A24*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5, 1994 All-PA winners were named as follows: Seated, John Foster Jr., Jeff Roche, Jim Grove Ericlfroutman, David Walton, David Hill, and Mike Weimer. Standing, Alice Fos ter, Patty McMurray, Shirley Trimmer, Chris Wood, Dixie Doll, Patti Hushon, and Me gan Souder. PBR awards were also received by: Seated, Bridgette Boyer, Sheryl Horst, Juliet Wagner, Debbie Decker, Terri Packard, Caryn Peachey, and Marilyn Umble. Standing, Warren Sutton, Kirby Horst, Vincent Wagner, Keith Decker, Paul Countryman, Darren Peachey, and Kenneth Umble. PHA Honors High Achieving Herds JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) Membership gains, showring achievements and outstanding overall herd accomplishments were honored at the Pennsylvania Holstein Association’s annual convention awards breakfast, held Look for full coverage of the women’s prog ram at the Pennsylvania Holstein Convention in Section B next week. Joyce Bupp’s report includes more than a dozen photos. Two Named To Hall Dr. Dave Morrow went home from the PHA convention with not one, but two, donated doorprize embryos, winning the pair of efnbryos In two separate drawings. With Morrow was Steve Myers, donor of one of the embryos. An embryo donated by Robert and Audrey Mong was won by Ken and Rose Wenger. (Continued from Page A2l) A queen-size quilt, donated by Fred Strouse, Centre Hall, sold for $4OO to PHA president Laszlo Moses, Greenville, who donated it back for resale. Second buyer, at another $4OO, was PHA vice president Jay Houser, Spring Mills. Donors of auctioned crafts February 25 at the Ramada Inn. Five members were honored for signing up either 5 to 9 new mem bers or 10 to 15 renewals of PHA membership for 1993. Cited were Jeff Brewer, Northampton Coun ty, James Houser, Centre County, David Stratton, McKean County, David Stable, Somerset County included Debbie Cornman, Phoebe Bitler, Andrey Mong, Ruby Bollinger, Bonnie Mohr, Brett Ritter, Gerry Seipt, George Cashell, Ida Showaker, Phoebe Bitler, Jane Thompson and Shir ley Trimmer, David and Sally Hill, Leslie Rhoades, The Thomas family, Tim and Marcia Brown, Pennsylvania Holstein Associa tion and Atlantic Dairy Cooperative. and Michael Wascak, Fayette County. Four county clubs earned $2OO contributions to their treasuries for having attained their membership goals. Winning counties were Fayette, McKean, Lehigh and Northampton. The highest national recogni Chris and Steve Wood chaired the successful and well attended Pennsylvania Holstein Convention at Gettysburg, hosted by the eight counties of the southcentral region. High-selling Item at the craft auction to raise funds for the 1995 national junior Holstein convention was an exqui sitely-detailed dollhouse decorated in a Holstein theme. John Marchezak held out for the winning bid of $l5OO, but the miniature house, complete with shelf of trophies, nee dlepoint cow pillows and a toy farm set, was headed home with his daughter Patty McMurray. perhaps an early version of Secret Service guards, 16th president of the United States Abraham Lin coln —alias look-alike impersonator James Getty—gave a history lesson to Holstein breeders and guests attending the annual banquet at Gettysburg. tion of a registered Holstein herd, the Progressive Breeder Registry award, went to 41 PHA members. Topping the list for longevity - 36 years - of receiving the PBR honor was the Keystone herd owned by the Don and Gerry Seipt family at Easton. A dozen herds earned their PBR honors for the first time. First time winners are Den-Kar Farm, Cen terville; Bryan and Carol McCur dy. Cochranton; Raymond Hop paugh, Columbia Cross Roads; Ramsay Jr. and Scott Cooper, Delta; Vista Grande Farm, Fleet wood; and Dale and Paula Wack, Harmony. Also Arnold Acres, Lebanon; Raymond Norconk, New Albany; Richard Hostetler, Parkesburg; Timothy and Teresa Kissling, Robesonia; Pcasedale Pars and Joseph Pavelski farm, both of Susquehanna. Other PBR winners include: Richard and Marilyn Packard, Troy, 27 years; Jay and Mary Houser, Spring Mills. 22 years; Junge Farms, Inc., New Tripoli, 14 years; Hillside Farms, Inc., Shavertown, 11 years; Keith Decker, Know, 10 years; Thomas Boyer, York, 8 years; Dale Hos tetler, Annville, and Kenneth Umble, Atglen, both 7 years; Sinking Spring Farms, Inc., York, 6 years; and Harry and Ailene Thompson, Carlisle and John and Susan Howard, Willow Street, both 5 years. Four-year winners were Lewis and Barbara Berkley, Berlin; Charles J. Bean, Franklin; Allen and Lorraine Andrews, Gillette; Richard Wheeler, Gillette; Christ L. Stolzfus, Honey Brook; and Vincent and Juliet Wagner, Myerstown. In the three-year list of PBR winners were Jeffery and Cynthia Shaffer, Beavertown; Darren Peachey, Belleville; David Coun tryman, Berlin; Wayne and Roger Sherwood, Meshoppen; Kirby and Sheryl Horst, Newmanstown; and Gerald and Patricia Carr, Somerset. Second-year PBR recipients included Miller and Rex Inc., Andreas; M. Thomas and Cindy Sheaffer, Carlisle; David R. Wal ton, Carlisle; Dennis and David Hottenstein, New Albany; and (Turn lo Pag* A 25)
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