Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-08
Hits for Mrs.
Mrs. Stiles
Epitomizes
Homemaker
By Dorothy Waleski
Staff Reporter

In celebration of National
Home Demonstration Week,
this weeks column is on Mrs.
Robert Stiles, Homemakers'
leader and mother of five,
who lives at Walnut Farm on
Shady Grove Road on the out
skirts of Rockville.
The 165-acre farm with its herd
of 100 Jersey cows is not typical
of the suburban area rapidly APP
preaching it nor is Mrs. Stiles, as
the mother five embryo farmers,
very typical, either.
But she is certainly good
example of Maryland's 1000 vol.
unteer leaders who include Home.
I maker activities among their
many homemaIxing and commu-
nifty jobs.
The weeks theme is "Today's
Home Builds Tomorrows World"
Mrs. Stiles major contributions
to Tomorrow's World are Ken
meth, ID; Blair, II; Mike, 8; Paul,
8; and Tracy, 3.
Since l visited Walnut Farm
during school hours l only met
Tracy in person and the other
four by their school pictures and
their mothers proud descrip-
tons.
They are a happy, healthy and
handsome lot of dark-eyed boys
and with Tomorrow's World in
their hands we can relax.
The three oldest are active in
All work with their father who
serves as leader. They start en-
tering their calves in shows as
soon as they are qualified by be.
ing 10 years old. A number OF
the family herd actually belong
to Ken and Blair. Mike and Paul
take full care of so chickens and
SO far have managed to save $2J
from the sale of eggs over and
above what their mother uses for
the family.
Ken is on the honor roll and
Blair on the merit roll at Cal
thersburg Junior High. In spite
of regular farm chores, they
lead an active social life and
the three oldest are also interest
ed in music and take lessons in
piano, sax. and, one day soon,
young Mike hopes to be a
drummer.
Not only are they the best
farm hands their father can hire
but they are also trained by their
mother to look after themselves
at home when need be. This
doesn't happen often but once a
year Mrs. Stiles takes week off
either for the leaders Short
Course at the University Of Mary
land or a trip with one of the
boys to the International Dairy
Show in Chicago.
A highlight of the latter was
the time two years ago when Ken
won a. first in the All show with
a three-year-old COW. Unfortun-
ately, the cow, valued at $500,
died shortly after that, a hard
blow for a 12-year-old to accept
but Ken managed with the help
of his mothers philosophy that
s there will always be other cows.
Walnut Farm was bought by
Robert Stiles father, N. G. Stiles
81 years ago and the first two
rooms of the present II room
farm house were built for his
bride that year.
In 1856, the older Mrs. Stiles
died suddenly of a heart attack
two weeks before her 50th wed.
ding anniversary. She had had
il children with six sons and six
daughters still living. As grand.
children and eight greatgrand-
children.
Now as mistress of the family
home, Hazel Stiles plays hostess
for the family get togethers
which take place twice a year,
once in the summer when the
daughter who lives in Michigan
comes east with her family TO
visit and once for the family
Christmas party.
The rest Of the year. Mrs.
Stiles family numbers nine in
GLIDING her father.in.law and one
brother-in-law. For this number
she cooks. cleans and washes
with some outside help OH the
ironing.
Her garden work Is limited by
an extreme allergy TO poison oak
but she freezes everything that
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