New Princess To Be Crowned In SUN Area
MIDDLEBURG (Snyder Co )
- The Sun Area Dairy Industry
will hold its annual dairy festiv
ities June 10-12, in Selmsgrore
A wide variety of activities is
planned, including the crowning
of the New Sun Area Dairy
Princess
On Friday, June 11, begin
ning at 6 pm Turkey Hill’s
Giant Ice Cream Sundae will
reach seven feet tall and will be
made with 135 gallons of ice
cream, 10 gallons of chocolate
fudge, 25 pounds of pecans, and
5 gallons of cherries Samples of
the sundae will be served to the
public
On Saturday June 12, a pet
ting zoo will be in Boscov's
Garden Center from 10a.m.-
3p m with calves from the six
dairy breeds. There will also be a
celebrity cow milking contest
featuring local well-known peo
ple who will test their cow milk
ing skills The event will begin
at 1 p m.under the tent in front
of Boscov’s Throughout the day
samples of milk, punch and
cheese will be handed out to the
public
A scooper bowl sponsored by
Swineford Bank wdl be held in
Bosco\’s north court from Ipm
-9 p in At 7 p m m the Boscov’s
com t, the 25th Annual Sun Area
Dairy Princess Pageant will be
held The area program is cele
brating 25 strong years of pro
moting the dairy industry in
Snyder, Union, Noithumbeiland,
and Montour counties During
the pageant all past dairy
princesses w ill he recognized
There will also be a display dur
ing Dairy Days in honor of the
25 past dairy princesses During
the pageant a fashion show will
also be held The participants
will model fashions from
Boscov’s
Three area young ladies will
be competing for the crown The
first is Leslie Kenamond from
Union County She is the daugh
ter of John and Nancy
Kenamond She will be a senior
at Mifflmgburg High School
Leslie is an active member of
4-H, FFA, 4-H Teen Club, Dairy
Judging Team, Parliamentary
Procedure Team, and has been a
dairy maid for two years. Leslie
and her brother Daniel own
Kenlew Farms. They have 26
Holstein animals. They raise
hay, corn and soybeans. Leslie
enjoys showing dairy animals.
The next young lady is
Jennifer McWilliams from
Snyder County She is the
daughter of Lester and Barb
McWilliams. She will be a senior
at West Snyder High School. Her
activities include, Super
Stitches 4-H club, president of
the West Snyder FFA, secretary
of the 4-H Teen Council, asst,
secretary of the Sunnyside 4-H
Club, and a member of the
Beavertown United Methodist
Church
Jen enjoys showing dairy ani
mals, doing activities with the 4-
H and FFA, and going to the
laces She resides on A-J-M
Farms where her family owns 97
dairy animals They raise corn
and hay Jen has two sisters,
Melhssa and Angie along with
her brother-m-law Jim.
Another contestant is Sandra
Opdyke from Snyder County.
She is the daughter of Charles
and Ann Opdyke. She will be a
senior at West Snyder High
School. After graduation she
plans to attend Penn State
majoring m dairy and animal
science Her activities include
FFA, FFA secretary, Sun Area
secretary, and band She enjoys
playing the piano, showing dairy
animals, public speaking, and
helping out on the family farm
Sandy has one brother, Steve
Eleven dairy maids will par
ticipate m the dairy princess
program They are Christina
Brosious, Snyder County; Sara
Erdley, Union County, Brittany
Fry. Snyder County, Selena
Hollenbach, Union County, and
Tina Hollenbach, Melissa
McWilliams, Brittany Rice, Tara
Rice, Amanda Shaffer, Laci
Shirey, And Connda Varner, all
from Snyder County.
Nine dairy misses are
involved in the dairy princess Hauck, Raquel Hauck, Dawn
program. They are Amanda Heimbach, Valerie Hoover,
Lancaster Society 6
LarjcasterFann Women Sc ucty
8 met at Reich’s Church on April
14. Following a delicious dessert
buffet, Arlene Winner conducted
the business meeting. Rev. Earl
Carver presented a delightful talk
on health and humor. Members
Lancaster Society 18
Lancaster Farm Women Society
18 met April 17 in the home of
Dorothy Brubaker. Spring flower
arrangments reflected Dottic’s
membership in Town and Country
Garden Club.
After refreshments. Bear Eckert
described his time in South Africa
as a volunteer with a youth group
sponsored by Calvary Church. The
group was an evangelism outreach
to many children unable to partici
pate in church or school activities.
Eckert showed many handcrafted
works of natives. Wood fabrics
and straw were represented as arti
facts. Snapshots showed points of
interest in Africa. According to
Eckert, foods such as goat meat
and rice were more acceptable to
American tastes than grasshoppers
and mice. Eckert outlined the
influence this disciplined time of
faith had on his life.
Seventeen members responded
to roll call by naming a favorite
sport. Both watching and playing
baseball won the most members’
votes.
Ella Mac Hershey presented
devotional thoughts and the things
for which members should be
thankful. The scripture reference
was about the amazing first mira
cle performed by Jesus at the wed
ding feast and his mother’s confi
dence in Him when she said,
“Whatever He tells you to do, do
it.”
County president Allegra Lei
ninger visited the group.
Lcttie Nissley reported that a
few seats were not reserved for the
bus trip May 11 to the beautiful
Water Lou Garden Nursery, green-
from Society 23 in the Penn Manor
area attended as guests.
Members were reminded that
the next scheduled event for the
society is a fleld trip and luncheon
in an Amish home on May 19.
houses, and gitt shops.
President Martha Stoner pres
ided at (he business meeting then
dismissed the meeting with the
theme song, “Brighten the
Comer.”
Berks Society 6
Berks County Society of Farm
Women Group 6 met on April 20 at
the Pleasantville Hotel. Eleven
members were present to celebrate
“Everyone’s birthday party” and
exchange gifts. Good food was
enjoyed by everyone.
Members voted to give a monet
ary donation to the American Red
Cross. Janet Schlegel and Dorothy
Wagner will plan the summer fam
ily picnic.
Tbe next meeting will be at the
home of Marian Gerbis on May 18
at 8 p.m.
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Lebanon Society 21
President Sheila Donmyer pres
ided over the March meeting of
Lebanon Farm Women Society 21.
The meeting was hosted by Ruth
and Carolyn Hostetler. New busi
ness consisted of planning a shop
ping trip. After the business meet
ing, refreshments and an Easter
game were enjoyed.
The April meeting was held at
the home of Karen Grubb and was
called to order by Teny Shuey,
vice president. Members answered
roll call to “What’s your favorite
dairy product?” Ice cream was the
most popular. Comments were
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Green Grove Community
4-H Club
And they’re off! The Green
Grove Community 4-H Club had
its first organizational meeting
on April 10 at the Green Grove
Pilgrim Holiness Church.
This year the club numbers
17 members.
Along with fishing and air
rifle which were available last
year, camping, hiking, backpack
ing and air pistol have also been
added to the list of offered pro
jects. The club was fortunate to
have Don Hardic, chairman of
the Susquehanna County 4-H
Shooting Sports, bring his exper
tise to this meeting.
After registrations, pledges
and introductions, they held
elections of officers. Charlie
Rigdon was elected president,
Mark Musser will serve as vice
president, Mike Musser is secre
tary, and Joel Sickler is treasur
er.
Sandra Opdyke
Walters, and Emily Weller all
from Snyder County.
ma At- about people needing all
dairy products.
After the business meeting,
Laura Blauch, Lebanon Dairy-
Maid, spoke and helped the audi
ence play Mighty Milk Bingo.
Lebanon Li’l Miss Royell Bashore
read a story that she wrote, “How
Milk Gets To You,” and sang a
milk jingle.
Dairy Royalty also served San
ta’s Surprise milk punch. Karen
handed out frozen pops, cake, and
crackers for refreshments.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Lorraine Shuey.
Once the business of the
meeting was taken care of, mem
bers were treated to some
refreshments and were able to
visit the different project areas.
This allowed them a little more
“hands on” time to learn about
the available projects. The hard
part was choosing only two.
Airville 4-H Club
The Airville 4-H meeting was
April 20 at Airville Fire Hall.
Rural Life Sunday will be at
Pine Grove Church May 16.,
Nicole Watkins and Katrina
Gore will give a Sunshine Box to
Sonni Mayberry, who had an
operation. Demonstrations were
given by Daniel Watkins, candle
making; Nicole Watkins, sewing;
Susan Unfried, pet care; and
Lauren Jenckins, ceramics.
There will be an Election Day
Soup and Sandwich Sale May 18
from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. at the
Lower Chanceford Township
building. The club’s next meet
ing is May 18. Access York will
be held at the next meeting.
Club members should bring
donations.
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