14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 18,1969
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Needlework And Gardening
Are Hobbies Of Miss Workman
by Mrs. Charles McSparran
Lancaster Farming Staff Writer
This week brought together
uader one roof the finest of
pennsyhania’s agncultmal prod
ucts at the Pennsylvania State
Farm Show in Harrisburg Har
x sburg was also the meeting
place January 13 and 14 for the
annual convention of the Penn
sylvania Society of Farm Wom
c-i
Among the presidents and
delegates of Lancaster county’s
lai m Women societies who at
tended was Miss Elizabeth
V orkman of East Petersburg,
rtesident of Society #5 This
society has a present membei
s'np of 40 women of the Man
tcim aiea The other delegates
i ora this group attending the
convention were Mis Clyde Hot
tonstem and Mis Guy Mussel
i' an Miss Workman is a past
president of the Lancaster Coun
ty Society of Farm Women,
having skived from 1940 to
1942
Society fills envelopes
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FOR THE
FARM
WIFE
AND
FAMILY
with Christmas seals for the
Tuberculosis and Health Society
of Laneastei County and seals
for Heart Haven in Febiuary
They also provide a treat once
a year for the guests at the
Lancaster County Home This
past Thanksgiving season they
packed 35 baskets of fruit foi
shut-ins in the neighborhood
They will be sewing for the
Lancaster General Hospital
January 23
They held their Christmas
party at Willow Valley restau
rant December 28, 1968 and en
tertained their husbands At
this time they presented their
president, Miss Workman, with
a lovely ceramic bowl which was
made by Mrs Raymond Hess,
Landisville, who teaches cer
amics The fine craftmanship
exemplified in this iridescent,
blue grape embossed, gold trim
med bowl attests to the esteem
MISS ELIZABETH WORKMAN admiring a ceramic
bowl made by Mrs. Raymond Hess, Landisville, and given
to her as a Christmas present from Farm Women Society
#5 of which she is President. L, F. Photo
they hold for Miss Workman
and her fine leadership She is
justly proud of this truly mag
nificent howl.
Miss Elizabeth was born and
raised on a farm, just outside
the borough of East Petersburg,
which was owned by her father
and her grandfather and now
owned by her brother Frank
and where he still lives She
and her sister Matilda own the
house in East Petersburg which
SAVE AT
BOB’S
Save Rite
market
743 S. BROAD ST.
LITITZ, PENNA.
was built by their grandfather
in 1880 and they have lived
there in the first floor apart
ment fdr four years Pnor to
that they lived in Lititz
Although Miss Workman was
NOTICE!
LAST DAY TO SHOP AT |
GROFF'S Hardware I
New Holland
We will close our .doors at 5:30 •
tonight, January 18
Watch For Future Announcement I
SPECIAL VALUES |
IN OUR BASEMENT WE HAVE MEN’S AND BOYS’ '•
WINTER COATS AND JACKETS 3
AT REDUCED PRICES SOME AS MUCH AS 50% |
KETTLECLOTH MATERIAL ,!
$l.lO to $1.75 yard ii
I;
CALICO MATERIAL j
49c to 52c yard I 1
l!
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL S
STAINLESS STEEL KNIVES, FORKS, |
SPOONS AND CARVING SETS jj
REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE |
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STORE HOURS: 7:30 A.M. to 9 P.M. Except Weil, *- j
Sat. 7:30 to 5 P.M. Closed Sunday '
Clothing, Shoes, Houseware, Hardware an<? 1
General Merchandise "
GOOD'S STORE
R. D. 1, East Earl, Penna. Ph 445-6156
1 Mile North of Route 23 Along Route 625
never married and privileged to
have a family of her own she
has mothered countless children
duiing school hours because she
taught school for 42 years, re
tiring m 1964. Yes, to meet her
is to feel like one of her own.
In these days of hurry and
scurry and push and shove it is
indeed a rare treat to meet and
associate with someone with
such a gracious manner as this
lady possesses
She first taught eight grades
in a one-room school-house in
Rapho township, then taught
third grade in Manheim borough
and lastly taught first grade in
Lititz She still does substitute
teaching in Warwick Union.
She was educated in East Peters
burg School in East Hempfield
township and Millersville Nor
mal School (now Millersville
Stale College). She took sum
mer courses at Pennsylvania
State College (now Pennsylvania
State University) and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania She is
a member of Lancaster County
Retired Teachers Association
v hich meets four times a year
She comes from a family of
teachers Her father, four broth
ers, her sister and she all at
tended Millersville Normal
School Her brother Charles
was principal of Maytown and
Fulton township high schools
before becoming a lawyer Her
brother Walter taught in Penn
township then became a cattle
dealer, her brother John taught
in Elizabeth township and Frank
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