BY MARY MAXWELL
Centre County Correspondent
SPRING MILLS - Holsteins
have always been an important
part of Barbara Houser’s life. First
as a daughter of Jay and Mary
Houser, growing up on their Penn-
Dell Farm in Centre County and
later as an .active 4-H breeder and
exhibitor. Then last February, her
years of hard work and enthusiasm
were recognized when she was
named Distinguished Junior
Member, Girls Senior Division by
Barbara also helps with the milking herd at the start
day before beginning her job as secretary at Penn State,
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Barbara received her first calf, a
heifer, as a gift from her parents in
1975. Her herd has now grown to 11
animals.
She started showing her animals
in the local Centre Hall Grange
Fair winning “lots of grand
champions.” “In fact,” she says,
“there was only one year out of
seven when I didn’t wm the grand
champion ribbon in the open
Holstein show.”
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Barbara also exhibited a cow
that was 4-H overall breed
champion and has received master
fitter and showman awards. “I
was the overall champion
showman twice,” she reports with
a modest smile.
As a 4-H member she showed her
animals at the state Farm Show
and received a blue ribbon for her
senior yearling in 1976.
Barbara’s activities have not
been limited to farm chores and
her animals.
As a student at Penns Valley
High School she contributed
regularly to the “Paging Youth”
section of the local newspaper,
reporting on student activities in
her school. She was “Teenager of
the Month” during October of her
senior year, played on the Penns
Valley softball team and sang in
the chorus for six years. In ad
dition, Barbara was on the honor
roll from seventh grade through
her senior year and for this
distinction received a scholastic
award when she graduated in
June, 1984.
As a member of St. Marks
Lutheran Church in nearby Spring
Mills, Barbara is on the social and
worship committee. “I was always
active in the Youth Group,” she
says, “but now (at 21) they tell me
I’m too old. But,” she adds, “I
don’t feel too old.”
Jay and Mary have three older
daughters and a younger son all
involved in dairy farming. Mary
Ellen, a teacher at Spring Mills
Elementary, lives and helps on one
of the family’s farms. Sandra, an
English teacher in Altoona,
commutes back on weekends to
assist her husband with the
milking operation on their farm
near Howard.
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High School student.
Chores start early for Barbara Houser as she feeds her
calves before going off to her job as secretary in the depart
ment of dairy and animal science at Penn State.
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