Quote Originally Posted by SoonerGirl26 View Post
Here's some information I found....

Elsie was a real cow owned by family farmers in Connecticut. The Borden family approached the farmers, purchased Elsie, and commenced promoting her as their mascot.

Her husband is Elmer the Bull, later lent to Borden's chemical division as the mascot for Elmer's Glue. Their offspring included Beulah, Beauregard (born 1948), and twins Larabee and Lobelia (born 1957). The first Elsie, "You'll do Lobelia," was from Elm Hill Farm in Brookfield, Massachusetts.
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Where in the world did you find this information?...I remember my mother fillled out hundreds of names on the entry blanks....... However, lo and behold...My mom and dad had twins in 1963...Thankful she didn't use Larabee and Lobelia....Whew>>>>>>>>