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BY SHARON B. SCHUSTER
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK, Md. Kaylena
Martin of Smithsburg, Md. was
crowned Maryland State Dairy
princess July 31. The silver
celebration of the annual event
w as held at the Sheraton Inn in
Frederick.
Nineteen-year-old Kaylena
competed for the title with seven
regional princesses. Carroll
County dairy princess Nancy Fowl
was selected first runner-up.
The Miss Congeniality Award
went to Sarah Osborn of Frederick
while Upper Shore Princess
Frances Talley was recognized for
having the best skit.
Others competing for the title
were Kimberly Anne Archer,
Baltimore and Harford counties;
and Rhonda Lynn Patrick, South
Central area.
During the evening, Kaylena
dazzled the judges with her poise
and charm and answered
Bradshaw Receives
Homemaker’s Scholarship
CREAMERY - The Annual
Extension Homemakers
Scholarship has been awarded to
Karen Bradshaw of Telford, a
nutrition major at Albright
College. A second scholarship was
also awarded to Annie Musselman,
Harleysville, who is majoring
in home economics education at
Immaculate College.
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August 13,14,15,16,1986
, 38th
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questions with confidence. A
graduate of Shalom Christian
Academy, Kaylena has just
completed one year of study at
Rhema Bible Institute in Broken
Arrow, Okla.
Masters of ceremonies Mr. and
Mrs. William Baker asked
Kaylena to explain why she is
pursuing a career in elementary
education. She replied: “I enjoy
working with young people very
much. They are the ones who are
really open to change. Farming
and dairying has done so much for
me. This is somethig I can do to
give something back...”
The daughter of Marlin and Eva
Martin, Kaylena helps her family
run a Holstein dairy farm in
Washington County. A 4-H member
for nine years, Kaylena was also
the 1983 Washington County Farm
Bureau Queen and first runner-up
in the state contest.
Kaylena has won honors for her
public speaking ability. She credits
The scholarships are awarded
annually by the Homemakers
Groups affiliated with the Mont
gomery County Cooperative
Extension Service. The awards are
given on the basis of academic
excellence, community in
volvement, and 4-H experience.
Information on the scholarship
may be obtained by contacting the
Extension office at 489-4315.
ENGINEERS HISTORICAL ASSOC.
U.S. 30 at Kinzer’s, 13 Miles East of Lancaster, PA
her father with helping her to
master the skill.
“I would rather see her give two
statements that come from the
heart, than memorize,” her father
explained.
It was evident that Kaylena’s
answers were indeed spontaneous
and sincere. She delivered her
message without a stammer or a
memorized word. In answer to the
question, ‘‘What do you see as the
future of the dairy industry in the
state of Maryland?” she demon
strated her speaking expertise.
“I see the future as promising
because of the people who are
behind the dairy industry in
Maryland, ” Kaylena said. “It’s
the people who are going to pull the
industry through. Together we’re
going to make it work.”
Sheila Bender, the 1985
Maryland Dairy Princess, was
among 14 past state princesses
who were present to celebrate the
25th year of an event that was
instituted to promote dairy
products. Sheila moved the
audience to tears as she recalled
the many pleasant memories of
her reign, including butter chur
ning at the Inner Harbor and milk
promotions at an Orioles
ballgame.
“After each dairy committee
meeting, I was really excited about
dairy foods,” she said. “I hope that
I have passed on this enthusiasm to
each of you. Don’t be afraid to
promote your product,” she ad
vised. “I’m sure the dairy industry
will be represented at its very best
with all of you as its represen
tatives,” she told the seven
regional winners.
With Kaylena Martin at the
helm, the Maryland dairy industry
will indeed be well represented.
The reunion will feature a museum building filled with early
industrial steam engines - most of them running, and a front
display of early farm and home implements such as butcher
ing equipment, sausage stuffers, wooden washing machines,
butter chums, seeders, com shelters and early farm carpen
try tools.
You can find anything running there from very early “hit
’n-miss” gas engines once used to pump water, shell field
com, wash clothes, or power a small mill, to large gas
powered tractors.
WEDNESDAY: A threshing demonstration and fiddlin’ (with
everyone welcome to join in the fiddlin’.)
THURSDAY: Warren Mercer will play for square dancing,
so bring and swing your partner.
FRIDAY: Steam and gas games and competition. This is a
don’t-miss evening with contests the like of which
you have never seen before, like the “How slow can
you go?” (without stalling) event and precision
handling of tons of powered iron.
SPECIAL FEATURE
A special feature of this year’s reunion will be a
chronological display of many pieces of machinery made by
the Hart-Parr/Oliver-White farm machinery company. If this
name sounds strange, please remember that modem com
panies hold no exclusive title to company mergers. A bit of
history of these company names and how and when they
merged, will be included in the demonstration narrative. >
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The new princess already has
ideas for the programs that she
hopes to investigate later.
“Some people see the dairy
princess program as a women’s
organization,” she explained. “I
want to work on changing that
image.”
She suggests bringing
agribusiness and farm people
together through the committee to
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State Dairy Princess. Nancy Powel, left, was first runner-up.
EVENING PROGRAMS
create a type of forum with em
phasis on dairy products
promotion. “Who better than dairy
farmers to promote their
product,’’she said.
The new princess does not plan
to return to Broken Arrow. She is
registered at Hagerstown Junior
College for the faU semester. Her
mother explained, “One year away
from home is enough right now.
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