Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-16
Montgomery HomemokerLeo Attend
National Farley In West Virginia


The County Home Demonstration
Agent, Miss Edythe M. Turner,
county council president, Mrs. C.
M. Upton and Mrs. Howard Smith,
the candidate for council president,
left on October 9Th for Jackson
Mills, w. Va, where the National
Home Demonstration Council was
meeting. The 250-mile trip was a
delight, the women report, the hill
sides and mountains were riot of
fall colors. Arrivals were greeted
by State Home Demonstration
Leader, Miss Gertrude HUMPHREYS
and her staff. The sunlight on the
famous All Camp, make the place
one of rare charm and loneliness.
The stone cabins used as dormitor-
les are bright and warm and great
fireplaces add much to the atmos-
lphere.
Every morning the rising bell on
the dining hall aroused the camp
and at seven-thirty the four hun
bred delegates from all over the
country streamed into breakfast
seated at 45 long tables. Before be-
ing seated grace was sung.
The National president, Mrs. ].
Wayne Reiner, who was response
BILE for the meeting, certainly did
a marvellous job in planning and
carrying through this great meet
ing. The extension group of the
University of West Virginia stood
by Mrs. Reiner and kept their fin
ger on the mechanics of the big job
of caring for so many.
Maryland had delegates from
Montgomery, Frederick, Hartford,
Cecil, Baltimore, and Allegheny
counties. Garrett County had a
delegation there for day.
Bus loads of delegates came from
Mississippi = identified by their
boutonnieres of cotton. Wyoming
had one delegate who was 87--a
real pioneer of the State. Nebraska
had As delegates and Kansas 40
delegates, other states had from
one to three. The large delegation
from Kansas was identified by at
tractive felt sunflower lapel orna-
ments.
Every session was opened with
group singing under the able lead
ership of Mrs. Winifred White
Bell, Music Instructor Victory
High School, Clarksburg, W. Va.
She had the cleverest lot of
Grounds" and had everyone making
joyful noise.
The theme of the meeting was
Harmony in the Home, Order in
the Nation, and Peace in the
World" All talks developed some
phases of this theme and most of
the talks were by Homemaker
Clubwomen from all over the Unit
ed States.
The most challenging talk was
given by DR.. Carl M. Frasure, De-
partment of Political Science Of
West Virginia University. He is
man much like DR.. Steinmyer of
the University of Maryland. He
told of the progress Of the United
Nations, the problems they faced
and suggested the danger ahead.
He said, "that unless the Western
countries of Europe are fed and
fed by us, we will lose the peace.
If Russia feeds them it will gain
the following of these countries.
We must follow the National Pro-
gram on saving food so we can
feed Western Europe"
The reports from the Amster-
dam Conference by two of the 81 |
American delegates were convinc-
ing along the same thought as that
of DR.. Frasure. Our Maryland del
egate, Mrs. Gosweiler, is a fine
speaker and an able reporter on
the meetings she attended when at
the conference of the Country
Women of the World.
At the banquet the speaker, Mrs. |
Pauline S. Maxim, was most witty, |
and she used her wit to forcefully |
stress the need for all Homemakers |
to speak with Zone Tongue" in do
ing their part to carry through the
Food Program.