22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday Jan. 26, 1974
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Farm Women Societies
Society 3
Farm Women Society 3
met Jan. 19 at the home of
Barbara Stauffer, Ephrata
RDI. New officers seated
were Mrs. Jesse Balmer,
Lititz RIM, president: Mrs.
John Edwards, Ephrata
RDI, vice-president; Mrs.
Earl Smoker, Stevens RDI,
secretary; Mrs. Earl Miller,
Hopeland, asst, secretary
and Mrs. Ivan Eberly,
Ephrata RDI, treasurer.
The business meeting,
conducted by Mrs. Balmer,
consisted of the following
contributions: Ephrata
Community Hospital,
Cerebral Palsy fund, and the
Lititz Meals on Wheels.
A report was given on a
visit to the Society’s adopted
daughter at the Hamburg
State School by Mrs. Harvey
Gehman, Mrs. Earl Miller
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and Mrs. Clarence Stauffer.
Feb. 21, members of
Societies 2 and 3 will visit
Conestoga View a treat
and entertainment for
guests.
Feb. 16, members will be
entertained by Society 18 at
the Farm and Home Center
in Lancaster.
Jan. 25, members will
serve all day at the snack
bar in the Ephrata Com
munity Hospital.
The next meeting will be
held Feb. 23 at the home of
Mrs. Frank Snyder, Hilltop
Drive, Ephrata RD2.
Society 8
Farm Women Society 8
met at the home of Mrs.
Martin S. Musser, 327 S.
Market Ave., Mount Joy,
Jan. 19th. Twenty two
members and two visitors
attended. Anna Mae Eby
conducted the meeting. Mrs.
Lewis Bixler was in charge
of devotions. Anna Mae Eby
led the group in singing
several songs. The
treasurer’s report was'
given. Mrs. Clarence
Greider and Miss Mary
Grace Martin each favored
the group with a piano solo.
Mrs. Minnie Kolp has now
returned home, having had a
cataract operation.
Those attending the
County Convention at
Harrisburg were Mrs. Wm.
Heisey, Mrs. George
Houseal, Misses Anna Mae
and Ruth Eby and delegates
Mrs. Warren Heisey and
Mrs. Harold Frey. Miss Ruth
Eby read the report
gathered from happenings at
the Convention.
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Farm Women Society 12
met at the home of Mra.
Robert Hocking, 2734
Kimberly Road, Lancaster.
Mrs. William Shenk was co
hostess.
Members named their
favorite craft. A discussion
was held on a trip to the
Flower Show to be held
March 12.
The Society will sew for
the American Cancer
Society Feb. 19 at the home
of Mrs. John Kindig,
Conestoga, RDI.
Back-to-Nature
Please note a change of
date for February. Mrs. Paul
Witman will be special
speaker, presenting slides of
Farm Society European
Tour, on Feb. 9th. instead of
Feb. 16th. at St. Marks
United Methodist Church,
Mount Joy at 2 p.m.
says some plants with height should be used and probably a
vine.
Gently knock the soil from the roots of the plant. You may
even want to rinse off the roots so the soil doesn’t get on the
walls of your container as you work. Make a depression in the
soil mix in your container, press in the plant and firm up the
soil around it. Follow the same procedure with each plant,
keeping an eye on the total effect from outside your con
tainer.
When all the plants are in position, wash off the leaves.
Then take a soft cloth and clean the walls of the container.
Wet down the soil until you see water running to the bottom
through your drainage layer.
Now that you’ve created a work of natural beauty, how will
you care for it? If your container doesn’t have a cover,
plastic wrap should be used to cover it. High humidity is good
for your terrarium, but the plants “must breathe” according
to Miss Levine, so you will have to lift the cover occasionally.
Knowing the proper amount of moisture to add is
sometimes difficult, but a neat trick Miss Levine suggests is
to put two tiny straw flowers in your terrarium and observe
them. When they are closed the environment is fine; when
they open, your terrarium needs to be watered.
An essential piece of equipment for keeping your
terrarium, according to Miss Levine, is a mister. These can
be purchased at garden centers, or you can use an atomizer
or a spray window cleaner bottle. This-can be used for
cleaning the leaves of your terrarium as you’re working, and
it should be used for watering. If you have nothing suitable,
use a watering can with a very slender spout. It is important
not to disturb the soil and to water very gently.
If the leaves begin to turn yellow or if they turn brown
around the edges, your terrarium has too much water, and if
there’s wilting, get out the mister. If moisture collects on the
inside walls of the container, open it up for a short time.
Your terrarium does not need to be fed, because a good soil
mix contains plenty of food, Miss Levine said.
Your terrarium should be placed on a coffee table or
window sill - anywhere that it doesn’t get direct sunlight. It
needs natural light, according to Miss Levine, but direct
sunlight will cook the plants. A student related that she had
placed her terrarium on a window sill and moisture collected
under the container, causing it to crack when she tried to
move it. A terrarium can be used as a hanging plant also,
Miss Levine says.
A properly planted and cared for terrarium will give you
enjoyment for six months to two years, according to Miss
Levine, or until the plants get too big for the contaber. Plants
can be removed as they outgrow the available space or crowd
other plants, but Miss Levine stresses the importance of
selecting small plants initially so your enjoyment will be
longer lasting.
Two Manheim Twp. students helped in putting together the
terrariums you see here. They are Kim Waidley and Molly
Drumm.
So brighten up your winter by creating a terrarium for
your home or for a friend.
Society 12
Society 14
Farm Women Society 14
approved a donation of $3O to
Christ Home of Paradise and
$lO to the American Cancer
Society during a recent
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Leon Thomas 217 Willow
Street Pike. Members
completed 85 bed pads for
the Cancer Society at their
January all day sewing.
Speaker for the afternoon
was Mrs. Barbara
Hildebrand from
the American Cancer
Society. She told us how to
give ourselves a breast
check (so simple and so
important).
Next meeting will be Feb.
13 at Mrs. Everett
Newswanger’s, 1753 Lincoln
Highway East. The program
is a Nonsense Sale.
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Society 18
Farm Women Society 18
met on Saturday, Jan. 19 at
the home of Mrs. J. Wilbert
Carper, RDI, Manheim.
Devotions were led by Mrs.
Thomas Erb m and roll call
was answered by each
member telling “what I do
when I do as I please”.
The business session was
conducted by the newly
installed president, Mrs. Jay
Landis. Reports were given
on the recent state con
vention of Farm Women held
at Harrisburg during Farm
Show Week by Mrs. Tobias
Leaman, Mrs. Charles C.
Burkins and Mrs. Henry S.
Nissley.
Plans were made for the
next meeting which will be
held at the Farm and Home
Center on February 16