farm Women Report 1015 Members • The executive board of the Society of Farm Women, of Lan caster County, meeting in the home of Mrs. Leon Thomas, 217 Willow Street Pike, this week learned that County member ship in the 31 societies has in cieased to 1,015 members, one fourth the total membership of ,the State Society Mrs. John N. Hess, president, was in charge of the meeting with Mrs. William A Dean Jr as assisting hostess Mrs Levi Groff led devotions .Mrs Hess requested that lo cal presidents each bring to the April meeting one vote from their society to decide on a county project for 1971 The options include the Child De velopment Center or the Amer ican Cancer Society. The County project each year is geared toward a unified pro gram of helping through mone tary gifts and service to what ever charity is designated by the majority of the societies during the year. * The combined gifts are usu ally presented in October as one gift from the Society of Farm Women of Lancaster County Local societies are not obligated to participate and also may sup port any other project on a local society level. The 1970 project, Mental Hea lth, realized a gift from the Farm Women in excess of $BOO to be used where most needed accord ing to the administrators of the Mental Health Society at the time of the gift Mrs. Hess also reminded the local presidents to write both the state and local legislators Got Plans For a New Home? SEE US ABOUT THE MORTGAGE! 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Second Street, Harrisburg Camp Hill Shopping Center • Harrisburg East Mall iiKMnn j>ll from this ,area endorsing the re- served through local presidents solutions passed at the state con- Visitation to Conestoga View vention in January will continue on the third Thurs- The program committee for day of each month with two the 54th annual convention of societies participating Societies the Farm Women of Lancaster 4 and 5 will visit on Feta 18, County to be held in November Societies 6 and 7 on March 18 includes Mrs Lester Kreider, and Societies 8 and 9- On April 15 Society 18; Mrs. Leon Thomas, The next meeting of the ex -14; Mrs J Edward Brenneman, ecutive board is planned at the 9, and Mrs Lloyd Herr. home of Mrs Robert Rohrer, The Spring Rally, an annual Charlestown Road, Washington state social event, will be held Boro RDI, on April 6 Mis J at Stokesay Castle, Reading, on Clayton Charles, treasurer, will May 12 Tickets may be re- be assisting hostess Fulton Grange 66 Meets Fulton Grange 66 met in legu- fertilizer meeting at the. Grange lar session February 8 at their H,all Februaiy 3 and had a food hall in Oakryn with the Master stand at the David Wissler sale Richard Holloway conducting February 4 the business Due to inclement weather and They went cr record agreeing driving conditions, Alex Panik with the position taken by our from Highway District 8 who Lancaster County legislators that was to have spoken at this meet no action be taken on Governor mg will be rescheduled Charles Shapp’s new tax package until McSpanan gave a Herb Shreinei he submits a budget showing reading and J Robert Reed just how he is going to spend favoied with violin solos Mrs the money Also, there should J - Stanley Stauffer Jr gave a be tax reform before any taxes reading “Shadows” and conduct are levied, as the governor ed a quiz on George Washing promised in his campaign ton and Abraham Lincoln They went on record favoring Fulton Grange will host the 58.4 which would prohibit the fust Lancaster Co Grange visi use of non-returnable glass con- tation meeting this year at their tamers February 22 meeting when They disapproved S B 14 which Colei am Giange will piesent a would require the date of pack- piogram on “Cherries” and aging on perishable food Salisbury Giange will fill pioducts because of uncontioll- officers’ chairs able disci epancies which would Fulton Junior Grange 343 held result and the waste involved its meeting also February 8 from consumer rejection, many Tney worked on a potato craft times from perfectly good good project Their officers will hold products. a meeting at 8 p.m Feb 22 at The Grange also thinks it’s the Grange Hall. They will con time the General State Author- duct a paper drive at the March ity is discontinued as specified 8 meeting and are asking for m the Pennsylvania constitu- contributions. Their members tion _ “ ' are to bring scraps of bonded The Women’s Activities com- matenal to this meeting for mittee served refreshments at acrafts AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Member Federal Home Loan Bank System Insured up to $20,000 by Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation T 'VA &CHUR SAVINGS PLAi’S DBIGIIED 70 FILL YOUR SAVINGS PROGRAM HEEDS Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13,1971 Ida’s Notebook Oh, to be young again Somehow, to day’s youth combines college, travel and work. They really are ambitious My son stopped in late Saturday night with four boyfriends and they bedded down m beds, sofas and sleeping bags. After breakfast on Sunday, they told of working during the semester break on a dairy farm They’ve earned enough to fly to Bermuda during Easter vacation I am sure it will be an experience to be remembered During my daughter’s college vacation, she worked in a grocery store and later a hospital to earn enough for a month’s trip to Europe If they don’t tiavel when they aie young, they will probably wish they had I know I’ve never been soiry that a friend and I took a tram tour of the United States during the wmtei T esei _ s , or Cailsbad Caverns m of 1946 There hasn’t been an ew Mexico But I can always opportunity since to see the “°P e one come along Rocky Mountains, California 2 Co. Farmers Get Posts On Vegetable Council Two Lancaster County farm ers were among members of the State Vegetable Marketing Ad visory Council receiving com mittee appointments recently. They are- Amos Funk, Mill ersville RDI, on the legislation committee, and Paul Rowe, Strasburg RDI, the research committee Officers of the Vegetable Marketing Advisory Council elected lecently are Claude R Hetherington, Zion Grove, chairman, James M Hall, Lake City RDI, vice chairman, and Dean E Aukland, Quakeitown, secretary. The complete list of commit tee appointments includes promotion, James M Hall, Lake City RDI, and Richard Mc- Closkey, Jamestown RD; de velopment, Arthur Pallman, Clarks Summit RD3, Fred Dy mond, Dallas RD3, and Daniel Schantz, Zionsville RDI; legis lation, David Zacherl, Shippens ville RDI, Funk and James M Hall; Research, Aldo Ambiosi, Carlisle RD6, William Leighty, Duncansville RDI, and Rowe Louis Orient, New Alexandria RDI, is a newly appointed mem ber of the council. The council is one of nine commodity councils appointed to study marketing opportuni ties and conditions, and to pro vide liaison between pioduceis and the Pennsylvania Depait ment of Agucultuie \ By Ida Risser Talking about tiavel, have you seen the inside of oiu Capitol at Hamsburg’ The Senate Chamber and the House of Repiesentatives leal lv impressed me the other week The nch furnishings con sist of gieen caipet, lare Irish marble, gold Fiench velvet drapes and enoimous paintings. The dome weighs 52 million pounds and is suppoited by four pillars Theie aie many statues, and stained glass u indow-j Now, at least, I can pictiue whcie oiu laws are enacted It was a shock to have to explain to my seven year old what the tiny bamboo hut was doing theie inside the dooi of the rotunda. On the floor of the small building was sti etched the form of a U S prisoner of war in Vietnam He was too con fined to even stand up How does one iea)ly explain this sad situation to a child - ' However, maybe we, as adults, do need such a replica as a reminder If you want to spend an en joyable winter evening with your children, get out some of your old snapshots It’s fun to relive tups, picnics and shared work. Often the resemblance be tu een the older and younger children, at the same age, 13 remaikable How time flies. 21
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