Berks Society 7
Berks County Society of
Farm Women Group held their
Christmas Party on December 6
at the Pleasantville Hotel. Nine
members and their guests
enjoyed the meal, gift
exchanges, and singing Christ
mas carols. County President,
Ruth Walters was present to
install the new officers. They
are as follows: president, Karen
Hoffman; vice president, Naomi
Mest; recording secretary,
Dorothy Wagner; corresponding
secretary, Joyce Mast; and trea
surer, Barbara Kelchner.
Members visited honorary
member Ruth Merbein in Manor
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December.
The January meeting was a
luncheon in the home of lona
Houp. The by-laws were read by
President Karen Hoffman.
Janet Schlegel, Naomi Mest and
Pearl Hoffman attended the
State Convention on January
12th.
The Ijooks were audited by
Dorothy Wagner and lona Houp
and were found to be correct. A
donation was given to project
graduation O.U.M.S. Bash.
The February meeting will be
a luncheon at Shanesville Hotel.
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Apple Industry Rewards
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Produce manager’s displays
have been selected u the top fall
apple displays in die 1997 Penn
sylvania Apples retail display con
test held in celebration of National
Apple Month. Fourteen managers
vied for $2,600 in cash prizes.
Each first-place winner receives
$5OO in prize money for his/her
creative efforts.
York Society 26
President Athena Beshore
was hostess to York County
Farm Women #26 at her home in
January.
14 members 'attended this
meeting and Janet Lahr was a
visitor.
A report was given on the
Christmas banquet that was
held at Normandie Ridge at
York.
The by-laws were read by the
group and reports on the State
Convention were given by the
delegates attending the conven
tion.
Birthdays for the month of
January were Mary Conley and
Luna Kohler.
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The winning displays were se
lected from entries submitted from
more than 14 supermarket chains
and wholesalers based in Pennsyl
vania and New York. These retail
ers represent more than 1,400
supermarkets in the mid-Atlantic
Region. Produce managers built
creative displays in their stores
that featured Pennsylvania’s East
ern Select apples and apple prod
ucts.
Judging criteria focus heavily
on volume and variety of fresh ap
ples displayed; all first-place win
ners displayed a minimum of six
varieties of apples. Winning dis
plays also earned points for creati
vity, shopability, and cross mer
chandising.
Contest entries were judged by
Food Safety Workshop
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Volunteers at banquets, com
munity festivals or church suppers
often just rely on the cooking
drill* they use at home to prepare
food for several hundred people.
Professional chefs knwo the se-
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Delaware
Georgetown
Baxter Farms
Maryland
Dayton
J.D. Mullinix
Lineboro
Wertz Farm Equipment
Pennsylvania
Bechtelsville
Miller Equipment
Bethel
Zimmerman’s Farm Service
Bloomsburg
William F. Welliver
Carlisle
Carlisle Farm Service
Elizabethtown
Hernley’s Farm Equip.. Inc
Greencastle
Meyers Implements
Klingerstown
Stanley’s Farm Service
Lebanon
Umbergers of Fontana
Mifflinburg
B, S&B Repair
Oakland Mills
Peoples Sales & Service
Somerset •
Lincoln Supply
Retailers
geographic location of the super*
market First-place winners in
cluded: in the Eastern Region: Gi
ant Food Store #59. Mechanics
burg; Western Region; Kittanning
Foodland, Kittanning.
“This annual contest boosts
sales, builds enthusiasm, and pro
vides a partnership between the
apple industry and retail produce
managers,” said Brenda Bclcskr
Briggs, director of the Pennsylva
nia Apple Marketing Program.
‘The 1997 entries showed that the
produce managers put a tremend
ous amount of effort into building
impressive and effective displays.
Winning produce managers re
ported that sales of fresh apples in
creased by as much as 17 per
cent”
crets for safely cooking foods in
large quantities. Now non-profes
sionals can know diem too.
A Penn State workshop for oc
casional quantity cooks, the peo
ple who occasionally volunter at
events where food is cooked or
served to a crowd, is
available for your or
ganization. Nancy Wik
er, extension agent with
Penn State Cooperative
Extension and certified
master food handler,
will train your group of
10 or more in safe food
handling techniques.
Foodborne illness
strikes Americans more
than 12 million times
each year. More than
three quarters of the
outbreaks are blamed
on food eaten outside
die home. While such
illnesses can be as mild
as a stomachache, it can
be more serious and
sometimes fatal. Chil
dren and the elderly are
among those who are
most at risk.
Penn Stole encour
ages persons with dis
abilities to participate in
its programs and activi
ties. If you anticipate
needing any type of ac
commodation or have
questions about the
physical access pro
vided, please contact
our office
(717-394-6851) in ad
vance of your participa
tion or visit
The next scheduled
workshop at the Farm
and Home Center is on
Tuesday, February 17,
from 6-9 p.m. The cost
is $5 per person. Addi
tional workshops may
be requested for a group
of 10 or more at your
site. Call Nancy Wiker,
Penn State Cooperative
Extension at (717)
394-6851 for informa
tion.