Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-05-04
AMONG THE
HOMEMAKERS

The Home Demonstration Clubs
in the County are very proud of
the fact that the Governor of
Maryland has issued a proclama.
ton requesting that appropriate
recognition be extended to the
women of the State and their
homemaking problems. This pro-
clamation was signed by not only
our Governor but by Miss Vivian
V. Simpson, Secretary of State.
Both would be very proud of the
activities that the Homemakers
are conducting this week to call
attention to their Program of
Work.
he Rural Women's Short
Course Club held it's Spring Meet
ing at the home of Mrs. William
Griffith, at Beallsville, with thirty
members in attendance, Monday,
May LIST. The President, Mrs. Will
ton O'Callaghan, appointed COM
mittees for various functions and
responsibilities during Rural Wom-
ems Short Course Week from June
18th to 23rd. She urged that all
members encourage others to take
advantage of the opportunities of
this week at the University of
Maryland.
Co-hostesses with Mrs. Griffith
were Mrs. Russell Umstead, Mrs.
Harry Meem and Mrs. Best Linthi-
cum. These ladies. served a very
beautiful Tea. The refreshments
were most unusual and original. A
beautifully decorated cake with
purple violet motif graced the
center of the table. d lie i o S
punch was served and other delic-
acies.
Also on Monday, Potomac Valley
was hostess to the Garrett Park
Homemaker Club. They served a
delicious luncheon at the Brook
mont Baptist Church. Flower ar
rangements on the tables We're by
Mrs. Nettie Mae Burgess. Hos
tesses were the young homemakers
of TIE Cabin John Garden area.
Mrs. Mark Harrison, a guest of
the Potomac Valley Homemaker's
Club, gave several piano selections
and Mr.. Howe, a member of the
District of Columbia Historical So
ciety, spoke on the Growth of
E2.mocracy."
On Tuesday the Homemaker's
Council President, Mrs. George
Ray, Jr., Joined the Home Demon
stration Agents in attending the
Breakfast given by tire Damascus
Homemaker's Club at the Damas-
Gus Methodist Church. Mrs. Mark
Thatcher, President, was pleased
to see the group of over fifty wom-
en- assembled to enjoy the Break
fast. About one-half of the group
were members of the guest club
from Four Corners. After the
Breakfast, Mrs. Herbert Hyatt
read TIE Homemaker's Greed and
Mrs. Simon GLAND read Edgar A.
Guests poem at Takes A Heap Of
Living 70 Make A Home. Mrs.
Rose Watkins gave an enjoyable
reading on Mothers Monday
Morning.
After the meeting, the Agents
and Mrs. Ray went to the home of
Mrs. Wilbur Luhn to see the floor
refnishing demonstration conduct
ed by Mrs. Wilbur Luhn and Mrs.
Eugene Walker. These two Pro-
ject Leaders had been trained un-
der Mr.. Malcolm Shackleford and
Miss McLuckie in March and were
teaching their club members and
some from Damascus how to re-
finish a floor. One room had been
sanded and they were working on
the second room when their visitors
arrived. Everyone was surprised
to find it was not the horrible task
that they had anticipated but with
the new machines it was really
pleasure.
The next stop was at the hone
OF Miss Marie Boland, of German
town, TThere the two floors that
Miss Boland and MRS Floyd Lewis,
Project Leaders, had refnished
last week when they taught MEM
bers of the Germantown Club the
skill. Incidentally, on May 10th
and 18th Mrs. Basil Waters is
giving this demonstration to men,
bers of the Laytonsville Club at
her home.
After leaving Miss Boland's, the
trio hurried on to the Potomac
Glen Homemaker's Club meeting
at the home of Mrs. Frank Clymer.
TEay got there in time for the re-
freshments served at 1890 P. M.
and to enjoy the business meeting
of the club.
The All Leaders, Mrs. William
Robey and Mrs. John Candy had
an exhibit of work done by the
All girls in that area. Mrs. Clar-
ence Streeter, the Project Leader,
had marvellous display of refin-
ished picture frames and framed
pictures, with which to illustrate
her demonstration.
The details of the other activi-
ties of the week will be told in the
next Agents write-up.
On "Wednesday, May Bird, at $3.50
P. M. the Home Demonstration