*2O-I—caster Firming, Saturday, October 17,1981 Penn’s BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent READING Penn’s Agri- Women debated farm issues, elected a new state secretary and heard that Pennsylvania foodstuffs are abundant and nutritious, during their annual state con vention, held Tuesday at the Reading Motor Inn. Opening the session was a report on the Cornucopia project, spon sored by organic fanning en thusiast Robert Rodale. Two of PAW’s members, Judy Cihylik, Treichlers, and Jean Beck, Hamburg, took part in a summer conference at Lehigh University on idmiring the historic scrapbo* -, elected secretary Renee Bates, and treasurer are officers, from left, Mary Brown, vice- TrevaMarkey. president, Gail McPherson, president, newly- _ .... wm M.M SEE PS —ITU before fomndleil Buildings by Butler your lr- —you buy; YOU BUY THE BUILOINO... BUTLER MF6. CO. Attn. P.E. Hess Box 337. Oxford. PA 19363 * Dealer Inquiries Available in; Pennsylvania Counties: Armstrong, Indiana, Erie, Crawford. 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