812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1989
Town Seal Inspired
Dairy Heritage
By Sharon B. Schuster
Maryland Correspondent
UNION BRIDGE Take a
close look at the official town seal
of Union Bridge, Maryland. Clev
erly included in the design by P.
Richard Eichman, is a butter
chum. It represents the rich dairy
heritage of this Carroll County
community.
Back in 1817, almost 175 years
ago, Union Bridge was settled by
farming families drawn by the fer
tile land. According to The His
tory of Western Maryland, by J.
Thomas Scharf, the dairy business
flourished and led to the organiza
tion of the first agricultural society
in Carroll County, known as the
‘Patrons of Husbandry’.
At a time when dairymen had to
overcome the inconveniences of
areas of swampland and woods
with “impenetrable undergrowth,”
they also had to stand guard
against “ravenous wolves con
stantly prowling the clearings for
unguarded stock and unwary pas
sersby.” In spite of the dangers
and hardships of the time, Scharf
reported that the intelligent and
hardworking farmers of Union
Bridge produced a superior pro
duct that was dubbed ‘gilt-edged
butter’.
Members of the Patrons of Hus
bandry sought to bypass the mid
dleman. According to Scharf, “the
plan of the club... was to produce
a first-rate article and deliver it
directly to the consumer. A person
who did not make a good article
could not be a member of the club,
and they established a first-class
Potter Co. Dai
COUDERSPORT (Tioga)
The 1989 Potter County Dairy
Princess was crowned during
ceremonies held on May 12, in the
Ulysses Community Building.
After answering a question and
doing an informative dairy presen
tation, Petty Tomb crowned her
successor Jennifer Brown.
Jennifer Brown, daughter of
Judy Brown, Coudersport, is
active in 4-H where she is a mem
ber of the Homesteaders 4-H Club
and is president of 4-H County
Council. She is a 4-H Keystone
winner and has placed first in both
4-H and FFA public speaking con
tests. Jenny is a junior at Couders
port High School where she is a
member of FFA, marching band,
concert band, chorus, select chor
us, honor society, orchestra,
basketball cheerleader, football
cheerleader, and is a track statisti
cal Following her graduation
from high school, Jenny plans to
study environmental law at Penn
State University. She lists her hob
bies as showing her three dairy
animals, promoting milk, singing,
playing the piano and violin, read
ing, riding horseback, sewing,
cooking, public speaking, and
spending time with her family and
friends. Jenny works at the
Coudersport Golf Course and
teaches piano.
For her presentation, Jenny was
a space commander reporting
back to base from earth many
years into the future. She had
found a primitive earth dwelling
believed to be an eating area. She
was glad to find that there were
dairy products back then so she
could enjoy a glass of milk.
Also taking part in the program
with a presentation was Lorie
Angood who will be serving
another year as dairy maid. Lor-
By
reputation.”
The ‘gilt-edged butter’ that was
produced commanded ‘fancy
prices’. The History... notes that
the club “ran a wagon, which con
veyed the produce to the Balti
more market every week. Scharf
said the members took turns driv
ing the wagon and each furnished
his awn horse to pull it Once at
the market, the club member
“acted as agent for the
association.”
Jennifer <"own . igan her new assignment as Potter
County’s reigning dairy princess.
ie’s presentation was about the
Mother Rabbit getting all the Eas
ter baskets filled with dairy pro
ducts including milk chocolate
cows.
Lorie Angood is the daughter of
David and Lorraine Angood,
Ulysses. She is in tenth grade at
Northern Potter High School
where she is a member of the
chorus. Lorie is currently serving
as Potter County 4-H Queen. She
is a member of the 4-H County
Council, 4-H Exchange Club, and
the Dairywide 4-H Club. Lorie
Princess
With the advent of the railroad
the business continued to enjoy
success. Scharf wrote that “the
rapid transportation furnished by
the railroads has enabled [the citi
zens of Union Bridge] to build up
a trade in the products of the dairy
unsurpassed probably elsewhere
in Maryland.” It was reported that
butter was handled in such large
quantities that “the village became
known as ‘Buttersburg’ ”.
Today, Carroll ranks second in
the largest milk producing coun
ties of Maryland, as reported by
the Middle Atlantic Milk Market
ing Area. And Union Bridge plays
an important part in maintaining
that rank with the likes of Peace
and Plenty Farm, showcase dairy
farm of Nona and Joe Schwartz
beck, past president of the Mary
land State Holstein Association.
The importance of Union
Bridge’s dairy industry didn’t
escape the attention of local artist,
P. Richard Eichman. When the
Town fathers solicited designs for
the first official Town seal since
its incorporation in 1983, Eich
man’s design was chosen unanim
ously from 19 entries. “A butter
chum commemorates the original
name of Union Bridge, which was
‘Buttersbuig’,” reported a 1983
account of the adoption of the
seal. The design has since been
reproduced on colorful plates and
a commemorative edition plate in
celebration of Carroll County’s
sesquicentennial in 1987. Eich
man won a $4O Erst prize for his
insightful entry.
Coronation
enjoys reading and spending time
with her friends when she is not
helping on the family farm.
Guest speakers for the evening
were Karl Kroeck, vice chairman
of the Pennsylvania Dairy Promo
tion Board and Leo Dunn. Chief
of Farm Operations and Agricul
ture Research for the Department
of Agriculture.
Sam Crossley, Potter County
Extension Director, served as
master of ceremonies of the coro
nation. Milk punch and dessert
followed the coronation.
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