A22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Juna 27, 1951
Deb Greider wears Lancaster Co. dairy crown
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
LANCASTER Seventeen-year
old Deb Greider was named the
1981 Lancaster County Dairy
Princess in ceremonies held
Saturday night at Landis Valley
Resort Inn.
In her acceptance immediately
following her crowning, she
thanked her parents for their
support and added, “I pledge to do
my best job. I believe strongly in
dairying and 1 will do my best for
you.”
A senior at Hempfield High
School, Deb is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Robert Greider,
Columbia R 2.
First Alternate m the contest
was Robin Balmer, 19, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Balmer, 1551
Mentzer Road, Lancaster, Robin
works full time on her family’s
dairy farm, and is a 1960 graduate
of Lampeter Strasburg High
School.
Second Alternate was Debra
Hershberger, 16, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hershberger,
Quarryville, R 4. A senior at
Solanco High School, Debra was
also chosen as Miss Congeniality,
an honor selected by the con
testants themselves.
Deb Greider won the judges’
approval by a milk promotion
radio spot in which she extolled the
virtues of milk, saying, “Milk is a
miracle. All you needis sun, a cow
and good feed to produce milk by
the bucketfull. MUk has style and
tummy appeal and should never be
forgotten at any complete meal.”
She concluded by saying, “For a
mowing experience, drink milk
everyday.”
Weather dampens Seven Valleys farm tour
BY LAURIE DOBROSKY
SEVEN VALLEYS - A cloudy
overcast and often rainy day did
not stop a number of York Coun
tians from attending tbe Seven
Valleys Farm Tour held here on
Saturday.
“To bring fanners together with
their urban neighbors,” was the
purpose of the tour according to
Kay Taylor, chairman of the event.
The tour was sponsored by the
York Farmers Association and a
number of ag businesses in the
area.
The host farm for the event was
that of Lester and Richard
Luckenbaugh. The Luckenl ’s
iswering questions from visitors on appte production, is
Pennsylvania Apple Queen Heather Staub.
In answer to a question posing
the imaginary situation in which a
friend was on a diet and gave up
dairy products entirely, Deb
responded, ‘‘Milk’s too good to skip
completely.” After giving a run
down dairy products a
dieter might enjoy, she added,
“You need milk even if you are on
a diet.”
Deb is active m 4-H as a member
of the MountviUe Community 4-H
Club, and Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef
Club and the 4-H County Council.
Her previous experience as royalty
was serving as the Beef Club’s
semor queen in the 4-H queen
contest. She is active in Hempfield
Singers, was m Student Council
and will serve as a member of the
steering committee. Last year she
was active in hockey, basketball
and track.
The Greiders milk about 125
Holstems on their dairy farm near
Columbia.
Deb was crowned by Connie
Balmer, 572 Milway Road, Lititz,
who called her own experience,
“rewarding and challenging.”
Connie thanked those who sup
ported her throughout her reign,
especially her parents for driving
her to meetings and “milking
without me.”
Her final words were, “What you
are is God’s gift to you; what you
become is your gift to God.”
Connie began the evening’s
program with a milk toast to the
dairy industry.
Other contestants included
JoAnn Brenneman, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elvm K. Bren
neman; Mount Joy Rl; Reba
Brubaker, 17, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Brubaker, Mount Joy
grow a number of crops including
wheat, barley, mixed hay, alfalfa,
com and soybeans. The crops are
marketed through Poorbaugh
Grain in Lancaster.
Lester Luckenbaugh is one of the
top crop growers in York County
and is a seed com salesman. He
also serves as president of the
York Extension Association, past
president of the Spring Grove
Lions Club, and past-membership
chairman for the York Farmers’
Association.
The Luckenbaugh’s bam-held
various exhibits set up by different
ag businesses and local craftsmen.
There were food stands serving ice
Lancaster County's 1981 Dairy Princess is.
Deb Greider, Columbia R 2. She is shown
wearing her new crown, flanked by First
ni- Rnh*rt*Mvor 18 daughter of Princess contestants delivered
Mr ZT mJT Dm M?e? cold, frosty glass pitchers of milk
Chiiirrvville Ri and to each table prior to the banquet
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direction of Kathryn Fry. A
reception featuring milk punch
and cheese snacks preceded the
banquet. Linda Kreider was
chairman of the reception com
mittee.
Judges for the contest were Mrs.
Judy Shade, Huntingdon County
dairy farm wife; Harold Bare,
Master of Ceremonies tor tne
event was Grover Gouker, Jr., of
the Dale Carnegie Institute,
Lancaster. /
Vocal ' entertainment was
provided by the “Vocal Image”
barbershop quartet who gave a
rendition of the jingle “Milk - The
Soft, Soft Drink” as the Dairy
cream and deep-pit roast beef and
pork sandwiches, and a petting zoo
for the children set up by York
County 4-H.
Down home country musical
entertainment was provided by
State Representative A. Camlle
(Peck) Foster and his Friday
Night Garage Pickers, with a little -
help on some numbers provided by
State Senator Ralph Hess.
From the Luckenbaugh farm
visitors hopped aboard straw-filled
wagons pulled by tractors
(donated by various local
businesses) and were taken to the
home of Michael and Donna
Lecrone. The Lecrone family has
established an orchard over the
past five years. It will produce its
first crop of apples and peaches
this year.
Once the 3,000 trees they have
begin producing, the Lecrones said
they hope to expand their orchard
to include cherries, plums, nec
tarines, pears, and apricots. The
Lecontes will market their crops
by the use of “pick your own” and
a roadside market. Beehives are
kept near „ the orchard for
pollination purposes, and the extra
honey is sold.
As the wagons circled the
Lecrone farm. Heather Staub from
York County, the 1961 Penn
sylvaiua Apple Queen presenieu a
discussion on fruit and apple
production, apple markets, tree
pnces and types of apples. She also
spoke on apple tree care, noting
“The Lecrone’s spray their trees
every 3-5 days, and carefully prune
and spread the branches on the
trees so the apples are easier to
pick.”
The Lecrones also have a
chicken operation that produces
7,200 eggs daily. These are fer
tilized eggs that are gathered by
hand 3 tunes a day from nest filled
with sugar cane.
The Lecrone’s use sugar cane
because “it can be chopped finer,
is more absorbant, and the uuds
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Entertainment for the farm tour was provided by
Representative A. Carville (Peck) Foster and his group the
Friday Night Garage Pickers. Various ag businesses and
craftsmen set up exhibits in the barn of Lester Luckenbaugh
host for the farm tour.
don’t pick at it like straw.” The
eggs gathered from their house are
called ‘Hubbard-Miz heavy
chickens’ which are used for
broilers, the eggs are sent to
Longenecker’s hatchery.
This farm family also operates a
recycling center. The proceeds
from the center go to help support
OUCH a group formed to protest a
proposed chemical dump in the
area. They are recycled glass,
. rate . Jn Baimer. j, left, and
Debra Hershberger, Quarryvilie R 4.-
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Chester County dairyman; and
Richard Dennison, Pennsylvania
Fanners Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Blvm K. Bren
neman served as chairpersons for
theprogram.
Deb will-spend the next year
promoting dairy products and will
represent Lancaster County in the
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
contest in September. She said,
“I’m very'excitedfl consider it an
honor and think it will be a really
good experience.”
paper, steel and aluminum at the
present time.
•‘The only thing we don’t recycle
is plastic,” announced Mrs.
Lecrone. In the future they hope to
include that too.
From the Lecrone farm the
wagons travelled to the farm of
Nelson and Judy Brenneman. The
Brennemans have primarily a
dairy farm, which includes about
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