Joan Loeb Heads Berks County Farm Women
LOU A £ N ®°°® „ commumty church, and family Pie dough for top pastry ing. Puf in l‘A -quart casserole.
Fanning Staff responsibilities. inan ’«iiH *Hp nf hnv Melt butter, blend in flour, add Roll out pie dough and place on top
OLEY (Berks Co.) —When she Joan adamantly supports Farm liquids . Stir until thick, pour over of casserole forltop crast. Bake at
was 19 years old, Joan Loeb joined Women and their projects. She is mg a younger son after the older vegetables. Add tuna andseason- 400 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.
Farm Women on what she called a excited about the upcoming pro- children are gone is that it is not
“challenge.” ject, “Food for the Homeless,” difficult to adjust to the noise of-
At that time. Farm Women which will be held on Agriculture grandchildren,
members were selective on whom Day, March 20. J O3ll serves as secretary to the
they allowed to become a member. For that members are collecting Berks Heim County Home Volun-
Joan heard about two applicants imperishable food items to donate teer Board. She spends a lot of time
who had just been refused mem- to the Greater Berks Food helping her daughter and son-in
bership. Out of curiosity, she Banquet. * aw W * M> have two children and
decided to apply and see if they This is the second year for the wor * c on a farm
would accept her. Farm Women project Last year, p 1 er spare time, Joan likes to
They did. Since then, Joan has they collected 400 pounds of food. cross stitch, and help people,
had four children and four grand- This year; they expect more She a * so l°ves cooking but not
children, but her interest in Farm because 4-H, FFA, and the Farm- cleaning up. Here is one of her
Women never has faltered. She City Council are also participating favorite recipes,
now heads the Berks Farm Women in the project Those who would
with its 11 societies and 183 mem- like to donate to this project, may
bers. In 1985, Joan had also been call Joan at (215) 689-5579.
president of the county groups. Because five members out of the
Unlike the era when Joan was 17 members in Joan’s Farm
installed as a Farm Women mem- Women Group are in their 80s.
ber, she finds that now it is difficult Joan said, they need to be selective
to attract new members because of in choosing activities in which all
busy lifestyles. In order to accom- can participate,
odate women who work during the “We go on lots of field trips, eat
day, Joan’s society has changed a lot, and volunteer at a local coun
from daytime to night meetings, ty home," Joan said. County mem-
Even with that change, it is diffi- bers have hosted two state Spring
cult for many women to find time Rallys, the latest was last year,
for the meetings because of other Joan is married to Richard Loeb.
The Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania was
founded October 14, 1914. Its purpose is to contri
bute to the power and influence of the farm home; to
contribute to the community activity of farm women;
to develop leadership and to promote better living
and working conditions in the farm homes of Pen
nsylvania. The 16 county societies have a state
membership of 3,371. Check this section weekly for
a feature story on individual Farm Women presidents
from Pennsylvania.
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