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» Tearful dairy princess
i By JOYCE BUPP for the Baltimore-Harford
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% TOWSON, Md. - With new Area 5 Dairy Princess,
lears of happiness glistening The lovely brown-haired,
»n her cheeks, Jo Garber dark-eyed young lady won
promised to “do her best” her crown over a field of six
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10,1978—101
bottom) Jo Garber, newly-crowned Area 5
v princess; Mary Foster, first runner-up; and
Amos, second runner-up.
contestants during pageant
festivities held June 2 in the
Towson Plaza Shopping
Mall.
Miss Garber, age 17, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John P. Garber, Troyer
Road, White Hall, formerly
of Virginia. A junior at North
Harford High School, she is
preparing for college studies
m the field of speech
pathology or biological
sciences.
High school activities of
the new princess include the
German club, yearbook
staff, and serving as a class
representative to the student
government.’ Among her
hobbies are swimming,
bicycling and sewing, a
talent she used in designing
the blue quiana gown she
wore for the pageant.
Jo has been a 4-H member
for the past eight years and
holds offices in both her local
club and in the Harford
County dairy club. Her
project animals are three
registered Holsteins, two
cows and a calf, which she
enjoys showing in area
competition. One animal,
her 4-year-old cow, was
named an all-Virginia
winner -as an intermediate
calf.
The Garber family milks
100 Holsteins and are
members of Maryland
Cooperative Milk Producers.
Mary Foster, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A.
Foster, Masemore Road,
Parkton, was selected the
first runner-up. She will be a
sophomore at Lycoming
College, majoring in art.
Near East culture and ar
chaeology.
Her busy college schedule
includes membership on the
women’s field hockey team,
officer of a social sorority
which she helped to form,
and serving as a reporter on
the college newspaper.
Nineteen-year-old Mary
has been active in 4-H for 10
years, participating in dairy
exhibiting and judging. She/
owns nine Holsteins and
seven Guernseys, and is
employed on the family
farm, which includes a
milking herd of 115 Guern
seys and Holsteins.
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