Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-08-13
County Federation's Executive
Committee Meets.
The PRESIDENT Is Ill. The LADIES Dis
PLAY A DEEP INTEREST In The
COUNTY FAIR.

A meeting of the executive committee
OF the Montgomery County Federation of
Women's Clubs was held in the audito-
rum. Woodward & Lothrop's. Washington
city, on Monday morning, August 8. In
the absence of the president and vice
president, Mrs. Archibald Small, of Silver
Spring, was elected chairman. Mrs. Kirk
patrick. of Bethesda, spoke of the illness
of the president, Mrs. Getzendaner, and
expressions of sympathy and regret were
sent her.
Mrs. William Holmes, of Rockville, told
of some of the perplexities that are con-
fronting the county agent. Miss Kingdom
and after some discussion it was voted
that the corresponding secretary inform
Miss Kingdom that the federation through
its individual clubs will provide whatever
she may deem best in the way of prizes
for the work of the canning clubs recently
inaugurated in several parts of the county
Mrs. Holmes stated that prizes were al
ready provided for club exhibits at the
County Fair to be held in Rockville on
August 24-27.
Each of the clubs of the federation will
be asked through the corresponding secre-
tary to contribute dollar or more to be
used by Miss Kingdom for prizes at the
end of the season. There are nine canning
clubs in operation at the present time
1t was decided by vote to ask Miss
Pritchett to address the executive COM
mittee at its next meeting and explain the
work that she is establishing in the several
counties under her jurisdiction.
Mrs. Holmes, chairman of the committee
of the federation that is trying to cooper
ate with the Agricultural Society to make
the County Fair a greater success, spoke
at length upoR the work that her COM
mittee had planned, and told of the cour-
teous treatment that they had received
from the board of MANAGERS in charge of
the Fair. She says that sanitary condi-
tons will be greatly improved this year
and that as many changes in drainage
and bridging cutters have been made as
we're possible this year. 1t is urged that
the citizens of the county attend the Fair
and help make it the success that the Mont
gomery County Fair should be- An auto
mobile parade will be feature on Thurs
day, and those in the county owning au-
tomobiles are urged to decorate them and
enter them for a prize. The parade will
start promptly at 10 O'Clock Thursday
morning, August 20.
A baby contest, too. will be a feature of
the Fair. This will not be in any sense
baby show" There will be novel athletic
contests, also.
The members of the federated clubs
Throughout the county are urged to attend
the Fair this year, If they have never done
so before Badges for the use of club
members will be on sale for a nominal sum
at the restroom of the Social Service
League of Montgomery County and every
club member should procure one.
The work of the committee of which
Mrs. Holmes is chairman is endorsed by
the women of the county. Our county is,
of course, the best county, the State. We
should have County Fair worthy of our
county. Then let every man and woman
in the county help in every possible way,
beginning with attendance