Carroll Co. Daily Princess Has a 'Mighty' Message for Maryland
BY SHARON B. SCHUSTER
Maryland Correspondent
WESTMINSTER, MD - “My
job is to rescue the world from
their nasty eating habits and save
the day with milk.” That’s the
message that 17-year-old Nancy
Powel, masquerading as “Mighty
Milk,” brought to the audience at
the Carroll County, Maryland
Dairy Princess contest. Her skit,
entitled “The Adventures of
Mighty Milk,” was just one vehicle
f or the new Carroll County Dairy
Princess to demonstrate her
knowledge of the dairy industry.
Powel competed with Tonna
Japle and Karen Weant for the
Carroll County Dairy Princess Nancy Rowel stresses the
importance of getting the message to children when
promoting milk.
Sue Cm, Maiybnd Correspondent
Elizabeth Crow, or Sue
as she is better known, of
Kennedyville, Maryland,
will become a
corresponding reporter for
Maryland for the Lan
caster Farming. Sue and
her husband Roy are
parents of three sons, Karl
5, Robbie 3, and R. J. 1.
They are currently
milking 55 cows on 125
acres which they rent from
Roy’s parents, Robert and
Helen Crow. They have a
rolling herd average of
19,500 pounds of milk and
725 pounds of fat with a
B.A.A. of 102.
In 1983 Roy and Sue
received the Maryland
Outstanding Junior
Registered Holstein
Breeder Award.
Dairy farming is deep in
Sue’s roots for she is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
George F.W. Haenlein. Dr.
Haenlein is the dairy
specialist for Delaware as
well as a professor at the
University of Delaware.
Her mother’s family, the
Zeitler’s, were well-known
Guernsey breeders in
Glasgow, Delaware.
Sue is a 1978 graduate of
the University of Delaware
in retail management.
After graduation, she
worked as a salesmanager
for Bambergers Men’s
before
marrying Roy in 1980.
In addition to being a full
time mother, Sue enjoys
1986-87 reign. Judges vemon
Marshall, vo-ag instructor at
Walkersville High School, and
Carole Doody, partner in a
Johnsville dairy operation, said it
was a “tough decision.”
In response to the fishbowl
question, “In the education field,
what do you think is the best way to
get the word across about milk?”,
Powel exhibited confidence and
poise. She said the best method for
conveying the message is “through
a combinatipn of educational and
fun activities with children. Also,
the Real Seal has been helpful with
adults when shopping for real
dairy products...”
Sue Crow
gardening, flowers, and the
pursuit of antiques. She is
also active in many ac
tivities, such as serving as
a vestry person at their
church, on the local board
of directors for the county
Holstein club, co-editor for
Maryland of the
Southeastern News.
Roy and Sue represented
Agway in 1980 at the Young
Farmer Couples Forum at
Agway’s annual meeting
and were Young
Cooperators for Interstate
Milk Producers
Cooperative in 1982. Later
they were nominated to
serve on the Young
Cooperators Consulting
Committee for 3 years.
They are presently a
Pennsylvania Association
of Farmer Cooperatives
leader couple.
The daughter of William and
Becky Powel, she is no newcomer
to the dairy way of life. She resides
on a 288-acre dairy/poultry farm
called “Crookabout” in Union
Bridge, and helps milk the 130
Guernsey and Holstein cows. The
senior at McDonogh School serves
as president of the Carroll County
Dairy Club and captain of the 4-H
Dairy Bowl team. She was 1985
Carroll County Farm On««n and
Five to Compote For lyeoming County Dairy Princess Title
MUNCY - Five young women
will compete for the title of
Lycoming County Dairy Princess.
The Dairy Princess Pageant will
be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday,
June 20, at the Lycoming Mall,
Muncy.
The contestants are: Becky
Hippie, 17, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Hippie, Trout Run;
LuAnn Marshall, 18, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Marshall,
R.D. 4, Jersey Shore; Shelley Lynn
Sechrist, 16, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Sechrist, Cogan
Station; Lynette Ulmer, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
' Ulmer, R.D. 2, Linden; and
Marilyn J. Kiess, 17 daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kiess, R.D. 3,
Jersey Shore.
The Lycoming County Dairy
Prihcess Committee will present
the former dairy princesses at the
beginning of the pageant and honor
them for a job well done. The years
represented will be 1976 through
1985.
The current princess, Linda
Heck, will be giving her final
fairwell as part of the program and
will crown the 1986 dairy princess.
This year is the celebration of 50
Maryland Dairymen Celebrate Dairy Month
BYSUECROW
Maryland Correspondent
KENNEDYVILLE, Md. - June
being dairy month, the promotion
of milk comes in a variety of
forms. From Cal Ripkin and Coach
John Thompson milk posters to
giant ice cream sundaes.
In Maryland, they promote milk
in a different way.
Two years ago some Washington
County dairy farmers and the
Dairy Princess Committee got
together with the hopes of creating
something to help promote milk to
the urban segment of consumers.
An idea to make a cow that milked
was formulated by Jo Anna
Calimer and the idea took off.
JoAnna measured one of her own
cows at home and with the help of
the committee, a cow, 7/B’s in
scale to the life size model, was
bom.
Bonnie and Jim Weddle created
her frame out of PVC pipe, used
wooden felloes for ribs, chicken
wire for the shell, a board for her
top line, and newspaper for her
organs. Four nipple bottles served
as the teats with cotton stuffing to
fill out the udder.
Thelma Mellott and Betty Byers
took on the task of sewing the
velour to make her fur.
For six weeks, dairy farmers
from all breeds came together on
this one project. When she was
finished she was a beauty. As Roy
Byers said, “With that straight top
line, she could easily score 85
points!”
Charles and Joe Frey had the
challenge of making the
mechanics of this operation. After
repeated failures with many liquid
recipes, cold watered down milk
was finally used to make her
perform correctly.
The final task was a name. They
took her to the Valley Mall in
Hagerstown and ran a contest.
Maryland Guernsey Queen. Powel international youth competition at
was a member of the 1985 Dairy the Royal Highland Livestock
Bowl team that went to Con- Show on June 18. Her father, who
necticut, and the Maryland Dairy was the state champion 4-H dairy
Judging team that won in cuttle judge in 1954, also traveled
Harrisburg and Madison, to Europe as part of the team
Wisconsin. representing the U.S.
Making it a family tradition. Outgoing princess, Kris Eckard,
Powel will travel to Scotland as a made her last toast with a goblet of
member of the Maryland Dairy milk, and relinquished her
Judging team which is scheduled crown to Powel. Powel said, “I
to represent the United States in hope l can do as good a job as Kris
did.”
years that June has been new dairy products,
designated as Dairy Month. The The Dairy Princess Program
dairy industry has come a long has been a fairly new promotion
way in 50 years, not only in idea, but a very effective one. We
promotions but also in production salute all Dairy Princesses, past,
of milk and the creation of many present and future.
PFA Slabs
YORK - York area farm women
are invited to join a bus excursion
July 9 to the statewide Ladies Day
Out in Altoona, sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Farmers
Association.
The Women’s Committee of the
York County Farmers Association
is planning the trip to the program
at the Jaffa Mosque in Altoona.
Featured speaker of the day is
radio and television personality
Virginia Graham. The program
theme, “Hats Off To The Lady,”
focuses on a salute to the refur-
Two farm enthusiasts look on as "Washington County Real
Seal Sue" performs her routine job of milk promotion.
with over 400 entries filed. The
final selection was “Washington
County Real Seal Sue.”
Sue has been all over the state of
Maryland from breed association
meetings, conventions, fairs,
parades, shopping malls and even
as far south as Richmond, Va.
Real Seal Sue is actively pur
suing her task of promoting milk
as she has since her conception.
Roy Byers is her caretaker and
she makes her home in one of the
bedrooms in his 14 bedroom farm
house.
Washington County dairy far
mers are very interested in selling
or trading her so that she may
benefit other areas that do not
know her. She has been an ex
cellent marketing promotion.
Anyone interested in Real Seal Sue
'Ladies fly Out' In Altoona
bishmg of the Statue of liberty,
with a statue momento to be given
each woman attending.
Participants are invited to dress
for the historical salute with ethnic
costumes and/or appropriate hats.
Tickets for the program and the
York-sponsored bus trip are
available only in advance, at the
cost of $2B, inclusive for the bus
and luncheon. Women interested in
more information on the Ladies
Day Out bus trip are asked to
contact Pat Sueck, 862-3486, or Kay
Taylor, 862-3453.
may contact Roy Byers at 301-582-
1752.
The Maryland State Holstein
Association is very actively
promoting milk this month. “T”
shirts have been made with a cow
holding a milk carton and asking,
“Have you had your calcium
today.”
The promotion committee has
also come up with place mats that
proclaim June as Dairy Month.
Dairy products are presented in a
appealing manner while a herd of
cows looks on from the side
stating, “365 days a year, we
deliver!” These have been
promoted in restaurants and other
food establishments.
A Maryland Dairy-licious Recipe
Contest is in the making with the
winners to be announced at the
State Fair in September.