20—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 4.1969
Mrs. Weidman Helped
Reorganize Manheim Fair
Manheim Community Faun committee In the past she has
.Show will draw the curtain on served as president, on the pro-
Xancaster County’s fairs next gram committee and on the
-week Their fair will run Octo- ways and means committee
lier 8 through the 10th Pie- This local society has 37 mem
mium-wise it is one of our larg- hers They contribute to the
est ones. Last year they paid out county projects of the Society,
«ver $3OOO in prize money to local chanties and give cloth-
Spahr’s garage houses the bak- mg to needy families at Chnst
-ed and canned goods, eggs, mas time Their money-making
Xu its, nuts and flowers, also project include bus trips and
•the commercial exhibits and having food stands at sales
jfarm machinery. Automobiles Mrs Weidman is a member
-ace neai by Handiwork and of the Manheim United Metho
sewing are in the Scout Hall dist Chuich and has been a
near the Manheim Central High member of their Women’s So
■ School Livestock and poultiy ciety of Christian Service fif
are in tents on the school teen or mors yeai s, having been
grounds There are no conces- a member of the Ladies Aid Bo
stons The Rotary and Lions ciety previously She is on the
Clubs, Church, 4-H Club and Personnel Committee, Adult
.Farm Women Society #2 have Council and the Administrative
iood stands and the Fue Com- Board of the church These of
jpany serves lunches and dm fices necessitate her attending
jaers each day This is the six- many meetings and visiting the
teenth fair since they leor- sick and shut-ins and giving un
ionized. told hours of service She is one
One who helped re-orgamze our rotate teaching the
the fair was Mrs Martha Weid- Adult Bible Class of the Church
man of Park Hill Drive She School.
Ijas been an officer ever since She is a member of the Man-
She is Corresponding Secretary, heim Woman’s Christian Tern
on the Exhibit Committee and perance Union and a membei
a Director She gets the ribbons of the Women’s Republican
and supplies and secures all of Club of Lancaster County.-
the judges except for the cat- Mrs Weidman, the formei
tie Several of the fair officials Maitha Stnckler, attended Eh
•come to her house and help send zabethtown College and taught
■out catalogs eveiy year befoie school before mainage and dur
the fair mg World Wai II She was a
Mis Weidman is Tieasuiei foimei leadei of the Lititz and
•of the Lancaster County Socie- Manheim 4-H Club Her hus
tv of Farm Women In this posi band A H Weidman, deceased
tion she normally handles about since last May, was a cattle
$3OOO a year She formeily dealer, a bank director, a direc
seived as president of this coun- tor and eo chairman of the Farm
ty unit She is a membei of Crops Department of the Man-
Faim Women Society #5 and heim Community Faim Show
pt esently seivmg on their tup He also helped re-orgamze the
i h inv ICI „ NG Society 11 I
1 box 10X sugar t ,■, ~» |
1 egg i Society ivomen U
T\/r A/r tit , ~ , , , „ - - . 2 squares melted chocolate met Thursday m th 6 Chestnut
Mrs. Martha Weidman assembling her for the Manheim Community Farm Show. V, lb. butter , ' Level Church Mrs. Bess
department material packets and ribbons L. F. Photo % tablespoons milk (Continued on Page 21)
FOR THE
A FARM
WIFE
' AND
I FAMILY
fnlr 10 years ago. They owned
and lived on a 43 acre farm on
the outshiits of Manhetm for
42 yenis Their burn bumed
last year. Mrs Weidman Mill
lives in the modernized fai m
house but they ieduced then
act cage to two acies by selling
mo‘l of the faun land to a local
business
Mis Weidman has three chi I
dien and six grandchildicn, the
oldest in college and the young
est 14 months old Her son,
Abe Jr is a counselor at Eliza
bethtown High School Maiy,
man led to Chailes Adams,
teaches at Manheim Central
High School and Arlene, mai
ned to Paul Witman, lives on
the faim, foimerly owned by
her grandparents, Mr and Mis
Elmer Stnckler, which is be
tween Rhcems and Mount Joy
Mis Witman is also a past pre
sident of Lancastei County So
ciety of Farm Women and a
formei director of the Lancas
ter County Extension Associa
tion She is a giaduate nurse
Mis Weidman has done quite long-standing hobby of Mrs. Weidman is collecting
a lot of travelling She is just p ape rweights. Here can be seen her collection. She is hold
letuinmg fiom a three week f h decorated eggs, another hobby. •L. F. Photo
trip to Ii eland, England, Swit- 6
zerland, Spain and Portugal dishes and is now collecting
She has many hobbies She says, mugs She has about 30 She
“I love to read I crochet. Lmade says, “Whenever I go anywheie
a few afghans, made one for i buy a mug ” Her friends buy
each of my grandchildren.” She them for her also She also
has several collections She has , 0
over 200 salt dips, a china closet decorates eggs and has a lot of
full of paperweights, two large them. She has some beautiful
cupboards full of antique pieces of antique furniture
Mrs Weidman’s beautiful antique china pieces.
L. F. Photo
Honor Roll of Past Presidents;
Mrs Samuel Mohler, Comentary;
which has been handed down in Mis Roy Weinhold and Mrs.
her family and her husband’s Gilbert Paul, Memorial
.family One piece is a grand- “Memories” was the theme of
.father's clock which was ac- the program
quired in 1797 and has been in Mis Romayne Bndgett, mem
the Stnckler family ever since ber of the Lancaster Opera
As far as cooking gees she is Woikshop was the star of the
not much for following recipes program contributing lovely vo
but things seem to turn out just cal selections woven into the
fine by her magic touch She memories of 15 past president
says “I make pumpkin pies Mrs Jack Smith, Lancaster*
16 at a time ” She tells hei was the accompianist Decora
fnends and children just to bung tions, favors and corsages were
a couple pie crusts and she fills the work of Mrs. Ray Wemhold
them and they bake them there and committee,
at her house One of hei recipes Mis Willie Stober who will be
that she is noted foi is her out going president in 1970, was
CHOCOLATF DROP tookips P iesented a lovely gift for her
DROP COOKIES two yfiar tenn m office) also Mrs
Samual Mohler for her work on
% cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
4 squares melted chocolate local, county and state.
3 cups flour A hemlock tiee was present
” Vz teaspoon soda ed to Mrs -Clarence Stauffer to
14 teaspoon baking powder oe planted on Sunny Craft Farm
1 cup buttermilk her home to be, named the
Place Vz teaspoon of the dough Society Tree, and be a hvmg me
foi each cookie on a greased monal of Society No. 30 of the
cookie sheet and bake at 350 de- 50th Anniversary, Sept 20, 1969
grees.
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Farm Women
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Society 3
Golden Anniversary Celebrat
ed Sept 20 Society of Farm Wo
men Group No 3 was organized
Sept 20, 1919 at the home of
Mrs Samuel Z Givler West Eail
Twp near Ephrata, There were
'2l charter members 2 ehaiter
members ai e still active, also one
fifty year member.
Meeting held at farm home of
“The Groffs” near Mt Joy At 12
noon a delicious country dmnei
was served to 39 members and
guests.
At 1 p.m regular meeting was
conducted by piesident Mrs Wil-.
lie Stober-Mrs. Gilbert Paul le£
the devotions Business consisted
of final airangements for the
food stand at the Ephiata Fait.
Tins is our 45th year Mrs Rob
ert Gregory is chairman of this
committee There will also be a
float in the parade Wed night,
Fifty Years of Farm Women '
Final arrangements foi Bus
t.-ip to New Yoik State Oct 4-5
Bus will leave Ephrata area high
school parking lot Oct 4 at 6 a m
Anniversary program in char
ge of program committee. Mis
Claience Stauffer, Mistress of
Ceremonies, Mrs John Edwards,
memories on past presidents and
fifty years active membership
to Sept 20, 2019,
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