—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1970 22 Annual Homemakers Christmas Program Attracts Many By Mrs. Charles McSparran Farm Feature Writer “Make Your Own Merry Christmas” was the topic Mon day at the annual Homemakers Christmas program .at the Farm and Home Center, Lancaster, by the noted horticulturist, lec turer, wntei and flower ar ranger, Mrs Anne Wertsner Wood of Swarthmore, Pa Speaking to an audience of some 325, mostly rural home makers, in the afternoon and to approximately 150 again in the evening, she held the audience spellbound as she quickly made about 25 arrangements and dis played 15 prearranged Christ mas decorations Mrs. Dons Thomas, Home Economist from the Lan caster County Agricultural Ex tension Service, arranged the program and introduced the participants. Taking part on the morning program was Mrs. Garber Oil Co. Texoco Heating Oil Burner Soles & Service MOUNT JOY, PA. 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Brubaker Lancaster 397-5179 Bruce Greiner who gave speci fic directions and demonstrated' how to make paper angels that could be used in arangements or as place cards Mis Daniel Will, Mount Joy, a member of a craft group from Farm Women Society 4, demonstrated making clusters of wax grapes and Mrs. Elmer Schroll, 765 Centerville Road, also a member of Farm Women Society 4, showed how to make holiday arrangements and gift items from normally discarded items She used egg cartons, scraps of wall panelling, ivy, faded artificial flowers, into which she made a scrap book cover, candle holder, paper weight, a wreath, an ivy tree and a back porch light shade. Mrs Richard Lefever, Quar lyville RDI, a member of Farm Women Society 17, demonstrat ed making fondant candy and coating it and gave many help ful suggestions for success in candy making. She included recipes for and had a display of 10 different kinds of candy. The afternoon speaker, Mrs Wood, a graduate of the School of Horticulture, Amber, Pa., and head of the Floriculture Mrs. Anne W. Wood, professional hor staff there for six years, is a ticulturist and arranger, stands among professional in her field and severa i 0 f her Christmas arrangements SMSStfiSS aad * h ° ld “« a “ and red vels she has acquired interest ing ceramic pieces and dried nature specimens which she incorporated in her arrange ments. She emphasized the use of greens in arrangements. She suggested removing a few t * „ <• * <, s v f > s <**' T *. v > "<* " i~ x + , —--- **---* > x'-' t y V ' -V " ' - ■" •> ( 3tim oof Gluh 4k% n§& Spefmgf S *£*« 1. **■ < * s . '■' '*?■ ?t ' t **. / A •' w ;--><*, ‘ , A Key Bahlf£hristrnas Club is t||£*)ne that pays 4 1 J%% interest! O/nm yours tatlntfl s. **i- v A*? The Bank with Specialists. MEMBEftfF.D I.C. S t " * 11 leaves from holly to make the berries more prominent She prefers first privet canes, secondly willow branches to wire for use as a base for wreaths Strip the leaves from them, cut in desired lengths and bend into shape while they are green and pliable and as they dry they remain very strong. She also prefers florist’s twine to wire to fasten decora tions to the wreaths. She used such salvaged items as egg canon sections, tin cans, flash bulbs, safety match pack ets, bottles, scraps of carpet and broken colored glass and also used many household articles such as a dust pan, aquarium, tra>s, table mats and goblets Mrs Wood said, “No decora tion need take a lot of time nor a lot of expense. “If you use the right kind of Mrs. Daniel Will, Mount Joy, displays wax grapes and a decorated egg she made as part of her demonstration and the exhibit of Farm Women Society 4. > p* V > r *%k' &.S, fate's 3 WWd candle arrangement. Some of her dried ferns, yara, mullen, pearly everlasting and colored grasses can be seen in the ar rangements. greens they will last Yew and boxwood will not dry out. Keep them in the open Greens can be kept in the freezer until needed. “Take leaves off chrysanthe mums to preserve their fresh ness and use other greens with them.” She advised, “Use something dull, something shiny and some thing light remember this for arrangements Freeze can dles and they will last longer. Use styrofoam candle anchors to hold candles to prevent fires ” To preserve greens such as palms, fern fronds and leaves she recommends placing them in one part glycerine or Pre stone and two parts water. An other timely tip she threw out to the audience was to use Dif < v •* s V A { Mrs. David Rohrer, Farm Women Society 18, attends their' bazaar table at Home makers Day. or alcohol to take pitch from your,hands when working with greens. ~ The consensus of opinion was that it was a day profitably spent as homemakers in attend ance from 10 a m. to 5 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. not. only saw craft demonstrations but viewed many fine and unique', Christmas displays arrangedby, several Farm Wome.n and Homemaker groups. Eight Farm Women groups - had tables of Christmas bazaar items for sale. These items .con sisted of varied home-made foods such as cookies, - fruit cake, pop corn, candy, cup cakes, pies and sandwiches. Also all kinds of Christmas decorations and materials to make arrangements, hand-made gift articles and flowers were for sale.
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