Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-03-22
Anita Eski|dson Is Idaho Bound
BY Kathleen Leary
woman's editor

WOiIldIl euItOT
In an era, and within an area,
rampant with status seekers, 1t
is both refreshing and regret
full to have numbered Anita
Eskildson among local resi-
dents.
Anita is one of those rare hui
man beings who does good
works simply because that's
what she wants to do. She seeks
no recognition, no reward. That
is why it is particularly regret
able the Eskildson family is
leaving our midst.
Hugo N. Eskildson is the new
ly appointed manager of the
Idaho Operations Office of the
Atomic Energy Commission at
Idaho Falls. He left home at
1904 Turkey Branch pkwy,
Rockville, in mid january, to
become director of the National
Reactor Testing Station and
purchase. new house for the
family to move into late in
April. Meanwhile, his wife,
Anita, is wrapping-up her
countless welfare projects.
In a surprisingly short period
of time since the Eskildsons
came to the Washington area,
in August 1850, Anita has
earned respect in many facets
of civic life.
Active In Church
She and her husband are both
charter members of Crusader
Lutheran Church, where their
services are well known. While
Hugo served on the Church
Council, and for three years as
president of the Congregation,
Anita became a Women's Guild
president, Council woman and
president of the Potomac Won.
ems Group of the former Amer
lean Lutheran Church. In 1856,
Hugo, a past national vice presi-
dent of the Ale, received the
distinguished Christian citizen
award of the Lutheran Church.
In the community, Anita's ac-
complishments are equally i'm
pressive. Only four years after
she joined the 62-year-old Wom-
ans Club of Rockville, she be-
came president of the group,
moving from welfare and pro-
gram chairman to vice presi-
dent. One of the younger mem
bers of the club, she is gen.
orally well-liked, but particu-
larly a favorite of the older set.
Interested in Aged
Problems Of the aging have
always been close to her heart,
and she made a fitting member
of Marylands delegation to the
White House Conference on
Aging. Prior to that Anita
served as CHRONOLOGY chairman
of the Maryland Federation of
Women's Clubs and as a mem
Der of the Montgomery County
Problems of the Aging Commits
sion.
In the fall of 1860, when she
was helping to set-up the State
wide Conference on Aging at
the University of Maryland,
Anita got involved in another
pet project, the National Sym
phony. This was the year the
Symphony inaugurated its first
concert series in Rockville, and
Anita Eskildson became ticket
chairman of the Montgomery
County program. This meant
she must lineup area chairmen
and volunteers and distribute
tickets. If the Symphony could
carry-on a successful schedule
here, there was every chance
the series would be a permanent
one. The last concert in the sec.
ond year of the series is sched-
uled Friday, featuring pianist
Hans Richter Haaser at Richard
Montgomery High School.
Organization Leader
Meanwhile, Anita began TO
climb the ladder in the Mont
gomery County Federation of
Woman's Clubs. Before her re-
cent resignation as LIST vice
president, there was every indi-
cation she would become the
next president of the County
wide organization.
In addition she has been serv-