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Five to compete
LANCASTER - Five young
ladies will compete for the title of
Lancaster County Poultry Queen
at the annual contest on Aug. 2 at
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center, beginning at6:lsp.m.
The winner will be crowned by
Gwen (Yoder) Snader, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Yoder,
Christiana, reigning Lancaster
County poultry queen, and Jackie
King, reigning state poultry queen
from Adams County. The poultry
queen represents the Lancaster
County poultry industry,
promoting its products and
educating the public during her
reign. This year the Lancaster
poultry queen will also represent
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Contestants include
• Suzanne Groff, 20, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Groff,
Manheim. She is a 1982 graduate of
Manheim Central High School. She
lives on a farm which has a
breeder flock of 10,000 chickens,
and is secretary at R.W. Sauder
egg processing plant in Lititz.
• Linda Kready, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kready,
Manheim. A graduate of Manheim
Central High School class of 1985,
she lives on a farm of 70,000 layers.
She works at Country Table, Mount
Joy, as a waitress.
• Constance Martin, 20, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Martin,
Horticulturist joins University of Delaware staff
NEWARK, Del. - Horticulturist
Susan Barton has joined the
University of Delaware as ex
tension ornamental horticulturist
and instructor in the plant science
department.
Barton, who received her
bachelor’s degree in agriculture
summa cum laude from Delaware,
holds a masters degree in or
namental horticulture from North
Carolina State University. Her
undergraduate work in landscape
horticulture included an in-depth
study of groundcovers and woody
plant identification. Her master’s
research was on the propagation of
sourwood, an ornamental tree
rapidly gaining in popularity for
landscaping.
During the past year Barton
served as department chairperson
in horticulture business technology
at Fayetteville Technical Institute,
Fayetteville, N.C. In addition to
teaching a variety of courses, she
completed several landscaping
projects on the campus.
A special interest which Barton
hopes to pursue in both her ex
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Elizabethtown, a 1963 graduate of
Elizabethtown High School and Mt.
Joy Vo-Tech (food trade). She
works as cook at Quality Inn,
Centerville. Her father has 98,000
broilers.
• Denise Mumma, 18, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Mumma, Mt.
Joy, a 1985 graduate of Donegal
High School, she plans to attend
Bloomsburg University, and is
secretary at Loneneckers Hat
chery, Mt. Joy.
• Stephanie Yost, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Yost, Creek
Hill Road, Lancaster. A 1985
graduate of Conestoga Valley High
School, she is employed as
secretary at C.B. Hoober, In-
tension and teaching roles is retail
horticulture training. She has
written a manual on garden center
management for us in the teaching
curriculum at North Carolina State
and Delaware. She hopes to see it
published and circulated among
businesses as well. She points out
that although horticulture students
rarely receive preparation for
retail work, many begin their
careers in entry level positions at
garden centers.
One of her first priorities as
extension horticulture specialist
will be to set up a master gardener
program, a free course providing
instruction and handouts to in
terested members of the com
munity in return for their volun
teer services in county extension
gardening program activities.
The combined opportunities for
informal teaching and consulting
through extension along with the
academic challenge of the
university classroom drew Barton
to the position at Delaware. “I’ll be
doing something different every
day in extension work to help
professionals as wel] as
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tercourse. Her parents have 30,900
laying hens and process their own
eggs.
Winner of the contest will
receive either a $5OO educational
scholarship or $3OO cash, and
runner-up will receive a $3OO
scholarship or $l5O cash. All
contestants receive a watch.
Program for the evening will be
Hawaiian Music by Sandy Her
shey, a native of Hawaii. She will
be singing and dancing.
Chairmen for the event are
Milton and Thelma R#2,
Parkesburg, Pa. 19365.
For tickets contact Milton and
Thelma Landis at 717-442-0750,
Tickets are $9.
homeowners," she says. “But I
also value the opportunity to work
with distinguished colleagues on
the faculty of a major university.”
Another of Barton’s professional
goals is to build an extensive slide
library, which she considers in
valuable for teaching and public
speaking. She combines business
with pleasure by photographing
gardehs on vacations in Europe
and the United States.
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