—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Nov. 9,1974
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Farm Women Societies
Erma Zimmerman, Sun roll call suggestion (or the
Valley Drive, Leola for their year,
monthly meeting, when 28 Pres. Ruth Shultz an
members anawered to roll nounced the up-coming
call by giving a program and dates; County Convention on
Nov. 2 held at the Lancaster
Bible College; and the State
Convention on Jan. 6 and 7,
1975 at Harrisburg. Each
society group was asked to
plan A Medical or Health
program for the year. Arm
strong Cork Co. also an
nounced that they have a
program available for the
public use.
Society 24
Farm Women Society 24
met at the home of Mr*.
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Donations were given to
the following agencies;
Needlework Guild-|lO Welsh
Mountain CUnic-$25 (This
donation was given as part of
last month program, when
the group visited the clinic
and heard Doris Weaver
speak to them on the mat
ter.)
Society 24 will be en
tertained by Society 10 and in
turn Society 24 will entertain
Society 7 during the coming
year.
Dues were collected for the
coming year by the group. A
birthday card remem
berance was sent to Mrs.
Annie Good, an Honoary
Member of 24 who resides at
Spangcrest Home, Lebanon.
Election of officers was
held at the meeting at which
time the following results
were: Pres.--Robbie
Golston; Vice-Pres.-Ruth
Hoober; Sec.-Dottie Laniz;
Asst. Sec.-Shirley Wenger;
Tres.-Erma Zimmerman;
Asst. Tres.-Mary Ann
Greiner. These new officers
serve a two year term,
starting as of Jan. 1975.
Society 24 members heard
the reading of By-Laws
adopted by the past
presidents of the group, at
which time they were ac
cepted and voted upon.
These new by-laws will also
go into effect starting the
new year.
Refreshments were served
by the hostess following the
business meeting. Next
month the group will en
tertain patients at the
Harrisburg Mental Hospital
on Nov. 20 as a program.
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FURNACE
Meat Operators
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Face Registratioia
Custom slaughterers and
processors of meat and
poultry would have to
register with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is a proposal an
nounced recently Is adopted.
Custom operators
slaughter and process meat
and poultry for use solely by
the person who brings the
animal to them and by that
person's immediate family.
Although exempt from full
time inspection, custom
operations are subject to
federal sanitation and
labeling requirements and to
USDA sanitation reviews.
Officials of USDA's
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)
said the proposed changes in
federal inspection
regulations would require
registration of each owner
and each establishment he
owns. The proposal would
Society 11
Society of Farm Women 11
met at the home of Mrs.
'Betty Burkins for the Oc
tober meeting with a good
attendance.
Mrs. Anna Armstrong had
the devotions. Roll call was
responded to by members
giving a few lines of a
favorite poem.
The committees gave their
reports and thank you cards
were read from the sick and
for flowers and cards. The
book committee gave their
report for the coming year.
Mrs. Norman Wood will
represent our society at the
bicentennial meeting. Mrs.
Irene Shank gave a book
review which we all enjoyed
very much.
A number of members
attended the County Con
vention held at the Lancaster
School of the Bible on
November 2nd.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs.
Freeda Huber on November
21st. Speaker will be Dr.
Berwym Russel on Music of
the Civil War.
• make it easier for USDA to
check these operations by
establishing a uniform
procedure to identify and
locate all such businesses in
the country. Bach custom
operator would be required
to submit a report listing his
name, address and other
basic information about his
business.
If the proposal is adopted,
operators already in
business would have six
months to submit this report
from the time of adoption.
New businesses would have
90 days to submit the report
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Copie* of the proposal,
which will be published in
today’s Federal Register,
are available from APHIS,
Room 11M-S, USDA,
Washington, D.C. 202(0.
Written comments should
be sent in duplicate by May
2,1075, to the Hearing Clerk,
USDA, Washington, D.C.
20250. Anyone wishing to
present his comments orally
should contact Field
Operations, APHIS, USDA,
Washington, D.C. 20250, to
arrange for presentation of
comments before May 2.
Written comments and
records of oral comments
will be available for public
review in the hearing clerk’s
office.