824-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 26, 1993
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Lancaster
The Lancaster County Society
of Farm Women No. 1 met in the
home of Julia Zahn for their June
meeting. Ruth Huber served as
hostess.
Following greetings by presi
dent Fay Carman, Viola Wolfe led
members in devotions. She read
Luke 22 and a selection from “The
Daily Bread.” Following the
Pledge of Allegiance, members
sang two songs, led by Julia Zahn
and accompanied by Martha Jane
Brubaker on the piano.
Roll call by Harriet Fasnacht
was answered by stating “A Safe
ty First for the Kitchen.”
The following committee
reports were given: for Ways &
Means, Dorothy Hollinger
announced that an auction will be
held at the next meeting. For Sun
shine Committee, Sarah Weber
reported on the visits that she and
Barbara Becker had made. Martha
Jane Brubaker noted that the next
breakfast is scheduled for June 17
Lancaster
Lancaster Society 14 was enter
tained by Society No. 31 at the
Mechanic Qrove Church of the
Brethren on April 19. The prog
ram included a reading by Milly
Groff, a creative Fashion Show
and delicious refreshments.
On April 28 members took a
bus trip to Cape May, New Jersey
for the whale watch. It was a beau
tiful clear, sunshiny day. It was
reducational and fun, with a lec
ture about marine life and shore
birds. Members saw a lot of dol
phins but no whales. The Soci
ety had dinner on the way home at
the Country Restaurant in New
Jersey.
Members met on May 12 at the
home of Pauline Sloltzfus. Ada
Rohrer had devotions. Each mem
ber brought a flower to plant out
doors in answer to roll call. The
plants were numbered and each
member took a different flower
home. The show and tell programs
included many interesting new
crafts and old antiques.
The Spring Rally was held May
26 at the Ramada Inn in Hager
stown, Maryland. Seven ladies
from our Society went along by
bus. It was dress up day so we
wore hats and gloves. The theme
was “Golden Opportunities.” It
was the 50lh Anniversary for the
Franklin Co. Farm Women. There
were 200 ladies present for the
meeting and the luncheon. The
program consisted of group sing
ing, a soloist, a speaker, a harpist
and the awarding of the door
prizes. Members stopped on the
way home for a buffet supper at
the Country Table.
On June 9 members traveled by
car to Manheim to have lunch at
the Lyndon Diner. From there
members traveled to see the farm
home and the Antique House, the
home of Nancy Diffenderfer on
Society /
At 9 a.m. at the Country Table.
For the Social Committee, Ann
Landis reported on the plans for
the annual picnic to be held on
June 28 at 5 p.m. in the Akron
Park.
President Carman gave the fol
lowing report on the County
Board meeting; Christ Home at
Paradise was the project selected
for 1993; Farm Women’s Day will
be held on October 14 at The
Dutch Apple; members are being
asked to contribute to the heifer
project which was started by State
President Arlene Witman; the
county picnic will be held on
Tuesday, August 3 at 12 noon in
Hoffman’s Park in Quarryville.
Each person is to bring a covered
dish and place setting. Seven
hundred people attended the
Spring Rally on May 24 in Hager
stown, Md.
Ginny Happenberger, a former
teacher in Japan, was the guest
speaker for this meeting.
Society 14
Sun Hill Road. My was that an
interesting home! Members
toured the three stories from base
ment to bedrooms filled with
beautiful antiques. A short meet
ing followed with tea and cookies
served by Nancy and her daughter.
l7, 1993
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NEW WINDSOR. Md. On
Monday, June 14, thirty New Zea
land White rabbits left Dulles
International Airport, bound for
the town of Bamenda in the West
African nation of Cameroon. The
rabbits, all excellent quality
breeding stock, will become a part
of the “Health for All” Rabbit Pro
ject, a program supported by Heif
er Project International (HPI).
HPI began working with rabbits
in Cameroon in 1981 as a part of a
program including a broad range
of livestock, from dairy cattle to
poultry. The group of families
Berks Society J
The June meeting of Berks
County Society of Farm Women
Group 1 was held at the home of
Evelyn Heacock. President Ruth
Walters presided at the meeting at
which 14 members were present.
As a tribute to our youth prog
ram, Scott Rhoads, a junior at
Oley High School, made a presen
tation on his trip to Europe as a
member of the Honor Band and
Chorus of the 1992 European
Concert Tour which featured “The
Sound of America”.
The July meeting will be a dog
gie roast to be held at the home of
Lillian Hetrick.
York Society 26
York Farm Women 26 held the
June meeting at Coakley’s
Restaurant at New Cumberland.
Mary Lantz was hostess. The
group took in two new members.
Group 26 will be entertained by
Group 1 at Rocky Ridge Park on
June 16.
Five members attended the
Spring Rally at Hagerstown, MD.
A bus trip is planned for Sep
tember to Hawk Mountain.
The next meeting will be at Ale
xander’s Restaurant at York
where members will entertain
Group 20 July 13.
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Deadline Friday, July 9
Rabbits Sent To West
The Official Publication For The
receiving some of the first rabbits
formed a group with the motto,
“health for all”. Their goal was to
encourage smalt holder rabbit pro
duction which would ppvide low
cost, high-protein meat for rural
families.
People living in this area had
been dependent on wild animals
or “bush meat” as their primary
source of protein, but such ani
mals were becoming rare as the
population grew. Many families
were interested in starting to raise
rabbits because they can be fed on
weeds and leaves from what is
grown on the farm. The rabbits
produced can be used as a source
of protein, and sold for cash.
The project group began
cooperating with St. Mary’s
Home Economics Center, a
Catholic school for girls, married
women, young mothers and hand
icapped women. The school offers
home economics courses to
women of all religions, emphasiz
ing community development
through encouraging village
extension activities. Graduates of
the school teach families and com
munities improved health, sanita
tion and nutrition, and encourage
people to consider raising rabbits
as a source of protein. To date,
over 5,100 people have benefitted
from the program, and about 900
families are raising rabbits direct
ly as a result of this project.
The need for improving the
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quality of the rabbits available has
become increasingly clear over
the last few years. The project
leaders designed a breeding prog
ram that would benefit all parti
cipants within a short time, and as
a result, HPI agreed to provide the
breeding stock necessary to bring
about the projected genetic
improvement.
All families receiving rabbits
must first attend a training course
and demonstrate their knowledge
in rabbit management and care.
Each family is giveii 2 to 3 months
to develop low-cost rabbit hutches
and to undertake small scale pas
ture improvement before being
supplied rabbits.
Heifer Project International
works in partnership with others
to alleviate hunger, poverty and
environmental degradation by
helping families become self suf
ficient for food and income. HPI
development includes animals,
training and technical assistance
to low income families in 37 coun
tries and 12 states within the
United States. All families receiv
ing assistance are required to
“pass on the gift” of what they
have received, usually by passing
on offspring of their animals to
other families in their community.
For more information, contact
Heifer Project International, P.O.
Box 188, New Windsor, MD
21776, or call (410) 635-8740.
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