Wayne County Junior Livestock
Sale Has Heart
The grand champion market lamb was raised by Land
en Grossman and purchased by Honesdale National
Bank.
HONESDALE (Wayne Co.)
In the largest livestock sale ever
conducted here at the close of
the Wayne County Fair, 4-H’ers
were wholeheartedly supported
by area businesses, parents, and
friends, who purchased 353 ani
mals.
Saturday, Aug. 12, at 11 a.m.,
$190,992.23 worth of market
hogs, steers, and lambs were bid
at auction. Some animals were
resold to benefit various individ
uals and organizations.
Repeating as volume buyer for
the fifth year in a row, Waymart
Milling purchased five steers and
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six hogs from 4-H youth. In ad
dition, strong support was dem
onstrated by Kent Brown of
Highlights for Children, who sat
for more than seven hours bid
ding on animals for businesses
and individuals whose bids he
personally solicited and carried
to the sale.
The sale began with a moment
of silence observed for Tom
Theide, recently deceased live
stock buyer, whose support of
the sale in its early years was sin
cerely appreciated. Following
this tribute, three scholarships
were awarded to outstanding
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participants of the
livestock program
who will all enter
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campuses, for the
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fall term. Recipients of schol
arships were Jessica Worobey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. An
thony Worobey, Preston Park;
Daryl Burleigh, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard A. Burleigh,
Pleasant Mount; and Darryl
Marshall, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Marshall, Honesdale.
Also receiving thanks from
4-H members, the sale commit
tee, and all in attendance were
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sheruda
of Mike’s Heavy Equipment,
Clarks Summit, and John Gen
tile of RLE Enterprises of Mos
cow, who jointly purchased a
new scale for weigh in at the
hog bam.
The first animal offered for
sale was the 252-pound grand
champion Hampshire crossbred
gilt, bred and raised by Greg
Diehl of Damascus. This ani
mal was purchased by Marshall
Machinery for $lO per pound.
The reserve grand champion
market hog was raised by Jessi
ca Worobey, Preston Park. Dr.
Henry and Jean Nebzydoski
purchased this champion for $4
per pound.
Landen Grossman, Hon
esdale, sold his grand champion
Greg Diehl with the grand champion market hog, pur
chased by Marshall Machinery.
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Grand champion market steer was raised by Matthew
Hauenstein and purchased by Waymart Milling Company,
with Taylor Thorpe in photo.
Suffolk crossbred lamb to The pound.
Honesdale National Bank for Matthew Hauenstein’s
$10.75 per pound. 1,270-pound grand champion
The reserve grand champion Black Angus market steer was
market lamb was raised by Hes- bought by Waymart Milling
ten Grossman of Honesdale. The Company for $2.75 per pound.
Wayne Bank successfully bid The 1,350-pound reserve
this champion to $7.50 per grand champion Maine-Anjou
market steer was raised by Dar
ryl Marshall of Honesdale. The
successful bidder for this animal
was Atty. John Martin who paid
$1.75 per pound.
Thirty animals were resold to
benefit the Livestock Scholarship
Fund.
Baby Kaitlyn Hentschel’s
medical fund benefited from re
sales donated by Mike Sheruda’s
Heavy Equipment, Community
Bank and Trust, Andy Keating
Trucking, Waymart Milling,
Jimmie Ann Chyle, Windfall
Farms Dairy, Joseph Kubat, and
William Grunski.
The Pleasant Mount Go-Get
ters 4-H Club received the pro
ceeds from two resales donated
back by Mike’s Heavy Equip
ment, Clarks Summit. The
Wayne County Agricultural So
ciety, Habitat for Humanity, and
the American Cancer Society
benefited from resales donated
by Honesdale National Bank,
John and Sue Keyes, and Dick
Palmer and Sons Truck Service.
Volunteer auctioneers for the
day were Wayne Weaver, Dan
Naylor, Tom Randt, John
Regan, and Mel Manasse.
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