10 —Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 25, 1956
Farm Women 12
Carry Theme of
Mother’s Day
The Farm Women’s Society
No. 12 met in regular session at
the home of Mrs George Kneis
,'iley, Conestoga, on Saturday, May
19
The program was on the theme
of Mother’s Day Mrs. Edwin
Rineer, who had charge of de
votions, read as the Scripture
Proverbs 31 During the business
meeting the president, Mrs Les-
ter Sigman, read cards of thanks
from the Muscular Dystrophy
Association. Mrs. Lloyd Hdsson
['gave a report on s the State Con
{vention of the Needle Guild held
/
k at Hanover. Over four million
> garments were distriuted td the
> needy in Pennsylvania.
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' One new member, Mrs. Clair
Henry, was received into the so
ciety Dennis Rineer sang two
selections “Holy, Holy, Holy”
and “I Will Pilot Thee.”
The speaker was Mrs. Ernest
Groff, Lancaster. Her subject was
“Mothers of Men.” Included in
her talk were such famous moth
ers as Hannah and Naomi, from
the Old Testament, Mary, the
mother of Jesus, and mothers of
John Peter Marshall,
Abraham Lincoln, and Jameg
McNeill Whistler.
Hostesses were Mrs. George
Kneisley and Mrs Wilbert Bnn
ton
The next meeting will be June
16 at the home of Mrs. Edith
Harmsh and Mrs. Paul Harnish,
Conestoga Route 1.
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Here are officers of the Green Tree
Thimble Club, which was organized in
1917. Standing are Mrs. Myra DeLong,
vice president the past three years, and
Mrs. V. Roscoe Carter, treasurer since
1949. Seated in front are Mrs. Forrest
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Thimble Club
Serves Goals
Sought in 1917
By ERNEST J. NEILL
Down in' the Southern end of
Lancaster' County, a group of
farm women sat a meeting and
decided in 1917 they needed re
creation. All resided around the
Sign of the Green Tree, the
farm home of Robert Fulton’s
father on the Quarry ville-Chns
tiana Pike.
Recreation’ Each winter the
Green Tree Thimble Club turns
out four, six ox eight quilts.
Some are auctioned, some are
given to needy families The
Club also has a committee that
sends cards of sympathy to ail
in the community in need.
Mrs. Harry High and Mrs.
John McClure were among the
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Green Tree Thimble Club.
first organizers, and Mrs. Wil
liam Pickel was first to be nam
ed president. She held this of
fice 32 years, and the position
was handed down to her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ruth Rice. Family
names have been carried on
down in the roster of officers by
others, too, like Mrs. Agnes Mc-
Guigan, who served 25 years as
First Organizers
secretary and resigned in 1955,
turning the position over to her
daughter, Mrs. Gladys Sprout.
On that occasion, a certificate
was awarded Mrs. McGuigan.
In addition to making quilts
for needy families and sending
sympathy cards, the Club once
had a large donation program,
which has since been combined
into donations to the Commun
ity. Chest and Polio Fund.
Up to this year, annual ban
quets have been held at the
Bart Fire Hall, with an average
attendance of 40 This year the
banquet moved to the Educa
tional Hall of the Middle Octo
rara Church, and attendance
jumped to 75 members and their
families. A variety program was
presented. Invocation was by
Rev. George Shea, pastor of
Middle Octorara, and the group
sang “God Bless America.'”
June Fox and Rose Fox sang
“The Bible Tells Me So,” with
Sandra Graham at the piano.
Vicky Prange recited a poem,
“I Am Mother’s Little Darling.”
Slides, Movies Shown
Katherine LeFever and Alyce
Faye Prange sang “Where Pop
pies Grow.” Rose Mane Fox
sang a solo, “Let the Sun Shine
In.”
Emest J. Neill, editor of Lan
caster Farming, showed slides
taken on his trips to Mexico and
Nassau, Bahama Islands. Movies
of the 25th wedding anniversary
of Mr. and. Mrs. Forrest Rice
were shown. Program arrange
ments were by Mrs. V. Roscoe
Carter.
Penryn 4-H Club
Names New Officers
BEES.
Betty Kaylor has been elected
president of the Penryn 4-H
Club.
Other officers named wefe:
Joan Shremer, vice president,
Dorothy Hoffer, secretary, Meda
Shelly, treasurer; Connie Gibble,
news reporter; Linda Dohner
and Phyllis Heisey, game lead
ers, Kathryn Heisey, song lead
er, Shirley Brubaker, pianist;
Mrs. Abel Hoffer and Mrs Ru
fus Heisey, club leaders.
Rice, president the past eight-years, and
Mrs. Agnes McGuigan, who served 25
years as secretary, and was succeeded by
her daughter, Mrs. Gladys Sprout, (Lan
caster Farming Staff Photo).
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Farm Women 18
Honor Mothers;
Slides Shown
Thirteen mothers and 26 mem
bers of the Society of Farm
Women 18 were entertained
Saturday at the home of "Mrs.
David B. Hess and -Mrs. Richard
Hershey, New Danville Pike.
Devotions were in-charge of
Mrs. William Shelton. Roll call
was answered by naming a fav
orite place nearby for a'picnic.
John W. Price, curator at
Franklin and Marshall College,
showed colored slides of north
ern Lancaster County.
The June meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Lester Kreider,
169 Buch Ave., Lancaster, at
-which time there will be a show
ing of flower arrangements by
the group with five different
classes: miniature, teapot, road
side, dining room and exotic.
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