Blair County Dairy Princess Adopts Farming
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
MARTINSBURG (Blair Co.)
Susan Willey, 1993 dairy prin
cess for Blair County, didn’t grow
up on a farm but she can’t remem
ber when she wasn’t interested in
agriculture.
“My grandfather was a farmer,’’
she says. “But, he sold out when I
was pretty young. However, my
brother was old enough to be
interested. When his interest con
tinued, little sister would tag along
to see what he was up to.”
Susan Willey, Blair County deity princess, and one oi
the mama goat with one of her babies.
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“Before long, I was as inter
ested as he was. He got me the job
I have now, milking cows for the
Allen Edwards farm.”
Edwards has a 120-acre farm
with 75 Holsteins. Susan does
most of the milking twice daily.
It’s a job she enjoys despite the
days when the cows act up, lack
ing off their milkers or squeezing
her between two cows. “The good
just outweighs the bad,” she says.
Her employer is so impressed
with her abilities in the dairy
industry, it was he who convinced
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her to enter the contest
“I was a shoe-in,” Susan
admits. “I was the only contestant
My main goal for this year is to
increase the number of applicants
next year.”
A special banquet for her
crowning was held on June 25 at
Wissinger’s Restaurant.
A senior at Central High
School, Susan credits her FFA
advisor, Tom Ritchey, for further
ing her interest in agriculture.
“I’m president of FFA at Central
this year,” Susan says. “The first
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time a girl has ever had that title at
my school, but I hope it is not the
last”
Since Susan’s family does not
have the farmland to support dairy
mws, (something she dreams of
Dwning), Susan chose pigs and
goats for her FFA projects. She is
ilso interested in landscaping and
plans to do over the family back
yard next spring.
Her interest in the princess con
test extended over into a desire to
communicate with the public
about the importance of milk in
.the diet. She plans to be busy con
stantly throughout the coming
year doing handouts at local
stores, offering samples of dairy
recipes to school children and in
nursing homes, and talking to var
ious organizations.
Enter Banner Contest
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Ice cream fans of all ages can
create their best ice cream banner
and win prizes during “Ice Cream
Banner Day,” Sunday, July 25, at
Riverside Stadium, Harrisburg.
The contest will be held just
before the Harrisburg Senators’
2:05 p.m. baseball game with the
New Britain Red Sox. All contes
tants must register at the Stadium
from 12:30 to 1 p.m., prior to the
July 25th game. The parade of
banners will begin promptly at 1
p.m. Banners will be displayed
during the baseball game and then
returned to their owners.
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It will all be good preparation
for her possible careers in teach
ing, or communications. “I would
most like to be an ag teacher or in
journalism, maybe agriculture
journalism.”
Her milking pay check is being
saved for her education as well as
for a trip to the National FFA con
vention at Kansas City this fall.
In addition to her work sche
dule and FFA activities, Susan
finds time for the FTA, the school
newspaper, speech club, and is on
the tennis team.
She is a senior Girl Scout, tutors
reading for younger children, and
is a member of the Clover Creek
United Church of Christ
Her parents are Merl and Raho
ma Willey of Martinsburg.
years and under and 13 years and
over. For the youth category, two
prizes will be awarded - first prize
a $5OO U.S. savings bond and sec
ond prize a $250 U.S. savings
bond. The adults will be compet
ing for three top prizes - first
$5OO, second $2OO, and third $5O.
The contest is open to any fan
who wants to make a banner using
their own creativity. All banners
must mention the Senators, ice
cream and WNNK-FM. All dtci
sions made by the judges are final.
Taxes on prize winnings ate the
responibility of the winners. Com
plete rules are available by calling
the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program at (717) 787-6903 or at
the Senator’s Riverside Stadium.
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