presentation was designed to
assist newcomers to the auction
profession as well as seasoned
professionals.
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people who sell grain will do better than in
past years.
Yonkers has an upbeat look at dairying. He
said the dairy industry is growing, and you
should not believe all the negative press and
had news you read. “Just because someone
else’s cost is over $16.00 per hundred doens’t
say your costs are that high,” Yonkers said. “If
you are doing well, there is nothing wrong
with that. A lot of people in the dairy industry
are making a good living.”
The loss in cow numbers is coming mostly
from the small herds that go out of business.
Productivity is increasing, and Yonkers
thinks that if dairymen in the East improve
their management, we can have the same pro
duction averages that they have in some of the
western states.
“Our costs are not that much different than
in other dairy slates,” Yonkers said. “We
don’t make as much milk per farm because ol
their large herds. We have a higher invest
ment per cow, but much of this higher invest
ment comes from machinery investment
because we still grow much of our feed. Our
cash costs are not out of line, but on some
Yonkers said the dairy industry has lost us
political power most noticeably in the last
election where now only about 70 of the 435
U.S. representatives have dairy farmers in
their districts. And many others have only a
few dairy farmers. It’s hard to get a majority
on dairy issues.
And another change is the public pcrcep
uon of the dairv industry that is driving public
policy and legislation. BST is the current
debate, but artificial insemination had the
same nasty debate in the 1950’5. But that
debate was only in the farm press. People in
New York and Philadelphia didn’t read about
it. That debate was with people who know and
understood agriculture. Now the dairy indus
try is debated by people who know nothing
about ag practices.
Yonkers believes the future of the dairy
industry lies in marketing rather than govern
ment programs. “Marketing is where you
should spend more time,” he said.
Other speakers listed on the program
included Gary Smith, wildlife conservation
officer of Lebanon County; Albert Murry,
president, Lebanon Valley National Bank,
and Jay Irwin, retired Lancaster County
extension director.
A family style lunch was served at noon
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The agenda also included com
mittee meetings, exhibits and the
official opening of the convention
with PAA President Sherman
Hostetter Jr. of Beaver Falls ex
tending the welcome.
Seminars were presented by
Wil Hahn, CAI, president of the
National Auctioneers Association,
and a Bath native; Fred H. Reger,
CAI, AARE, of Manassas, VA;
Mcrvin Adams, Millersburg; Peg
gy Thompson, Chambersburg.
Chuck Lawver served as coor
dinator of a round table discussion
on antiques and personal property.
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Other events included a pre
view of the bid contest and fun
auction merchandise, followed by
the contest and auction. Blaine
Remzel of EmigsviUe served as
chairman of the events.
Named as Pennsylvania state
championship bid caller was Jerry
Pennay, Jr. of Kingsley; the flin
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Hostetler of Beaver Falls. Third
through tenth places included Ke
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The PAA board of directors
held a meeting as well as the an
nual president’s banquet. Chapter
luncheons were also held as well
as a new PAA member luncheon.
Seminar speakers were James
Weigand, Dean of the School of
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dinator of a round table discussion
on real estate; discussion leaders
included Jerry Burke of Meshop
pen on residential and single prop
erty real estate and Lee Hostetler
of Beaver Fills on multi-parcel
real estate. A round table discus
sion on agriculture was headed by
John Fry of Ephrata; discussion
leaders included Howard Visscher
of Nichols. NY, and C. Sherman
Allen of Conneaut Lake.
Ralph Zettlemoyer of Fogels
ville and R.M. “Pete” Stewart of
Armagh were named as recipients
of the 1994 Hall of Fame awards.
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