114—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2,1984
BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
YORK Judith Perry is York
County’s 1984 dairy princess,
winning the coveted title tiara, and
banner as the highlight of the
annual pageant, held last Saturday
evening at the 4-H Center.
First alternate York County
dairy princess is Kelly Kilgore,
and Darcy Feeser was chosen the
second alternate.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Perry, Indian Rock Dam
Road, York, Judy is 21 years old
and a marketing major at York
College.
Judy is a graduate of Dallastown
Area High School, where she was
involved in a number of musical
activities. Drawing on those in
terests, she especially wooed
youthful members of the pageant
audience with her skit presentation
that included a bit of breakdance
maneuvering.
In answer to the “fishbowl”
question chi why it is important for
Judith Perry, newly-crowned York County Dairy Princess,
takes a heaping spoonful of the "Pleasurable Suicide" ice
cream sundae.
Hunterdon County seeks
dairy princess contestants
FLEMINGTON, NJ - The
annual search is on for the 1984
Hunterdon County Dairy Princess.
Plans have been made to hold the
crowning ceremony at Turntable
Junction at 3 p.m. on Saturday,
June 9. This will be part of a day
long milk promotion event under
sponsorship of Hunterdon’s Dairy
Princess Committee.
“The need now is for qualified
candidates,” says Mrs. Marie
Schwab, milk promotion com
mittee chairman. “We have an
excellent setting for the crowning,
which will be a brief ceremony in
an attractive area of the Liberty
Village-Turntable complex.”
The contest is open to young
women, 17 to 24 years of age,
single, with some dairy farm
experience. A candidate need not
have been born or raised on a dairy
farm, but must have had some
involvement with dairy cows. It
might be as a member of a 4-H
dairy club, an FFA dairy project,
or contact with dairy farming on a
relative’s or neighbor’s farm.
A candidate has to know
something about cows and have an
appreciation of milk and dairy
products.
Judith Perry crowned York County Daily Princess
farmers to present a good image to
urban dwellers, the new princess
replied that the urban population is
considerably greater in numbers
than are farmers and “that’s
where our money is coming from. ”
The George Perry’s are part of
Perrydell Farms, a family
operated milk production,
processing and sales business with
an on-farm retailing store.
Through her employment with the
family’s retailing of milk, Judy is
familiar with both production and
sales segments of the dairy in
dustry, as well as customer
relations.
First alternate princess Kelly
Kilgore is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Kilgore, Airville R 2.
Kelly is 16, a junior at Red Lion
Area High School, and an officer of
the Red Lion FFA chapter, as well
as president of the county FFA.
She is also a 4-H dairy member,
exhibiting both Holstein and
Brown Swiss project animals.
Using a supermarket shopper
There wul be a panel of three
judges to make the selection on
June 9. Interviews will be part of
the procedure. These will take
place from 10 a.m. through noon,
according to plans set by the
committee.
Contestants are judged on ap
pearance, personality, speaking
ability, and knowledge of dairy
farming, milk and dairy products.
The winner will reign for a year as
Hunterdon’s dairy princess. She
will represent the county in the
state dairy princess contest to be
held at Flemington Fair during
fair week.
Prizes at both county and state
levels are significant cash awards,
but most important, is the ex
perience and fun in competition.
And, of course, the winner has the
advantage of attending and par
ticipating in a year-long milk
promotion effort.
The princess becomes the dairy
industry’s spokesman for a year,
speaking out on the value of dairy
products in the diet, and the
contributions of dairy farming to
the community in the preservation
of open space, and more.
Entry forms are available by
calling Mrs. Schwab at 782-7317.
Judith Perry, center, is York County's 1984 dairy princess. At right is Kelly Kilgore,
the first alternate, and at left is Darcy Feeser, second alternate
approach for her presentation, Using pillow props fashioned
Kelly spoke on purchasing “Real'’ after various dairy products,
dairy foods. In response to her on- Darcy directed her presentation at
spot question about her personal the elementary age youngsters,
goals if selected dairy princess, When questioned as to how far
she expressed a special interest in mers themselves can encourage
reaching elementary school greater dairy product con
children, including many local sumption, her answer included
rural youngsters with no real basic more personal promotion and
understanding of modem farm offering consumer sampling of
products.
Darcy Feeser, second alternate, Rounding out the dairy princess’
is also 16, and the daughter of Mr. court for 1984 are Karen Klahold,
and Mrs. Frank Feeser, Hanover daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
R®- Klahold, York R 2, and Lisa
A junior at Southwestern High Warner, daughter erf Mr. and Mrs.
School, with plans for college William Waner, Felton R 3.
studies, Darcy is a 4-H dairy Doug Hershey, membership
member, and active in many service director for the Penn
school and church youth group sylvania Holstein Association,
events. handled the emcee duties and
jndy Lament, center, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lamont of East
Troy, was recently chosen 1984-85 Bradford County Dairy Princess. First runner-up,
left, is Diana Finnerty of Columbia Cross Road, R 2, and second runner-up is Kris Renee
Green of Star Route, Warren Center.
Bradford County
BY JANE BRESEE
Staff Correspondent
WYALUSING - Wendy Lament,
17-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Lament of East Troy,
was crowned 1984-65 Bradford
County Dairy Princess at the
annual Dairy Princess Pageant
held at the Wyalusing High School,
Saturday night, May 26.
Named first runner-up was
Diana Fmnerty, 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Wendy Lament
Finnerty of R 2, Columbia Cross
Roads. Second runner up in the
exciting competition with a total of
seven contestants, was Kris Renee
Green, 16-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gary Green of Star
Route, Warren Center.
Other dairy farmer’s daughters
vying for the title were Dawn
Bacon of R 3 Troy, Susan Wrisley of
R 2 Ulster, Katrina Coates of R 2
Wysox, and Michelle Fiske of R 1
Wyalusing.
provided entertainment with
several musical soloist selections.
Judges for the pageant were
Kathleen Langkam, Glen Rock,
former county dairy princess in
Maryland and still active with her
father’s dairy farm; Barbara
Stauffer, former dairy farmer and
member of the. Lancaster County
dairy princess committee; and
Donald Cole, Hampstead,
Maryland, dairyman and
divisional and corporate board
member of Dairymen, Inc.
A full schedule of dairy month
promotions is lined up for the York
princess and alternates, with
several school, supermarket and
mall visits. Coordinator for the
York County dairy princess and
promotion committee is Joanne
Cr Carlisle Road, Dover.
named 1984
Daily Princess
The newly-crowned princess,
Wendy, will be a senior at the Troy
Senior High School this fall. Active
in countless high school
organizations, she is also
musically talented, participating
in the Trojan inarching and con
cert bands, the school chorus,
Cobblestones, and county chorus.
She attends the AustinviUe Union
Church, is secretary of the East
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