812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14,1986
Rve to Compete in Lebanon County Deity Princess Contest
ANNVILLE - In celebration of
June Dairy Month, the Lebanon
County Milk Promotion Committee
is sponsoring the 1986 Lebanon
County Dairy Princess Contest.
This year’s contest will be held
June 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Annville
Elementary School. Five Lebanon
County girls will be participating.
To be eligible to compete for the
title of dairy princess, a girl must
be the daughter of a dairy farmer,
dairy farm manager or herdsmen,
be employed on a dairy farm
herself, or at least two dairy
animals. This year’s contestants
are Susan Elliott, Kelly Heisey,
Heather Hemley, Tammy Lasher,
and Shelby Martin.
Susan Elliott, 16, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Elliott,
R.DJ4, Lebanon. She has com
pleted her junior year at Annville-
Cleona High School where she
participates in FFA, field hockey,
the Varsity Club, National Honor
Society, Chorus, Chorale,
Madrigal Singers, SADD, the
school musical and speech con
tests.
Susan also is active in the
NoSoAnn 4-H Dairy Club and the
youth group at Fontana Christian
Fellowship. Future plans include
attending college to major in Early
Childhood Education. The Elliott’s
have a herd of 35 Holstein cows on
their 74 acre farm.
Kelly Heisey, 17, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Heisey, Jr.,
recently graduated from Cedar
Crest High School. Her school
activities include National Honor
Society, Key Club, Pep Club,
Astronomy Club, Soccer Club,
chorus pianist and was named the
Outstanding Senior in 4-H Club and
to Who’s Who in American
Students.
Kelly is vice president of the
Lebanon County 4-H Livestock
Club, a member of the 4-H Board of
Directors and attends Midway
Church of the Brethren where she
sings in the youth choir, ac
companies the junior choir and is
assistant church organist.
Kelly plans on attending
Thompson Institute to pursue a
career as a medical secretary. The
Heisey’s recently dispersed of
their herd of Holstein cows. They
raise corn and hay on their 153 acre
farm.
Heather Hemley, 20, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delmas
Hernley, R.DJ2, Lebanon. A 1984
graduate of Northern Lebanon
High School, she is planning to
attend Delaware Valley College to
study Dairy Husbandry.
While in high school, Heather
was active in the band and FFA
holding the offices of secretary,
vice president and county
reporter. She also is a member of
the Norlebco 4-H Dairy Club, the
Frederickson Legion Auxiliary,
Fredericksville Fire Company
Auxiliary, and St. John’s Lutheran
SaUton Co. Dtky Princess Contest Sot For Jane 21
DUSHORE Two contestants
will compete for the Sullivan
County dairy princess title June 21
during the dairy princess parade to
be held at 7:15 p.m. in downtown
Dushore.
The contestants are Cherie Lynn
Brown and Lynn Hembury.
Cherie Lynn Brown is the 16-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerrod Brown of Shunk. She has
completed her junior year at
Sullivan County High School and
has been in 4-H and Girl Scouts.
Both Cherie Lynn and her older
brother, Richard, help with the
farm work on their parents’ farm.
The Browns have a mixed herd of
registered and grade Holsteins.
The main crops are corn, oats and
hay.
Lynn Hembury is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hembury.
Dushore. She has three older
brothers, two of whom work on the
farm, and a younger sister.
Kelly Heisey
Tammy Lasher
Church where she is in the choir
and youth group.
In 1984, Heather was named
Outstanding Ayrshire Girl in
Pennsylvania and placed second in
the national contest. She is
presently employed by Darkes’
Greenhouses. The Hemley’s have
a herd of 42 Ayrshire and Holstein
cows on their 66 acre farm.
Tammy Lasher, 18, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Lasher, R.D.#4, Lebanon. Tammy
is a 1986 graduate of Annville-
Cleona High School and is em
ployed on the dairy farm of Ken
neth Mase. While in high school she
was a FFA member and is a
Sunday School teacher and in
volved in the youth group at
Fontana Christian Fellowship.
Shelby Martin, 17, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Martin, 39 Golf Rd., Myerstown.
She has just completed her junior
year at Eastern Lebanon County
High School where she is a
member of the FHA and FBLA.
Shelby is considering attending a
two-year business school after
graduation. She attends Gingrich
Mennonite Church. The Martin’s
milk 70 Holstein cows on their 260
acre farm.
The current reigning dairy
princess is Miss Tonya Johnson,
daughter of Jane Showers, 143
Spruce Park, Lebanon.
Lynn, 16, has completed her
junior year at Sullivan County
High School. She was vice
president of the junior class. Her
other activities are band,
cheerleading and 4-H.
The Hemburys have a registered
Holstein herd of 120 cows on test
and a replacement herd of about
130 animals. They farm about 450
acres. The main crops are com
and alfalfa.
During March and April a theme
contest for the 1986 parade was
held. The winning theme “Sullivan
By harnessing a squash to a weight-lifting device, a
farmer in Massachusetts found out that the squash
exerts over 5,000 pounds per square inch of pressure as
it grows.
Heather Hernley
Shelby Martin
Throughout the past year, Tonya
has been promoting the dairy
industry throughout the county by
means of speaking engagements,
school presentations and radio
spots. She has promoted the in
dustry at supermarkets and
shopping centers and through
literature distribution.
Mrs. Barbara Lentz is the
chairman of the Lebanon Gouty
Milk Promotion Committee. The
public is invited to view the dairy
princess contest which will con
clude with “make your own sundae
bar.”
County Milk Does it All,” was
submitted by Joann Wilstie of
Eagles Mere.
Another event planned to honor
dairy farmers is a Twilight
Meeting, to be held June 14 at Tall
Spruce Farm, R 1 Forksville. The
farm is owned by the parents of the
1985 Dairy Princess, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Higley.
The meeting, co-sponsored by
the June Dairy Month Committee
and SIRE Power, offers the public
a chance to visit a working dairy
farm.