Yvonne
C*. BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
FARM SHOW “If tonight was
any indication of how the rest of
my year will be, it’s going to. be
tremendously exciting,” said
Yvonne Eshelman of Lancaster
County, moments after the glit
tering crown which proclaimed her
the new 1982 Pennsylvania Potato
Queen was placed on her head.
Yvonne, daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Guy Eshelman of Miller
sville, was bestowed the new title
Thursday evening at the 65th
annual banquet of the Penn
sylvania Co-operative Potato
Growers, Inc.
This marks the second year in a
row that a Ijmcaster Countv girl
woars the crown
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fast year's Potato Queen, a special certificate for her
effort” in promoting the potato.
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Eshelman wears Potato Queen crown
crowning, but it was actually
special guest Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose Hallowell who
placed the coveted silver circle on
Yvonne’s head
Named first runner-up was 17-
year-old Rhonda Horner, hailing
from Clarion County.
The title of second runner-up was
given to Kathy Orbanick from
Waterford in Erie County,
The new queen, a 17-year-old
blue-eyed, brown-haired senior
from Penn Manor High School
said she received her experience '
working with potatoes from the 175-
acre operation her father farms ur
partnership with her. grandfather
Clyde Eshelman and her uncle
Jay Stauffer.
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Yvonne Eshleman. Lancaster County, by her court, left, Katharine ie
proudly poses for the camera after being County, second runner-up, and Rhonda
named the 1982 Potato Queen. She is flanked Horner of Clarion County, first runner-up.
audience when she told them to go
home and do just what her dad did:
get out their cookbooks and
everywhere a recipe calls for
'ldaho potatoes,’ write in ‘Penn
sylvania potatoes.’
Yvnone is currently applying to
colleges for the fall and though she
has no. particular curriculum in
mind as yet, she does admit that a
big possibility might be agri
business. But for now Yvonne
keeps busy playing piano, hockey
and track and is a member of
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concert, marching and pep bands
at Penn Manor.
First runner-up Rhonda, is a
senior at North Clarion High
School and the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Homer. Her ex
perience in the potato industry
comes from her parents’ farm, a
143-acre operation.
Katharine Orbanick, second
runner-up, told the audience that
“having worked on a potato farm, I
know how difficult the work can
be,” but admitted that in the end.
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the work is all worthwhile. She said
as queen she hopes to stimulate the
.young people and bring them to
know the true value of the potato.
Kathy is the daughter of Mrs.
Patricia Orbanick.
Also named during the evening
were the winners of the 4-H Potato
Grading and Judging Contest, held
this week at Farm Show. The
winners come from Adams County
under the coaching of Jared Tyson.
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