Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-05-14

Of the Sandy Spring Friends Meet
ing held Sunday, May 10, at the
Meeting House. Even the weather
cooperated, for the day was per-
feet, and those of US who sat out of
doors during the service could well
imagine that in the early days the
trees were beautiful and the wood
thrush sang his lovely song even
as on Sunday.
Travelling in 1853 is more COM
Portable that it was in 1890 when
Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of
James Brooke, Jr. of Spring Lot,
married George Ellicott, one of the
founders of Ellicott's Mill, and rode
home on a pillion with her hus-
band. Riding double was not so
comfortable, and as told in Mrs.
Elgar Stabler's very interesting ac-
count of the first hundred years
of the meeting, Elizabeth said that
She would never return to Sandy
Spring, and she kept her wordl
The ease of travel today brought
many Friends from neighboring
and far away cities. Among these
We're Clifton Thomas who came
from st. Petersburg, Fla. Robert
Lea and his sisters, Mrs. Irving
Tufts and Miss Lucy Lea from
Long Island, Mr.. and Mrs. Junious
Willard from Baltimore and Mr.. C
Mrs. Carol Brown from Westtown,
Pa, as we'll as many others from
Washington and Baltimore, Charles
Palmer of Media, Pa. who was the
third principal of Sherwood in the
days when it was Friends School,
was also here. Mr.. Palmer is So
years old.
Other guests from away includ-
ed Mrs. Louis Rumford of New
Jersey, Miss Sadie Harrison of
Leesburg, Va, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert Dunlop of Chevy Chase and
1t. Com. and Mrs. Give Lawrence
of the British Embassy in Wash
ington. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
have recently bought one of the
old Snowden homes, part of New
Birmingham Manor which is on
the Laurel road below BurtonSville.
Mr.. Clarence Pickett of Philadel-
phia spoke during the religious
service, and at the conclusion of
that service, Mrs. Stabler traced
the early history of the meeting as
it was interviewer with the history
of Sandy Spring, the latter being
termed not so much geographical
location as Estate of mind" Mrs.
P. Garland Ligon's excellent paper
was on the hundred years from
1853 and touched on many of the
changes in the meeting. The his
tory of the uniting of the Ashton
and Sandy Spring Meetings was
traced. The bronze tablet placed
on the front of the Meeting House
was then unveiled after few
words of dedication by Miss Jean
Coulter.
!. Luncheon was served out of doors
at the Community House to nearly
800 guests. Mrs. Robert Miller Jr.,
chairman, was assisted by Mrs.
Frederic Gilpin, Mrs. Stanley Stab
Ter and others who prepared and
served hot casserole of chicken,
noodles, and vegetables with to-
mato aspic salad, rolls and ice
cream. with the usual ease.
The whole occasion, of which Her
bert Stabler was general chairman,
had a wonderful spirit of ITO
getherness" which was felt by
everyone present whether Friends
or lust interested neighbors.
The Queen Elizabeth sailing
from New York on June 3 will
carry three local residents to
Europe for a tour of nearly two
months. Mrs. Thomas Ladson, ST.,
Mrs. Maurice Stabler and Mrs.
Iris Beall are the lucky three, and
a fourth member of their party will
be Mrs. Ladson's sister, Miss Flora
Davis of Hyattsville. They will
land at lie Havre and then tour
the continent in their own car with
a guide to accompany them. Mrs.
Stabler and Miss Davis will spend
the last week before they sail for
home in Paris while Mrs. Ladson
and Mrs. Beall expect to go to En-
gland for a week. The travellers
will return home on La Liberte,
landing in New York on July %.
From the party schedule planned
in their honor, we think they'll
need an ocean voyage to rest up!
There are twelve on the calendar
to date, and if time permits, there
will probably be others. The first
Of these was the beautifully ar
ranged dessert bridge given
Thursday by Mrs A. Irving Smith
at her home, Allen Acres, where
700 tulip bulbs were in full bloom.
Mrs. Smith presented each of the
four guests of honor with small in
itialed leather cases containing
soap leaves. The ice cream molds
carried out the theme of the party,
as they were in the shape of steam
boats. Besides the guests Of honor,
those present were Mrs. F. Kinsey
Meter, Mrs. Isaac Smith, Mrs.
Norris Russell, Mrs. Francis Mil
Ter, Miss Estelle 7. Moore, Mrs.