[—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Sept. 11, 1976
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4-H queens look
to coming reign
By SALLY BAIR She said, “I was more nervous Thursday afternoon
Feature Writer waiting for the evening contest to begin. I am looking
For Jodi Zeamer and Robin Esbenshade the recent forward to meeting new people.”
Lancaster 4-H Achievement Day marked the beginning of
an exciting year. The girls were chosen Lancaster County The two girls have already begun to work for Lancaster
junior and senior 4-H queen respectively. County b X appearing on Noonday on Eight for WGAL-
For Jodi, 12, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford TV with farni editor Bob Malick. They agreed that it was
Zeamer, 114 E. Main St., Mountville, winning the title was an interesting way to begin their new roles,
a real surprise. Both girls ( ' om P eted against five finalists after being
“I was quite prepared to lose. I_was nervous, but en- selected from among 35 contestants in each category,
joyed the contest,” she said. She also mentions that it was Judges met the girls during a preliminary event, and then
not until her name was announced as the winner that she paring the formal contest on stage during Achievement
got really nervous. Day activities. Jodi said she was “scared” during the
Fifteen-year-old Robin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. preliminary judging.
Leroy Esbenshade, Manheim, R 7, and she, too, was
surprised by the announcement of her name as queen.
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County’s junior 4-H queen.
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Jodi has been a member of the Mountville Community 4-
H Club for four years and has taken projects in sewing,
cooking, and bicycling. She said she joined 4-H after
seeing posters about it.
“My mom went to 4-H and said it was fun, so I decided to
join,” she disclosed.
Jodi said she’s glad she joined and would recommend to
others that they become involved in 4-H. She said, “I’ve
been in a lot of things and I learned a lot of new things. I
learned to cook. I learned hand signals with my bike and I
learned how to fill out the record books properly. I also got
new friends.” Since she lives in town, Jodi said it’s a good
example that you don’t need to live on a farm to join 4-H.
Her mother has helped with the Mountville Club in the
past, and this year it was her job to make the ribbon for
the 4-H’er who would represent the Mountville Club in the
Homestead
county contest. So Jodi helped to make her own ribbon,
before, of course, she was selected as the contestant. After
she won locally she received a silver ID bracelet with a 4-
H insignia on it and a charm to be engraved from the
leaders of the club.
Jodi will be in the seventh grade at Centerville Junior
High School. She is also a member of the Mountville
Church of the Brethren and sings in the choir. A high point
of her summer was going to Camp Swatara with a friend
for a week. She plays the saxophone and likes to ride her
bicycle, swim, and read.
Once school gets underway, Jodi will bowl with a
Bantam League on Saturday mornings. And, Jodi is a
“collector,” or a “pack rat” as her mother puts it. Jodi
says, “I collect about everything.” Probably her ex
periences as4-H queen will give her a few more souvenirs
and memories to add to her collections.
Robin, the senior 4-H queen, belongs to the Mount Joy 4-
H Club, where she has had six years of sewing, two years
of cooking, and one year of cake decorating.
She is in the freelance project in'sewing, and this year
was selected an alternate to district dress revue.
At the contest on Achievement Day, Robin was asked
what she would do to promote 4-H. She said, “I told them I
would talk with city and town kids since they have leisure
tune. I would tell them how much fun it is, and all the nice
kids you meet. I would also tell them that 4-H can help you
m the future.”
Robin, herself, joined 4-H because “I was always in
terested m sewing. I learned about 4-H through friends
and decided to join.” She said she had done a little sewing
prior to her 4-H experiences, but now she sews about half
her own clothes.
“It saves a lot of money,” she points out.
Robm would encourage others to join 4-H because, “It
helps make you more of a leader, and helps a lot m the
future.
Robin will be a junior at Manheim Central High School.
She was a manager for the girls’ basketball team, a
member of the Future Homemakers Association, on the
yearbook staff, and a member of the Future Business
Leaders of America.
She is taking business courses in school, and she hopes
one day to be an accountant. She also plans to attend a
Bible college
Robm is a member of the youth group at Calvary In
dependent Church. She enjoys skung, ice skating, roller
skating, macrame, cooking, and cake decorating.
Robm helps with some of the work on her father’s 100
acre dairy and poultry operation. She does field work,
Notes
It is Robin’s responsibility to move the packed
eggs onto the waiting cart.
Decorating cakes was a new project for the
senior queen this year. Robin shows off two of her
works of art.
such as hay baling, and helps daily with packing the eggs
from the Esbenshade’s automated layer operation.
For the first time this year alternate queens were
selected. Jun: alternate was Lisa King, 12, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin King, 256 C Harvest Drive, Gor
donville. Lisa has been a member of the Pequea Valley 4-
H Sewmg and Cooking Club for three years.
In her interview she answered a question about how 4-H
has helped her, and recalls that she said, “4-H has helped
me realize that if I do something wrong I can try again. I
always try to do my best and no matter how things turn
out, I know I did my best.”
Lisa will be attending the seventh grade at Locust
Grove Mennonite School, and it is through the school that
she learned about 4-H and decided to join.
She said she had not been very interested in attending
Achievement Day, but “I loved it. It helped me meet a lot
of people and I’m really glad I went.”
Senior alternate queen was June Grube, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Weidler Grube, Manheim R 7. Seventeen-year
old June has been a 4-H’er for eight years and is a member
of the Lancaster County Holstein 4-H Club and the Lan
disville Klassy Klippers.
This year she sewed a skirt, vest, and blouse for her
freelance project and was selected as an alternate for
district dress revue.
A senior at Hempfield High School, June said her
question at the contest involved learning to lose. She said
her 4-H experiences had taught her a lot about losing.
“I think it is important to always go away smiling.
Losing is an important part of life,” commented June.
But June added that she has really enjoyed bemg in 4-H.
She is very active in county activities besides her in
volvement m her local clubs.
The junior and senior queens are presently making
arrangements to appear at the local fairs and in the fair
parades, and will be attending banquets and other func
tions throughout the year. '
Besides being attractive, the queens are articulate and
personable and are looking forward to a pleasant year of
representing 4-H in Lancaster County.