Bedford County Selects First Fair Queen
Newly crowned Bedford County Fair Queen, Amber
Clark.
Beiges Society 1
The May meeting of the Berks
County Society of Farm Women
was conducted at the home of
Mrs. Ella Richard in Oley. We
repeated Psalm 23 followed by
the Lord’s Prayer and flag salute.
The meeting was conducted by
president Geraldine Marsteller.
The entertainment was Mrs.
Carole Fisher from the Berks
County Extension Office. She
gave us highlights on nutrition
and balanced meals. It was very
interesting.
We then made final arrange
ments on our 60th anniversary,
the next day.
The 60th anniversary was cele
brated with much success. Seven
ty-five women from all over
Berks County attended. We had
wonderful entertainment Ma
rimba and Chimes by two ladies
and a son. We had good food
and a good time was had by all.
The June meeting was con
ducted at the home of Mrs. Eva
Seigfreid in Oley.
The roll call question was:
What is your least favorite task
around the house?
The answer was unanimous:
cleaning.
For entertainment, we had the
Berks County Dairy Princess
Miss Cindy Bray. For her pro
gram she gave an essay about the
Pennsylvania farmer. For those
of us who were farmers, she de
scribed them very well.
Arts And Crafts Show
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) - mission to the show that features
The 13th annual Heart of Lan- 170 juried artists and craftsmen,
caster County Arts and Crafts A ilt wil , raffled at 5 p . m .
Show wdl be held on Labor Day, .; „ . , . i
Sept. 2, at Roots Market, Man- all proceeds donated to the
heim. Free parking and free ad- Make A Wish Foundation.
Program Chairman Agnes
Noll thanked everybody for mak
ing the 60th anniversary a suc
cess. And we thanked her for the
way she organized everything.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Ellen Snyder, our
annual Googie Roast.
Lancaster Society #2O
Lancaster Farm Women #2O
met on Thursday, June 1, at the
home of Helen Winters with an
attendance of 14.
Following the refreshments,
the meeting was called to order
by the president, Valaria Fergu
son.
For the opening, Jean Ressel,
in the absence of Velma Goss, led
the Lord’s Prayer and then had a
poem titled “Hugs." Following
the poem, the group spent a few
minutes sharing hugs.
Before reading the minutes, all
joined in the Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag. Several “thank you”
letters were read and the presi
dent stated that she presented
the FFA Award to Ryan Wimer
at the Solanco High School.
Helen Tout was given four
names to whom “get well” cards
should be sent. We received invi
tations to be guests of Societies
#l4 and #l5.
The meeting closed by singing
“Brighten the Corner” to meet at
the home of Anna Mary (Sis)
Groff with Frieda Wimer as co
hostess.
jeen cot rom . are . lark, Sarah Mowed,
Beth Ann Kendall, Randa Miller, Kristin Mirfin, Jessica Smith, and Michelle Toth.
LINDA WILLIAMS
I Bedford Co. Correspondent
NEW ENTERPRISE (Bed
ford Co.) Amber Clark,
daughter of Richard and Eliza
beth Clark of New Enterprise,
was selected as the first Bedford
County Fair Queen at a ceremo
ny held on Monday evening, Au
gust 7.
Amber is a 2000 graduate of
Northern Bedford County High
School and plans to attend
Mount Aloysius College in the
fall to major in business adminis
tration.
Tall and graceful, Amber has
been showing Guernsey cows at
the Bedford County Fair since
she was old enough to hold a hal-
Bake Sale Net
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
BEDFORD (Bedford Co.)
The annual bake sale held at
the Bedford County Fair
brought in a total of $1439 for
the continued maintenance of
the Bedford Fair 4-H building
fund.
Baked goods are provided
by the contestants who enter
baked goods in the fair and
range from tantalizing choco
late cakes to sweet tooth lovers
fudge to light and fluffy bis
cuits.
There seems to be no reason
as to why some of the bidding
goes high while others will set
tle for a $5 bid on a blue rib
bon winner. At the Monday,
August 7, sale, a pan of fudge
went to DeArment Insurance
for $135. It was bid by Peg
Wolfhope, an employee of the
agency.
DeArments was top bidder
for the evening, buying a total
of $207 worth of delectable
goodies.
A close second to DeArments
was Alden Weaverling who
bought $144.50 worth of cook
ies, cakes, pies, and homemade
bread.
The grand total for the bake
sale was $1,439.
The fun annual event brings
buyers from all walks of life in
cluding a local doctor, Eric
Weaverling who donates all of
his goodies to the fair contest
ants.
Ben Kendall, local account
ant, also does his share of run
ning up the bids and hands out
his purchased items to specta
tors in the audience.
Massage Therapy bought a
good supply of cookies and
brownies and also shared them
with the audience.
Volunteer auctioneers were
Stanley Claycomb and his
daughter, Linda Brumbaugh.
ter. She is a protegee of her aunt,
Bernetta Gable.
Contestants were judged on an
interview, a 300-word essay on
“Why is the fair important?”
and a question, which was an
swered on stage.
Amber’s question was “Why
would you want to be a fair
queen?” which she answered
without hesitation stating the im
portance the fair plays in her life.
First runner-up was Sarah
Howes, daughter of Stan and
Tina Howes of Bedford. A senior
at Bedford High School, Sarah
plans to attend college to major
in fashion and interior design.
Her question was: “What
would be the most important du-
Peg Wolfhope, representing DeArment Insurance, pays
$135 for a pan of fudge to volunteer auctioneer Stanley
Claycomb.
The bidding gets going as 4-H members bring out
the baked goods and Stanley Claycomb and daughter
Linda Brumbaugh do the auctioning.
ties of a fair queen?”
First place queen was awarded
a $5OO check while Sarah was
presented with $lOO. There wert
also gifts for each of the other
five contestants.
Contestants included Beth
Kendall, daughter of William
and Jolene Kendall; Randa Mill
er, daughter of Robert and Lee
Ann Miller; Kristin Mirfin,
daughter of Butch and Kathryn
Mirfin; Jessica Smith, daughter
of William and Terri Smith; and
Michelle Toth, daughter of Tim
and Becky Toth.
Janna Duttry, 2000 Pennsyl
vania State Fair Queen from
Clearfield crowned the historic
Bedford County queen.