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Concluding National 4-H Week . . .
These Queens Will Speak
For 4-H All Year Long
She looks on her selection as 4-
H queen as a result of her
achievement in 4-H work. “It is
quite an accomplishment to
represent Lancaster County.”
In the month since she was
chosen as senior queen, Marcy
has been on television and has
appeared in three parades in
By Sally Bair
Feature Writer
Lancaster County’s 4-H queens
are two pretty talented teenagers
who are “sold” on the value of 4-
Fifteen year old March
Bomberger and fourteen year old
Cindy Charles were selected as
the senior and junior 4-H queens,
respectively, at 4-H Achievement
Day in August. They will spend
one year being spokesmen for 4-
H, and they both agree that 4-H
has brought them many
memorable experiences.
Marcy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Bomberger, Elm, has
been a member of the Elm-
Penryn 4-H club for six years.
She has earned a sewing project
each year and won a blue ribbon
on each project. She also had two
years of cooking.
Marcy says, “I joined 4-H
because my mother wanted me to
since my sisters had been in it.”
She said she now feels all young
people should “definitely join 4-
H.” It helps get you ready for the
future as a homemaker or
seamstress and in a lot of dif
ferent areas It also helps you
work for a better community.”
There were 31 contestants in
the preliminary contest for senior
queen, all of whom had been
selected by their local 4-H clubs.
Five competed for-the honor on
Achievement Day when they
appeared before an audience and
Marcv Bomberger (left) and Cindy to begin. They are the Lancaster County Pl
enaries wait for the Manheim Fair parade H senior and junior queens, respecbvely.
Notes
Pat Erway, Editor
the judges. Marcy was asked
what she had encountered in 4-H,
and she recalls that she gave a
summary of her 4-H experiences.
She said, “I wasn’t nervous
during the contest as I usually am
before a group of people. My
family was really surprised when
I came home.”
Senior 4-H Queen Marcy Bomberger likes to “create” her
own outfits. Here she works on a pair of wool slacks.
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Cindy displays her first sewing project in 4-H, a sleeveless
dress, and the blue ribbon she won at round-up for her ef
fort.
conjunction with the Ephrata,
Solanco and Manheim Fairs.
She said, “I don’t know what
people think when they see us in
parades. Many probably don’t
know what 4-H means.” She feels
it might be more advantageous to
talk with people about the op
portunities in 4-H.
About her 4-H work, Marcy
says, “I’ve met a lot of new
people, in dress' revue and at
Achievement Day. Now a lot of
people compliment me on outfits
I have made. I really appreciate
that.”
She added, “4-H has taught me
to sew on my own. At first I
depended on my mother, but now
I can go ahead. I sew most of my
own clothes. I only buy things on
sale ” If you sew she says, “You
can create your own ideas, and
it’s a lot cheaper.”
For the past two years Marcy
has been a winner in county 4-H
dress revue, and represented
Lancaster County at district
dress review Last year she
fashioned a wool skirt, cape and
vest made with wool fabric she
purchased in London on a trip
with her parents. This summer
her project consisted of a coor
dinated coat, pants, skirt and
vest, again out of 100 percent
wool.
In her 4-H club, Marcy says she
helps with the younger girls and
she has held an office every year
she’s been a member.
But 4-H is just a small part of
Marcy’s busy world She is a
junior at Manheim Central High
School where she is class
president, secretary of Future
Homemakers of America and a
member of student council She
enjoys sports and is a halfback on
the girls’ hockey team. With
practice every night and games
twice a week, there’s not much
spare time. She also is on the
track team. _
Marcy is taking the college
prep course and her ambition is
to attend Eastern Mennonite
College in Virginia to study
elementary education.
She is a member of Erb’s
Mennonite Church where she is
active in the youth group.
It is evident that Marcy enjoys
the busy life. She said, “It is good
to be involved in a lot of ac
tivities. To me that is what keeps
school alive. I have learned
responsibility and discipline as a
result.”
Marcy’s father is an owner of
Bomberger’s store in Elm and
the whole family helps out.
Although Marcy says she’s too
young to work according to
laws, she does help unload boxes'
and stamp items. But since her
mother works at the store, Marcy
says, “I do most of the cooking.”
Marcy has three sisters and two
brothers: Fannie, 22; Amelia, 19;
Betsy, 18; John, 21; and Roy, Jr.,
11.
Cindy Charles is another 4-H’er
with a full schedule. The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur
Charles, Mount Joy, Cindy is a
freshman at Donegal High
School. She is a majorette in the
band, and at this time of the year
that means a lot of practice to get
ready for all those football
games. She is also in the chorus
and the modern dance club
Cindy has been a member of
the Mount Joy 4-H Club for three
years. She had two years of
cooking and baking and one year
of sewing. She made a sleeveless
dress this summer and won a
blue ribbon.
“I joined 4-H because friends
urged me to join, ‘‘Cindy says,
and she feels it has been a great
experience. “I learned about the
projects, but also got to meet a lot
of new people. 4-H gives you
responsibility and it offers you
the opportunity to be a leader,”
Cindy explained that at the
Mount Joy club round-up each
person participates in some way.
She said, “This helps you gain
poise and self confidence,
especially in modeling what you
have made.”
Cindy laughs and says she can’t
remember how she answered her
question on Achievement Day
when she was selected junior
queen, but she does remember
her question: “What do the four
H’s mean to you personally?”
She said the four H’s she
described were “home, health,
happiness and heart.” Cindy was
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