Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-05-21
News of Home
Demonstration

erS Club met at IL noon on May IL
at the Recreation Center, in Cabin
John Gardens. There were twenty
MEMBERS present to enjoy the
/ luncheon served by the hostesses,
Mrs. L. A. Dickinson, Mrs. B. R..
Stevens and Mrs. Wesley Curtis.
The club presented gift to Mrs.
Grant DeShazer, who is moving
to Frederick in the near future.
The agent gave the demonstration
on window Treatment" after
which the business meeting was
conducted by the president, Mrs.
l.. F. Daniel.
Mrs. Harry Weiss, president of
the Stephen Knobs Homemakers
Club, presided over the meeting
held at the home of Mrs. Leo
Fisher, who organized the club last
fall, on May 10.
There was much discussion of
the materials displayed in the
Window Treatment lesson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fisher have just redecorated
their home and the rooms and
accessories reflected careful choice
and beauty.
Mrs. Wilson Mills gave the
agent clever gadget for meas
uring accurately fourth pound of
margarine in tablespoons or a
fo,,vfL -, +ht,,l avs.
Thursday morning, May Ia, the
Lynnbrook Homemakers Club met
at the Recreation Center, at 10
am. Officers were elected, so now
all forty-eight organizations of the
Extension Service are fully recog-
nized as Homemakers Clubs and
MEMBERS of the Montgomery
County Council of Homemakers
Clubs.
Mrs. Ralph Beall, president of
the Council, was present and gave
paper based on notes from the
project leaders training school
lesson on Laws Everyone Should
Know" conducted by Mr.. Sumner
Wood.
There was good discussion fol-
lowing the paper as many of the
members were keenly interested
and very we'll informed.
This club accepted with pleasure
an invitation of the Derwood Club
to be guests at picnic in June
at the Agricultural Center, in Gal
thersburg. 1t has meant much over
the years for the older clubs in
the upper county to invite the
newer urban clubs to a recreation
al meeting and picnic. Interest,
understanding and friendships help
make all groups more cooperative
in all county affairs as these meet
ings are repeated.
The North Chevy Chase Home
makers Club met Friday, May Is,
at the home of Mrs. Jack II.
Schaum. Mrs. j. Phillip Schaeffer,
president presided.
The club was visited by Miss
Violet Faulkner, Home Economist
of The Star and Mr.. Truitt, photo
grapher, to secure a picture of club
members at a meeting.
This club has accepted an invita-
ton to be guests of the Falkland
Club, at the home of Mrs. Jean
Miller, near Burtonsville, on May
%. On June 5, the North Chevy
Chase Club has invited the Lay
louisville Club to be their guests
at the home of Mrs. Warren Black
well, Barnett Road, Bethesda.
Mrs. r. S. Marvin, organizer of
the Homewood " Homemakers
Club and now president, enter
tanned her club memoirs on May
II.
Mrs. c. f. Armstrong displayed
some of the loveliest stuffed toys
the club memoirs are making t.
send to Childrens' Hospital this
fall. There is a doll that is the
most cuddly type, that children
will love. No other club has used
this pattern. One will be on dis.
play at the booth the Rural Won.
ems Short Course Club will have
at the County Fair, in August.
The last newsletter the present
agent will send, went out Friday
thanks to the strenuous work OF
the Extension Staff. One thousand
three hundred and eighty letter,
take time to be mimeographed, ad
dressed, folded an denvelope,
stuffed. Other details of Winding
up twenty-one years in the sam,
office are slowly being completed
1t is hard to throw out man,
things, letters from memoirs nov
passed away but dear to an agen
rs they tell of the cooperation, tn
kind friendly goodwill that encour
ages worker, and many bits o
demonstration material now out
NODDED. The agent has a scrap bool
Of the Farm Woman's COOPERATIVE
Market containing the letters tina
lead up to its establishment, pub
licity and pictures that will b.
valuable historical data as year
go on.
Another historical data repor
will hold the names and years o
service of the Home Demonstra
ton Agents since 1916, when tn
Federated Clubs Of the county