County, state cooks stir Egg Month into motion
It takes a canning kettle to hold all the eggs needed for this
eggxtra big omelet.
“N6w what do we put in?” Mayor Arthur Morris of Lan
caster seems to be saying to Luther Snyder, deputy ag
secretary at Penn Square in Lancaster as they prepare the
giant omelet in honor of egg month.
t CENTRE HALL Four
oountians will compete for honors
at the Centre County Dairy
Princess pageant and coronation
to be held at the Penns Valley
Senior High School in Spring Mills,
May 15, at 7 p.m. The new Dairy
Princess will replace Betsy
Hostennan of Spring Mills, who
has been Centre- County’s
representative for the past year.
The eveiiing events will begin
with a dairy bar at 7 p.m. in the
cafeteria. A turkey dinner will be
served at 7:30, and the pageant at
B: 30 in the auditorium.
The contestants will be in
terviewed by the judges and the
master of ceremony, Keith F.
Stevens, TV Executive Producer,
Agricultural Communication
Department, Penn State
University.
Mr. Stevens will present each
contestant to the audience and
interview her on stage. The con
testants also will give a presen
tation prior to the judges’ selec
■on.
The contestants are Faye
Brown, 17, of Springs Mills. She is
the daughter of Harold E. and
Faye Brown. Faye will graduate
from Penns Valley Area High
Four compete,
School in June. Her plans after
graduation are to get a job* and
work on the family farm part-time.
Faye’s activities in high school
include FFA public speaking,,
volleyball and softball. She is a
'member of the FFA Parlimentary
Procedure Team, Dairy Judging
and Livestock Judging 1 Teams,
Chapter Treasurer, and Chapter '
Secretary. The Browns own 78
Holstein animals.
Lesa Fetterolf, 17, is the
daughter of Donn and Elva Fet
terolf of Aaronsburg. Her plans,
after graduation from Penns
Valley Area High School in June,
are to attend Lock Haven State
College, majoring in special
education and/or _ elementary
education. Her school activities
include senior high chorus and
band, school musicals, vice
president of Spanish Club, Open
Door student ezchange-Cfaile. Lesa
is active in the church choir. The
Fetterolfs own 70 head of
Holsteins.
Sylvia Houtz, 16, daughter of
Ronald and Dorothy Houtz of
Bellefonte, will be a senior at
Bellefonte Area High School this
fall. After completing high school,
Sylvia would like to attend nurses
Helping with the egg month festivities in
Lancaster were Heidi Miller, poultry queen;
Rep. Noel Wenger of Lancaster County, (to her
left); and other state and county dignitaries
such as J. Leroy Esbenshade, president of the
Lancaster County Poultry Association; John R.
“Eggcited” was the word used to describe signed picture at Lancaster’s omelet
the children who gather around Eggatha for a festivities.
Centre County dairy title
training school. Her school ac
tivities include student council,
class cabinet, class president. She
is active in 4-H County Council, 4-H
Dairy Club, Benner Community 4-
H Club, and 4-H Sausage Staffers.
Sylvia lives on a farm of 10 head of
.Holstein and 11 head of Jersey
animals.
Sherry McCook, 17, is the
Penn State Dairymen’s Club meets
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
STATE COLLEGE - Thomas
Kelly, Holstein breeder from
Tyrone, assumed the duties of
president of the Penn State
Dairymen’s Club at the group’s
annual banquet last Friday in
State College.
Elected vice-president was N.
Alan Bair, director of member
services for Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative, Lancaster. Norman
W. Hooven, Jr., Beltsville, Md. and
Carl A. Brown, Birdsboro, were
elected to the Board of Directors.
Recognized during the business
meeting was Clyde S. Robison,
well-known dairyman from
Biechier, president of Commonwealth
National Bank; Ronald Frazier, Mid-Atlantic
Sales Manager for Regal Ware, Inc., and
Robert Bucher, vice president and manager of
Commonwealth's Agri-Loan Department.
daughter of Robert and Joyce
McCool of Madisonburg. After
graduating from Penns Valley
Area High School m June, she
plans to get a secretarial job. Her
school activities include softball,
track, girls Varsity Club, a
member of the yearbook finance
staff, school musicals, band, and
chorus. The McCools own 55 head
Washington County, who received
the 1981 Distinguished Dairy
Science Alumnus Award. In
making the announcement, Paul
Wangsness, head of the depart
ment of dairy and animal science,
said, “We are proud to claim you
as a Penn Stater. We think you are
a tremendous credit to the dairy
industry.”
It was reported the endowment
fund established by the Club has
now reached $5,000. Proceeds from
the endowment will be used to
support the dairy cattle judging
teams from the University.
Membership now totals 153, an
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of Holstein animals.
Entertainment will be provided
by the Penns Valley Stage Band.
Tickets can be obtained prior to
the pageant by contacting Carol
Homan, Box 115, Centre Hall, PA
16828 or calling (814) 466-7248. The
public is invited to attend the
coronation of the new Centre
County Dairy Princess.
increase over the first year as an
organization.
The Dairymen’s Club is open to
anyone who is interested in sup
porting the work of the dairy
department in Penn State.
Membership for one year is $3; for
five years, $l3; lifetime mem
bership, $5O.
Membership contributions may
be mailed to Paul R. Shellen
berger, secretary-treasurer, 151
Fairlawn Avenue, State College,
Pa. 16801. Anyone wishing to make
a contribution to the endowment
fund may direct questions to
Shellenberger.