—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 13,1971
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Lancaster Co. Farm Women Hold Convention
Mrs. Aaron H. Denlinger, Oak
Hill Drive, Paradise, was elected
president of the Society of Farm
Women of Lancaster County at
its fifty-fourth annual convention
November 6 at the Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster.
The convention was attended
by some 370 local and neigh
boring county Farm Women and
state officials. Mrs Denlinger has
been an active member of Farm
Women Society 7 for 31 years,
having held various offices in
that Society as well as in the
county She succeeds Mrs John
N Hess of Mountville as county
president.
(For story and photos of Mrs.
Denlinger, see page 20 of the
November 6 issue of Lancaster
Farming.)
Others elected to county offices
were Mrs. Carl M Johnson,
Quarryville RD2, a member of
Society 15, who was elected first
vice president and Mrs. Robert
Gregory, Lititz RDI, a member
of Society 3, elected second vice
president. Mrs. Gregory will also
become pin custodian for the
state
Remaining in office till next
year are secretary, Mrs Leo
Snader, New Holland RD2,
Society 24; and treasurer Mrs. J.
Mrs. Dale Hiestand, Society 29, bazaar chairman and
runner-up in the county “Farm Woman of the Year” contest,
stands behind a double cornucopia arrangement mdde by
Mrs. James Garber and Mrs. Roy Sauders from Society 27 for
the bazaar table.
Those registering Farm Women at the
annual meeting include Mrs. Leigh Walton,
Society 15; Mrs. Marlin Hosier, Society 2;
Clayton Charles, Lancaster RD2,
Society 23.
County Farm Woman
Mrs. Harold Rohrer, 1623 Book
Road, a member of Farm Women
Society 28, was selected as
Lancaster County Farm Woman
of the Year by a panel of three
judges—Bob Malick, WGAL-TV
farm corner; Faye Binkley, UGI
home economist, and Paula
Darlington, Women’s Depart
ment, Stinday News.
Mrs Rohrer, mother of four
children, is the wife of a farmer
and lives on a 172 acre steer
farm She not only helps with the
farm work and bookkeeping, but
is active in Calvary Independent
Church, Lancaster, the PTO and
Farm Women Society 28. She will
serve as vice president the
coming year. She will compete
for Farm Woman of the Year in
Pennsylvania at their annual
convention in Harrisburg in
January.
Runner-up in the contest was
Mrs. Dale Hiestand, Bainbridge
RDI, Society 29. Other nominees
from local societies vying for
County Farm Woman of the Year
were: Mary Kreider, Society 1;
Lois Will, Society 4; Janet
Frantz, Society 15, Elamae
Hershey, Society 18; Alta Miller,
Society 19; Vera Herr, Society 20;
Mrs. Lloyd Derr, Society 8, and Mrs. Robert
Gregory, Society 3.
New County Farm Women officers in
clude: left to right, Mrs. Carl M. Johnson,
Society 15, vice president; Mrs. Aaron H.
Joan Rohrer, Society 21; Darlene
Herr, Society 22; Phoebe
Burkholder, Society 23; Nancy
Wenger, Society 24; Helen Metz,
Society 25; Janet Buchm, Society
26, Yvonne Miller, Society 27;
Carol Horning, Society 30, and
Ruth Akers, Society 31
Miss Gipe Speaks
One of the highlights of the
convention was an address by
Miss Marie Gipe, a columnist,
author and professional model
from Chambersburg who spoke
on “Let’s Take a Look at Our
selves.”
A charming and genuine
person herself, Miss : Gipe ad
vised, “Just be yourself and
you’ll project so much better. Use
time wisely. Look your best at all
times. Some people don’t know
the joy of contentment and just
keep wishing for more.”
Speaking of charm, she said,
“Charm needs to be cultivated. It
is beauty from within. A char
ming person is willing to im
prove. Learn how to relax.
Charm needs three things—
freedom from tension, hurry and
worry.”
Her definition of grooming; “It
is giving special attention to
Mrs. Harold (Helen) Rohrer, Farm Women Society 28,
named Lancaster County Society of Farm Women, “Woman
of the Year", received a boquet of red rosesand a plaque and
will compete in the state contest in January.
yourself and your looks. A well
dressed woman dresses ac
cording to her age. We should
dress for our figures. Clothes
influence the way people act.”
She further admonished, “We
must take time to listen. En
thusiasm is an important part of
our personality. We must be good
examples. Practice doing unto
others as you would have them do
to you, but do it first. You cannot
measure kindness, it’s the things
we do every day. We need
patience. I believe in courtesy, it
costs nothing. You can gain
confidence by taking part. God
has given us a talent, do you use
yours 7”
Special music was proved by
“The Milkmaids”, all members
of Farm Women Society 29; Mrs.
Dale Hiestand, Mrs. J. Richard
Garber and Mrs. Richard
Shellenberger
Also the Leaman family-from
Society 13: Mrs. Irvin D
Leaman, Mrs. Aaron Snader and
Miss Linda Leaman.
Mrs. Joseph Best, Society 20,
and Mrs. Richards Wood, Society
21, conducted the annual
memorial service for the
following Farm Women; Mrs.
Mary Sheaffer and Mrs. Fanny
Greiner, Society 2; Mrs. Eva
Zecker, Society 3; Mrs. Clay
Rice, Mrs. Ada Shuman and Mrs.
Edwin Clark Herr, Society 10;
Mrs. Hattie McCommon and Mrs.
Denlinger, Society 7, president, and Mrs.
Robert Gregory, second vice president.
Carrie Eshleman, Society 11;
Mrs. Catherine Hoover, Society
13; Mrs. Conard Swinehart, Mrs.
Howard Russell and Mrs. Bertha
Shoemaker, Society 15; Mrs.
Lillian Quigley and Mrs. Edith
Hershey, Society 16; and Mrs.
Elsie Frank, Society 17. A vocal
trio with Mrs. Richards Wood,
Mrs. Kenneth Zeiber and Mrs.
Raymond Long provided special
music for the memorial service.
Mrs. Doris W. Thomas, Lan
caster County Extension home
economist, spoke briefly to the
group on the expanded nutrition
educational program conducted
by Extension to serve 10,000
families in Pennsylvania. Farm
Women Societies in Lancaster
County have been giving
financial assistance to this
program.
Attendance awards were won
by Society 22 with 60 per cent of
their members present and
Society 2 with 57 per cent present.
Mrs. Virgil Duppstadt,
Somerset County, president of
Society of Farm Women of
Pennsylvania, installed county
and local society officers at the
conclusion of the meeting.
Retiring president Mrs. John
N. Hess was presented with a
beautiful oil painting done by
Mrs. Martin Greenleaf, Society
15, and a book “Old Lancaster,
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