Results: 1983 World Championship Ocean City, Maryland, April 23-24, 1983 Committee: Knute Bartrug and Fred Kreiser, Co-chairmen, Jean Bartrug, Rocky Bartrug, Charles Bounds, Jeff Bounds, Ted Crockett, Harvey Derby, Pat Derby, Max Hughes, Enid Kreiser, Carol Parish, David Parish, Joan Phillips, Nancy Schumacher, Richard Schiebel, Vince Schumacher, and Jim Slaughter. Judges: Professional Decoy Judges: Eldridge Arnold, Paul Burdette, Bob Peterson. Professional Ufesize Judges: Al Glassford, Art L.aMay, Glen Smart. Professional Miniature Judges: Bud Bemier, Hans Bolte, Ernie Muehlmatt. Amateur Decoy Judges: Tan Brunet, Pat Godin, Jim Sprankle. Amateur Lifesize Judges: Roscoe Condon, Lynn Forehand, Don Morley. Amateur Miniature Judges: Dan DeMen doza, Earl Federine, Ron Tepley. Novice Decoy Judges: John Gewerth, Randy Tull, Jimmie Vizier. Novice Lifesize Judges: J. B. Garton, Bill Hazzard, Bill Veasey. Novice Miniature Judges: Sam Dyke, John Scheeler, Dan Williams. Waterfowl Lifesize Head Judges: J. B. Gar ton, Don Morley, John Mullican, Ron Rue. Feather Carving and Painting Judges: Eldridge Arnold, Paul Burdette, Ernie Muehlmatt, Bob Peterson. Shootin’ Stool Judges: Henry Fleckenstein, Don Morley, Harold Nichols, Ralph Nocerino, Jack Tierney. Clerks: Tom Bamett, Rocky Bartrug, Jeff Bounds, Zig Gromadski, Dennis Hartline, Mike Kenney, Frank Mitchell, Marshall Moore, David Parish, and Larry Reader.

First in Show, Amateur Decorative Decoy, “Qreen-winged Teal” by Al Fulford of Col umbus, CNiio.

First in Professional Decorative Liiesize World Championship Feather Carving & The Lem & Steve Ward “Shootin’ Stool” Seabirds, ‘Tern” by Jack Franco of Painting Contest Entry B Special Donation Silent Auction Assonet, Mass. First Place Decoys Jim Sherman, Bethel Park, PA, grouse First Place World Championship Class Decorative Second Place Gary Yoder, Grantsville, MD, mallard drake, L.ifesize Wildfowl Carvings Marcus Schultz, Denmark, WI, grouse $200 & Trophy Best in World Third Place Second Place A. J. Rudisill, West Atlantic City, NJ, black- Paul Jeifries, Media, PA, grouse Earl Federine, Cut Off, LA, mallard hen crowned night heron, $18,000 (purchase Third Place award) Tom Pitzen, Stacyville, IA, curlew Second in World The Leni & Steve Ward “Shootin’ Stool” Semi-Finalists Bart Walter, Baltimore, MD, great blue heron Entry A Working, Service Decoy Gerry Boltz Penny Miller & red-winged blackbird First Place Donald Bradley Raymond Overturf Third in World Leo Mcintosh, Woodville, NY, bufflehead John Garton Larry Reader Jack Franco, Assonet, MA, upland plovers drake, $200 & Trophy Justin Hogan Joe Revello World Championship Class Competition Second Place Jack & Bette Holt James Smith Grade Decorative Decoy Pair Norman Walsh, Vineland, NJ, canvasback James Hoover Tom Szwech Best in World drake Jim & Beebe Hopper Ron Tepley Tan Brunet, Galilano, LA, redhead pair, Third Place Maurice Johnson Loren Tilton $5,000(purchase award) Terry Rickert, Sayville, NY, wood duck drake John Mckinley Charles Van Note Second in World Semi-Finalists David Hanson Eric Williams Willie Badeaux, Bayou Gauche, LA, redhead William Allen Terry McNulty pair Chip Allsop Keith Mueller Bob Berry A. Danner Frazer Memorial Award For Third in World Capt. Fred Muhs Outstanding Teenage Contestant Joy Yax, Harsens Island, Ml, redhead pair Hans Bolte Michael Rector William Brown, Ill Bob Sakuta Jeffrey Muhs, Hampton Bays, NY, black World Championship Class Deocorative Ed Clard S. J. Sanford duck, merganser Miniature Wildfowl Carvings Gilbert Dean John Sebalusky Best in World Paul Dobrosky Richard Shiebel Waterfowl Lifesize Head Contest Bob Ptashnik, Weston, Ontario, avocets, Richard Drescher Katie Sickles First Place $3,000 (purchase award) Don Dunlap Dennis Soliday Jack Szolis, Wexford, PA, $150 & Trophy Second in World Dennis Fish Richard Sprague Second Place Manfred Scheel, Quakertown, PA, yellowlegs Joseph Girtner Russell Van Houzen Keith Mueller, South Meriden, CT Third in World Pat Godin Jimmie Vizier Third Place Jack Franco, Assonet, MA, curlew Harold Koehler Joan Wolf Gerri Butcher, Hightstown, NJ 24 Division Al (Professional) Dan Cobb Al Fulford C Decorative Decoy Fairton, NJ 0 Columbus, OH 0 Marsh Ducks 0 Cinnamon Teal Curtis Fabrê Mallard I. Jim Sprankle Montegut, LA 0 1. John Gewerth Annapolis, MD Thomas Birch Alsip, IL 2. Dan Williams Drexel Hill, PA ( 2. Randy Tull Reisterstown, MD Black Duck Hayward, WI 3. Dan Cobb 3. Louis L. Kean, Jr. 1. Reagan Danos Richmond, VA Fairton, NJ Lockport, LA Honorable Mention 2. Myra Blanchard Ben Heinemann Shoveler Thibodaux, LA Decatur, IL 1. Jim Sprankle 3. Carl Danos Annapolis, MD Lockport, LA Louis Kean, Jr. 2. Jett Brunet Richmond, VA Honorable Mention Earl Federine Galliano, LA Raymond Overturf Cut Off, LA 3. Justin Hogan Reisterstown, MD Dan Cobb Chicago, IL Philip Burkhardt 4 Fairton, NJ Honorable Mention Hokessin, DE Dan Williams Don Brewer, Jr. Reistertown, MD Eureka, CA Pintail Vernon Smith I. Carl Danos Black Duck Miliville, NJ Lockport, LA 1. Louis Kean, Jr. 2. Reagan Danos Richmond, VA Wigeon Lockport, LA ~1 2. Louis Kean, Jr. 1. Pat Godin 3. Jack Cox Richmond, VA Brantford, Ontario Currituck, NC 3. Jim Sprankle 2. Elphege Brunet, Sr. Honorable Mention Annapolis, MD Gailiano, LA Bill Bowman Honorable Mention 3. Bob Nagel Catonsville, MD Jim Reynolds Austth, MN Traverse City, Ml Honorable Mention Green-winged Teal Grant Goltz 1. Al Fulford George Kruth Bemidji, MN Bethel Park, PA Columbus, OH )9rst in Professional Decorative Lifesize Birds of Jim Reynolds 2. Al Fulford Traverse City, Mi Prey, “Screech Owl” by Larnj Barth of Rector, Pa. Pintail Columbus, OH 1. Earl Federine 3. Ray Whetzel Gadwall Oxon Hill, MD Blue-winged Teal 3. Carl Danos Cut Off, LA 1. Jim Sprankle 2. Willie Badeau Honorable Mention 1. Ray Whetzel Lockport, LA Annapolis, MD Myra Blanchard Oxon Hill, MD pintail drake Bayou Gauche, LA 2. Dan Williams Thibodaux, LA 2. Dick Ledford ( 3. Tom Pitzen Reisterstown, MD Carl Danos Ithaca, NY Division Al (Novice) Stacyville, IA 3. Ray Eckert Lockport, LA 3. Robert Jameison Decorative Decoy Honorable Mention Fife Lake, MI Fred l9nflock, Jr. Marsh Ducks Leo Mcintosh, Jr. Rockviile, VA Woodville, NY Hampstead, MD Honorable Mention Mallard Wood Duck William Lemly 1. Bert Cartwright Bob Lantz 1. Randy Tull Wigeon So. Holland, IL Bel Air, MD Mt. Clemens, MI Hayward, WI 1. Reagan Danos Michael Adams 2. Bob Sakuta Justin Hogan 2. Justin Hogan Chicago, IL Lockport, LA Raceland, LA Libonia, Ml Chicago, IL 2. R. W. Smoker Maurice Johnson 3. J. D. Personnette 3. Clark Sullivan Port Trevorton, PA Green-winged Teal Barrington, IL W. Bloomfield, Ml Swartz Creek, Ml 3. Randy Hansen Robert Jameison Honorable Mention L Leo Mcintosh, Jr. Honorable Mention Des Moines, IA Woodville, NY Rockville, VA Karen Heinemann Wayne Sirnkin Honorable Mention Decatur, IL 2. Tan Brunet Richmond Hill, Ont. Glen Spry Gadwall Gailiano, LA I. Edward Leder Jack Alderson Trenton, Ml Odessa, DE 3. Dan Cobb Semi-Final Judging Albert Sovansky Lockport, LA Fairton, NJ 2. Tom Fitzpatrick Troy Danos Division Al (Professional) Brooklyn, NY Lockport, LA Honorable Mention 1. Pat Godin Morrestown, NJ Marcus Schultz Brantford, Ont. Cinnamon Teal 3. John Beule Denmark, WI Beaver Dam, WI Black Duck Wigeon 1. Ray Whetzel 1. William Donaghy Earl Federine 2. Jim Sprankle Oxon Hill, MD Honorable Mention Cut Off, LA John Orht Millville, NJ Annapolis, MD 2. Randy Hansen 2. Jeffrey Muhs Phillip Galatas GadwaIl Des Moines, IA Joppa, MD Slidell, LA Hampton Bays, NY 3. John Gewerth 4. Robert Jameison Shoveler 3. Michael Fisher Bob Nagel Alsip, IL Rockville, VA 1. Richard Clark Austin, MN Hancocks Bridge, NJ Mallard Honorable Mention Shelter Island, NY Honorable Mention Justin Hogan Robert Jameison 2. John Orth Chicago, IL Kenneth & Bev Bassett Division Al (Amateur) Rockville, VA Joppa, MD Suttons Bay, Ml Decorative Decoy Mike Pitre 3. Stephen Miller Blue-winged Teal Marsh Ducks Lockport, LA Ship Bottom, NJ 1. Leo Mcintosh, Jr. Pintail Honorable Mention 1. L. R. Aukerman Woodvilie, NY Mallard Wood Duck Chester Stogner Lewisburg, PA 2. Leo Mcintosh, Jr. 1. Carl Danos ~l. Ray Whetzel Omaha, NE 2. Michael Fisher ( Woodville, NY Lockport, LA Oxon Hill, MD Hancocks Bridge, NJ j~ Bob Lantz Semi-Final Judging 2. Reagan Danos 2. Jack Cox 3. Shannon Pierce So. Holland, IL Division Al (Amateur) Lockport, LA Currituck, NC 1. Al Fulford Cut Off, LA Honorable Mention 3. Carl Danos 3. Richard Clark Dan Williams Columbus, OH Honorable Mention Lockport, LA Shelter Island, NY green-winged teal John Rawlins Reisterstown, MD Honorable Mention Honorable -Mention 2. Carl Danos Ixonia, WI Tom Pitzen Michael Adams Myra Blanchard Kenneth & 8ev Basset Stacyville, IA Lockport, LA Raceland, LA Thibodaux, LA mallard drake Suttons Bay, Ml 25 Green-winged Teal Gadwall 1. Mary Boudreaux 1. Donald Sheets Gary Hans~,n Thibodaux, La Hancocks Bridge, NJ East DetroLt Ml 2. James Carlisle, Sr. 2. William Horton Redhea~js SEMINEIR WEST Winston Salem, NC Bridgetown, NJ I. Jett Brunet 3. Thomas Webb 3. Al Burk Galliano LA Davison, MI Sykesville, MD 2. Randy TuB Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Hayward, WI Sal Tranchina Francis Redmond 3. Paul Bourdier. Pitman, NJ Sidney, NY Opelousas, LA Phillip Bacalla Honorable Mention Center Moriches, NY Shoveler Joy Yax James Carlisle, Sr. 1. Ray Gold Harsens Is., Ml Winston Salem, NC Houma, LA Dennis Soliday 2. Vernon Bluhm Eiders New Castle, DE Trenton, Ml 1. Keith Mueller Wigeon 3. William Vaughn So. Meridan, CT 1. James Bollbach Newark, DE 2. Jack Tiemey Freeport, NY Honorable Mention Stratford, CT 2. l~im Rowe Martina Martin 3. Steven Hitchcock Selinsgrove, PA Haverford, PA Scarborough, ME 3. Francis Ayars Hancocks Bridge, NJ Semi-Final Judging Scoters Division Al (Novice) camp Wawona, Yosemite National Park, Honorable Mention 1. Dan Williams CA. The camp is set in an Idealistic Sierra Francis Ayars 1. Kent Duff Reisterstown, MD Mountain elevation. In addition to a hands-on workshop seminar on carving & Hancocks Bridge, NJ Rochester, MN 2. Joel Donnelly painting b~ Don Briddeil, this event will wood duck Forest Hill, MD feature 3 renowned painters: Miiiard Sheets, Vernon Ney, and ML. 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