The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-07-07
Annual Gathering
OF Homemakers
Over 1900 Attend The
State Council In
Baltimore

The State Council of Homemakers
Clubs was held at the Lord Balti-
more Hotel, Baltimore, on June goth.
Over 1900 women were in attend
ance at the gathering.
The Hon. Theodore r. McKeldin,
Mayor of Baltimore, presented a
book of Baltimore's history and a
key to the city to the State President,
Mrs. Atlee Armour, of North East.
The wood of the key was from
the original hand-hewn timbers of
Flag House.
DR.. H. C. Byrd, president of the
University of Maryland, spoke on
1.-THE Future Program of Your Uni
versity," stating that the Budget
Committee was then in session dis
GUESSING the problem of meeting ex-
penses with decreasing funds.
Miss Venia M. Kellar, assistant
director of extension, had THE Farm
Home in the Postwar Period" as her
subject, as did DR.. T. B. Symons, ex
tension director.
The highlight of the morning ses-
sion was a talk by Julie Marie Sopp
Colbjorsen, whose husband is menu
Der of the Norwegian Embassy. She
told how the Nazis took her husband
away for two days and how that 2
aays grew into IA months and then
she had to come to America to find
him; how they take the youth and
train them behind barbed wire to be-
come Quisling youth; how she was
refused passport because a Outs
ling friend reported that her hus
band had helped to get Norwegian
gold out of the country lit eventually
was brought to Baltimore); and of
how, because the Germans were I'M
able to take away the snow and the
sunshine, she was able, through ski
ing in bright sunshine (when none
thought she'd dare try to escape)
to cross the, Swedish border, with
the help of the underground. Her
comparisons of travel in Russia, In
dia and other countries. were most
interesting. In. the early days OF the
Nazi invasion of Norway, she had
trained as a horse nurse to save the
animals so badly needed When she
finally reached this country, she be-
came a member of the first Nurses
Aide class formed here. "You Ameri-
cans are so friendly and informal"
she said, $50 much like the Norwe
gians. We must do everything we
can to keep America as it has always
been-the land of the free and the
home of the brave"
Mr.. Harlan Randall, Prof. of Mu-
sic, University of Maryland, led the
music.
At the business meeting new Off
GERS were elected and chairman ap-
pointed. The new president is Mrs.
j. Homer Remsberg, of Middletown;
the new treasurer, Mrs. Fred Bull,
of White Hall, District A, which in
cludes Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline
and Talbot counties; has as it's new
director, Mrs. Thomas Brockson, of
Chestertown. Mrs. Kennard Rhodes,
of Queenstown, was elected vice-pres-
ident of the Rural Women's Short
Course Club and Mrs. Leonard A.
Renshaw of Centreville, was appoint
ed State Peace chairman,
In the afternoon Mr. Edwin War
field brought greetings due to Gov
ernor O'Conor's unavoidable absence.
Mrs. James Doolittle, wife of the
General of Toxic fame, warned that
all who are spending mony unwisely
are endangering our security. She
called special attention to the fact
that, while the war news sounds en-
couraging, we have only to look at
the map and see what small spot
has been invaded.
Mrs. Willard e. Tydings, wife of
the Senior Senator, spoke on "Wo-
mems Obligatin to Government. !"
First and foremost that obligation is
to our homes and families.
DR.. Harold Bosley, of Mt. Vernon
Place Methodist Church, Baltimore,
had "The Spiritual Side of Home
making" for his subjct. He said that
the things which matter most in our
lives are the things which happen in
our homes that form our character,
the quiet tides that sweep through
our relations with each other.
All Maryland homemakers owe
Miss venia M. Kellar much for ar
ranging such an inspirational pro-
gram.
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