Poultry Queen Contest Applications
Now Being Taken by Association
Applications are now being ac- in the state contest for the title of
cepted for Lancaster County Poul- “Pennsylvania State Poultry
try queen.
According to Claude F. Smith,
Lancaster, contest chairman, the
contest offers a dignified oppor
tunity for young ladies interested
in agriculture to help promote
sales of poultry products.
“The winner of the contest will
be the most important “woman of
the year” to the poultry industry
in Lancaster County. The winner
will also represent our poultry in
dustry in sales promotion work,
radio, television and press,” Jie
said.
The winner of the Lancaster
County Contest will be selected
and prizes awarded during the
seventh annual broiler barbeque
at Lititz Springs Park, June 15.
The Queen selected at Lititz,
will represent Lancaster County
POULTRY QUEEN CONTEST
1 would like to compete in the Poultry Queen Contest
Name
Address
Telephone Number
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Relative’s Name and Address
Sponsor’s Name and Address __
(Not required .for entry)
Send application to: Claude F. Smith, Lancaster Poultry Center*
340 W. Roseville Road, Lancaster, Pa.
See
THE
CHAMP §
at the
Lancaster
Stock
Yards
MONDAY,
MAY 13
ALL DAY
Sponsored By Your
Local Purina
Dealers
J. Fred Whiteside
Kirkwood
John B. Kurtz
Ephrata
John J. Hess II
Intercourse—New Providence
Queen” at Hershey.
These are the qualifications for*
entry
1
Must be a resident of Lan
caster County
Must be at least 17 and
-single.
Must be a relative (daugh
ter, sister, niece,'or in-law)
of a broiler grower
minimum annual produc
tion of 1,000 broilers; an
egg producer minimum
300 layers; a turkey grower
minimum of 300 tur
keys;. a hatcheryman or a
processor.
Dress for the contest will be an
afternoon’ dress without hat.
Entry deadline for the contest
is June 1. Only a limited number
of-applicants can participate.
Age
Wenger Bros.
James High
Gordonville
Snader’s Mill
John J. Hess
Kinzers—Vintage
THESE ARE THE BURGESSES, the dep
uty mayor of Lancaster and service club
representatives that visited the Lancaster
Poultry Center Saturday at a special invi-,
tational barbeque to kick-off Broiler Week."
They are front row, 1 to r, John F. S. Rees,
Burgesses, Deputy Mayor Told
Of Poultry Asset to County Economy
The burgesses of three county
buroughs, two service club repre
sentatives and the deputy mayor
of Lancaster were told of the im
pact of the poultry industry on
the County economy at a chicken
barbeque to kick-off broiler week
Saturday at the Lancaster Poultry
Center.
Poultry exchange president,
Levi-Brubaker said that the in
dustry has been working toward
improving the marketing facili
ties in the county. The focal point
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Mt. Airy
of the work has been in establish
mg the new Poultry Center Build
ing on Route 230 in Lancaster.
Brubaker said that Lancaster
County’s great agricultural stand
ing gives added reasons for nidus
try to come to the county.
“When people have plenty of
good food available, they are hap
pier,” he said.
But marketing of food is be
coming more important, he said.
The skill of the buyer is matched
against the skill of the seller in
S. H. Hiestand
Pequea
B. F. Adams
Bird-in-Hand
Warren Sickman
Sailings
Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 10, 1957—11
deputy mayor, Lancaster; Lloyd S. Ger
hart, burgess, Ephrata; Benjamin G. For
rest, burgess, Lititz; back row, Willis M.
Houck, burgess, New Holland; E. H. Mil
ler, Lancaster Serotoma Club; and Earl J.
Nadeau, Lancaster Lion’s Club. (LF Photo)
~ He also lead a proclamation by
Mayor Kendig C. Bare of Lancas
ter
the market place The farmer*
must arrange it so that he will be
as skillful as the buyer.
John F Rees, deputy mayor of
Lancaster, m icsponding, said
that the poultrymen are to be con
gratulated for their forward
thinking in the establishing of
better marketing facilities
Others attending the barbeque
were Lloyd S Gerhart, burgess of
Ephrata; Benjamin G. Forrest,
burgess of Lititz; Willis M Houck,
burgess of New Holland; E. H.
Miller, Lancaster Sertoma Club;
and Earl J. Nadeau, Lancaster
Lions Club