Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-20

ness of things somehow. Mrs.
Marjory Hendricks, this years
Montgomery Heart Fund Chair
man, evidently agrees with me.
Mrs. Hendricks has gone the
Heart Association one better. For
the past six years, even before
the county had its own organiza-
ton, she has held an annual bene.
fit on st. Valentines day itself.
On that day, in the memory of
her mother, she turns over ten
percent of her receipts at her
Normandy Farm Restaurant to
the Heart Fund. Patrons who pay
the usual price for the excellent
French cooking get in addition
games, fun and prizes.
I interviewed Mrs. Hendricks
in her cottage next to the Farm
the day before the party. Tables,
chairs and desks were piled high
with the paraphernalia for max
ing valentines and the prizes to
be given or auctioned off.
Since 1t will be too late to at.
tend the Normandy Farm party
when you read this, Mrs. Hen
bricks proved her loyalty to the
Heart Fund by urging publicity
for her rival. the Olney Inns
benefit Fashion Show Luncheon.
Scheduled next Tuesday at
1880 PM, the luncheon will ben.
eft the Heart Fund with tickets
at 81 each for a lunch complete
with favors and fashions by Nan
Richards. For reservations you
can call VIII 6-5757.
On Sunday, Mrs. Hendricks
hopes that you win stay home to
open your doors and your pocket
books to the hundreds of volun.
teer workers who will be cover
ing the county IN an effort to
raise Montgomery's quota of
$45,0OO.
This money will be used to con.
tinue the Heart Association re-.
search, education and community
service programs, and the Amer
lean Heart Associations Medical
Research program.
Besides the residential cam.
paign, Mrs. Hendricks originated
a new drive this year to collect
from the local business and pro.
fessional men.
An astute businesswoman, her
self, Mrs. Hendricks feels very
strongly about the large stake
which the business community
has In the fight against heart
disease.
She points out that last wear
1855 million man hours were los,
In the United States because OF
heart disease.
A short, gray-haired woman
full of vitality, Mrs. Hendricks
was fun to interview. She loves
to talk and as a former newspa
per woman and writer, she tell.
her stories well.
Well, naturally, we hit it of
beautifully after that. I spent two
hours in her comfortable study
with its view of the Montgomery
countryside. listening to the col.
orful saga of Mariorv Hendricks
girl reporter, starving poetess
statistical researcher. social case
worker. cook extraordinaire, and
business woman with a strong
sense of showmanship.
The cottage itself demands s
word or two of description. II /:
made. of all things. hen houses
whole lot of them strung ia
gether. except for the last add
ton of conventional construction
You can tell where they hav'
been linked together but Their
all resemblance to a hen hous
ceases. With comfortable furn
ture. and open fires all over tn
place. the cottage is a pleasan
place to live and work. Four q
the rooms are given over to OF
fees for her staff.
AS you might expect from tn
owner of Normandy Farm
where the trademark is five one
fireplaces. Mrs. Hendricks tolei
ates a furnace only where absc
lutelv necessary.
How did the girl who took grad
nate work i'm journalism and 20
c'al work at the University q
Wisconsin. Bryn Mawr and q
lumbia become a world famou
restaurateur?
AS Mrs. Hendricks tells II, IL,
a very amusing story.
Although at age six she star
tied her family by announcing al
ambition to be an Irish cook sh'
actually could not boil waite
when she was first married.
A kind friend took pity on MAJ
jorvs husband and presented he
with. Fanny Farmers Bostol
Cook Book.
Thus began Mariory's fascins
tion with food. First she wen
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