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BY LAUREL SHAEEFER
Staff Correspondent
LEESPORT Dedicating
a day for themselves, the
Berks County Farmer’s
Assn.' jtvomens committee
held their annual Ladies Day
Out, March 19 at the Berks
County Agricultural Center.
Highlighting the program
were Catharine Schiefer
stein, who presented a
program entitled “Where
did you get, that Hat,” and
Sally Rubnght, who
presented-a fashion show by
Queen’s Way Fashions.
Hat fashions program presented
Schieferstem’s act was a
mixture of song and comedy
centered on hat fashions,
past and present.
Laura Miller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller,
R 2 Bernville, spoke to the
large audience about her
involvement in FFA and how
she was selected to attend a
youth conference sponsored l
by the women’s committee, i
Other events included a
presentation by Debbie and
Arlan Davis, Richland, past
talent contest winners in
religious singing, and a brief
explanation by Penn
sylvania Farmer’s
Association Regional
Organizational Director, Ed
Taczanowski concerning his
duties and responsibilities to
the organization.
Debbie Sunday, Berks
County Dairy Princess was
also on hand during the day
long event.
Chairlady Glenna Hix
reminded the many women
present of upcoming events.
These' included a Farm-City
Festival, April 30, the Ag
Expo scheduled for the
Berkshire Mali June 16 - 21,
and a farm safety field day
in July.
Good Nutrition
One serving of cooked
mustard greens has only
16 calories but provides 91
percent of the vitamin A,
74 percent of the vitamin
C and 12 percent of the
calcium in the suggested
daily adult nutritional re
quirements
Uncaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1980—83
Guest speaker, Catharine Shieferstein. Bern
ville, modeled hats for the group.
Kutztown FFA
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fr</m Berks-Lehigh
Production Credit for
Outstanding Record
- Keeping.
The Berks County Poultry
Association also
awards for poultry projects
completed last year.
Receiving these were Dean
Bruno, Marjorie Faust, Ted
Kleinsmith, and - Garth
Dieter, Kempton. Marlowe
Greis accepted an award
presented to the chapter for
its poultry project.
The Kutztown Young
Fanners also honored one of
their own during the
banquet Richard Hoppes,
R 2 Hamburg, was presented
-
with an award for out
standing young farmer over
thirty. Hoppes is presently
the co-ordinator of the 1981
National Your Farmer In
stitute which will be held in
Hershey, in 1981.