Mrs. Rhelda Royer, Involved
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Association, Brattleboro, Vt., for
four years.
Royers exhibited at the state
Black and White Show since 1955
and at the Pennsylvania All-
American Show since 1964. These
shows are held at Harrisburg in
September.
Mrs. Royer was delegate to the
National convention of the
Holstein-Friesian Association in
1966, 1967 and 1970. There was
only one other woman delegate to
this convention. She was chosen
because of her interest in
animals.
For 14 years she was either
leader for Lancaster County
Veterinary Science 4-H Club or
for the Manheim Sewing and
Cooking Club. She has served as a
judge for clothing construction
and dairy shows. She was
chairman of the ladies program
for the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association in 1963 and used to be
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Association.
s Mn. Royer received a life
membership plaque in the Dairy
Shrine Club in 1970.
Royers have over 100
registered Holstein animals of
which 56 are milking cows.
Fourteen of their cows have
produced over 100,000 pounds of
milk and 10 of them are home
bred cows. They have 44 milking
at the present time and are
averaging 2,150 pounds of milk a
day. They ship to Inter-State Milk
Producers and their milk goes to
A. & P.
To contrast their small
beginning in the business Mrs.
Royer framed their first milk
check statement which was $9.31
for two weeks. They shipped milk
to Hershey Chocolate Corp. 1953-
1954, then to Cloister Dairy till
1968. Although some of their cows
have made some excellent
production records their out
standing accomplishments have
taken place in breeding top
quality dairy animals.
After selling some of their
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ground for development, some
for the Lancaster School of the
Bible and lost some to highway
construction they have 79 acres
where they raise 60 acres of corn
and some hay They rent 20 acres
across from the Eden Theatre to
grow hay. Royers’ is strictly a
family operation. They do not
hire outside help.
Mrs. Royer’s main duties with
their herd is to milk the high
producers, clip the calves and
register the animals. She keeps
all the records and accounts for
the herd and farm. She says,
“I’m bugs on books.”
Mrs. Royer recently completed
a correspondence course in a
Motel Management Training
Course with Universal Motel
Schools, Inc. in Florida and made
the Deans list. She is supposed to
take two weeks actual training
there but says she will have to
wait till Lynn is through school.
She is a part time tour guide for
Rutt’s Tours, Intercourse. Buses
come from New York, Richmond,
Baltimore, Jersey City and
Washington. She gets on their bus
and takes them to dinner and is
with them all day. They go all
through the Amish country,
Hershey, Gettysburg, Mount
Gretna, Cornwall Furnace and
Christmas Village.
Royers are charter members of
Highland Presbyterian Church.
When Herbert was a member of
St. Paul’s Reformed Church in
Lancaster he taught a Sunday
School class and sang in the
He is very musical. He used to
sing in the East Petersburg
Men’s Chorus. He plays trumpet.
The whole family is musical.
Rhelda plays saxophone, Averrill
the piano and Lynn the trombone.
Lynn is in the Manheim Township
High School band and the
Manheim Township Mellow
Tones dance band.
Herbert was a 4-H leader for
five years, part of the time leader
of the Baby Beef Club and part
for the Tractor Club. He likes
field work, welding and taking
care of machinery.
You might think Mrs. Royer
doesn't have time to care for her
house with all her herd activities
but she says “Y ou just have to be
highly organized I don’t workout
all the time. I love to clean and
keep house ”
She is interested in inteno
decorating, refinishing furniture
and sewing She made drapes for
her house. She took an Extension
course in tailoring and did a lot of
sewing when she had time She
likes to cook but has to make
casserole meals sometimes when
she is so busy. They have a good
family life and enjoy dancing.
Rovers have some nice an-
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picture of Blossomelle Zsa Zsa as she sits in her office,
surrounded with framed registration papers and trophies.
tiques in their 99 year old house
that have come down through
their families. They have old
china, a beautiful walnut inlaid
corner cupboard, an old rocker,
dough tray, drop leaf table,
marble top tables and dresser
and a desk-chest of drawers
combination that was made in
1843.
Mrs. Royer has 32 framed
pictures of their different dairy
herd animals hanging in their
kitchen. She has a collection of
wooden articles, many of which
were made by her uncle Paul
Eshelman who is professor of
Industrial Arts at Millersville.
She has a number of pewter
pitchers and silver bowls and
trays which they have won with
their animals, also a number of
trophies the children have won
with their animals.
Here are some favorite recipes
of Mrs. Royer:
Hawaiian Milk Punch
Yield: 3 quarts
IV2 quarts vanilla ice cream,
softened
3 cups pineapple juice, chilled
1-3 cup orange juice
3 teaspoons lemon juice
4 cups cold milk
In a mixing bowl, while beating
softened ice cream, gradually
add fruit juices, then milk, beat
until frothy Pour into chilled
punch bowl.
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Chocolate Syrup
1 cup Ideal cocoa
2 cups sugar
1 1 2 cups hot water
1 tablespoon butter
■'2 teaspoon vanilla
Mix thoroughly, add portion of
hot water and work into a smooth
paste Add balance of water and
bring to a boil, stirring con
stantly Vanilla extract may be
added to taste. Bottle, cork tight
and keep in a cool place. One
part syrup added to eight parts of
cold milk makes a delicious and
nourishing drink.
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Caramel Pudding
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups brown sugar
3 cups milk
4 tablespoons flour
3 eggs
Brown butter well. Mix sugar
with butter. Add milk and bring
to boil. Then add flour and egg
yolks and bring to boil. Stir in
whites ana vanilla after taken off
the stove
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Cherry Carnival
Sift together into bowl
1 ! 4 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
'> teaspoon salt
' t cup soft shortening
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
cup milk
Blend- 2 cups cut-up well
drained pitted sour cherries
(save juice) cup cut up nuts
Bake 30 to 40 minutes at 350
degrees Serve hot with hot clear
red sauce-
Mix together in saucepan •
1 j cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Stir in gradually
I cup boiling water
*4 cup juice from cherries or
raspberries
Boil l minute, stirring con
stantly Stir in
I I teaspoon almond extract
Few drops red coloring, if desired
Keep hot until time to serve
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Beef Loaf
2 lbs ground beef
I'j teaspoons salt
1 1 teaspoon pepper
1 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 cup dry bread crumbs
2 eggs, beaten
>2 cup tomato juice
Combine all ingredients and
bake l hr at 350 degrees
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Layered Cranberry Salad
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Use 6'i cup ring mold
Cranberry layer
1(3 oz ) pkg orange flavored
gelatin
1 cup boiling water
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 (10 oz.) pkg frozen cranberry
orange relish, thawed
Cottage cheese layer
l cup dairy sour cream
>2 cup cranberry juice
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