Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-06-27

certainly Jne Cheme song - Win
God Bless America" and "The
Little Brown Church in the Vale"
running it a close second. Just
imagine over one thousand women,
gathered in the new Armory, sing
ing together! The fifteen minutes
before assembly, three times daily,
when Harlan Randall, head of the
Music Department of the Univer-
sity, directed the singing - was
easily the most popular of the
day. He has always been a ia
vorite with the short course wo-
men. Some of them declared that
"Bing Crosby has little on him,
when DR.. Randall sings a solo"
SIS it possible for one to learn
anything in SO short and crowded
week." This we are often asked,
and we rather doubted it before
we first attended a course in 1910.
Perhaps it is not that one learns
great deal - but that the course
creates desire for greater knowl-
edge which we can easily satisfy
by study and by listening to cur
rent events on the radio. But we
do pick up useful and constructive
bits of knowledge too, despite the
short 45 minute class periods.
Most of the "a Homemaker
Clubs of Montgomery County
were represented by the A wo-
men VINO were quartered in CAL
vert Hall. Miss Edytne Turner,
Home Demonstration Agent and
Miss Virginia McLuckie, Assistant
Agent, were in charge, and while
the women were lively and had a
good time, Miss Turner pro-
nounced the group the easiest to
handle that she had ever headed.
Perhaps the war years have
brought discretion.
Our group has always been a
singing" group so, many re-
grets were expressed when it was
discovered that the Calvert Hall
living room had no piano. But
that was before we discogered
that Mrs. Florence Garrett, had
brought her accordian. Florence,
you know, is one of our county
public health nurses. She and her
husband are living in the Pooles-
vile section and she is member
Of the P-B-D Homemaker Club.
She was easily the star of the
week = always ready to play for
the group to sing or to dance.
Where was Mrs. Pitt? - we hear
you ask. Well, she was there and
so was her "gazoot." The "gazoot''
was right in her pocket ready to
be brought out to accompany the
accordian or-if there was a line
waiting to get into dining hall -.
somewhere in that line would be
Pitt and the "gazoot" TO lead in
singing some good old song. In
1940 Mrs. Pitt confessed to be-
ing 90 = she says she is not a
day older now.
This was the goth year of the
short course and we had one men,
ber who had attended every one
of those years - Mrs. Granville
Kinsey of Gaithersburg. Unfor-
tunately the week was a little too
strenuous for her and she became
III on the last day. Our county
had only one graduate" Mrs.
James E. Wilson of Gaithersburg.
She received many gifts from her
family and from her club, as well
as from the county delegation, at
a party given for her Monday
evening. For the greater number
CT the women. it was their frst
year. 1t was interesting to learn
that at least one. of them had
left the home in charge of the
man of the house. Mrs. Esther
Diller confessed that her husband
was taking his vacation to enable
her to attend the course.
Despite the singing - the pleas
nre the women felt in getting to-
gether after the break made by
the war = there was an under
current Of seriousness, a feeling
that all is not well with the world,
despite the cessation of war. This
was Kept before US by the various
SPEAKERS, almost all of whom spoke
OF the uncertainty of this
Atomic Age" no matter what
their subject.
me address of Congressman
walter H. Judd, of Minnesota,
was conceded to have been the out
standing one Of the ,ya.L uis
subject was unlocking the
Chinese Puzzle" and he pointed
out that without the cooperation
OF CHINA we could never have
world peace. Having lived many
years with the Chinese he has