Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-10-07
History Of The WOman's
Club OF Jamestown
Continued from Page 81

oy MISS EllZaDeth Rice and gave
the following information: "The
past twelve months of our club
year have been wonderfully his
toric and busy ones. We have tried
to do our part in Red Cross and
relief work by giving of our time
and our means. And now what
shall we do with our war work
committees? We have learned
many things beside the actual
work. We have met and enjoyed
people we would probably never
have known otherwise and we have
widened our interests beyond set
circle of friends. We hope we will
not lose these new contacts"
We continued our meetings dur
ing the Second World War be-
cause we felt that our war effort
justified our meetings. Our War
Service Committee was very active
and sponsored many worthy prof.
ects, among which were service
kits for soldiers, afghans for hos
pitfalls, birthday boxes for conva-
lescent soldiers, gifts at Christ
mas, the care of a needy French
child, oversee boxes of food for
prisoners and many other activi-
ties.
We have our lighter side too.
Last year we revived the fashions
of former times in program en-
titled, Fun from Fashions. Old
costumes were taken from attic
trunks and worn by a younger
generation, while descriptive lines
were read, and songs suitable to
the occasion were sung.
Twice we have celebrated our
birthday, the twenty-ffth and to-
day, our fftieth. When our club
was twenty-five years old, our
celebration was held in the old
Andrew Small Academy. Guest
clubs were invited, an interesting
program was given, and members
and friends enjoyed large birth
Gay cake decorated with twenty
five candles.
Our annual outings have taken
us to the lawns of members, at
Seneca, to the former Allnutt
bungalow and to Riverside Inn, to
the Game Preserve near Gathers
burg, to Brook Farm Inn, to Nor
mandy Farm, to Olney Inn, and to
the Old Georgetown Inn under two
arrangements.
Before closing this brief sketch
of our clubs history, we would
like to give the names of some of
our earliest members. They include
the names of Mrs. Humphrey Cis-
sci, Mrs. Walter Stone, Mrs.
Brooke Vincent, Miss Ursula Beall,
Mrs. Ernest Darby, Mrs. Hugh
Reading, Mrs. Mildred Rice, Mrs.
Il. B. Beall, Miss Ida Clagett, Mrs.
James Windsor, ST., Mrs. Charles
Nourse, Mrs. Charles DuFief, Miss
Lilly Green, Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Charles Lyddane, Mrs. John Gas
saway, Mrs. Alexander Gassaway,
Miss Mazda Fisher.
We also numbered among our
honorary members, Miss Amy E.
Blanchard, who was the author IF
many interesting children's books;
and Miss Annie Greenfield, who
was the author of some beautiful
poems.
For these early members of our
club, we wish to express our APP
probation of their sterling quail
ties, their determination to make
their club a worthy community or
ganization, and their continued
endeavor to grow in knowledge
and strength. Their effort has Civ
en- the present members a feeling
of responsibility to strive for
greater achievements in the years
to come.
AS a conclusion to this sketch,
would like to give this quotation,
which is taken from one of the
early calendars, and which | feel
is particularly appropriate for
this group:
God grant that we may live upon
this earth,
And face the tasks which every
morning brings,
And never lose the glory and the
worth
Of humble service and the simple
things"
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