A22-lancaster Firming, Saturday, March 17,1990
Philip Milhouse leads a fifth grade class in singing a medley of milk promotion songs
as part of entertainment during Dairy Council Inc.’s 70th annual meeting.
Milk Marketing Agency (local
dairy promotion group) to promote
the consumption of milk in
Sharswood.
As part of the promotion, the
children who were considered
winners were taken to a Philadel
phia 76ers basketball team practice
and game.
In reviewing past annual
reports, Stanton said “I was sur
prised to see that working with ath
letes to promote good nutrition is
not something new for Dairy
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Council. In the 19505, the well
known Philadelphia Phillie (base
ball) Curt Simmons was on the
staff of Dairy Council in the off
season.”
She said that Simmons used to
visit high schools and lecture on
the importance of nutrition and
physical activity. He had visited
135 schools in 1958.
In 1972, the first comprehensive
nutrition curriculum was intro
duced by the council, followed by
an elementary program, she said.
Dairy Council Inc. Survives Test Of Time
Last year, the elementary prog
ram was revised and re-introduced
to elementary grades, she said.
“1989 was a major year for
promoting this new curriculum
and over 2,500 kits were sold in
our area,” Stanton said.
“We estimate that more than
100,000 children have been reach
ed with these lessons on sound
nutrition.”
Community work has also been
a tradition with Dairy Council,
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Stanton said. “In 1935 we estab- years the agency has conducted
lished an exhibit at the Franklin many projects taking advantage of
Institute and in 1936, Dairy Coun- new technology and results have
cil sponsored a dairy bam at the been successful.
Philadelphia zoo.” She said the goal of the council
Both programs saw brief haitus' now “is to maintain our leadership
during World War 11, but were position.”
resumed and expanded, especially The 1990 board of directors was
during the 1980 s, she said. also announced during the
She said most recently, an exhi- meeting,
bit at the Academy of Natural Sci- Representing Atlantic Dairy
ences called “Cows! Fact and Fan- Cooperative are Curtis Akers, H.
cy” had been a “major activity for Beegle, Robert Gehman, Roy
out staff in 1989.” The exhibit w - Hetrick, William N. Hopkins,
ended January. Robert B. McSpairan (president),
Also in 1989, Stanton saida pro- v 0 Jr., Elvin Rohrer, Rhel
ject called, “Nutrition Issues for Royer, L. Elmer Vickers, and
the Black Community,” which Robert A. Winner,
involved meeting with community ,^ ee Ressler represents Eastern
leaders and more than a year of Milk Producers on the board. Inde
“brainstorming and research” pendent Producers are represented
resulted in the production of a vid- by George Haenlein and David
eo called “Barbershop Talk;” a Lee - Distributors are represented
video aimed at black male audi- by Hari Fink and directors at large
ence. The video is yet to be include Jesse Burall, Harold Butz
released. J f -. Donald Duncan, John R. Plum-
According to Stanton, over the mer an£ i Dan Wettlin 3rd.
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