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 —
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