The 50th Annual Mineola Hay Show included a record-setting auction and an official proclamation making it Mineola Hay Show Day.

The show which was held last Tuesday at the Mineola Civic Center raised $28,875, a new record. Previously, the most raised in an auction was $27,200 in 2004. It was noted in its 50-year history that the show has raised approximately a half million dollars to support agriculture science and education in Mineola. Much of that has gone to scholarships that have been awarded since 1986.

The evening included a diversion from the schedule as Mayor Rodney Watkins, a Mineola High School alumni and former member of the agriculture program, called his former teacher Glen Dossett to the stage. He then read the proclamation celebrating the longest-running event in Mineola.

This year’s show saw another product of the agriculture program, Dossett’s daughter, Kristi served as the master of ceremonies. Carlist Brinkley, also an agriculture alum, gave the opening prayer. Scholarship recipients were Sparkle Dennis, Mallori White and Regan Fischer, all of whom were away at college.

The top hay this year was grown by Jody Holmes and Mineola Packing Company placed the high bid of $2,100. Second place went to Dr. Lowell Main and City National Bank paid $1,700 for the hay. David Miller grew the third place sample and Mineola Community Bank won the bidding with $1,200.

The ranking of other growers’ entries, the buyers and winning bids were:

4th Jim Dozier, City National Bank, $1,300; 5th John Mays, Winnsboro Livestock Auction, $900; 6th Ronnie Mapes, Texas Heritage National Bank, $700; 7th Tommy Crawford, ETMC Quitman, $700;

8th Jose Martinez, Dr. Craig McMullen ETMC-Mineola, $700; 9th Ernest Boyd, Watkins Insurance, $600; 10th Brandon Bell, Legacy Ag Credit, $800; 11th Avery Gilbreath, Monica Cook State Farm Insurance, $500 and 12th Jerry Huff, Young Oil Company, $800.

Other rankings were 13th Ed & Frances Baker, Wood County Electric Cooperative, $700; 14th Kelly Conley, Wood County Farm Bureau – Mineola, $700; 15th Pablo Aquilar, James Huff, $650; 16th Randy Rathie, City National Bank, $550; 17th Archie Mapes, Ag Power, $650; 18th Chuck Holt, Mary Lookadoo, $500; 19th Will Shiflet, Lone Star Dodge-Longhorn Ford, $500; 20th Mike Griffith, Trinidad Benham, $500; 21st James Huffman, Margaret Peacock Steele, $500; 22nd Clifford Moss, Mineola Packing, $650; 23rd Kenneth Airhart, Winnsboro Livestock auction, $500 and 24th S & K Cattle, Legacy Ag Credit, $550.

Other entries’ rankings were 25th Jeff Smith, Nelda Shipp, $500; 26th Rusty Goforth, Big Country Farm Center, $750; 27th Foilan Martinez, Chuck and Donna Holt, $500; 28th David Scott, Kelly Drug, $550; 29th Ed Tunnell, Mineola Community Bank, $525; 30th Tom West, Jerry Gaskill, $500; 31st Jim McClenny, Young Oil Company, $500; 32nd Vic Smith, Darren Rozell Rozell Sprayers, $400; 33rd Jay Walton, Lake Country Animal Clinic, $500; 34th Lucas Hightower, Wood County National Bank, $1,025 and 35th P.K. Buck Owen, Mineola Packing – Winnsboro Livestock, $1,075.

Valley Feed Mills and Peoples Telephone paid $500 for an entry, Emory Livestock $400, Young Chevron $300 and Ronnie Boyd, Jerry & Shree Mize and Pat Mapes paid $200 for samples. Leon Anderson and Ronnie Mapes bought $150 samples. Al Harris, an anonymous donor, R.J. Kecseg, Ken Pearce and Kim Tunnell bough $100 samples.