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The newly-wed couple were surprised to And this mode of transportation
awaiting them at the church door. The wagon-load of loot Included a goat, a
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
GOUGLERSVILLE (Berks
Co.) Remember Amy Sue
Eshelman, former Pennsylvania
lamb and wool queen and a beef
representative?
She just got hitched to David
Kevin O’Reilly and moved West
to set up fanning iti Chardon,
Ohio.
The couple met at Penn State
University from where Amy was
graduated in January with a degree
in dairy and animal science. After
O’Reilly, a graduate of Ohio State
University, earned a master’s
degree in ruminent nutrition at
Penn State, the two married and
headed for O’Reilly’s family farm.
O’Reilly will work full-time on
the 350-acre grain farm and part
time as an agriculture extension
This It one of the layers of the wedding cake. The
realistic-looking ground was made by crumbling together
peanut butter and confectioners’ sugar.
Farming is
Former Pa.
agent for Ohio State University.
Amy will work full time as a lives
tock agent for Ohio State.
With all these ties to farming, it
is not surprising that the two
wanted agriculture to be a strong
focus during their wedding celeb
ration. They wanted the day to be
unique, one that reflected their
efforts.
Amy, who lives on a farm in the
village of Gouglersville the
only house with a com bin in the
front yard started preparations
early. Last summer she grew lots
of (lowers to dry and arrange as
bridal bouquets and to attach to the
straw hats the bridal attendants
carried. She also arranged flowers
in baskets and in Mason jars, hold
ing candles for the reception
tables. Instead of birdseed for
guests to throw at the couple, Amy
jral chickens, a
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tied wheat heads in netting for the
guests to throw.
She also made her own bridal
gown and flowered dresses few the
attendants. Those were skills she
picked up from the 4-H sewing
club.
The wedding invitations and
program guides were illustrated
with sheep in a pastoral setting.
While the couple planned every
detail of the wedding, they were in
for a surprise when they walked
out the church door. Parked in
front of the church was a John
Deere tractor pulling a wagon full
of junk. The wagon held gifts for
the couple to start up housekeeping
such as a live goat, a sheep, some
chickens, and a bed frame.
The couple rode in the delapi
dated wagon through the town to
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Amy pms a corsage on her mother Susan while her father Larry awaits his turn. The
Eshelmans operate a beef and grain farm in the village of Gouglersvllle.
room suite and odds and ends to set up farm-