Bio-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, Novamber 4, 1995
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LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
FLEETWOOD (Berks Co.)
Maggie Heller bubbles with ener
gy and enthusiasm. Recently she
was selected as the Berks County
Li’l Miss Dairy Princess.
In he. role as the LiT Miss,
Maggie accompanies Berks Coun
ty Dairy Princess Jen Davis to
schools, malls, and meetings to
encourage people to use real dairy
products.
Usually the girl who is selected
as a Li’l Miss is from a dairy farm.
But Maggie doesn’t live on the
farm.
“My daddy drives a Clover
Farm Truck. He gets milk and
takes it to the stores,” Maggie said.
Maggie lives with her parents,
Sandra and Keith, in Fleetwood.
She has two brothers, Patrick, 6,
and Aaron, 8.
Patrick is a special brother
because he is Maggie’s twin.
Together, the twins have lots of
fun, although sometimes, they like
to do things differently.
Maggie doesn’t seem to ever be
quiet and still. She said.“l like to
swim, eat pizza, sing, pretend to be
a ballerina, dance a lot, jump rope a
lot, and do crafts.”
She added, “I like school a lot,
especially math and English. I do
everything (lessons) ahead.”
Without pausing, Maggie
added, “I also like to kiss and hug,
dance, and ride bike our whole
family rides bike.”
Recently, Maggie dramatically
related how she was selected from
six contestants to assist the Berks
County Dairy Princess in dairy
promotion. The 6-year-old said
that after the Li’l Miss contestants
were introduced to the audience at
the dairy princess pageant, she
went off stage and sat with her
family.
'Then the judges came back.
Someone gave an evelope and
when she opened it, she said,
‘Maggie Heller.’
The Holier siblings spent many hours playing soccer in their back yard.
ids.
Li’l Miss Holds Job Jn
“That was me! I couldn’t
believe it I wanted someone else
to win,” Maggie said as she
described the moment
“I got a banner, a crown, and
four prizes.” Maggie said.
The prizes were a book, chalk, a
pewter plate, and a bracelet and
necklace set
For promotions, Maggie wears
her crown and banner. At meet
ings, Maggie often recites a poem
that her mother made up. It goes
like this:
Your Holstein gives the milk.
Hi Ho the dairy-O.
Milk goes into your tank,
Hi Ho the dairy-O. -
The driver takes the milk.
Hi Ho the dairy-O.
The truck goes to the dairy.
Hi Ho the dairy-O.
My daddy drives a truck.
Hi Ho the dairy-O.
He takes the milk to the store.
Hi Ho the dairy-O.
The mommies ' the milk.
While her daddy drives a milk truck, Maggie poses with
her mom Sandra and brother Aaron, 8, and twin Patrick, 6.
Hi Ho the dairy-0.
The kids drink the milk.
Hi Ho the dairy-0.
They get strong bones and teeth.
Hi Ho the dairy-0.
They get strong bones and teeth.
When Maggie does milk promo
tions, she doesn’t always need to
speak. Sometimes she rides on
trucks in parades and waves to the
crowd. At the Reading Phillies
baseball game, Maggie handed out
ice cream coupons to the crowd.
Maggie and her twin brother,
Patrick, and brother Aaron drink
lo‘.s of milk and look for the real
seal on dairy products.
Since becoming the Li’l Miss,
Maggie has visited the farm a few
times to see how a real farm
operates.
“I’d like to grow up to be a teal
dairy princess and a farmer,” she
said.
Her brother Aaron, 8. is thinking
about becoming a dairy
ambassador.
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Berks County
Berks County LI’I Miss Dairy Princess Maggie Heller likes
to dance with her twin brother Patrick.
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