BY SUZANNE KEENE
LITITZ People are often
surprised but pleased to find
1984 Pennsylvania Candy Queen
Nancy Hartz participating in
product promotions along with
the other commodity queens
who i*epresent a variety of
agricultural products ranging
from milk to mushrooms.
This is only the second year
that the candy industry has had
a representative among the
commodity queens, and people
are not as familiar with her as
they are with the dairy prin
cesses. However, the general
public has been quite receptive
and pleasant, Nancy says.
During a number of
promotions, Nancy said, people
have commented: “Oh, this is
nice. This (candy) tops off all
the other things we’ve eaten.”
Nancy says she was a little
surprised at receiving such a
positive reception from the
public. At first she expected to
hear from at least a few irate
mothers complaining about
candy’s empty calories.
While she hasn’t met with any
disagreeable folks since she
was crowned at a Pennsylvania
Manufacturing Confectioner’s
Association meeting in June,
Nancy still sees her Job as
pointing out that candy can be a
nutritional food.
Her goal, she said, “is to
bring a better understanding of
what candy is and is not.’’
She hopes to convey the
message that candy is not a
junk food and contains lots of
milk, nuts and dried fruits that
provide vitamins and calcium.
“Candy is more nutritional
than people think,’’ she
stresses. “There is no such
thing as an empty calorie. All
calories have a purpose.’’
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Nancy Hartz promotes sweet, delicious candy
In addition to its nutritional
benefits, candy offers a
psychological boost, Nancy
continued. “Candy is a pick
me-up,” she explained.
While she does not deny that
candy does have its share of
calories, Nancy says it doesn’t
have as many as people think.
As secretary to the vice
president of the controller at
Wilbur Chocolate Factory Co.,
Nancy sees and smells plenty of
chocolate every day. She also
likes to sample the commodity,
noting that at a recent candy
show in Philadelphia, she
stuffed herself so full of candy,
that she had to take some home
to sample later.
Her petite figure is con
vincing evidence that eating
candy doesn’t make you fat, but
she does point out that an ex
cess of candy, just like an ex
cess of anything, is not good for
you.
Nancy said she was a little
surprised when she was named
candy queen, since at 38 she is
older than many of the other
commodity queens. But when
she was assured that she would
not have to appear in a bathing
suit at any of the promotional
functions, she enthusiastically
agreed to bear the crown and
banner.
“It is really neat to promote
the industry you work for,”
Nancy says.
Nancy’s sons - Brian, 11, and
Wade, 9 - are excited about
having a queen for a mother.
They especially enjoyed
devouring the big bag of candy
Nancy received when she was
crowned, and they don’t seem to
mind cooking when mom is out
promoting candy.
Most of the knowledge Nancy
has about the candy industry
she has learned during her two
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and a half years at Wilbur
Chocolate, where she has
worked in sales and accounting
and as a secretary.
In these canaciHes she has
had to leam wfiat’s in each of
the 50 kinds of chocolate Wilbur
produces and how each one is
made - knowledge that is
helpful to her in answering the
public’s questions about the
candy industry.
Nancy said she is frequently
asked if the candy she
distributes during her
promotions is produced in
Pennsylvania. She tells them
that the candy is made in
Pennsylvania, and that Penn
sylvania has the second largest
confectionery business in the
United States.
People are also interested in
dietetic candy, and ask why she
isn’t handing it out at her
promotions. Dietetic candy is
for a very limited market,
Nancy explained, and while it
has less sugar than regular
candy, it often contains more
calories.
Nancy said she has already
been able to participate in more
promotions than the previous
candy queen and hopes to see
the future queens become in
creasingly active. She and
representatives from the candy
industry have been busily
preparing for Farm Show
promotion, where Nancy might
be making candy instead of just
giving it away.
“If you’re actually doing
something, people are that
much more interested,” Nancy
said.
When she isn’t working at
Wilbur Chocolate or promoting
candy, Nancy enjoys horseback
riding, canoeing, and sewing.
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1984 Candy Queen Nancy Hartz, a secretary at Wilbur
Chocolate Company in Lititz, enjoys sharing her knowledge of
the candy industry with the general public.
She also enjoys making her queen to make much. For her
own candy, but says that right favorite fudge recipe turn to
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