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34 (Brooke Meadow, con). Argyle 8-13-1913

Where e’er I chance to roam
I needs must love the Laurel road
Because it leads to home.”

Adjourned to Argyle on 8-7-1913
Mary Bentley Thomas, Secy.

Argyle 694th mtg – 8-13-1913

The Asso. gathered at Argyle the home
of Thos. and Anna G. Lea, who are fortunate
enough to have their Muncaster children &
grand-children under the same hospitable roof.

Guests were Ellen Stabler, Helen Lea, Elma
Chandlee, Fanny L. Dickinson, Alice L. Dickinson,
Mary A. Gilpin, Eva S. Gilpin, May H. Tatum & daughter.

The sentiment was a single verse from
the writings of Goethe.

“Would shape a normal life? Then cast
no backward glances toward the past.
And though somewhat be lost and gone
Yet do thou act as one new born;
What each day needs, that shall thou ask
Each day will set its proper task.”

Helen S. Stabler read, from “The Country
Gentleman”, a very commendatory article upon
S. S. Md., giving a short history of various
societies, our Asso. among the number. There
are several good illustrations including one of “The
Asso.”, the mtg of Lydia G. Thomas, taken at
“Tanglewood”, in what year we have not yet
learned. The following extract is all we
found room for, but to those interested in
S.S. the whole will be enjoyed. “I wish to
emphasize the richness of the life, not of the
living; of the neighborhood, not of the people;
of the home life rather than of the fields – although
it goes without saying that the good
social condition must rest on the basis of
good and successful farming.” “These S. S.
people are proud of their Ins. Co, their Bank,