Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-05-25
Homemakers
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club Making Bandages

Club met on May 18th at the
home of Mrs. A. d. Oursler with
very large attendance. This
club has been making cancer
bandages and during the Afternoon
the hostess presented each mem
Der with muslin and filling for the
bandage and the club made severa
dozen bandages at this meeting
adding to the 200 or so made at 8
previous meeting.
Croydon Park Club
The Croydon Park Homemaker's
Club, under the leadership of Mrs
Everett Trumbo, had a large at.
tendance at it's meeting the eve
ming of May 18th in the Extension
Office.
Five members of this club are
going to attend Rural Women's
Short Course. The club had a
bake sale recently and will allo-
cate to the five who plan to at
tend one-third of the cost of the
Short Course fee.
Attends Spring Meeting
On Tuesday, May 10th, Miss
Turner spoke before the County
Federation of Women's Clubs at
it's Spring Meeting, in Gathers
burg. She was asked to tell of
the activities of the Homemaker's
Clubs of the County and she illus
strated her talk with hooked rugs,
braided rug and some refinished
furniture.
Leaving the Federation Meeting,
the Home Demonstration Agent at
tended the Four Corners Home
aker's Club at the home of Mrs.
Myron Dieffenderfer at IL noon.
The club has also been very busy
making bandages for the cancer
project. Members enjoyed seeing
the beautiful hooked rug that Mrs.
Dieffenderfer is working on and
the one she has completed.
All Girls Feted
On Tuesday Miss Turner and
Miss McLuckie enjoyed the buffet
supper the Clarksburg Home
makers Club had for the All girls
of that area and their Local Lead
ers, Mrs. Russell King and Mrs.
Calvin Burdette.
Miss Turner On Radio
On Wednesday, May II, Miss
Turner spoke on the radio at 1915
P. M. on the subject of the Rural
Women's Short Course and then
drove to Browningsville Home
makers Club where Mrs. Winnie
King and her daughter, Mrs. Edna
King were hostesses to that club.
Several members of the Gathers
burg Homemaker's Club were
guests and many of them Charter
Members, no longer active, were
present. Z, q
Twin Brook Club Meets '.'
The Twin Brook Homemaker's
Club under the leadership of Mrs.
Leo Mccarthy is developing into
a most interesting club. This club
met at the home Of Mrs. Hamilton
w. Wells, The committee had its
Bylaws ready for club members
to consider and they will be voted
on at the next meeting. There
are now Is active members. liz.
AZ Members Present
The Rockville Homemaker's
Club met the evening of the 18th
with AZ members present. Mrs.
George Edmonds, Mrs. Emmett
Dove and Mrs. Roger Shaw were
hostesses. The President, Mrs.
Robert Swanson, followed the sug-
gestion of holding the business
meeting to fifteen minutes.
Attend Home Economic Meet
On Saturday, the Home Demon
stration Agent took four of her
club members to the University Of
Maryland for the Home Economic
Alumni Meeting, in the Mary
land Room, Home Economics
Building. The club members had
brought exhibits of handiwork,
which the Home Demonstration
Agent used to. illustrate some
points in her talk on "How
to build up a Small Business in
the Home"
Mrs. Hale Sehorn had an exhibit
of the reproductions of early doll
heads, which she is now making.
She also has reproductions of
arms, hands and feet. With her
husband, they have worked out a
formula and a glaze that gives
very satisfactory results. She is
creating quite market with these
reproductions for people who are
doll collectors and want some of
their old dolls repaired.
Mrs. Frank Clymer who had a
display of tea sandwiches and
cookies, well packaged, is building
reputation at the Farm Women's
Cooperative Market.
Mrs. Nicholas H. Piegari had
display of exquisite textile
painted articles, and Mrs. Theresa
Hillyard brought a display of the
ceramics which she makes so beau
tifully. After the luncheon, Mrs.
Hillyard presented her collection
to the Home Economic Association
TO sell for the Scholarship Fund.
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