The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-09-16
DEACONESSES' CELE-
BRATION
R AND MRS. JOHN SENT, PLEASANT
VALLEY, ENTERTAIN THE LUTHERAN
MICONESS AND MOTHER HOUSE.

16fu SENT, or peasant valley, con
.sTd the idea of giving the Deacon
Sss of the Lutheran Deaconess anC
gaber House, of Baltimore, a day!
,rng on their farm six miles nortf
4 Westminster. The venture was sc
fhorOughly enjoyed by these yOunS
ladies', and the official staff of the
votber House, and brought with it sc
mucb real heart compensation to their
host and hostess, that it was quietly
derided, in the SENT home, to make the
event an annual affair. The program
vas carried out last year by fixine
mon a mid-week day in the midst OF
fbe abundant apple crop for which the
Senft farm became widely known in
1920. There being no apple crop this
year. or any other crop of unusual
size on Carroll County farms, Mr.. and
Mrs. SENT selected a weekend" date
for the outing, Saturday, September ..
Plans were at last completed, and
early Saturday morning, the large g.
ION truck of the Senft farm sthun-
dered through the streets of West
Minister on its way to meet that early
train from Baltimore, before many
own-folks had given any thought yet
TO the matter of rising and beginning
The days work. Pretty soon the truck
was rumbing back on it's return trip,
loaded to its full seating capacity with
happy, vivaciOus, jesticulating ladies
giiently bent on a real outing in
The county" A quiet count, by your
ureSpondent during the afternoon
revealed the following persons here.
there and elsewhere gathered in hap
gUQps after the lavish spring.
chicken dinner, playing games, renew
Ing acquaintances, exchanging Vaca-
ton experiences, or discussing
church conventions, problems, or
slated conferences: DR.. Charles E.
Hay, D. D., pastor of the Baltimore
lOther-House; Sister Sophia, Matron
Of the Institution: Sister Magdalene,
general utility mother about the Home
and the living cyclOpedia of Deacon
eSs Work and Woman's Ministeries in
general in the Church: Sister Caroline
Head of the kindergarten of the Moth
er-IIOuse; Sister Fora, Matron of the
Lutheran HOspice for Girls, in Bal
timOre: Sister Christine, Inner Mis-
sion DeaconesS Of the Maryland
Synod; Sister Bertha Sister Mary,
Sister Mildred, Sister Bessie and Sis
ter Theodore, all Of the Mother-House,
the latter three out in the Church as
Deaconesses of individual congrega-
ions. In the group was also Miss
Ross, of fredericksburg. Pa, Just en-
tering the MOther-HOuse as a proba-
toner.
In addition to the truck load that
reached the farm early enough for
the waiting breakfast of delicious ham
and fresh eggs, other auto loads arriv-
ed later in the morning and these add
ed their quota as invited guests" to
the DcacOness event Among these
guests were Rev. and Mrs. A. G.. Wolf
and daughter, Marion. Rev. Wolf being
pastor of the Senft family; Rev. and
Mrs. Harry ID. Newcomer, Rev. New
conner being the Superintendent of the
Inner Mission Society of Baltimore:
Rev and Mrs. S. J. Mcdowell, of the
Third Lutheran Church of Baltimore,
and regular vacation guests" at the
SENT home for the past four years:
Miss Lizzie T. Birely and Mrs J..
Bierly and daughter, Louise, from
near Uniontown; Mrs. Helen Bailey,
Of Baltimore; Mr.. and Mrs. c. Gordon
Siegmund and daughter, Catharine, of
Baltimore; Mrs. Claude Lawyer. oil
Silver Run: Mr.. Milton SENT, of Bal
tmore; Mr.. and Mrs. William Starner
and son, William; Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
v Senft and daughter, Eliza, of Sill
YER Run; Miss Anna Norwat, of Mari
on College, Marion, Va; Clarence
Welk, Misses Mary and Elizabeth
Starner and Miss Agnes Masonheim-
Err
The Senft family consists of the
PARENTS and their daughter, Annie. II
was, doubtless, in view of the fact that
outing" arranged for the Deacon
SSes came so near the date for the
hparture of Miss SENT to take UP
ShOOl life in Philadelphia, that the
Gathering was so large this year.
The day was ideal, for weather con-
ditions, and the large company
thoroughly enjoyed the freedom of the
large farm and of the hospitable SEMI
home. About the middle of the after
noon the games and the conversation
circles were again interrupted, ano
the large company was again called
TO the dining hall to enjoy another
spread; this time of ice cream and
cake. Then the large motor truck
was again cranked and headed for
Westminster Railroad Station. With
slncerest expressions of gratitude to
host and hostess for the delightful
outing furnished at their expense OF
thought, time and service; and with
many best wishes for the young daugh-
Ter Of the home for success in heI
Work, and much real delight in hel
new school home in Philadelphia, the
Deaconesses with school girl agility
began to climb to their improvisec
seats on the great truck. AS Mr.
Sehtt, the happy chaueffer, carried the
,Oad down the steep hill, from thu
Larm yard to the main road, with the
csrefulness of real father taking hi
sAlldren to school over treacherous
NY roads, rumpled kerchieves, some
mnat the worse for the warm day
~ear waved not only reluctant fare
we well to farm and family, but to an
; S,aer annual outing that had passed