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EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
Managing Editor
The annual meeting of the
Dairymen’s Association was held
in conjunction with the Pennsylva
nia Farm Show with honcry pre
sentations made to three persons
who have been noteworthy of sup
port for the dairy industry. The
recipients are: Paul Hartle of Belle
fonte in Centre County, who
received the Charles E. Cowan
Memorial Award; Beverly Robin
son Minor of Eighty-Four in
Washington County, who received
the Distinguished Dairy Women
Award, and Dr. Robert Yonkers,
assistant professor in Penn State’s
Ag Economics and Rural Sociolo
gy department, who received the
1998 Extension Award.
Hartlc, described as a “quiet, can
do” man took over management
and ownership of the family farm
in 1967. His Mammouth Spring
Holstein herd consists of 65 regis
tered Holsteins with a current herd
average of 22,000 pounds of milk.
Through the last 30 years, Hattie
has been a faithful supporter of
many local and state Holstein
sales. He has consigned many
headliners to the Nittany Lion Fall
Classic since its inception.
He has served on the Pennsylva
nia Holstein Association Execu
tive Committee and as a director.
Many committee assignments
have revolved around the Holstein
activities committee and the state
convention. At the local level he is
the county president
He has also been active in the
Centre County Farm Bureau and
the former Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative. He was a director of
the PA Dairymen’s Association
and served a term on the Benner
Carbon County Christmas
Tree Wins Grand Champion
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Visitors to the 1998 Farm
Show voted to award the grand
champion Christmas tree to a
Concolor Fire tree grown by Old
Homestead Tree Farm of Kunkle
town, Carbon County.
The reserve champion was a
Douglas Fir grown by Richard
McClellan of Middleburg. Snyder
County. The public voted for the
perfect one they would most like
to have as a Christmas tree. The
grand champion won by about SO
votes; approximately 1,070 people
voted.
The judges first selected 11, out
of 43 entered, Christmas trees for
Dairy Derby Draws Large Crowds
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Lucky visitors at the 1998
Pennsylvania State Farm Show
had the chance to spend 45 sec
onds inside a seven-foot tall cash
cube grabbing for cash and sav
ings bonds.
This is the fifth year that the
Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing
Association (MAMMA) has spon
sored this exhibit Crowds of over
200 people gather for a chance to
be chosen to participate in a game
show style contest The four cho
sen contestants answer trivia ques
tions about the dairy industry,
dairy products, and dairy promo
tion. The winner of the question
and answer session is then placed
into the cash cube and is given 45
Dairymen’s Association Presents Honorary Awards
Township Water Authority.
As a 4-H dairy leader, his calm
and quiet leadership will always be
remembered by die many youth he
has advised.
He has five children: son
Richard, and daughters, Kathy.
Paula, Rose, and Martha.
Minor was appointed by Gov.
Tom Ridge to the PA Milk Market
ing Board and recently became
chairm woman. She leads the three
member board, which deals with
all issues of Pennsylvania milk
marketing, from dairy farm to con
sumer. She is also a development
leader and board member of the
Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders.
Since 1973 Minor has served on
the board of the Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess and Promotion Ser
vices that manages the dairy prin
cess program in Pennsylvania. She
is a former slate dairy princess
though at the time they were called
Miss Milkmaids.
In 1975 Bev and her husband
Sam started milking cows, pro
cessing milk, and opened their
country store called The Spring
House. From two employees, the
business grew to over SO employ
ees today. In 1986, die Minors
added on to their country store with
a kitchen, buffet, and a 75-person
seating area. Mrs. Minor currently
manages Spring House and has
created another market for then
dairy farm and country store in the
catering business.
The Minors have five children
and eight grandchildren. Mrs.
Minor is a member of the PA State
Grange, the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau, Delta Gamma Society and
Grace United Methodist Church.
Dr. Yonkers has responsibility
in extension for developing educa
tional materials and delivering
first place in their respective tree
type categories, and the public
then voted. The judges look for
seven qualities in the trees. The
foliage should be fresh, clean, and
uniform. It should also be tapered
from 40 percent to 90 percent, and
have uniform, medium density.
On the bottom of the tree, the
handle must be well-trimmed and
five to eight inches long. The tree
should also be of normal color,
have a natural, not perfectly
smooth outside appearance, and
be free from damage or defects.
Montgomery County tree grow
er. Gary Hague said the judges
want a tree that is easy for die buy
er to bring home and pul in a tree
seconds to grab as much of the fly
ing cash and savings bonds as they
can. In order to officially “win”
die money and bonds, the contest
ant must push the cash and bonds
out through a small slot in the side
of the booth. After the time limit is
called, the money is counted.
Each contestant may keep all of
the cash pushed through the slot
The savings bonds are in $5O, $75,
and $l5O denominations, and the
contestant keeps the bond with the
largest value. The bonds are spon
sored by donations from various
dairies and milk suppliers, while
the cash is supplied by MAMMA.
All contestants win a four-pack of
soccer tickets which are provided
by the Harrisburg Heat Indoor
programs designed to increase the
awareness and understanding of
dairy marketing and dairy policy.
He works closely with extension
personnel in the Dairy and Animal
Science department on projects
including Dairy-Map program and
die Pennsylvania Dairy Industry
Future Committee.
Yonkers has a degree in dairy
production from Kansas State and
both a Master’s degree in Dairy
Science and a Phd degree in Agri
cultural Economics from Texas A
& M. He has first-hand experience
with production dairying on farms
in New Jersey, Kansas, and Texas.
He was a member of die dairy
catde judging team at Kansas State
and coached the judging team at
Texas A & M.
He is in demand both in and out
of state as a speaker and has been
on the program for such diverse
groups as the National Milk Pro
ducers’ Federation, the Interna
tional Dairy Foods Association,
the National Holstein Association,
and the Pennsylvania Association
of Agricultural Bankers. He was
called as an expert witness at the
Pennsylvania Milk Marketing
Board hearings.
Bob and his wife Nancy reside in
Pine Grove Mills and have two
sons. Michael and Timothy.
Guest speaker for the evening
was William Perry, government
and member relations of Milk
Marketing, Inc. Other speakers
included Russ Reading firom the
department of agriculture; Robert
Steele, dean at Penn State, and
Nichole Meabon. state dairy prin
cess. The Dairymen’s Association
is a group of dairy leaden who
have as a goal the encouragement
of dairy farming.
stand. “They {Refer that‘the tree is
user friendly’.” Hague said.
Hague said he grows mostly
Douglas Firs on IS acres in Hat
field.
Anyone may enter the competi
tion, as long as the tree was grown
in Pennsylvania. It was fair grow
ing this year, Hague said, because
of the summer drought.
The average Christmas tree
takes eight to 12 years to mature.
Pennsylvania is the fifth largest
producer of Christmas trees in the
nation, with over three million
harvested trees. Growers produce
over 10 varieties of trees in the
state.
Soccer Team.
Anita Howard, from Mc
chanicsburg, Cumberland County,
won a $l5O savings bond and $34
in cash during one of Monday’s
Dairy Derby games. Howard said
about her experience, “It was
great The people here are very
sweet and it was nice of die spon
sors to invest so much into the
event”
This is the first year for celebri
ties to act as guest hosts at the
.Dairy Derby booth. Jim Buchanan
from Fox 43 News and Kirsten
Page horn Eyewitness News were
guest hosts earlier in the week.
Doug Allen, WGAL 8 News
hosted the game from 2-3 p.m. on
Wednesday.
Beverly Minor, left, receives the Pennsylvania distin
guished dairy women’s award from Dixie Burris from the
board of directors.
Paul Hartla, taft. recalvaatha Charles E. Cowan memorial
award from Logan Bower, president
Dr. Robert Yonkers, left, receives the Dairymen’s Associ
ation 1998 extension award from Logan Bower, president.
Maple Syrup
Producers To Meet
HONESDALE (Wayne Co.)
The Northeastern Pennsylvania
Maple Syrup Producers’ Associa
tion annual meeting and dinner is
scheduled Monday, Jan. 26, from
10:15 ajn. to 3:30 pjn., at the
Pleasant Valley Grange Hall.
Carl Curtis, president, will con
duct the annual meeting business.
Repeals from the 1998 Pennsyl
vania Farm Show maple products
sales booths and maple syrup and
maple products show will be
shared with the group.
A report from the Pennsylvania
Maple Producers’ Council meet-
ing will also be given.
This year’s annual meeting will
feature the following informative
and educational topics dealing
with maple syrup production.
A pancake, sausage, egg, home
fries and maple syrup dinner will
be served at noon by members of
the Pleasant Valley Orange. The
cost of the dinner is $5.50 per per
son and reservations for the dinner
are needed.
Call your dinner reservations to
the Wayne County Cooperative
Extension by Friday, Jan. 23,
(717) 253-5970 ext 239.