818-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 10,1988
BY LOU ANN GOOD
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
(Chester) Bobbi White is a
woman of diverse interests. An
avid outdoor person who foxhunts
and raises show animals, she also
works as an office manager and as
a beauty consultant.
Bobbi jokes, “I’ve got a dual
personality. I feel as comfortable
in blue jeans as in an evening
gown.”
The mother of a 23-year-old son
and 20 year-old twins, Bobbi
coached them in showing horses,
ponies, heifers and steers. A galley
of photos depicting a string of
champions line the walls of her
home. In 1981, her daughter
showed the top pony in the U.S.
She also showed the grand champ
ion heifer at the state farmshow.
Bobbi classifies herself as a
hobby farmer who found that cows
pay their own way but horses are
sheer pleasure. When she first pur
chased an Angus cow with calf at
side, she wanted to turn her invbst
ment around.
As an office manager for Gene
tics Unlimited, Bobbi used their
services for commercial embryo
transfers to build her registered
Angus herd. She’s particularly
proud that her cow has produced
This horse carries Bobbi on her fox hunting stints.
By Marianne Walker
Centre Co. Correspondent
PITTSBURGH (Allegheny)
Thirteen young ladies graced the
runway of the Hyatt Pittsburgh
while Pennsylvania shepherds
admired their wool handmade fin
ery. The Pennsylvania Make It
Yourself With Wool contestants
came to vie for the honor of
attending the National Contest to
be held in Las Vegas in January.
In its 29th year, the contest places
emphasis on the garment’s con
struction, its uniqueness and style,
and the contestant’s composure in
modeling and garment. The con
testants were divided into four
categories: preteen, junior, senior,
and adult.
Jennifer Black, the 11-year-old
daughter of Doug and Peggy
Black of Boswell, garnered first
place honors in the prclcen categ
ory. Jennifer modeled a 100%
wool, gray gathered skirt acces
sorized with a red 100% wool
sweater and gray beret.
Jennifer’s 4-H projects include
clothing, foods, knitting, photo
graphy, market lambs and breed
ing sheep. Second place went to
Katie McClain of New Castle,
third to Megan Perry, followed by
Ellen Herr.
In the junior category, first
place was presented to Lisa Troha
of Glencoe. Lisa’s creation was a
blue, brown, and apricot tweed
suit of 100% wool. The-skirt fea-
Bobbi White: A Dual Personall
two good bulls for the test station.
Now, that her children are on
their own, Bobbi limits her animal
interests to raising show animals
for other exhibitors and to fox
hunting. Recently she expanded
her interest in skin care to become
a beauty consultant.
While beauty consulting and
raising cattle seem at opposite
poles of career interests, Bobbi
said that it was actually her out
door interests that kindled her
interest in makeup and beauty
care. “When you spend a lot of
time outside, you find out how
damaging sun .and wind can be. If
you don’t take care of your skin,
you age faster,”
So, it was her interest in preserv
ing her skin that first got her
involved in makeup. Facetiously
she asks, “Which would you rather
wear, protection or pollution?”
For her, it was makeup protec
tion that achieves a natural look
“instead of looking like a painted
clown.”
Soon she wanted to share her
knowledge of skin care and
makeup with friends and relatives.
For that reason, she signed up with
the Mary Kay line of skin care.
Ironically, the basic skin care
formula of Mary Kay was derived
Make It Yourself With W
turcd a front pleat and an invisible
zipper. The entire ensemble was
lined, and the jacket was accented
with padded shoulders. Lisa is the
daughter of Jack and Laura Troha.
This fifteen-year-old enjoys jazz
dancing, modeling, sewing, and
designing. Other contestants in the
Junior category included Susan
Mawhinney of Waynesburg in
second place, Heather Halderman
of Manheim in third, and Gayle
Clyde of Slippery Rock in fourth
place.
Carol Morgan, a seamstress
from Avella, won highest honors
in the Senior division with her ful
ly lined, 100% wool suit of solid
burgundy and a paisley print. The
jacket was constructed with raglan
sleeves, shoulder pads, a peplum,
and was accented with Hong
Kong seam finishing. A 1988 gra
duate of Avella Area High School,
Carol attends Bradford Business
School. She is active in 4-H with
market steers, market'lambs,
cooking, and sewing. She is the
daughter of Leroy and Clara Mor
gan. Finishing second in this divi
sion was Bonnie Pearce of
Renfrew; Lori Brandt of Manheim
finished third.
Finally, the adult competition
attracted two very talented crafts
womcn. Janet Mawhinney, who
narrated the fashion show,
explained that the judges had great
difficulty in deciding the place-
I’m a dual personality,” Bobbf said. “I feel as at home In an evening gown as I do in
Jeans.”
from a formula to soften hides.
Intrigued that tough, cracked
cowhides could be turned into soft,
supple skins, the founder of the
company reasoned that if the for
mula worked on animal skins, it
should be able to make weathered
human skin young again.
“So, you see working for Mary
Kay cosmetics has something to do
with animals too,” Bobbi jokes.
Currently Bobbi lives on 10
acres near Lincoln University
where she built her home and bam
after her divorce. In her spare time,
she enjoys going to Angus shows.
She thrives on challenges and
bores easily with the mundane.
Her background shows her work
ing a stint as a licensed cosmetolo
gist and teacher, and studying at
West Chester University at night to
get a degree in business.
She said, “I always enjoy meet
ing new people and making new
friends. I have a natural love for
ment of this division. A decision
was made, however, and the Adult
division was won by Katherine
Grenci of New Castle. Placing
second was Frances Tittle of Atg
len. Ms. Grenci’s deep green flan
nel dinner dress was made of
100% wool. The jewel neckline,
horizontal tucks, and leg of mut
ton sleeves complemented the
dress beautifully. Kathy is a Sun
day school teacher and is a volun
teer tutor in the adult literacy
program. She enjoys reading, sew
ing, bird watching and walking.
She is employed by the St. Francis
Hospital of New Castle and is
married to Michael Grenci.
The contest was sponsored by
many firms and organizations who
donated awards of fabric, cosme
tics, and crafts for the division
winners. The judges included:
Jean Byers, an instructor at
Allegheny Community College
and a color analyst; Pam Kring, an
instructor in fashion merchandis
ing at the Art Institute of Pitts
burgh; Karen Webb, instructor of
animals and find personal satisfac
tion in raising them.”
Her lifelong dream has been to
own a bigger farm. And she hopes
that combining her diverse inter
ests will be profitable enough to
Bobbi derives much personal satisfaction in caring for the
three prize Angus cows scheduled to calve in March.
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Make It Yourself With Wool Contest winners pause to
enjoy their awards. Left to right Carol Morgan, Katherine
Crenel, Jennifer Black and Lisa Troha.
pattemmaking, dressmaking, tail- tor y at the Clarissa School of
oring, millinery and fashion his- Fashion Design.
mSeason’s
help her realize that dream.
For more information regarding
show cattle or beauty consulting,
contact Bobbi White at R.D. #l,
Box 35G, Lincoln University, PA
19352. (215) 869-9580.
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