Bradford County dal
BY JANE BRESEE
Staff Correspondent
TROY Penny Allen,
Bradford County Dairy
Princess, has more ideas
about how to promote milk
than cats have kittens
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Her latest idea originated
last summer when she heard
that the Citizens and Nor
thern Bank was planning to
renovate the old Troy Civic
Building, built in 1894 to be a
ry princess:
courthouse, and use it for a
branch bank.
“Wouldn’t it be nice,” she
suggested to her mother”, if
we could have a Dairy Week
there right after it opens ’ ”
Mrs. Neva Allen, Penny’s
mother, who is just as en
thusiastic about the dairy
industry as Penny is, agreed
to pursue the idea After
bank officials approved,
Mrs Allen organized the
week long event scheduling
different women associated
with dairying to help her.
The Grand Opening of the
bank was Saturday, March
1, the coldest day of the year
Cold or not, Penny was
there, and was privileged to
cut the ribbon for the
Penny Allen, Bradford County’s Dairy Princess,
thought up some unique promotion ideas, in
cluding a week-long Dairy Week held earlier this
month.
opening ceremony while
several bank and civic
dignitaries looked on.
Over 2000 people toured
the restored building that
day.
On the following Monday,
Dairy Week at the bank
began as planned. Mrs. Allen
and her crew served free
milk, punch, cheese, and
crackers, all donated by
local businesses Penny took
her turn everyday after
school.
Dairy princesses from
Tioga and Sullivan Counties
joined Penny on Friday
evening from 4 until 8 p.m. to
climax the Dairy Week.
Penny had another novel
promotional idea, too. After
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She’s a natural
seeing farmers wearing hats
at the Troy Fair with pat
ches advertising everything
from farm equipment to soft
di inks, she determined that
“milk” could and should be
on patches, too.
She talked to the local Silk
Label Plant in Troy and they
designed a 2 by 2 inch patch
reading “Milk’s The 1”. She
has sold nearly 2000 so far
and has a few left. They can
be obtained by sending a
dollar to her at Granville
Summit. Penna 16926.
Pretty, petite, blond
Penny, named Miss
Congeniality at the state
Dairy Princess pagaent, has
always been in love with the
farm since she started
following her dad to the bam
soon after she learned to
walk.
Today she helps with the
milk of 100 Holstems and
feeds the calves She owns
three Holstein cows, one
heifer, and four calves.
Her dad, Charles, can
surely use her help for the
farm has a total of 1100
acres, of which 800 are
tillable In addition to the
dairy herd which averages
17,147 pounds of milk and 603
pounds of butterfat, there
are beef cattle, sheep, and
hogs.
During her reign, Penny
has travelled nearly 5000
miles, spoken to more than
20 groups, been in 11
parades, prepared more
than 20 radio tapes, and
handed out over 5500
promotional materials in
cluding recipes. Her next
speaking engagement is at a
local Rotary Club.
Along with all that she still
finds time to sing in the
church choir at her local
church at Bailey’s Comors,
playes the piano, and is a
substitute Sunday School
teacher.
In June she will graduate
from Troy High School and is
anticipating entering the
nursing program at the
Amot Ogden Nursing School
of Nursing, Elmira, N.Y. in
the fall.
Asked if she would like to
marry a farmer some day,
Penny replied, “Yes, I
would, if I can find one as
nice as my dad.”
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