Evening star., 1952-06-22

Capt. F. w. Holt and Mrs. Holt
are leaving tomorrow for Grind
stone Island in the upper st. Law
renee, where that Gourmet's de-
light, the Famous Grindstone
cheese is made. They will be
away until after Labor Day and
during their absence their home
will be occupied by their daughter.
Naomi and her husband, Mr..
Keith Custis..
During the winter months,
which she spends in Somerset,
Mrs. Holt devotes her time to work
for the blind. Just now, she is
chairman of the Volunteer Work.
erS for the Blind at the Library
of Congress, and she is one of the
workers who are converting the
collection of Braille and Talking
Books for the Blind into a form
that can be serviced by the blind
librarians.
Mrs. Holt says she goes to
Grindstone Island for a rest, but
she entertai1s almost constantly
and the use of the word "vaca-
ton" in describing her summer
activities is debatable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Custis will be with
Capt. and Mrs. Holt for part of
the summer. their son, Col. Harry
Holt and Mrs. Holt will be at
their cottage nearby during July.
and another son, DR.. Sheppard
Holt, Mrs. Holt and their daugh-
ter, Caroline, of Waltham. Mass.
will be also with them during the
summer.
While In Grindstone, Mrs. Holt
does her shopping with the help
Of a speed motor boat and reads
all the books she had missed read
ing during the winter.
Another BetheSdan active in
local affairs. who is planning to
be out of town during the sum-
mer, is Mrs. F. P. Wilcox. the
retiring president Of the Chevy
Chase Chapter, D. A. r.
She and Mr.. Wilcox and Mrs.
E. A. Merritt, who Is back at her
Chevy Chase home for the sum-
mer, will leave in July for Big
winn Inn, Lake of the Bays,
Canada. The Wilcox have been
going up to Lake Of the Bays for
the past % years.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Boyer, Of
Chevy Chase, will also be at Big
vim Inn at the same time as the
Wilcox.
Between now and the time they
leave, Mrs. Wilcox will continue
her work on landscaping their new
home on Grafton street. The Will
cox place, Tall Trees. on Burning
Tree road, where they formerly
lived was one of the show places
of Montgomery County. In her
new place, Mrs. Wilcox is using
only yellow flowers. She has many
varieties of imported iris seldom
grown in this area.
One of the busiest women in
the county is Mrs. Mildred Hyde,
attractive wife of State Senator
Dewitt Stephen Hyde. Republican
nominee for election to the House
of Representatives from the 9Th
District of Maryland.
She helps her husband in the
management Of his campaign,
works for the Community Chest,
is active in the Woman's Club of
Bethesra. and. like every one
else in the county, does some of
the work and odd jobs that no
one else offers to do.
However. beginning July 4. Mrs.
Hyde will take a little time off to
welcome the Rev. Henry j. Whit
ing, old friends of the Hyde fami-
ly. when they come back to Be-
thesda for a few days visit before
going on to Hanover. Germany.
The Writings lived in Bethesda
not so long ago. Rev. Whiting
organized the Christ Lutheran
Church and was its pastor for
five years. He is now Executive
Secretary Of the Lutheran We'll
fare of the State of Minnesota
and on his European trip he will
attend the World Conference of
Lutheran Clergymen and Welfare
Workers in Hanover.
While in Washington. Rev. and
Mrs. Whiting will be guests of
Rev. Writings father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Whiting. on
Piney Branch Road, who will en-
tertain at dinner for them on the
night of their arrival.
There will be another dinner
for them on July z, given by the
charter members and "old timers
Of Christ Lutheran Church Of
Bethesda.
Miss Nancy Yesair will return
today from Coral Gables, Fla.
where she has been for . fort