820-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3 1993
Franklin County’s 1993 apple royalty are, left, Apple Princess Billie Jo Cheshier,
Apple Queen Heidi Martin, and Apple Princess Meredith Pratt.
Franklin County Selects
Apple Queen, Princesses
BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
EDENVILLE (Franklin Co.)
“Apples are one of the best foods
you can possibly eat,” Heidi Mar
tin told the audience shortly be
fore she was crowned 1993 Frank
lin County Apple Queen. “I’m
passionate about the apple indus
try.
Heidi was crowned March 20 at
the Franklin County Horticultural
Society’s Fruitgrowers Banquet,
held at the Edenville Community
Center.
Heidi, 17, is the daughter of
Randy and Sandy Martin of
Chambersburg. She is a senior at
Greencastle-Antrim High School,
where she is a member of the Na
tional Honor Society, and is on the
yearbook staff. She was sponsored
by her grandfather, Ralph Tracey
of Tracey’s Orchard, where she
helped in the sales shed since she
was a child.
“I grew up around apples,” she
said.
In the interview portion of the
contest, emcee Robert Thomas of
WKSL radio station asked Heidi,
“What is the most important issue
facing today’s teens drug and
alcohol abuse, staying in school,
pregnancy, or AIDS?” Heidi re
plied, “AIDS. You can’t just go
around and not worry about it.
You have to be careful and re
sponsible.”
The new Queen said that during
her reign she wants to work with
elementary school children to
teach them about apples. She
wants to impress upon them how
versatile apples are, both for nutri
tious eating and for crafts. “Pick
ing up an apple is easier than mak
ing a batch of cookies,” she added.
Also crowned at the pageant
were 1993 Apple Princesses
Meredith Pratt and Billie Jo
Cheshier. Meredith, 16, is the
daughter of Jim and Bonnie Pratt
of Waynesboro. A junior at
Waynesboro High School, she
was sponsored by Five Forks
Fruit.
The daughter of Ken and Mary
Cheshier, Waynesboro, Billie Jo is
a senior at Waynesboro High
School. She is 19, and was spon
sored by Fusting Farms Orchard.
Judges for the event were San
dy Kune, chairperson of the
Adams County Apple Queen con
test; Wayne Golladay of Adams
County: and Linda Ordway of
Chambcrsburg.
Jennifer Witmer, 1992 Franklin
County Apple Queen and Penn
sylvania Apple Queen, crowned
her successor. “I’ve had a wonder
ful year,” she told the audience in
her farewell remarks. “It was fun
and exciting, and a real learning
experience.” She said she educat
ed people about the nutritional,
economic and environmental as
pects of apples. Her favorite activ
ity was visiting elementary
schools and sharing with the chil
dren how important the apple is.
She participated in the Green
castle Old Home Week parade,
Farm Show, and the Franklin
County Fair, and worked with lo
cal radio stations for Apple
Month.
Jennifer Witmer, 1992 Franklin County Apple Queen,
crowns her successor, Heidi Martin.
Apple Museum Opens
BIGLERVILLE (Adams Co.)
The National Apple Museum
will open to the general public
weekends beginning Saturday,
April 24,10 to 5 p.m. and Sunday,
April 25, noon to 5 p.m., other
days and times by appointment.
To emphasize the importance of
freight train service to the apple
industry, members of the Waynes
boro Miniature Train Builders
Association and friends will bring
their marvelous train display to
the museum for opening weekend.
There will be no admission to the
Train Show. There will be a
charge to tour the display on the
second level. Tour guides will be
on duty. The gift shop will be
open. Members of The Biglerville
“The experience was priceless,”
she concluded.
Jennifer was assisted in her ap
ple-promoting activities by 1992
Princesses Tonia Horst and Brandi
Tracey
Coordinator of the contest, Car
ole Tracey of Greencastle, re
ported that Jennifer, Tonia, and
Brandi handed out 3,000 samples
of apple juice and sold 126 gallons
of cider in three days of promo
tions during Ag Weekend at the
Chambersburg Mall.
Historical and Preservation So
ciety are admitted free.
The first section of a Diorama
depicting Pennsylvania’s Apple
Capital USA will be included in
the displays on the upper level, a
new addition. Consisting of
miniature orchards, round bam,
processing plants, Country Store,
National Apple Museum.
Reservations for tour groups,
birthday or anniversary parties or
other special events can be made
by calling chairman of Tours and
Admissions Jean Fohl Slaybaugh
at (717) 677-8728 or writing The
National Apple Museum at 154
W. Hanover St., P.O. Box 656,
Biglerville, Pa., 17307.
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