BlO—Lancaster Tanning, Saturday, September 20,1980
GETTYSBURG - Cooler
days and earlier sunsets
have signaled that the busy
days of summer have passed
once more.
To the fruitgrowers of
Adams County, however, the
fall marts the begining of
their busiest season the
annual apple harvest
Adams. County, primarily
noted for its historic Get
tysburg battlefield, is ac
tually the fruit bowl of
Pennsylvania with nearly
20,000 acres of fruit trees'
producing over seven million
bushels of apples annually,
tops in Pennsylvania.
In celebration of the
harvest, the Upper Adams
Jaycees annually sponsors
the Apple Harvest Festival
which will be held this year,
National apple
queen to be chosen
GETTYSBURG - Eleven
state apple queens from
Pennsylvania to California
will vie for the coveted
crown of “Miss Apple Queen
U.S.A.” October 11 at the
1960 Apple Harvest Festival.
The Festival, held the first
two week-ends of October in
one of the nation’s most
productive fruit regions, is
one of the major festivals
held annually in Penn
sylvania.
Although the Festival
itself features en
tertainment, artisans,
craftsmen and tours of the
picturesque apple orchards,
the Festival highlight is
undoubtedly the judging and
selection of the new National
Apple Queen.
Beauty will be very ap
parent among the par
ticipants from the eleven
apple producing states in
attendance, but poise, per
sonality, knowledge of ap
ples and public speaking
ability will be the main
factors used by the judges.
' The eager contestants,
who are single and between
the ages of 16 to 22, will be
competing from the apple
producing states of Penn
sylvania, Arkansas,
California, Maryland,
Michigan, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and
West Virginia.
Public events for the
Ag Secretary praises
milk security act
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell
Wednesday told the Penn
sylvania Milk Marketing
Board that regulations af
fecting the Milk Producers’
and Cooperative Security
Funds Act must treat all
segments of the dairy in
dustry with fairness and
equal opportunity.
Hallo well said, “The
Pennsylvania Milk
Producers’ and Cooperative
Security Funds Act is a
major improvement from
the previous bonding
limitations...a solid first
step.”
He said the Act
“demonstrates that Penn
sylvania’s dairy industry
can unite for a common
cause when the best interest
of,the grass roots dairy
fanner is at stake. ”
Apple harvest festival set for Adams Comity
October 4 and 5 and October
11 and 12 at the South
Mountain Fairgrounds, 10
miles north of Gettysburg on
Route 234.
The Festival, set in one of
Pennsylvania’s most pic
turesque regions, the rolling
hills of the South Mountains,
provides a perfect setting for
a relaxing week-end. The
drive to the area sets the
tone for the event, as visitors
pass through tree covered
hillsides bursting with limbs
loaded with brilliant red and
gold colored fruit.
The festival itself is a
wonderland of apples, en
tertainment and excitement.
Apple products are produced
for you as you watch, many
by the fascinating methods
queens will include par
ticipation in the Gettysburg
Apple Harvest Mart from 2
to 3:45 p.m. on Friday,
October 10th. The Mart will
be held in downtown Get
tysburg on Lincoln Square
and will include colorful
displays of fruit, vegetables,
crafts, homemade baked
goods, etc.
At 7 p.m. that night, the
public is again invited to
participate in the apple
dessert sampler which will
be held at the Hickory
Bridge Farm. There, at 8
p.m. the queens with then
state banners and crowns,
will each deliver a three
minute speech on an apple
related topic.
On Saturday, October 11th
the Queens will participate in
various activities at the
Apple Festival held 10 miles
north of Gettysburg at the
South Mountain
Fairgrounds.
Then, that evening at the
Apple Harvest Ball; set to be
held at the Carroll Valley
Country Club, the judging
will be concluded with the
selection of the “1980 Miss
Apple Queen U.S.A.”
For tickets to the Ball and
other events, or additional
information, contact The
Gettysburg Area Chamber
of Commerce, Dept. A-l, 33
York Street, Gettysburg, Pa.
17325, or call 717/334-8151.
The Milk Security Fund
has been a major goal of the
Thornburgh Administration,
and became law when signed
by the Governor on July 10,
1980.
Hallowell said, “Our
initial goal was to move
quickly to provide our dairy
farmers with security from
dealer to cooperative
bankruptcy.”
He added, “We wanted to
get the framework for a
working bill on the books,
realizing that finishing
touches could be applied at a
later time.”
The Agriculture Secretary
told the Board that the Act
can serve its intended
purpose, without any
amendments to the law at
this tune. He recommended
a technical revision for
proposed regulations, in
serting a definition for “trust
company.”
of a bygone day. There’s an
old fashioned cider press
producing that sweet fresh
apple cider, apple pancakes
with apple syrups and candy
apples, too.
Entertainment will be
featured continuously on
each day of the two week-end
event. The First U.S. Army
Band will be featured on
October 4th and the fun
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continues to Bluegrass
music, a Dutch band etc.
For the young, and young
at heart, steam engine rides
and contests such as apple
bobbing will be held each
day; a craft fair with over
100 artisans and craftsmen
will be demonstrating their
skills; antique gas engines
'and equipment will be
running and antique autos
will be on display.
The grand finale of the
festival is the selection of the
National Apple Queen “Miss
Apple Queen U.S.A.”
Visitors are invited to attend
the judging of the State
Queens from the eleven
apple producing states in
attendance. Visitors are also
invited to attend the gala
Apple Harvest Ball set for
October 11th.
For complete details and a
free color booklet with a
descriptive map write the
Gettysburg Travel Council,
Dept. 8-Y, 35 Carlisle St.,
Gettysburg, Pa. 17325,
Telephone 717/334-5274. Or,
contact The Apple Harvest
Festival, Box 38, Biglerville,
Pa. 17307, Telephone 717/677-
9413.