Farm Women Societies
Lancaster Co. Society 6
A tour of Goodwill In- of Lancaster County Farm
dustries, Lancaster, was Women Society 6. The
recently taken by members facilities of the institution
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were toured and the work of
the place discussed.
After the tour, members
met for a business meeting.
It was decided to give money
normally spent for
refreshments on the trip
home towards the work of
Goodwill Industries.
Lancaster Co.
Society 21
On September 8, Lan
caster County Farm Women
Society 21 met at the home of
Mrs. Samuel Groff, Peach
Bottom, for the program
“Back to School Night.”
, L'ahfcaster Farming, Saturday, September 17; 1977-^-49
School teacher, Mrs. Charles
Tindall, Sr., Peach Bottom,
led the program which
consisted of enacting a day
at school. Reading, arith
metic, music, and recess
were included in the
program
A business meeting was
held in the form of a PTA
meeting with president, Mrs.
Robert Rohrer in charge. It
was decided to send money
to the Farm Women
Societies of the Johnstown
area.
Refreshments were brown
bag lunches each member
brought and exchanged.
Next meeting will be a
Lancaster County tour Day
scheduled for October 13.
October 20, a craft night is
planned at the home of Mrs.
William Arrowsmith, Peach
Bottom.
Lancaster Co. Society 25
Lancaster County Farm
Women Society 25 recently
met at Histone Strasburg for
a banquet dinner. Twenty
two members were present
and husbands were invited.
Program for the evening
were slides of the West
Ida’s
Notebook
Mills have always been
one of the centers or hubs of
community activity.
Recently, I visited the Rome
Mill, also known as Compass
Mill, which was built in 1757
by the Moravian Brethren. It
is located east of Lititz in
Lancaster County and was
recently opened as a tourist
attraction. It had been a
combination grist and saw
mill. Milling was profitable
in the early days, as in 1777
the profits made by this
mill were $2500.
One outstanding feature of
the mill is the five ton water
wheel which stands a high 22
feet in the center of the
building. With three sets of
millstones it could produce
25 barrels of flour daily.
In researching this
property, I was surprised to
learn that my great, great
uncle A. W. Shober owned
the property in 1883.
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The next meeting will be
October 8 at the home of
Mrs. Ada Rice, Millersville,
Pa.
Ida Risser
When Philip went to
CanadTwith other 4-H youth
last month, he had a very
nice family to live with
there. He tells us that it was
on Sunday that he worked
the hardest. It seems that his
host was a part-time farmer
and had to work the land on
the sabbath.
They have very flat
marshy land which needs
tile to drain it for farming.
So, a bridge had to be built in
order to get into a field to
make hay. They put a lot of
ground over a very large
pipe and it was hard work.
He had an unusual ex
perience of showing a goat at
the Huntington Fair. It
seems the family had two
animals in the same class
and so he was pressed into
service. And, his animal won
first prize-a red ribbon. Yes,
he tells me that in Canada a
blue ribbon is given for 2nd
place.
It was a real learning
experience.
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