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Here too, the contest was condurted exactly thesame as the junior* contest wkh the 8 high scores eligi> ble" to compete for the finals. r Tension buih to its peak as the manager of the contests stepped to* the platform to announce the junior winners: he ultimate of 8-11 years of work, training, coachings and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunI ity to compete for handsome onwards made by tffc Sunbeam CorpThe
results: '•
1 Allen Harper 93.80 $3011 scholarship. v-WL\hM1; .-fc c 2 Donald Sikkink 93.58 $150:, scholarship. •
3 Jack Sisk 92.77 $50 Gov't. Bond as did the five remaining con cstantsget.
4 £rnest Shaw 92.70 ? 5 jim Van Cleve 9037. ' •(.
6 Lloyd Woobn 90.13 *
7 Albert Woody 90.10 . -Ur
8 Cor fkr ,903)7
To see “our boy”- finish third best in the nation was my crowding reward in 24 ytfzrs of county agents work! All of Virginia is. proud of him. We could never* have had the opportunity without: the financial support of local vdtfi iens, organizations and, businesses, the Sunbeam Corp., and the state contest sponsors, the. United Wool . Growers Association. «As for “our boy” getting whence he is today if Jus meant continuously striving “to make the best better”! It has meant parental support and encouragement: back i n 19 51 when we coached Jack in shearing his first sheep,, when he was but eleven years old, " did we dream he would become third best in do nation, v
Please note J he improvedhw score in the finals although under more stress and strain. Also he out scored the Champion in the preliminaries by a wider margain than was the case in the finals.
We make no excuses, certatoig. Jack has no apology due anyohe, however, I do want you readln» to know he was competing against od<fe. For instance: he met. defeat for the Championship by boysform the, “sheep country" both whom had sheared over 20(X> > .c:p* this year as "compared -to' JacCs■ 500. Allen Harper is 2j years afk age, a. junior at Purdue with.,11 years of dub work. Sikkink is. 2k years of age and has also had If . yearn of club work while Jack hr 18 and has completed 9 years of dub work. ,
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