Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-22
Among The Homemakers
Cedar Grove

Cedar Grove
Mrs. Ward Fetrow presided over
the Homemakers Clubs at Cedar
Grove in the home of Mrs. Ada
Main with Mrs. Richard Schaeffer
her co-hostess.
The year book was given to each
member. There are now 44 active
members in this club, with SO pres
ent on January IL.
HOmewOOd Club No. 1
The evening of January IL, Mrs.
Milan Jerabek was hostess to the
Homewood Number l club. Mrs.
John Zimmerman, president, gave
her members the very beautiful
year books she and her program
committee had made for all the
members. Mrs. Zimmerman had
written out the duties of her va
rious project chairmen so that they
would have a definite record of
each responsibility.
The club voted to send at least
enc box to European family each
month and discussed ways and
means of raising money for Care
Boxes. One Care Box has been
sent and three boxes of clothing,
two of the clothing boxes going to
France and one to Poland.
At both meetings the agent gave
the monthly demonstration.
Clarksburg Cancels Meet
Due to illness among the menl-
bers of the Clarksburg Club their
meeting was cancelled on Tuesday
January 10, so the agenW finally
got at the cleaning of her office
files. One drawer was completed
and there are now only eight more
drawers to reorganize. 81
Gaithersburg Meets
The club at Gaithersburg had A
members meeting at the home of
Mrs. Ernest Gartner. The presi-
dent, Mrs. Willard Gartner, gave a
report of the community work
done by the club in 1947 and asked
members what community project
they wished to carry in 1913. Sug-
geetions from the members are to
be turned in at the February meet
ing.
Tribute To Mrs. HoyIe
Mrs. F. H. Walkinshaw assisted
by Miss Clever and Mrs. Best
Linthicum entertained the large
Poolesville GAINESVILLE Dicker-
son Club on January Is. Mrs.
Harry c. Meem, Jr., president, had
charge of the meeting. The Christ
mas Opportunity Chairman re-
ported on the family the club had
provided for.
The club voted to purchase
tuberculosis Seal Bond.
Mrs. Robert Gray wrote a very
beautiful tribute to the late Mrs.
Jones Hoyle and the club resolved
that copy be placed in the min
utes for a permanent record. Sew
eral new members were added to
the club and the team captains
chosen to keep track of the at
tendance for 1913 were Mrs. Best
Llhthicum and Ms. Earl Shreve.
Mrs. Best Linthicum was also
made chairman to work on the ex-
hihit for National Home Demon
stration Week in May.
The Rockville Club
The Rockville Club met in the
County Extension office with Mrs.
Stella Martz, Mrs. Inez Shead and
Mrs. Florence Robertson as host
esses. The president, Mrs. Walter
Pack, presided and appointed the
committees for the year.
Club members expressed deep
sympathy 10 Mrs. Leo German,
whose 5-year-old son passed away
early in January. ,stt
Mrs. Douglas Mills in charge of
recreation put on clever skit aft
er the agents demonstration on
the care of stoves.
Cookies From The Clubs
A very nice letter was received
from the office Of the American
Red Cross thanking the Home
makers Clubs for the 220 dozen
cookies that the Germantown,
Poolesville GAINESVILLE Dicker-
son, Gaithersburg and Potomac
Glen members made for the pa
tients at the Naval Hospital over
Christmas.
The clubs are now following
their other cookie project, the one