Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-02-16
Homemakers
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Slip Cover School

ed February 1st and was filled to
overlooking when ten chairs and
thirty-eight women appeared to
take part.
The women cut out and fitted the
slip covers and in a few cases start
ed the cover for the cushion and
made the cord covering.
On Wednesday the work was re-
sumed and the final day will be
the 10th. Three of the Homemak-
ers who have been trained in pre-
vious Slip Cover Schools came to
help - Mrs. John Zimmerman,
Mrs. Cecil Smell and Mrs. Jesse
Nicholson. All three worked to help
with some of the difficult portions
of the different chairs and were
most valuable. Each one of the
women enrolled in the class will
help with a small Slip Cover School
in their own club.
HOmemakers Council Meets
The County Council of Home
makers this month missed greatly
the presence of their President,
Mrs. George Ray, who was i'll.
However, Mrs. William Bogfey, End
Vice-President, presided most eff
GENTLY. A review of the Special
Schools to be held this month was
made.
One of the meetings that all club
members should be interested in is
the Cancer Society. This meeting
viii be held the third Friday of
February, the 18th, at 2:3O P. M.
in the Extension Office
, Mrs. Charles Upton, President
of the society, urges every club
to have several members present at
this meeting. Mrs. Albert Cissel is
Membership Chairman. The dues
are $1.00 per year and will be used
for the material in the making of
bandages. AS all of the clubs voted
to support this project it is hoped
that they will show good response
at this time. Everyone is eligible
to be a member.
Mrs. J. Rene Hemingway, a
member of the Brotherhood group,
spoke briefly to the Council on the
need for understanding and toler-
ance.
Mrs. H. G. Wattimena, from the
Netherlands Embassy, spoke on the
Women of Java. Mrs. Ralph Beall,
County International Relations
Chairman, introduced Mrs. Robert
Richards, q friend of Mrs. Waltz
mena, who in turn presented the
speaker.
The young mother spoke readily
and easily the English language
with only trace of accent. One of
the amusing things mentioned was
that she felt when she came to
America life would be very easy
because of all the wonderful equip
ment. In Java one could afford two
servants to do the work but she felt
she would not miss them with all
the modern equipment in America.
She said she was quite astonished
to find all this wonderful equip
ment but found that learning how
to manage it was very challenging.
After the meeting was over the
Extension Staff with Mrs. Ralph
Beall had prepared a Tea Table
over which Mrs. Bogley and Mrs.
Harry Meem presided.
Home Repair School
On Friday, February 3rd, the
second Home Repair Training
School was held for those clubs
whose Project Leaders had not been
trained previously. There were
only eighteen women present and
much more was accomplished and
discussion freer than by the large
group last month.
Miss Helen Irene Smith, Home
Management Specialist, and Mrs.
Guy Gienger, Rural Engineering
Division of the University of
Maryland, weio demonstrators.
LaytOnsville Homemakers
The Laytonsville Homemakers
Club met at the lovely new home of
Mrs. L. E. Brashear on Feb. /.
Mrs. William Bogley, Mrs. Wade
Boswell and Mrs. Donald Fraley
were co-hostesses.
A new member, Mrs. Reuben
Nicholson, was accepted. Roll call
was answered by something the
members had done in correction
with home repairs. A letter was
read from the French orphan, the
clubs project for two years, thank
ing members for the Christmas box.
Mrs. Allie Messer, project lead
er, gave an interesting talk on
hon:e repair showing the tools
every homemaker should have in a
home repair kit. She also showed
many new household gadgets.
Good Poolesville Attendance
The Poolesville- GAINESVILLE Dick
erson Homemakers Club met Feb
ruary 9 with Mrs. James Runkles
Of Dickerson hostess; Mrs. Arthur
Hoyle, Mrs. Lloyd Jones and MI