Members of Farm Women Soci
ety 1 met September 9 at the home
of Mrs. Elsie Badrow, Douglass
ville. George Moyer showed slides
on “Safety on the Farm.”
Final plans were made for
attending the County Convention
on October 3. Members were
reminded to bring something for
Members of Farm Women Soci
ety 6 met in the home of Martha
Eshleman for September.
Roll call had members share a
memory from their school days.
On September 12, Farm Women
Society 7 Members met at the
home of Miriam Beane.
On October 10 the annual birth
Members of Farm Women Soci
ety 10 met at the home of Eve
Gettle. Twelve members answered
roll call with the word “Love” in it
The program committee is plan
ning a bus trip in April to Harris
burg for the Mennonite Relief
Sale.
Members will be sewing at the
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the silent auction,
The group will be selling shoo
fly pies and other baked goods on
September 23 and 24 at the Read
ing Fair.
“Farm Women’s Day Out” will
be held on October 14 at the Cov
ered Bridge Hotel at 7 p.m.
Society 6
The October meeting will be in
the home of Elaine Jackson.
The December 12 meeting will
be held at the Milton Grove United
methodist Church at 12 noon for a
covered dish meal.
Society 7
day party will be held at the Leola
Family Restaurant at 6 p.m. Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Hershey will be
the guest speaker.
Society 10
General Hospital for the June
meeting June 23.
Nqw officers are as follows:
President, Kathryn Hebbe; vice
president, Suie Dietrick; secretary,
Winifred Bergen; assistant secret
ary, Lucy Miller, treasurer, Ida
Kunkle; corresponding secretary,
Esther Northerner.
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Torture Of Being A Fair Judge
Lancaster Co. Correspondent
MANHEIM The question is
always the same - why did I agree
to be a judge? It doesn’t matter if
the judging is Dairy Princess con
testants, apple pies, cows, casser
oles or scrapbooks, there is always
an uneasy feeling that it would
have been a lot easier to say, “no.”
During fair season hundreds of.
ordinary people put themselves
through a strange kind of agony
deciding who should get blue, who
should get white, who should get
special notice. It is not easy.
This week presented a new
experience for me - judging the
contestants in the Shepherd’s Lead
Line competition at the Manheim
Fair. These were 4-H’ers, dressed
spectacularly in wool with beauti
fully groomed and coordinated
sheep, modeling themselves and
their animals for the purpose of
promoting wool.
They were all grand - both the
4-H’ers and the sheep! Fortunately
there were two judges whose
scores were totalled, so I could
cohcentrate on just my part of the
contest.
How did they look? How much
wool did their garments have?
Were they enjoying themselves?
Of course, they all looked won
derful, and their fresh, attractive
appearance in itself had to convert
some of the spectators to the won
ders of wool. Were they nervous?
Well, some enjoyed it a lot more
than others. Sometimes a nervous
twitch in the smile showed the true
feeling of the smiling contestant
Perhaps, on the other hand, they
were just cold, as I was while try
ing to write constructive
comments.
My comments tended to be very
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positive - contestants reading them
later may have wondered why each
one of them wasn’t first. If I had
my choice, of course, they all
would be first, but, alas, even ties
are not allowed.
The few cries of “no way”
which greeted the announcement
of the final placing hurt. Certainly
each fan has his favorite, and each
contestant had done a wonderful
Lycoming County Fall
Homemaker’s Day
LYCOMING COUNTY —Fall
Homemaker’s Day will be held
Wednesday, October 14, at
Genetti-Lycoming Hotel in
Lycoming County. “Harvest of
Ideas” is the theme for the day.
Two topics will be presented in the
morning. “Urge to Splurge” by
Marilyn Furry, Penn State Exten
sion Resource Management Spe
job. Nevertheless, it was a compet
ition, and there had to be a final
order. Hopefully the disappoint
ment passes, and all contestants
will try again.
The old cliche, “every contes
tant is a winner” is especially true
of this lead line competition. What
courage it takes for an 11-year-old
boy to model in front of a crowd!
Or for a teenager, whose worst
fears are always about what people
will think.
What the whole audience should
think is what wonderful 4-H’ers
we have to join the spirit of the
competition and help promote that
wonderful natural, renewable fabr
ic - wool.
Every child who modeled (and
every parent who urged, sup
ported, cajoled, and worried)
deserves a pat on the back. That is
the reward for the difficult job of
judging - to see children grow and
leant from a competitive atmo
sphere. Perhaps that is why some
of us are willing to submit to this
strange unique form of torture
called “judging.”
cialist who will relate how to curb
spending for the holidays; Phyllis
Earner, Penn State Extension
Housing Specialist, will talk on
“Indoor Air Quality and Radon
Gas.” Following lunch, Linda
Horn will present “Com Husk
Crafts".
For more information contact
the Extension Office, 327-2350.