Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-09-23
Cedar Grove Meets

ess to the Cedar Grove Homemak-
ers' Club on September 18th when
81 members gathered for their first
meeting of the fall. Miss Lucille
Priest, one of the members who at
tended the Rural Woman's Short
Course in June, gave report of
her weeks activities there. Miss
Priest was one of the three home
makers from this County who were
graduates at the close of the week.
Mrs. Ward Fetrow, President, pre-
sided and gave a nice welcome talk
to the group. She urged members
to hand in their reports of work
accomplished in 1913 and was
pleased that so many members had
their reports ready.
HOmewOOd The Host
The evening of September 18th
the Homewood Club, No. 1, met
with Mrs. DeRamus at 8 P. M.
Again there was a large attend
ance. Mrs. John Zimmerman, Pres
ident, told of the acceptance of the
County Homemakers' Council of
the invitation to hold the Fall
Meeting in the Junior High School
at Kensington, October Z, with the
two Homemakers' Clubs of Home
wood acting as hostesses and ar
ranging the details for this impor-
tant meeting. She said she had told
the Chamber of Commerce of the
fact and this organization wants
Welcome" signs for the group.
This is the first time any town has
taken recognition of our group
holding meeting.
Record Attendance
The Clarksburg Club had rec
ord attendance this month at the
home of Mrs. Russell King. Sew
eral new members Joined the Club.
The past two weeks has been the
turn for this club to send the Is
dozen cookies to the Annex of Wal
ter Reed Hospital at Forest Glen.
AS has been told before, each two
weeks one of the Homemakers'
Clubs has sent cookies to keep the
cookie jar full at this hospital.
Mrs. Theodore Jordan, Cookie
Chairman of the Club, had fine CO.
operation from the members. For
September 23rd and September
Both, the Cedar Grove Club fills
the jar. October 7th and 14th the
Burtonsville Club has the respon-
sibility and Browningsville will
care for October 21st and 18th.
The Cookie Jar
This is a County Council project
and all 26 clubs have lived up to
their responsibility. The County
wide Cookie Chairman for the
Council is Mrs. Walter Pack, Pres
ident of the Rockville Club, who
sends reminder to each club pres
ident about the time her club is to
send cookies. The fine spirit of in
terest and cooperation that rural
and village women show has been
an inspiration to all who know of
the project. The Red Gross Motor
Car takes the cookies from the
H. D. Agents office, if the club
does not deliver them itself.
Fine Attendance
The living room at Mrs. Roy
Arnold's was filled to capacity
when Browningsville Homemakers'
Club met en- September 18th. The
President, Mrs. Wilbur Luhn, pre-
sided and expressed pleasure at
the fine attendance.
A report on the float the club
had in the Parade at Damascus
and the part the club played at the
Ground Breaking Ceremony for
the New School, at Damascus, was
given by Mrs. Arnold, who had
some excellent pictures of the lat
ter event.
Lovely Ceramics
Mrs. Edgar Stephens, Project
Leader for the lesson on ceramics,
brought six or eight very lovely
articles she had made since the
training lesson. She has lovely
box in a woodsy-brown glaze with
u dusty rose on the cover, stun
ming flower pot in dull gray-blue
with rose decorations, several ash
trays and pins that show skill in
modelling. She is deeply interested
in this skill and will be fine
teacher for club members inter-
ested.
As several members were i'll at
home, club members voted to send
letters and cards of cheer.
Wheaton Meets
The 10th of September was the
meeting day of the Wheaton and
Rockville Clubs. Mrs. Harry Hill
yard, the angel of Silver Spring
as DR.. Hettie Parker called her
when DR.. Parker spoke to the
Wheaton Club on the need for re-