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Two inducted into N.C. State Fair Livestock Hall of FameRALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler inducted two longtime livestock supporters into the N.C. State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame Sunday, Oct. 19, at the fairgrounds. The ceremony honored each person’s outstanding contributions to State Fair beef and dairy cattle shows. Inducted were Sheila Jordan of Laurel Springs and Perry Teeter of Glade Valley. Each received a plaque and pin, and will have their pictures hung with previous honorees in the Livestock Hall of Fame Room in the Jim Graham Building. Jordan, honored in the dairy cattle supporter category, was the first female agriculture agent in the state. She began showing at the State Fair at the age of 9 and continued to show through college with her family’s show string, Brush Creek Swiss Farms. During her career, she served as a livestock and dairy agent for Wake, Chatham, Randolph, Guildford and Alamance counties. As superintendent of the State Fair Junior Dairy Show, she worked to improve the judging and showing skills of N.C. youth. Teeter, honored in the beef cattle category, began showing cattle at the State Fair in 1945 with his father Willis Lee Teeter, also a member of the Hall of Fame. He continued to show at local and State Fair livestock shows with the P-Bar-J Farm in Glade Valley with Polled Herfords and Gelbvieh cattle, which his grandchildren continue to show in junior shows. He served in top leadership positions for the Polled Herford, N.C. Gelbvieh and N.C. Cattlemen’s associations, as well as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Board. -kwj-1,2
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