Evening star., 1946-08-18
Bethesda.Lower Montgomery County
Ladies Reluctant to Be A1Uay
From Community Activities
By Lillian .Arfhny

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In June when Bethesda commit
tee chairmen turned in their an
nual reports they said to them
selves land this summer I am not
going to serve on any committee
and I am really going to have a
vacation"
A checkup of these same women
after three months Of the vacation
has come and gone shows that
these same women are keeping up
rather heavy schedule of volunteer
work through the summer; and the
few who did keep their promises
and who got away for vacations
are back again and are taking up
their committee work with renewed
enthusiasm.
For instance, there is Mrs. Donald
Roberts, member of the Montgom-
cry County Thrift Shop Committee,
of the Woman's Auxiliary OF Sub
urban Hospital, past president OF
the Montgomery Homemakers
Council and an active worker IN
each of these organizations.
Mrs. Roberts and her son Ken
meth spent their vacation on an
island off the Maine coast. They
were there six weeks with the ex-
centioa of few days In quebec
and a side trip to Showhegan. They
came hack a few days ago and MRS
Roberts took over at once the Jop
of helning Mrs. E. A. Merritt, CHAIR
man of Executive Board OF the
Thrift Shop, on her plans Tor re-
opening in September.
The shop is being redecorateo
and there will be a new manager
Mrs. Ellen Imirie. The former
manager is moving to Uroana mex.
week and is unable to continue hef
Then there is Mrs. Robert Rich
ards of Woodhaven, the popular
nresident of the Potomac-Iiei'
Homemakers' Club.
She had a little vacation, too
she visited her mother in Mil
waukee, but she was away only lo
days and now she is hurrying pack
tomorrow to help with the Home
makers Club party Tuesday evening
in Potomac.
It was during Mrs. Roberts first
term in office that the club adopted
two French war orphans; and no"
each month the club sends two
large boxes of clothing and food to
these two children in France.
The party Tuesday Is to raise
funds to continue the help OF these
children through the coming year
Mrs. J. Leo Clagett of the Glen
Is chairman of arrangements Tor
the party.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, treas
urer general of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution. spent the
early part of the summer IN the
Berkshires. Next week she will be
off again to visit friends In New
York.
Mrs. H. B. Andervont, the new
chairman of the Junior Volunteers
at the Suburban Hospital, also was
out of town for several weeks. She
and DR.. Andervont went up to
Maine to take their daughter Caro-
lyn to Les Chalets Francois, a sum-
mer camp for girls where French
is the only language spoken. On
their return trip they spent few
DAYS with their daughter Barbara
at Camp Quonset,. and they visited
friends in Duxbury, Mass. DR.. and
Mrs. Andervont are back again al
their Bethesda home and Mrs. An
dervont is busy with plans for the
new class of Junior Volunteers
which will begin next month.
Mrs. Frederick M. Kerby, presi-
dent of the Board Of Managers Of
the Florence Crittenden Home. hao
vacation at Cape May, but she
did not leave until she had me,
with the Executive Board and out
lined plans for the years work
Mrs. Robert E. Freer, second vice
president of the board, will be al
Rehoboth until after Labor Day, but
she plans to be back home in time
for the meeting Of the Board o1
Managers on September 13.
Mrs. Gilbert B. Rude. Mrs. Ker-
by's program chairman, who has
been out Of town for the past few
weeks. also will be back home early
next month.
Mrs. j. w. Huyssoon gives most o.
her days, and evenings, too, to hel
work as chairman of Camp May
F1ather, the Girl Scout Camp neal
Harrisonburg, Va. Mrs. Huyssoor
began her work with the Girl Scout.
when her husband, Col. Huyssoon
was overseas and now that he /.
home again and she is occupied with