VOL .i NO. 31
Marilyn B. Krantz Named County Dairy Princess
Miss Marilyn B Krantz is the
1.070 Lancaster County Dany
Pimccs
The p.etly 16-yeai old New
Providence RDI las» captmed
the till*' Tuesday night before a
large mowd of moie than 200
dairy fa r meis and dany ielated
bnsines'mcn and officials at the
Faun ann Homo Centoi
The blonde, bluee\ed beauty
is the daaghtei of Elvin Kiantz
«nd the late Mis Kiantz
The local dany pnneess will
compel* for the stale title Sep
tember 2i in Hauisbmg
Miss Manette Stauffei, 17,
daughter of Mi and Mis
Clarence Stauffei of Ephiata
RDI was j anner-up
Linda K.eidei. 17, daughtei of
Mi and Mrs J Eveiett Kie,dei,
Quairyv-lie RDI, was selected by
the othf. contestants as Miss
Congenially
Industry Future Discussed at Horshey
Outstanding Pa. Poultrymen Honored
The Pennsylvania poultry in
dustry is beset with major piob
lems at the same time it has
tremendous opportunities for
future success, membeis of the
George Hauer, president of the Lebanon County Poultry
Federation and vice president of C F Manbeck Co , was
honored at the 1970 annual banquet of the Pennsyhama
Poultry Federation as “Allied Industryman of the Year "
In the large plaque he is holding, Hauer was specifically
cited for t.s work with youth and promotion of the poultry
industry through chicken barbecues. He is shown with Mrs.
Hauer.
The othei the contestants
weio Susan Kauffman, Patncia
Baic, Donna Hess, Charlene
Smokei and Lois Guibei
Miss Krantz woie a light gieen
flooi length gown with white
linen apliques highlighting the
neckline
A senioi at Solanco High
School, Miss Kiantz paiticipates
in school activities including Ait
Club, Spanish and Equestuan
Clubs, FTA, yeaibook st„fl. and
the school newspaper She is
active in chmch and community
activities
Following giaduation fiom
Solanco, the new puncess plans
to attend the Yoik Academy ot
Ait
The contestants were judged
on the basis of appeal ance.
speaking ability, poise, peisonal
ity, intelligence, and knowledge
oi the dany industiy
Pennsylvania Poultry Fecieia
tion weie informed by vauous
speakeis at its annual meeting
at Heishey Motoi Lodge Wed
nesday.
Lancaster Farming. Saturda\. June 27, 1970
Judges included R o lum t
Bucher, faim i elation* dncctoi.
Commonwealth National Bank.
Mrs Skip Palmquist, public ie
lations supei visor, Godf i e y
Aaencv, Inc, and Bob Maliek,
faim cditoi of \VG\LTV
Hauy Kauffman, public icla
tions duectoi, Philadelphia
Dau\ Council, was mastei of
ceiemomes and talked with each
ol the contestants brief!' befoie
the ci ovvd
Mis Veinon Leiningei. Denvei
RD2, sang Richaid LeFevei was
oiganisl
Mis Lauv Weaver of New
Holland, the fount - Caio! Hess
and a past Dau> Pnncess,
ci owned the winner.
Mis Robert Giegory, who
helped oiganize the contest, and
se\eial of those present indicated
the pageant was highlj success
ful
The all-day event began with
speaker s at 10 a m , broke up for
a buef business session in the
late afternoon, and concluded
with the annual banquet, at
which the federation's top
awards to outstanding indus
try leaders weie presented
Among the topics touched on
by some speakers and discuss
ed in depth by othei s was the
present egg maiket and the
widespiead concern in the m
dusliy about an “egg bust”
At the banquet Fied Slezak
newly elected federation piesi
dent, spoke briefly as did Hom
and Becky Jo Fntz, Pennsyl
vania Poultiy Queen
The fedeiation’s awaids and
i ecogmtions included
“Allied Industiyman of ihe
Year,” Geoige C Hauer, piesi
dent of the Lebanon County
Poultiy Federation and vice
president of C F Manbeck Co .
“Good Egg,” a new awaul to
lecognize the public seivaiß
who has decided to woik with
poultry youth in the face of
many othei options, Wayne B
Rentschlei, Beiks County na
tive and foi mer i esident of Lan
caster County foi 10 yeais,
“Poultiyman of the Year,”
Chailes Phillips, pheasant pro
ducer several youth awaids, in
cluding Joyce Livingston of
Dover foi captuiing first place
in the state for diessed capon
Glenn Hen of Cloisteidale
Faims, Ephiata, said the egg
industry has three majoi con
ceins markets, Maieks and
manui e
Commenting specifically on
the egg mai ket he quipped
“When the maiket w-ent to 31
cents, less deductions, I slept
like a baby, I woke up eveiy
horn and ci led a little ”
Cloisteidale has a 270 000
layer operation and Hen speci
finally zeroed in on the prob
lems involved m disposing of
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Marilyn B. Krantz, 1970 Lancaster County Dairy Puncess.
Farmers Approve Merger
Of Milk Orders 3,4,16
The US Department of Vgu
cuitme has meiged the Washing
ton DC, Delaware Valle>, and
Upper Chesapeake Bay Fedeial
Milk Marketing Ouleis into a
single oidei effective Aug 1
The mergei combines pievious
ordeis 3, 4 and 16 into a new
Older 4 Many tainreis m Lan
caster County and adjacent coun
ties aie involved in the meigei
The decision to meige the
three oideis and adding a non
regulated pait of southern Del
awaie and Loudon County, Mil,
came aftei dairy faime’s nr
the aieas voted in favor of the
mei gei
Mamed as maiket adiruni s
t-atoi foi the meiged oidei was
Edwaid St Clan who had been
handling the Washington D C
and Uppei Chesapeake Bar
oi del s
Appioval oi the me l gad oidei
came in a rote among 7 322
da u v men A total ol 7 135
Lumets \ oted in lavoi
4 base excess plan foi paring
Lnmeis undei the meiged oidei
also was appiored b\ 3 070 daur
faimcis, out of a total of 3 814
voting
Similai to other federal milk
ordeis, the merged ordei will
set minimum prices to dairy
farmers for milk sold to dealers
52.00 Per Ytm
doing business in the maiketing
aiea co\eied Retail puces are
not set
Dealeis will continue to pay
tor the milk according to its use,
and milk use classification will
be about the same as it has been
undei the thiee sepaiate oiders.
Farm Calendar
Satuiday, June 27
2pm 4-H Soil and Water
Conservation Club picnic
and doggie least, Fishing
Creek and Susquehanna
Rivei
Sunday, June 28
Holstein-Fi lesian Association of
Amenta annual comen
tion Boston Mass June 23-
July 2
Tuesday, June 30
9am 4 H dan v ludgmg
piactice, Red Rose Re-
seaich Faun Lancaster
State FFA Contests, Pennsyl
vania State Univeisity.
June 30 July 2
Wednesday, July 1
10 am Pennsyh ama Milk
Marketing Boaid, hearing
at Anthony Wayne Room,
George Washington Motor
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