814-Lancast*r Fanning, Saturday, July 1, 1995
Former Alternate Assumes York Dairy Princess Role
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
BAIR (York Co.) Angela
Mummert has been crowned as the
1995-96 York County Dairy Prin
cess. Her selection was announced
during the county’s pageant coro
nation ceremonies, held June 17 at
the York 4-H Center.
Angela, 17, is the daughter of
Diane and Dennis Mummert, Glen
Rock R 2. She is a senior at Dallas
town Area High School, where she
is a member of the band front color
guard and the yearbook staff. Her
future plans include college, pos
sibly pursuing a degree in elemen
tary education.
Last year, Angela served as
York County’s alternate dairy
princess. She is employed at Bup
plynn Farms, Seven Valleys,
' Congratulating York Dairy Princess Angela Mummert
are her parents, Diane and Dennis Mummert.
Becky Dugan Represents SUN Area’s Four Counties
WATSONTOWN (Northum
berland Co.) —Rebecca (Becky)
Dugan of Northumberland County
is the new SUN Area Dairy
Princess.
SUN Area includes Snyder,
Union, Northumberland and
Mountour counties.
Becky is the daughter of
George and Barbara Dugan of
Watsontown. She received her
crown from Shannon Hoffman,
Mt. Pleasant Mills. The alternate
dairy princess is Eve Smith,
daughter of Ricky and Dawn
Smith, Middleburg, Snyder
County.
using 138 gallons of lea cream, 10 gallons chocolate fudge
sauce, 5 gallons strawberries, and 25 pounds toasted
evenings and weekends.
For her skit, Angela wrote and
illustrated an original children’s
story, “Bessie Moo Goes to the
Beach.”
When questioned how she
would respond to an accusation
that milk is not good for people,
Angela answered that she would
offer to supply materials and infor
mation that show the positive
health and nutritional benefits of
dairy foods.
“I hope to be able to visit a lot of
elementary school classrooms dur
ing the year with the message that
‘milk does a body good,’ share my
story with the’children and take
them ice cream, because everyone
likes that,” says Angela of her
promotion focus as dairy princess.
Assisting Angela in dairy prom
otion activities during the upcom-
of the SUN Area Dairy Promotion
Committee in the Susquehanna
Valley Mall, sponsored die Dairy
Days.
The pageant was held Saturday
evening June 24, at the Susque
hanna Valley Mall, Selinsgrove, at
7:00 p.m.
Dairy Days began June 22, with
displays from FFA groups, 4-H
groups and ag-related industries.
The promotion committee had tee
shirts for sale. Shannon Hoffman,
1994 Dairy Princess had a display
of her activities for the year and
displayed her state award-winning
'ibook. North-Mont 4-H Club
Angela Mummert Is the 1995 York County Dairy Princess. Surrounding the new
princess are her court and promotional assistants, from left, Dairy Miss Tracy
Richardson, Tanya Thoman, Sara Jo Greek, and Heather Growl.
ing year will be York County’s
three Dairy Maids and a Dairy
Miss. Dairy Maids are Heather
Crawl, Sara Jo Greek and Tanya
Thoman. Tracy Richardson was
named the Dairy Miss.
Heather Crowl, 13, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
Crawl, Airville. She is an eighth
grade student at Red Lion Junior
High School. For her promotional
presentation. Heather created a
dairy nutrition poster.
Sara Jo Greek is 13 and the
o crowns Rebecca Dugan as the SUN area dairy princess. The
SUN area includes Snyder, Union, Northumberland, and Mountour counties.
tainment for the evening was by
the gospel band True Heart of
Milton.
Friday evening, June 23, the
highlight of the evening was the
building of the seven-foot giant
ice cream sundae. Turkey Hill
Dairies of Conestoga, donated 138
gallons of premium vanilla ice
cream, 10 gallons of chocolate
fudge sauce, 5 gallons strawber
ries, and 25 pounds of toasted
pecans. The SUN Area Dairy
Promotion Committee built the
sundae and the dairy contestants
and maids dipped ice cream sun
daes, while the dairy misses
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
Greek, Della. Sara’s promotional
poster for her presentation focused
on the using “real” dairy foods.
She is an eighth-grade student at
Red Lion Junior High School
Tanya Thoman, IS, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Thoman, Dallas town. A sopho
more at Dallas town Area High
School, Tanya titled her dairy
promotion poster and presentation
“The White Stuff is the Right
Stuff.”
served. The event began at 6:00
p.m. More than 2,000 ice cream
sundaes were served to the public.
Saturday, June 24, was a busy
day, beginning with cattle and
calves coming to the outside tent
for the petting zoo. The Snyder
County Holstein Club had a dairy
bean bag toss game for everyone
to try, and different kinds of
cheese for cheese tasting.
At 7:00 p.m„ the pageant was
held on the mall stage at the Bos
cov Store. Michael Daniels from
Wiggle Radio, served as the mas
ter of ceremonies. Karen Auker,
Drums, provided the music for the
Dairy Miss is Tracy Richardson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Richardson, Fawn Grove. Tracy
memorized an original poem,
“Down On The Farm,” for her
program presentation.
Co-ordinator for the York
County Dairy Princess and Promo
tional program is Shannon Peter
man Gardner, Red Lion. To sche
dule dairy princess appearances
and promotional activities, she
may be contacted at (717)
246-1850.
evening, and Jane Hawn, public
relations director narrated the
fashion show. The reigning prin
ces, contestants, dairy maids, and
dairy misses modeled clothing
furnished by the Boscov Store.
FFA members from Danville,
Selinsgrove, Mifflinburg, and
Middleburg served as escorts for
the girls.
Two Dairy of Distinction win
ners were presented by Phil Durst,
Penn State Cooperative ag agent.
They were Luke and Marylou
Rebuck of Domsife and Leire and
Catherine Fry of Fry Acres,
Middleburg.