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812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11,2003
Junior division winners in the Manheim Community Fair Lead Line, from left, are
Amanda Hershey, first; Amber Kiser, second; and Heather Stallman, third.
Manheim Community Farm Show
Celebrates 50th Anniversary
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
Manheim Community Farm
Show celebrated its 50th anniver
sary this week.
Jay Mylin, director, opened the
celebration Monday evening,
when hundreds of fair visitors re
ceived free servings of anniver
sary cake.
Completing a year as the Man
heim Farm Show Queen, Carla
Martin thanked the community
for encouraging her to grow and
helping her become the person
she was meant to be.
Although Manheim Commu
nity Farm Show may be little in
comparison to some fairs, Carla
Doug Musser was the only male contestant this year in
the Lead Line competition. Doug wore a lambs wool
sweater vest, wool slacks, and Ivy League wool cap while
leading Cletus, who sported a matching tie. His mother,
Linda Musser, placed first in the adult division.
said, “It is friendly and caring
community where teens have op
portunities to grow.”
Carla, who is also the Lancas
ter County and the Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess, crowned her suc
cessor Shelby Haldeman, daugh
ter of Deb and Larry Haldeman.
Shelby and Alicia Geib com
peted for the crown by answering
impromptu questions and
through individual interviews
with judges.
The coronation event included
three junior queen contestants,
Katelyn Nolt, Ashley Shearer,
and Megan Stankov. Also, in
cluded were six princess contest
ants, Allison Crouse, Michaela
Groff, Jennifer Hershey, Jessica
Huber, Grace Kensinger, and Sa-
mantha Lease. Selected were Ka
telyn Nolt, junior princess, and
Michaela Groff, princess.
The Shepherd’s Lead Line
showed the crowd the versatility
of wool fabric by modeling outfits
while leading a lamb or ewe.
Adult division winners were
Linda Musser, first; Catherine
Shreiner, second; and Julia Stal
lman, third.
For many years, Linda helped
her four children with 4-H sheep
projects and with leadline compe
titions.
“Now it’s my turn,” Linda said
as she led Sally, her son’s market
lamb. Linda designed and
stitched a brown/blue plaid dress
of 100 percent wool. The semi-fit
ted dress with a drop waistline
featured a blue denim collar, 19
covered buttons, long sleeves, and
a four-gored skirt. Sheep Sally
wore a matching scarf.
Linda’s son Doug, the only
male contestant, led his lamb
Cletus for a blue ribbon win in
the boys’ division. Doug wore a
lambs wool sweater vest, wool
slacks, and Ivy League wool cap
while leading Cletus, who
sported a matching tie.
Placing first in the girls’ divi
sion was Amanda Hershey, 11,
from Elizabethtown. She led a
Suffolk named Benny. Amanda
wore an Austrian 100 percent
wool gray cape trimmed m navy
blue. Her grandmother helped
her make a plaid wool skirt and
matching scarf for Benny
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Carla Martin, right, crowns her successor Manheim
Farm Show Queen Shelby Haldeman.
The Manheim Community Farm Show Queen Corona
tion includes princess contestants, Allison Crouse, Mi
chaels Groff, Jennifer Hershey, Jessica Huber, Grace
Kensinger, and Samantha Lease. Michaela Groff, prin
cess.
Manheim Community Farm Show opened Monday. One
of the first events was the baby parade.