Adams County Selects 1975 Dairy Princess
by: Sally Bair
Feature Writer
Karen Slagle, Gettysburg,
RD 5, was crowned 1975
Adams County Dairy
Princess at festivities at the
Biglerville High School
Saturday night before an
audience of nearly 300.
Seventeen-year-old Karen
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Slagle, Jr.
Ayrshire breeders. She is a
1975 graduate of New Oxford
High School and is active in
4-H activities in the county.
First runner-up in the
contest was Elaine Keller,
19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Solanco Auxiliary Meets
Members of the Solanco
Auxiliary to the United
Auxiliaries of the Lancaster
General Hospital attended
the annual luncheon of the
combined auxiliaries at the
Lancaster General Hospital
on Tuesday, June 10th. Those
attending from Solanco
were: Evelyn Vandement,
Ruth Lee, Shirley Emel,
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Robert Keller, Gettysburg
The new Dairy Princess
was crowned by Elaine
Klinger, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Klinger, New
Oxford RD 2, the 1874 Dairy
Princess.
Other contestants were
Diane Clowney, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Clowney, Gettysburg RDI,
and Ellen Keller, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Clarence
Keller, Gettysburg, RD 4.
Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess Debra Miller
participated in the program
and provided some musical
Millie Warfel, Sadie
Greenleaf, Dottie Stauffer
and immediate past
president, Donna Ellenberg.
Mrs. Ellenberg gave the
years report and presented a
check to the United
Auxiliary for one thousand
dollars in behalf of the
Solanco Auxiliary.
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milk promotion. She assisted
in the coronation of the new
queen.
Outgoing Princess Elaine
Klinger told about her ap
pearances throughout the
year on behalf of the dairy
industry. A Shippensburg
State College sophomore,
she spent one week of her
spring vacation talking with
children in kindergarten,
first, second and third
grades. She told about dairy,
how to feed and milk a cow
and the Importance of in
cluding dairy products in the
diet. A slide presentation
showing milking activities at
her farm helped illustrate
her talk. According to
Elaine, she spoke to nearly
1540 children.
Another feature of the
Adams County Dairy Month
celebration is daily 30-
second promotion spots
broadcast on the radio. The
spots are jointly sponsored
by the Adams County
Holstein Association and
local dairymen, and are
presented by the Dairy
Princess.
Master of ceremonies for
the event was Robert Stover,
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Miss Karen Slagle, (left) was
named the 1975 Adams County Dairy
Princess during that county’s recent
contest. Elaine Keller was runner up
in the event. Other participants in the
York Production Credit
Association. Judges were
Mrs. Merrill Zimmerman,
Home Economist and 4-H
Leader; Curt Harler,
Associate Editor of Penn
sylvania Farmer Magazine;
626-1151 or 626-5996 or Answering Service (717) 733-1224
and David Roth, Master
Farmer and owner of
Milmay Farms.
Serving as chairmen for
the contest were Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Waybright. Co
chairmen were Mr. and Mrs.
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Unmter Farming, Saturday, June 21,1975—11
contest were Debra Miller, State
Dairy Princess (center) and Elaine
Klinger, the 1974 Adams County
Dairy Princess (right).
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Lester VanArsdale, Jr.
The new Dairy Princess
will participate in the state
training seminar and will be
a contestant for the 1976
Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess.
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