Bl4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 14,1984
S6O Women Attend
BY KIMBERLY HERR
HARRISBURG The threat of a
severe snowstorm that was sup
posed to dump inches of snow on
the Harrisburg area did not
dampen the spirits of the 560 Farm
Women who traveled from across
the state to attend the 65th annual
State Farm Women banquet
Monday night at the Penn Harris
Convention Center.
In fact, it was announced that
there were 90 more women in
attendance this year than last.
The evening began as the many
women were ushered to their
tables, which were decorated with
honey bears. After a dinner of
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Naomi Bupp, right, state first vice president of Farm Women presented Lois Erb with
a basket of Pennsylvania food products at the conclusion of Monday's banquet in
Dauphin County.
BY KIMBERLY HERR
HARRISBURG - While
thousands of people swarmed
across the exhibition floors and
show rings of the Farm Show
building Tuesday, a few hundred
more met upstairs in Room E.
They were 268 members of Farm
Women Societies from across the
state, and after a day of fun ac
tivities on Monday, they were
ready to get down to business. The
meeting was conducted by State
President Mane Baughman,
State Farm Women officers were elected during a business meeting of the Farm
Women Tuesday in the Farm Show building. Installing the officers is Helen Hess, Lan
caster County, left. Next to her is Marie Baughman, Franklin County, state president.
Continuing from left is Helen Ebling, Berks County, new state secretary; Mary Anna
Buterbaugh, Indiana County, new state director; and Ida Book, Perry County, new state
director.
salad, stuffed chicken breasts and
mashed potatoes, topped off with
Boston cream pie, the women
participated in group singing.
The mistress of ceremonies for
the evening was Naomi Bupp, of
York County, who is first state vice
president. Mrs. Bupp also provided
entertainment for the group as she
used jokes and witticisms to in
troduce those seated at the head
table. Some of those women who
fell prey to Mrs. Bupp’s sense of
humor were able to get even by
telling humorous stories about
their mistress of ceremony.
One woman, however, had a
more serious comment to'make.
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State Farm Women Officers Elected
Franklin County
Three new officers were elected
and installed by Helen Hess,
Lancaster County, state president
from 1979 to 1982. Helen Eblmg,
Berks County, was elected as the
new state secretary. She has been
a member of Farm Women for 30
years, was a state Farm Women
director and has held county of
fices. She replaced Dorothy Pyle,
Green County.
Ida Book, Perry County, and
Mary Anna Buterbaugh, Indiana
Banquet
“For me to meet and rub
shoulders with you is like a
dream,” said Mrs. Mabel Rishel, a
90-year-old member of Farm
Women from York County. “To
learn how to grow old is a walk of
wisdom, and it is the most difficult
chapter in the book of living,” she
added.
After the head table was in
troduced, the audience was en
tertained by Kathy Long, who sang
“Getting to Know You” from the
musical The King and I and “I’m
in Love with a Wonderful Guy”
from the musical South Pacific.
The speaker for the evening was
Mrs. Lois Erb, a former state
County, were elected as new state
directors. Both women are past
presidents of their societies. These
women took the offices of Laurene
Tate, Adams County, and Dorothy
Strieker, Berks County.
In other business, Mane
Baughman announced that
membership statewide had in
creased by 43 members. She also
said there were four new groups
formed, two in Lancaster County,
one in Lebanon County and one in
Cumberland County. There is now
Lois Erb, speaker for the sth annual State Farm Women
banquet, spoke on the subject of “Who Am I?"
Farm Women president who
recently returned from a three
year stay in Australia with the
Eastern Mennomte Board of
Missions. Prior to moving to
Australia, Mrs. Erb lived on a
farm in the Harrisburg area. She
now resides in Morgantown.
Her topic for the evening was
‘‘Who Ami?”
‘‘God knows who he is and if we
are his children we should know
who we are too,” Mrs. Erb said.
She pointed to the number of
adopted children who go in seek of
their biological parents as an in
dication of how people are sear
ching for themselves.
“Everyone of you is a one of a
kind person, but there are three
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a total of 4,010 members.
“We must keep replacing
members,” Mrs. Baughman said,
urging each group to sign up one
new member in the coming year.
“Records were meant to be
broken,” she said.
It was announced by the Farm
and Home Safety committee that
16 counties had recieved cer
tificates for 100 percent par
ticipation in the state safety
programs.
In other forms of participation, it
was announced that 437 members
from 16 counties took part in the
needlework state project this year.
The 1984 project will be a craft of
any kind.
LANCASTER Host families
are needed in Pennsylvania to host
English-speaking European
teachers as guests in their homes
for a seven to 10 day period this
coming summer.
American Host Foundation is the
only nonprofit, nongovernmental
program designed to show the
American way of life to European
teachers by pairing them with
American families. It is a nation
wide home hospitality program
which is endorsed by the Depart
ment of State.
Now in its 22nd year American
Host has opened the doors to better
understanding for more than 13,000
English-speaking European
teachers who have passed on their
new understanding to their
students, friends and colleagues
when they have returned to their
homelands.
Being a Host Family is open to
Host Families Needed
things I can say about all of us,”
Mrs. Erb said. “Everyone was
born to be loved. Everyone was
born to be a servant - to serve and
be served. Everyone ought to be
living in our integrity.”
As an example of what she
meant by integrity, Mrs. Erb said,
"As long as you blame someone
else for your faults...you are not
walking in your integrity.”
In summary Mrs. Erb told her
audience if you love and are loved,
if you serve and are served, if you
walk in integrity, you will not have
to ask who ami.”
When Mrs. Erb finished she was
presented with a basket of food
products which were donated from
the various counties represented.
Fran Sander, past president of
Lancaster County, gave a report
on medical and rural health. She
discussed breast cancer and what
to do if burned.
It was announced that next
year’s convention theme will be
“All in the Family,” and Joyce
Bupp, writer of a weekly column in
Lancaster Farming will be the
guest speaker at the banquet. This
year’s Spring Rally will take place
May 29 at the Hershey Motor
Lodge and Convention Center,
Hershey, Dauphin County.
The meeting ended with all
members singing “Brighten the
Corner,” the Farm Women’s
theme song.
anyone who has the desire to in
crease understanding and friend
ship between Europeans and
Americans. Host families are
required to provide a private room
and meals for their guest and to
give their guest the opportunity to
meet friends, neighbors, and to see
local sights.
The American Host Foundation
arranges all transportation but
Host Families are asked to meet
their guests on arrival in their
area. Visitors and Host Families
have the opportunity to correspond
for at least a month prior to the
visit.
Anyone interested in being a
Host Family or learning more
about the Foundation’s activities
may write to: American Host
Program, 12747 Brookhurst Street,
Garden Grove, California 92640
Telephone: (714) 537-5711.