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Lancaster Society 18
Lancaster Farm Women Socie
ty #lB met at the home of Mrs.
Richard Hershey, Overhill Drive
on March 19.
Henry Brenner, retired teacher
from Lampeter Strasburg School,
showed history in slides of Lane.
Co. Homesteads. Small early log
bams and houses grew through the
years to large farms, German
influenced bank bams and beauti
ful homesteads. Many of these
Berks Society 6
Nine members of the Society of
Farm Women of Berks Co. Group
#6 met at the home of Mary Youse
for their March meeting.
Tim Click, guest speaker
showed a video & spoke on the
flood relief work he did in the
midwest.,
President Janet Schlegel
thanked everyone for their dona
tions of dry goods for the Berks
Co. Food Bank.
Berks Heim Bingo is April 7 at
the main building. The Volunteer
“It’s easy to improve on perfection
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revolution m the way grass was cut It also started Kuhn on the road to over
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Bechtclsville
Miller Equipment Co.
215-845-2911
Bedford
Bence Farm Equipment
814-623-8601
Bellwood
Hines Equipment Co.
814-742-8171
Clifford
North-East Dist.
& Equipment
717-222-9090
were occupied by generations of
the same families.
Some seats are still available
for the bus trip planned to the
Hagley Museum on May 17, call
Mrs. Henry Nissley 464-4123 for
more information.
Nineteen members and six
guests enjoyed the meeting with
Mrs. Ruth Landis, president
presiding.
Recognition Dinner is April 20 at
Berks Heim, two members will
attend. Berks Heim festival is
Sept. 11.
Donations were made to the
Berks Co. Dairy Promotion, and
to the Oley Valley High School
for the outstanding senior in home
economics and agriculture. The
next meeting will be held at the
Pleasantville Diner at 7:30 for
“Everyone’s Birthday Party".
Each person is asked to bring a $5
gift to exchange.
See The Kuhn Dealer Nearest
You For More Information...
Greenville
D.R. Thompson
Farm Supply
412-588-7520
Lebanon
Umberger’s of
Fontana, Inc.
717-867-5161
Nwdmorc
Clugston Farm
Equipment
717-573-2215
Everett New Alerandria Mahalfev
Morris Lone Maple Sales Hutton
International, Inc. & Service Farm Equipment
814-652-6101 412-668-7172 814-277-5564
Cochranville
Stoltzfus Farm
Service, Inc.
215-593-2407
Corrv
Wiggers
Farm Equipment
814-664-2661
Eighty Four
Fields Implement Store
412-222-1154
Last of the
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
Archaeologist and author Dr. Bar
ry C. Kent talks about the end of a
way of life in an illustrated lecture
“Last of the Susquehannocks”
which will be held at the Hershey
Museum on Monday. April 18, at
1 p.m. The program is part of the
Museum Monday series intended
to provide information about
aspects of the museum’s perma
nent collections which includes
Landis Valley Museum
Needs Volunteers
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
—Join the neighborly community
of Landis Valley Museum and
take advantage of possibilities to
leant, meet people, contribute, and
enjoy yourself! Volunteers are
critical to the success of the
museum and make it possible to
educate the public about Pennsyl
vania German rural life through
diverse programs and services.
Interpretive guides are current
ly needed for the May 1 - October
31 season. Training sessions will
be held on Wednesday, April 6;
also on Wednesday and Thursday,
April 13 and 14.
Landis Valley in Lancaster is
York County Farm Women 26
met at Two Brothers Restaurant
on March 8 for a luncheon fol
lowed by the regular meeting.
Betty Bertolette and Mabel
Miller were the hostesses.
16 members were in
tory Repeats Itself
1968
itndiMi th«
Mt disc
iivir in the
•rid.
New
Hetricks Farm Supply
814-275-3507
New Holland
ABC Groff, Inc.
717-3544191
New Oxford
Sibert Farm Equipment
717-624-8763
Susquehannock Indians
artifacts of Susquehannock life.
Kent writes that “History
reminds us that the end of the Sus
quehannock way of life can be
marked on December 27, 1763."
His program recounts the archaeo
logical and historical evidence for
the changing and troubled way of
life of the Susquehannock Indians
of central Pennsylvania during the
300 years leading to the events of
1763.
the largest Pennsylvania German
museum and is rated “exception
al” by AAA. Its many historical
buildings, tanging from farms
teads and a tavern to craft shops
and a firehouse, gardens, groves
and orchards provide a wonderful
environment in which to
volunteer.
It is a state-owned museum
operated by the Pennsylvania His
torical and Museum Commission
and supported by the Landis Val
ley Associates, located 2.5 miles
north of Lancaster on Route
272/Oregon Pike. Call Margaret
Arnold, volunteer coordinator, at
(717) 569-0401 for more
information.
York Society 26
attendance.
Marvin Beshore, a member of
the ‘Tennsylvania Foundation For
Better Living" was the guest
speaker.
The next meeting will be April
12.
Sdxonbure
A 1 Vettori
412-352-9269
Somerset
Summit
Machinery, Inc.
814-445-2528
St Marrs
Grotzinger
Equipment, Inc.
814-834-2065
Waynesboro
B. Equip. Inc.
717-762-3193
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This program is supported by a
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funding organization funded, in
part, by the National Endowment
for the Humanities. The program
is free with museum admission.
For information, please call (717)
534-3439.
Weight Loss
CREAMERY (Montgomery
Co.) This 12 week program
emphasizes permanent lifestyle
changes, including a low-fat diet
You should expect to lose from 'A
to 2 pounds per week. Cost of this
program is $45 for the 12-week
program. Classes are to be held at
the 4-H Center located on Route
113 in Creamery, one mile south
of Skippack and Route 73. Classes
meet once a week. They are sche
duled for Monday evenings 7-9
pm OR Tuesday mornings 10-12
am, starting June 13 or 14.
This program, developed by
Nutrition Specialists at Penn State
University, is based on the most
current research into theories of
obesity, weight loss and coping
(relapse) management. It is
offered through your county
extension office. Contact the
Montgomery County Cooperative
Extension office at (215)
489-4315 for further information.
To sign up for the 12 week
series, send $45 with your name,
address, phone number, class pre
ference (Monday or Tuesday) to
Montgomery County Cooperative
Extension, 1015 Rt 113, PO Box
20, Creamery, PA 19430-0020.
Class size is limited. Registration
is due by May 31st, 1994.