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Becky Hippie Tops Competitors to Become Lycoming County Daily Princess
BY BARBARA MILLER
Lycoming Co. Correspondent
MUNCY - Becky Hippie, the 17-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hippie, Trout Run, is the 1986
Lycoming County Dairy Princess.
Becky was chosen from a field of
five at the county pageant, held
Friday night, June 20, at the
Lycoming Mall, Muncy. More than
300 people attended.
The princess completed her
junior year at Montoursville High
School. She is a member of the
Language Club, Language Honor
Society, Future Business Leaders
of America and concert and church
choirs, and participates in FFA
activities. She plans to enter
business school after high school.
For her creative presentation,
Becky appeared on stage as
Martha Washington dressed in a
white cap and long dress. She gave
a history of milk starting with 8,000
BC drawings depicting a scene
with cows right up until the present
day. She noted if her husband,
George, had drunk more milk, he
probably wouldn’t have had to
wear dental plates with wooden
teeth.
The Hippies milk 30 cows and
farm 200 acres. According to
Becky, her chores on the farm
include feeding cows and helping
with the hay.
In addition to cooking and
reading Becky likes to sew. She
BY BETSY STITT
Blair County Correspondent
HUNTINGDON - Shanna Jo
Cunningham of Huntingdon was
crowned Huntingdon County Dairy
Princess June 21 during the annual
pageant held in conjunction with
the county’s Holstein Club picnic.
Shanna received her crown from
last year’s alternates Wanda Love
and Lisa McMahon.
Shanna, the daughter of Glen
and Jean Cunningham, attends
Huntingdon Area High School,
where she is co-valedictorian of the
Class of 1987. Her activities include
secretary of National Honor
Society, Prom Committee, church
youth group and a Science
Olympiad competitor. She plans to
attend college after graduation.
During the pageant contestants
were asked questions testing their
knowledge of the dairy industry.
One of Shanna’s questions was: Do
you think farming is a good career
choice and would you encourage
young people to become in
volved?”
She answered that although
farming requires long hours and
much hard work, it is a good
career choice. Shanna said she
would encourage young people to
enter farming if they were up to
that challenge.
BY NANCY KUNICK
Crawford County
Correspondent
WATTSBURG Active and
innovative describes the new Erie
County Dairy Princess, Daria
Bisbee, and the dairy princess
committee behind Hlr.
For the first time Erie County
held its annual Farm City Day on a
farm and it was a huge success
according to hosts Henry and
Cyndy Cass of Cass Farms in
Wattsburg. They estimate 2,500
people visited their dairy operation
on June 14.
Approximately 200 attended the
highlight of the event, the dairy
princess pageant that evening.
This was the largest attendance
and the best contestant par
ticipation in several years. Four
competed for the title - Darla
Bisbee, Louise Murkens, Michele
made her full-length sundress
styled gown of an “all-over print”
on a cream background and
highlighted it with a seven-inch
white eyelet lace ruffle at the hem
of the skirt. A jacket of white
embroidered eyelet batiste
completed the outfit.
Alternate dairy princess is
Marilyn J. Kiess, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kiess, Jersey
Shore. Hsr puppet presentation
featured a dairy farmer who was
thinking about quitting farming
until the “dairy angel” reminded
him of the many uses of milk in our
everyday lives. This included the
use of milk in paints, plastics,
cement, and medicines.
Other contestants were LuAnn
Marshall, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Marshall, Jersey
Shore; Shelley Lynn Sechrist,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Sechrist, Cogan Station; and
Lynette M. Ulmer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Ulmer, Linden.
Linda Heck, 1985 Lycoming
County Dairy Princess, thanked
everyone for supporting her during
the year, especially her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Heck,
Jersey Shore. She said she reached
about 11,000 people of all ages the
past year in her dairy promotion
efforts and gave six ice cream
parties to school children who
collected Real Seals.
Huntingdon County Daily Princess Is Shanna Jo Cunningham
Shanna was also asked whidh
age group she would most like to
promote milk to. She responded
that she would prefer to work with
children because they are fun and
are interested in the importance of
milk.
Pamela Artn Gilliland was
named alternate princess. She is
the daughter of John and Karen
Gilliland of Warrior’s Mark.
Pam attends Tyrone Area High
School, where her activities in
clude National Honor Society,
cheerleading, Key Club, Vistos, Ski
Club, Varsity Club, and girl’s
social chairman. She is a graduate
of Barbizon Modeling School and
plans to attend college after high
school.
Alternates Wanda Love and Lisa
McMahon reviewed the year’s
activities. They also presented the
skit that 1985 Dairy Princess Tina
Shultz used during her reign.
Albert Masood served as master
of ceremonies. Judges were
Debbie Metzker, a member of the
Blair County Dairy Promotion
Committee; Donna Martin,
country life editor for the Altoona
Mirror; and F. Mark Weber, 1985
American Farmer degree
recipient and a dairy farmer from
Berks County.
Erie County Dairy Princess Daria Bisbee is Active, Innovative
Huegel (Miss congeniality) and
Theresa Titus.
Another first this year was the
introduction of a Dairy Maid
contest for girls too young to
compete for dairy princess. The
contest was initiated to create
more interest and give girls
speaking experience prior to
princess contests.
This too was successful as six
girls tried for the title. The 1986
Dairy Maid is Julie Williams of
Edinboro. She is a student at
General McClane High School.
Julie lives on a Holstein farm and
is involved in 4-H, church and
school activities. The Dairy Maid
contestants each wrote an essay
and had a private interview with
the judges.
The dairy princess contestants
had a “real” challenge. They each
prepared a spoken response to the
Honored guests at the pageant
were the nine former Lycoming
County dairy princesses. They
were Linda Jarrett, 1976; Suzette
Drick Ulrich, 1977; Becky
Paulhamus Shutts, 1978; Jennie
Fuoss Finn, 1979; Sherri Lovell
Hoffman, 1980; Darlene Hensler
McCoy, 1981; Laurie Bauder, 1982;
Linda Berger Savoye, 1983; and
Lori Rupert Stamen, 1984. Each
took the stage for a moment and
updated the crowd on their present
day activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Jarrett were
recognized for 10 years of service
on the Lycoming County Dairy
Princess Committee.
Judges for the 1986 Lycoming
County Dairy Pageant were Lowell
Brubaker, Manheim, dairy far
mer; Gordon Hiller, Department
of Agriculture; and Mrs. Charlene
Ranck, Gap, a 1981 Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess.
Master of ceremonies was Dave
Moon, a dairy farmer from New
Albany. Peggy Morehart was the
director of the pageant and
provided entertainment by playing
the flute. Sue Ulmer accompanied
her on the piano.
The pageant was sponsored by
the Lycoming County Dairy
Princess Committee, Mr. and Mrs.
David Jarrett and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Barto, Co-chairmen, and
the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program.
Lisa McMahon, left, and Wanda Love, second from left, crown Shanna Jo Cunningham
1986 Huntingdon County Dairy Princess as alternate Pam Gilliland right, looks on.
question, “How would your past
farm related experience be utilized
to promote the dairy industry as
dairy princess?”
Darla must have convinced the
judges that life on a 550-acre farm
milking 70 Holsteins was in
valuable experience. She is the
1986 Dairy Princess and daughter
of Lyle and Dene Bisbee of Union
City. Darla, 16, will be a senior at
Seneca High School, where she is
in band, student council,
cheerleading, and vice president of
the Wilderness Club. She plans to
attend business school. Her in
terests are 4-H, swimming, music
and farming.
Darla sparkles with enthusiasm
and said she tried out because she
was interested and one of the
committee members personally
asked her if she would like to -
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Becky Hippie, left, was recently crowned 1986 Lycoming
County Dairy Princess. Marilyn Kiess, right, was selected
alternate princess.
The Erie County Dairy Princess is Darla Bisbee and the
alternate princess is Louise Murkens.