GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
SOMERSET COUNTY
Allied Milk Producer’s
Cooperative Inc. might pose a
riddle: "What has a six-gallon bag
and can dispense mdk in two colors
at three spigots
The answer is Allied’s Little
Red Barn that has been newly
refurbished, thanks to several
area businesses and a local VoAg
department working toward a
common goal.
She is ready for the high
ways, showing off a prominent
“Real Seal,” amid signage that
reminds consumers to love and
drink milk.
Summertime finds the little
red barn with only a few days to
spend at home - Bill Blough’s
place near Boswell. She's too
busy fulfilling her invitations
from county fair associations
and other events, some ag-relat
ed, some not.
Once parked, the wooden
awning or roof will be propped
up and the countertop let down
to reveal a serving window for
ice cream, soft freeze, milk
shakes, flavored and white milk.
Its ice cream machine has
220 voltage while 110 is suffi
cient operating power for two
freezers and a six-foot cooler.
Usually, the barn is connect
ed to an on-site electrical source,
however, if none is available its
own hidden generator is used.
“It was built to promote
dairy,” Bill Blough said. “We
needed something the whole
family could walk up to and get
a drink.”
As the whole idea for its
design began taking shape,
Robert J. Blough, Bill’s uncle,
donated the frame of a house
trailer.
Then Don’s Custom Barnes of
Somerset put a little red barn on
the frame.
Rich Nero of Boswell took
charge of wiring its properly.
“Mr. Neri donated a lot of
time because he understood
farming,” Bill Blough, recalled.
Then at the Friedens farm of
Mike Stutzman the men paneled
the unit.
Directors of Allied Milk Producers’ Cooperative Inc. receive their refurbished dairy
promotion barn from vocational-agriculture students at Berlin-Brothersvaliey High
School. In front, from left are school representatives Lowell Friedline and Doyle Paul.
In the back, from the left, are Allied Milk Producers’ directors Ed Thomas and Kurt
Walker.
Allied Milk Producer’s Little Red Bam
Almost As Good As The Cow Herself
There was the younger
Blough, and Mike Stutzman, his
dad Ralph Stutzman, Gary
Lynch, Lowell Friedline of
Boswell, Ed Thomas of Jerome
and several other farmers help
ing out.
“Once we decided it was dri
ven by other forces,” said Lowell
Friedline, the Somerset board
president and secretary of
Allied’s central board.
The state Department of
Health, provided regulations for
health and food safety, and spec
ifications for equipment that
Allied would install. Having met
these, the unit passed inspection
and soon thirsty patrons were
coming around for refreshments.
Lowell Friedline declares
that ice cold milk will outdo any
cola. He only wishes more kids
and adults knew it.
[The state Department of
Transportation, likewise, pro
nounced the vehicle road-worthy
and legal. Lights had been
installed and Pennsylvania
license plates were attached.
Since then, it regularly has
undergone a state inspection.
For the most part, she’s a
good performer, except for
breaking an axle not too long
ago. And of course, her caretak
ers are watchful of tread wear
on the tires.
Lincoln Supply and
Equipment and Somerset
Welding and Steel saw to it that
the barn’s back porch was
recently replaced.
Eight seniors in the Ber|in-
Brothersvalley VoAg depart
ment, together amassed 200
hours refurbishing the barn
after it was delivered last April
to their school.
Jason Van Gilder, a student,
said during the disassembling
process, the team removed the
old siding, the roof, window and
signs.
“We took it down to the stud
ding,” he said.
Doyle Paul, their adviser, said
his students basically worked on
their own.
“They were in charge but I
gave them encouragement,” he
said.
Senior vocational-agriculture students at Berlin-Brothersvalley School gather
around the dairy promotion little red barn of Allied Milk Producers’ Cooperative Inc.
that the students refurbished. In the front, from the left, are Jack Koohetz, Justin Lor
son, Justin Van Gilder, Justin Hillegass and Jason Van Gilder. In the back row, from the
left, Rebecca Fisher sits by the silo, with Bryan Engle and Ryan Coleman.
The project involved paint
ing, welding, oxyacetylene cut
ting, shingling the roofs, router
signs, drilling, nailing, wood cut
ting, sanding, grinding, letter
ing, trimming, disassembling
and reassembling.
As far as materials, they
worked with shingles, barn
paint, gloss paint, lacquel, thin
ner, galvanized nails, Tl-11
board, paint thinner, edger,
hinges, and latches, blue paint
ridge vent, end plugs, furring
strips, door latch, 2x4s treated,
and 1-inch by 10-inch face
boards, white aluminum drop
edge, and two 55-gallon drums
that form the silo, painted blue
and attached near the hitch.
“I thought the class was very
motivated,” Paul said.
The other students were
Justin Van Gilder, Rebecca
Fisher, Ryan Coleman, Bryan
Engle, Justin Lorson, Justi,
Hillegass, and Jack Koontz.
Whether at Ag-Progress . a ma de a name for itself. I
Days, county fairs, nursing think *t ,^ as been a vei T worth
homes, festivals or shopping w *“ e added Plough,
malls, the little red barn causes ™o J* 0 ™ the barn | low > Call
a happy stir wherever it goes. Dorothy Naugle at Allied’s tele
“One thing that has always phone number: 814-798-5322.
been amusing to me are the peo- [ ar as charges, Plough
pie who see the bam in one loca- that rental is by the day. A
tion and tell me they, saw anoth- . e P er [ nae to deliver the barn
er jbQrn just dike it |h another/ ,*J 8 &
location,” remarked Dorothy Dean* Zolla from Fneaens
Naugle, dairy marketing spe- usually is the delivery man.
cialist for the Allied Milk . «the bam happens to be sit-
Producer’s Cooperative, Inc. ting in Plough’s yard, he says,
“They don’t realize it is the humorously, it doubles aS a
same bam and that it travels so gmdepost for the neighbors,
far,” The Allied Milk Producer’s
On June 27 it is to appear at
Somerset County Day at the
Farm. Doug and Debra Hillegass
are hosting the event, located
along Route 31 near Roxbury,
beyond Berlin.
A.J. Walker, reportedly has
engaged it for an open house set
for July 22 and 23 in Somerset.
Bill Blough is already excited
about the affair and claims it’s
the place to go for a great time.
Blough is a past president of
both the county and central
Allied boards. His friends credit
Blough for the idea of a mobile
dairy unit. On July 14, 1983 it
became a reality.
He remembers how he
booked it, billed it, delivered and
cleaned it in the early days.
Kutztown Festival
Celebrates Dutch Folklife
KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.) -
From June 26 through July 4
the Kutztown Fairgrounds
comes alive with a 9-day cele
bration of Pennsylvania Dutch
folklife at the Kutztown
Pennsylvania-German Festival.
This annual community event
presents the most colorful
aspects of the 18th and 19th
Century Pennsylvania Dutch
and their culture and traditions
in rare and fascinating ways.
Fabulous folk art, gorgeous
quilts, folklife and living history
demonstrations, Pennsylvania
Dutch food and five stages of
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Cooperative, Inc., was organized
in 1950. In the promotion and
advertising of products for the
local dairymen in nine south
western Pennsylvania counties,
it is a modem pioneer.
More than an emphasis on
good taste and nutrition is need
ed for to be motivat
ed to buy and use dairy prod
ucts. Allied believes somehow, a
demand must be created
through strategic promotion
activities.
Allied’s central board mem
bers in addition to Friedline,
include Janice Itle, Cambria
County; Richard Kaufman, Jr.,
Somerset County; Dave Myers,
Cambria County; Jim Scott,
Indiana County; Fred Shankle,
Bedford County; and Naugle.
entertainment, and old-fash
ioned children’s activities go on
all day, every day of the Festival
with something fun for every
age group.
Festival hours are 9 a.m.-7
p.m. daily. Family friendly
admission is $8 - adults; $7
seniors; children 12 and under
“free” when accompanied by an
adult. Family pass for 4 is $24
per day. Parking on the fair
grounds is $2 per car. For a free
brochure, call toll-free at 888-
674-6136, or see the festival web
site at
www.kutztownfestival.com