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York County Dairy Princess Cecilia Martin and Dairy Maids Kelly Jo Myers, left,
and Tanya Thoman, right, are all smiles as they prepare for their roles as promotional
representatives for the dairy industry.
York Selects Cecilia Martin
As Dairy Princess
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
YORK (York Co.) Cecilia
Martin was crowned the York
County Dairy Princess during
pageant ceremonies held Satur
day, April 25, at the York 4-H
Center.
The 16-year-old new princess is
the daughter of James and Rosine
Martin, Spring Grove R 3. She is a
sophomore student at Spring
Grove Area High School and
plans to pursue a degree in ele
mentary education.
Cecilia is the fifth generation on
the Martin family farm and regu
larly assists with milking chores
for the 90-head herd. The family,
including her brother Chris, 18,
who served as her pageant escort,
also crops 210 acres of land. She
is active in school and her church
youth group and enjoys horseback
riding in her spare time.
As part of her pre-coronation
interview, Cecilia was asked by
pageant emcee York County
Commissioner George Trout how
she felt about her agriculture
background, compared to most of
her school peers who are not from
farms. Cecilia responded that she
is proud of her agriculture heritage
and having had to learn to work
while she was growing up.
“I like being able to come home
from school and go outside and
enjoy nature,” smiled the new
princess later, in a post-pageant
interview.
An original promotional pre
sentation Cecilia gave during the
program featured two large, com
parative posters. One depicted a
healthy athlete who consumed a
balanced diet, including lots of
Ready for their milk ambassador roles as York Dairy Mis ses are from left, Lisa Jones,
Raechel Kilgore and Erin
Saturdi
8. 1993
dairy foods, while the other show
ed a greenish-complexioned
“couch potato” fond of mostly
empty-nutrient “junk” foods.
As York’s Dairy Princess, Ce
cilia says she is especially looking
forward to working with elemen
tary-age school groups, since she
plans a career teaching children.
She anticipates having opportuni
ties to “introduce a calf’ to stu
dents during her upcoming visits
to school classrooms.
Tanya Thoman and Kelly Jo
Myers were both named Dairy
Maids during the crowning cere
monies.
Tanya, 13, is the daughter of
Gail and Gary Thoman, Dallas
town R 3. She is a seventh-grade
student at Dallastown Area Mid
dle School, active in school musi
cal organizations as well as in 4-H
and Junior Holstein dairy clubs.
Tanya owns nine head in the fami
ly’s Garwill operation, which in
cludes 110 cows and 114 acres of
cropground.
For her promotional presenta
tion, Tanya gave a talk on avoid
ing osteoporosis, using the poster
she designed and titled Mookcy
Cow Says Only You Can Prevent
Brittle Bones.
Kelly Jo Myers, 16, is the
daughter of Carolyn and Morrell
Myers, Thomasville R 2. A sopho
more at Spring Grove Area High
School, she is her class secretary
and a track team member. Kelly Jo
owns two Brown Swiss animals
which she exhibits in 4-H. She is a
member of the county’s 4-H dairy
judging team.
The poster created by Kelly Jo
for her promotional presentation
was based on a popular national
dairy slogan and tilled Move Over
Cola Because Milk Is America’s
Health Kick.
Pageant ceremonies also in
cluded the naming of three Dairy
Miss representatives, Lisa Jones,
Erin Marks and Raechel Kilgore.
The Dairy Miss and Dairy maid
winners will assist the Princess
with selected promotional activi
ties through the next year.
Lisa Jones, 6, is the daughter of
Patricia and Dennis Jones, Lis
burn Avenue, Shrewsbury. She is
a first-grade student at Southern
Elementary School and helps to
feed calves on the Delta farm of
her uncle, Leonard Greek.
Erin Marks. 9. is the daughter of
Barbara and Melvin Marks, Air
ville Rl. A second grader at Clear
view Elementary School, Erin’s
chores include helping to feed
heifers and moving the family’s
dairy herd to rotational pasture.
Raechel Kilgore, 8, is ihe
daughter of Pam and Doug Kil
gore, Airville R 2. Raechel attends
second grade at Clearvicw Ele
mentary School and helps the
family with feeding calves and oc
casionally with milking chores.
Outgoing princess Shannon
Doll, Glenville, wrapped up her
year of representing the York
dairy industry with the crowning
of her successor. Through her
reign, Shannon visited 15 school
classrooms, wrote 14 newspaper
articles, made 4 radio presenta
tions, took part in numerous store
and mall promotions, farm and
non-farm meetings, dairy shows,
parades and made other'special
appearances on behalf of dairy
promotion.
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