Charlie Cowan Ss Honored hy Pa. Dairymen's . Several bundled dairmen . , and allied businessmen from associations, educatois and gov > all over Pennsylvania turned out moment leadeis, to keep the for a dual celebiation in con riair> indu£Ll > stiong He called junction -with the Farm Show fCi LOntinued cooperation m the this week m Harrisburg at the indllsl! J ln future new Penn Hains Motoi Inn Of the 45 years, he said There was the Pennsylvania s'muly *Tt hasn’t seamed very Dairymen’s Association 100-yeai Gr ’, 3 (lN , ote And to ' van dldn,t celebration And there was the look nearl > 70 yea,s old > banquet foi Chailes E Cowan, Also 011 the P’ogram, besides W’ho has recently retned after McKinley, Kaufmann, Patton 45 years of service to the Dairy anJ - Vi,ss Kiantz, weie Joe S. men’s Association Taj lor, chairman, Penn State His service to the Association Dairy Science Extension, who included 30 continuous yeais as v,as credlt f d ™th organizing the secretaiy-treasuier program to honor Cowan and Cowan was also a fieldman for * bo pres ? nt f d a r “ down ° f the Inter-State Milk Pioducer’s Co * OO y f r hls ory th * or §™ lza operative for 45 years. He and Associatlon Cljde Mrs. Cowan live at 2025 Bloom- ? Boomson presided ingdale Avenue, Lancaster. Le’and H Bull outgoing During the program, Cowan Peiiu.ylvan.a Semeiary of Agn presented a financial report for wfn’pT IV ° n ? Pr ° b ‘ the Association, showing it ems created by change from a started 1970 with a balance of an ” iban t state > c n lted $2,534 and ended with $6.424._ Later, various Association tt n * k caßed members recalled the many This candid shot catches Cowan, right, a flower on his lapel. Joe S. Taylor, chair- . pa ~h t rll „ n 8 ° , l ° years, particularly' during the j us t a s Lancaster County’s Pennsylvania man, Penn State Dairy Science Extension, etJ slldes of the P Dro ’ DOspd _ ' 1940’s and the 1950’5, when the Dairy Princess. Miss Marilyn Krantz, pins enjoys the action. L. F. Photo Farm Show build urn treasury was quite poor and William tt r tr 3 <? ii often ended the year owing ssnted Cowan and his wife aer in advance of the meeting. He also received a week’s sup- w ure a suuivan Cowan sums ranging from $2OO $l,OOO check to help the couple Among those participating in p i y G f milk from Queen Dairy, to $l,OOO. Cowan, according to with some travelling they are the program honoring Cowan one tat a time uS he stood lva d a Dain men s Associabon the reports, took the money out planning was the Pennsylvania Dairy , , . , Association of his own pocket to keep the ei , , Princess from Lancaster County, on P° dmm befor K e hundr f ds Award of $lOO and plaque "for organization he served for so The ?I ’ ooo was ' banquet Miss Mauljn Krantz She pm- , oi Association members, and a valuable and noteworthy contn many years solvent. officials repoited, one Of the ned a flower on him laige plaque noting tus jeais bu,uns to Commonwealth s After much build-up about few details about the event that Thomas H. Patton, director of 0 seivlCe Hess Jr Stras how Cowan had spent so many was a surprise to Cowan Even the Penn State Extension Ser- in hnef remaiks, Cowan cued burcJ wa „ rp . e i pc . tfd to a oppond and.so much effort to kep so, It was noted, there was some wee, said, “Men like Chaihe the need foi tne continued el- three-year Leim as an A=soma the organization financially difficulty in getting a blank Cowan have been the foundation forts of many, including vauous on d i iec t or * = healthy, the organization pie check from the secretary-treasur stones of the organization ' 1 (Dairymen’s Association) ” But by no mears all the piaise was presented in a ser - ions manner Besides much jok ing about Cowan’s abilities as a treasurer, Robert C McKinley, who was master of ceremonies, and Harry Kaufmann presented - “The Charles E Cowan Story.” It was a musical comedy with wholesale substitution of words in well known songs to depict various stages of Cowan’s life.c Lines like “Charlie Cowan’s on his way You better be sani tary,” a supposed reft am of dairymen when Cowan began inspecting their operations And “Cows all will say, T wonder what’s become ot Charlie,” since Cowan, through his ef foits, according to the song, was a gieat friend of the cows and Among those at the meeting to honor Cowan were J. would be m!ssed b - v them Lin Huber, Franklin County, chairman of the Pennsylvania But ther . e ™ as , als ° a mole feting S* . A V G - Sl r m ’- a T r mier I of the Milk Marketing Board from, Wyoming County. Pe „ nsy i vim ,a Dairyman's Asso- Charlie Cowan, left, stabs the air to emphasize a point 0 ciation dedicates its 1971 annual j ames e Honan, general manager, Inter-State Milk Me m uSaneled aS s e S i P vice Producers Cooperative during an informal chat just before foi the benefit of the Pennsyl- the banquet honoring him started. Mrs. Cowan observes, vama dairy industry ” L- P- Photo Among those participating -in> the who was re-elected as Association direc- Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association tor; Cowan, with the plaque he received; ' Cowan adjusts the load to make room for more, as five banquet this week in Harrisburg to honor Mrs. Cowan, and Joe S. Taylor, chairman, of seven quarts of Queen Dairy milk were bestowed on him Charlie Cowan were: Elvin Hess Jr., . Penn State. Dairy Science Extension. this week. L. F. Photo * L. F. Photo Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16,1971 — Association 5
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