Bl2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 16,1982
State Farm Women
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
FARM SHOW - The annual
Farm Show in Harrisburg means
not only hustle and bustle and a
week full of activities for show
people and consumers, but also a
chance for farm organizations to
gather, and, evaluate old and new
business.
One such group, meeting for
their 63rd annual convention this
year, was the Society of Farm
Women of Pennsylvania who met
Monday and Tuesday for elections,
business meetings and a banquet.
This year was a special year for
the Farm Women because they
elected a new president who will
serve for a three-year term. Marie
Baughman of Franklin County was
chosen to fill this spot after having
served as first vice president for
the past three years. She will fill
the shoes of outgoing president
Helen Hess of Lancaster County
who termed her stay in office, as
“one she will never forget” and
“the chance of a lifetime.”
“I have traveled over 9000 miles
and attended every county con
vention but two. It wasn’t really
time spent, but time invested and
enjoyed,” she said.
In response to this warm
farewell, the officers of the various
Societies presented Mrs. Hess with
a silver serving dish, a 'past
president’ pen and, twice, a
standing ovation.
Following adjournment of the
meeting, the newly elected
president said she has plans to
compile a memorial book during
her term in office listing the names
Helen Hess received a silver serving platter for her years as
state president, “It wasn't really time spent,” Helen said,
“but time invested."
Joining the rank of state directors were County, Carolyn Nesbitt of Fulton County and
these four members: Ito r, Jane Rode of Elinor Edison of Chester County.
Dauphin County. Arlene Witman of Lancaster
of deceased members. She also
admitted to looking forward to the
Societies’ annual Spring Rally,
scheduled for May 19.
Mrs. Baughman describes her
life on the farm as “doing the
typical farmer’s wife’s duties:
tending children, driving tractor
and running to town for the what
you-ma-call-it-thing-a-ma-jig. ’ ’
Among her accomplishments
are titles of charter president,
county president, state treasurer,
Sunday school teacher (35 years),
and member of the Ridge Church
of the Brethem.
Also elected into office at
Tuesday morning’s business
meeting was Naomi Bupp of York
County, who moved into the
position of first vice president from
second vice president.
Mrs. Bupp is a member ot York
Society 11 and has served as county
president. She is a member of St,
Paul’s Lutheran Church and sings
in the choir.
Elected to the office ol second
vice president was Edith Diehl of
Cumberland County.
Four new state directors join the
list this year also. They are: Jane
Rode ol Dauphin County, Arlene
Witman of Lancaster County,
Carolyn Nesbitt of Fulton County,
and Elinor Edison of Chester
County.
This year Franklin County was
honored for having added a new
Society to their membership, and
Adams County was recognized for
a ten percent increase in mem
bership.
These honors and special project
hold convention, elect
Past state president Helen Hess, left, hands years. Looking on are new state officers: first
the gavel over to newly-elected president" vice president Naomi Bupp and second vice
Marie Baughman who will now serve for three president Edith Diehl.
awards, were distributed Monday
during the morning and afternoon
session.
Special guests to these sessions
were Agriculture Secretary
Penrose Hallowell and State Dairy
Princess Charlene Rohrer.
“We consider you one of the
more important farm
organizations so I’m honored to be
here to addressryou this morning,”
Hallowell told the Societies.
When Charlene’s turn at the
podium came, she expounded on
the merits of - what else but milk?
“Get involved in dairy promotion
and work with the dairy princesses
in your county. When someone
calls you up to help a princess or to
just chaperone, say yes,” she told
the Farm Women. “And when you
use your recipes and hand them
out to friends, tell them to use only
real dairy products. ’ ’
During Monday evening’s
banquet, attended by 525 mem
bers, speaker Dorothy Glessner
told the audience, “Women, we
have promises to keep. We have'
promises to ourselves, and
resolutions, and plans for the
future we must keep. ”
Glessner also told the audience
that there are new' and better
reasons for women to be volun
teers today; not because it is ex
pected, but because women chose
to. She said, when deciding to
volunteer, follow these rules: 1.
make a promise to become a
dependable volunteer, 2. watch for
burnout, 3. don’t hide behind trivial
but begin to think big, 4. take a look
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at your talent, and 5. avoid fear of
mistrust and the unknown.
During the Tuesday morning _
business session, several 'state
committee chairwomen delivered
reports. Included among these was
the Scholarship Committee which
payed recognition to the 1981
scholarship winners. They are
Jean Jordan of Felton, a senior at,
Indiana University of Penn
sylvania; Tamela Rode of Halifax,
also a senior at Indiana Univer
sity; Nancy Yamall, Oxford,
freshman at University of
Delaware; and Katherine
Drahowskv of Cleona, freshman at
Scenes from Farm Show
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how to get around the vast Farm Show complex to a
bewildered exhibitor.
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Mansfield State College. The
scholarship, the Flora Black
Scholarship Fund in the field of
home economics, was established
in 1960 for children of members
living or deceased, of the Society of
Farm Women.
Another committee to report on
progress was the special and youth
project committee. ‘ They
distributed small ceramic thim
bles to each winner of the quilting
project
Following the closing of
Tuesday’s session, members had
free time to tour the Farm Show.
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