Surprise for Carman Lamanna

While Carman Lamanna of Little Falls, NY., thought he was attending a birthday party for a friend, he had no idea it was a surprise party to celebrate his 80th birthday. Organized by Brad Ainslie, the celebration was successfully kept quiet as many old local and Holstein friends and family of Carman’s gathered together to fill up the Richfield Springs VFW and shout “Surprise” to the man behind Manavale Holsteins. “I had a nice long visit with Horace and that was nice especially since I hadn’t seen him in quite a little while,” Carman noted. Along with Horace Backus, Patsy Gifford, Mike McCaffrey, Jason Pullis and Dick Witter were among the large group of Holstein Fraternity in attendance. Horace Backus said, “It was amazing how many people showed up and it was still a complete surprise to Carman, what a great job Brad Ainslie did in organizing the entire day.” New York Holstein made Carman an Honorary Member of NYHA for his years of dedication. The afternoon was filled with good food, good friends and lots of stories about Carman and his long history with Registered Holsteins. The ladies of the OHM Holstein Club provided the food with Brad Davis providing the beef and pork.

Photo courtesy of Dick Witter