Bld-Lancgster Farming, Saturday, June 21,1986
Weimer Wins Adams County Daily
BY GINGER SECRIST MYERS
Adams County Correspondent
BIGLERVILLE - Jennifer Kay
Weimer, 18, was crowned the 1988
Adams County Dairy Princess at
the 19th Annual Adams County
Dairy Princess Contest June 14th
at the Biglerville High School,
Biglerville. Josie Hess, Get
tysburg, and Darlene Brown, were
named alternate princesses.
In her acceptance speech Jennie
stated that she is thrilled with the
honor and is looking forward to the
coining year as Adams County’s
spokesman for the dairy industry.
Jennie, the youngest in a family of
eight children, is the daughter of
Stanley and Rose Weimer, 2230
Oxford Road, New Oxford. The
Weimers milk a herd of 65
registered Holsteins and farm 250
acres.
A familiar face at state and local
Holstein events, Jennie was named
the Pennsylvania Junior Holstein
Association’s Outstanding Junior
Girl in 1983. A past president of
both the Adams County 4-H Dairy
Calf Club and the Conewago FFA
Chapter, Jennie credits her work
in dairy judging, public speaking,
dairy bowl, and the vocational
agriculture curriculum as
providing her with a solid
background in the dairy industry.
Jennie will attend the Penn
sylvania State University this fall
to major in agri-business and
minor in dairy production.
Alternate princess Josie Hess,
17, is the daughter of John and
Bonnie Hess, 200 Tall Oak Road,
Gettysburg. She is actively in
volved in the management of the
family’s 150-cow Holstein herd and
their 700 acres of crops. A senior
this coming fall at New Oxford
High School, she will serve as
president for her FFA chapter.
Josie hopes to have the opportunity
as an alternate princess to
promote dairy products to the
Susan Elliott Receives Lebanon Daily Princess Crown
LEBANON - Susan Elliott, a
senior at Annville-Cleona High
School, was chosen Lebanon
County dairy princess June 14.
Kelly Heisey, a 1986 graduate of
Cedar Crest High School, was
chosen alternate. More than 300
people attended the contest at the
Annville Elementary School.
The 1986 Dairy Princess Susan
Elliott, who is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Elliott, R.D. 4,
Lebanon, demonstrated her talent
for milk promotion with a skit she
made up for first and second grade
children. Acting the part of a
young girl watching cartoons with
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Susan Elliott, seated, was selected 1986 Lebanon County Dairy Princess June 14 in
Annville. Other contestants were, from left, Heather Hernley, alternate princess Kelly
He&ey, Tammy Lasher and Shelby Martin.
Jennifer Kay Weimer, 18, was crowned the 1986 Adams
County Dairy Princess at the annual contest June 14 at the
Biglerville High School.
public as a real source of calcium.
Alternate princess Darlene
Brown, 18, thinks teenagers should
be targeted for more dairy
promotion. She says if they must
drink sodas, then encourage them
to add a dip of ice cream in it.
Darlene is the daughter of Marvin
and Barbara Brown and resides at
1225 Georgetown Road, Lit
tlestown. The Browns operate a
338-acre Holstein farm.
her doll, Elliott sang milk com
mercials and talked about the good
flavor and the good benefits of milk
and milk products. The doll, the
audience, and the judges were
convinced by Susan Elliott’s poise
and enthusiasm.
Kelly Heisey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Heisey, Jr., will
help Miss Elliott promote milk
throughout Lebanon County as the
dairy princess alternate. Ac
companying herself on a small
organ, Elliott concluded her skit
with a song about milk being the
“real” thing.
Tonya Johnson, 1985 dairy
princess, recounted her activities
Princess Crown
Judges for the evening were
Lynda Bear, Newville, a former
Cumberland County dairy princess
and a member of the Cumberland
County Dairy Princess Com
mittee; Jesse Burall, Monrovia,
Md., a dairy farmer and a member
of the Maryland State Dairy
Princess Committee; and Walter
Loy, Carlisle, branch manager for
the Cumberland and Perry County
Offices of Farm Credit Service.
during the past year. Karl Bohr,
Annville, provided entertainment.
Master of ceremonies was Mike
Firestine of Lebanon Valley
National Bank. Following the
pageant, milk and ice-cream
sundaes were served.
Alleta Schadler, Lebanon County
Home Economist, had prepared
contestants with a pre-contest
workshop. Barbara Lentz, chair of
the milk promotion committee,
announced that the dairy princess
and her alternate can be booked to
give programs to groups and
organizations by calling Joanne
Weidman, 272-5390.
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