Teresa Martin
by Lou Ann Good
Five young women flashed win
ning smiles.and displayed their
talent for promoting eggs and
chickens during the Lancaster
County Poultry Queen Pageant
held at the Farm and Home Center
on Saturday.
In the end, Teresa Martin cap
tured the crown with her ability to
handle the judges’ grueling ques
tioning and her knowledge of the
poultry industry. Lonna Rohrer
was named alternate queen.
Teresa, who is better known to
her friends as T.J., dressed up as
the Easter Bunny Newscaster for
Eggline News during hef required
promotional presentation. Her
news briefed the audience on egg
economics, nutrition and sports
events featuring an egg toss.
Besides being judged for prom
otional presentations and their
responses to interview questions,
contestants responded to an on
the-spot question from Master of
Ceremonies Grover Gouker. Tere
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sa hesitated only a moment when
asked, “Who is your idol and
why?” She then stated that Martin
Luther King is her idol. With con
fident on-stage composure, Teresa
noted the progress King has made
in helping minorities.
The new queen is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Martin,
1346 W. Main Street, Ephrata. She
said that her father who is employ
ed by poultry industry, Victor
F. Weaver Company, coaxed her
to compete for the county title.
Teresa is majoring in elemen
tary education at Messiah College
and is employed by Sauders Poul
try during the summer months. She
admitted, “It may take a little
swinging to combine my Poultry
Queen duties with college,” but
she is optimistic that “everything
will work out.”
Teresa believes that one of the
best parts about being poultry
queen is the opportunity it gives
her to visit schools and educate
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students about the nutritional value
of chicken and eggs.
The queen was awarded a $5OO
scholarship to further her
education.
Seventeen year old Lonna Roh
rer will assist the queen in upcom
ing promotional activities. Lon
na’s pageant presentation enter
tained the audience with her
fact-filled speech on “Which came
first the chicken or the egg?”
The alternate queen, daughter of
Charles and Kay Rohrer, 690
Strasburg Road, Paradise, received
a $3OO scholarship. A senior at
Pequea Valley High School, Lon
na has not yet chosen her future
college, but she is “leaning tow
ards Bucknell University.” Lonna
said that she spends plenty of time
gathering eggs from the 15,000
layers on her parents farm.
Other queen contestants were
Debra High, Lancaster; Julie Zim
merman, Reinholds; and Doreen
Brubaker, Lititz.
Other features of the pageant
included Jim Huber, County Com
missioner Chairman, who said that
he along with the other commis
sioners are proclaiming the month
of August as Poultry month in Lan
caster County. He said this is in
recognition that Lancaster County
is first in the state for production of
laying hens and broilers and it
ranks number two in the nation for
supplying poultry products.
Soloist Peggy Schnupp enter
tained the guests by sii.ging popu
lar tunes from the past.
Teresa Martin, right, was crowned Lancaster Coun
ty Poultry Queen 1987-88, during the annual pageant
held Saturday at the Farm & Home Center, Lancaster.
Alternate Queen Lonna Rohrer, left, will assist Teresa
in promotional activities.
The 1986-87 Lancaster County
Poultry Queen Elizabeth Simmons
gave a teary, farewell speech that
showed the pleasure she has had
representing the poultry industry.
Pageant judges were Lilly Ann
Kopp, former Lancaster County
Poultry Queen; Lester Camathan,
store manager for Willow Valley
Supermarket; and Dr. Maurice
Hoppie, professor of economics at
Elizabethtown College.