Club Minutes: The Home Interest Society, 1927

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The 607th meeting of THE HOME INTEREST CLUB took place at Overlook, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stabler, May 2, 1927. We were warmly welcomed and spent a pleasant half hour talking with our friends before supper was announced. It proved to be a delightful repast to which every one dig full justice. Afterwards there was an interval of conversation before the meeting was called to order by Sam Bond. The secretary then read the minutes of the last meeting at Overlook, followed by minutes of last meeting at Norwood, which were approved. Mr. Hartshorn thought the road at Ashton still needed improving. Miss Adams has helped by cutting her hedge. The next place of meeting was discussed and Roseneath decided upon. Forethought: Lucy Moore sparyed currant bushes and roses. Watch fruit trees and burn caterpillars. Mr. Fussell advised getting weeds out of lawn. Mow it and carefully roll. Maurice Stabler and Edith Thomas were appointed as fore thought committee for next meeting and must be notified by postal. Mr. Morris' talk in place of essay was most delightful and humourous. Dr. Christie spoke about humourous poets, and said sense of humor often goes with sense of pathos. Committee on program report on one subject. Twelve subjects to report on. Allan Farquhar suggested arranging for six meetings instead of twelve. Subject "What I like best in Moving Pictures", Mrs Harry Stabler. It was moved and seconded that this subject be accepted. The secretary was asked to write to Mrs. Pattie Farquhar, expressing sympathy for illness, and a hope that she would soon be with us again. Questions were asked about hollyhocks, rubber plants, etc..., Mrs. Moore wanted to know why water leaked out of tank. Destruction of forests thought to be the cause of the frightful floods. Hellebore was thought the best spray for currants, pyrox for roses. Alice Farquhar, Secty.

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The 608th meeting of the HOME INTEREST was held at 1927 Sweetbriar in exchange with Springfield, in July. It was well attended by members and numerous guests. The hostess, Elza Bentley Thomas, knowing the appointed forethought committee would not be present, requested Norris Fussell and Huldah Janney to do their best, and they did, he giving a learned treatise on moles, and she sending the following: This is the dull season when commencements and June weddings are over and the sky rockets have not yet started blooming. The gardens are all planted and no one can offer drought as an excuse for a poor one. My store of useful knowledge is slight and since my Encyclopedia has stopped being a producer and become a middle man, I am reduced to the dictionary (but it is a new one). After all, as Josh Billings says "It is better to know less, than know so much that aint so." Ragged robbins and calendulas should be kept picked to make them continue blooming. Grapes should be bagged soon, Bathing suits should be mended and extended. Fishing licenses should be purchased - summer is coming. I offer this as an infallible receipt for preserving children: Take one large grassy field, one half dozen children, two or three small dogs, a pinch of brook and some pebbles. Mix the children and dogs well together and put them in the field, stirring constantly. Pour the brook over the pebbles. Sprinkle the field with flowers. Spread over all a deep blue sky and bake in the hot sun. When brown remove and set away to coll in the bath tub. The pectin test for jelly is as follows: 1 T. alcohol 1 T. cooled fruit juice A solid mass indicates equal measures. 1 C. sugar 1 C. juice Broken messes 3/4 C. sugar 1 C. fruit juice small broken masses 1/2 C. sugar 1 C. juice Edwin Morris sent list arraged by his committee on subjects for essays and those to prepare them. Elza Thomas suggested a memorial for Martha T Farquhar should be written, and Annie B. Kirk was asked to write it. Forethought committee for next time Elizabeth Ligon, H. H. Stabler and Edwin Morris. Bessie Stabler gave us an excellent and interesting paper on "What I like in Moving Pictures." Questions. Elza, Does anyone know of ice chest or second hand refrigerator for sale. Fred, What care barberry needs. Trim in spring and loosen ground. Lucy Moore, Will it pay to raise red raspberries for sale. Yes. Huldah Janney, How to avoid plating trees and shrubs which often grow too large for location. Milton Bancroft says

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florists often advixe unsuitable things to plant close to a house which will later obstruct windows. Study in various directions necessary to gain knowledge on the subject. M. E. Gilpin told of seeing occupants from several cars gathering roses off of Cherry Grove fence. Rebecca Miller, what kind of blackberries to plant, Evergreen. Anna Nesbit brought greetings and regrets from A. G. Thomas. Anna Farquhar toldof snake she saw at Cacapon, 46 in. long 16 rattles and a button. C. F. Brooke killed it with a stick. Milton Bancroft saw a snake near home, 40 in. long, marked like a grass snake, black and tawny, two and half inches in diameter. He threw stones at it and it coiled and shook its tail but had no rattles. Margaret Fussell inquired about electrocity for our homes. Bessie Stabler, why rose bushes are losing leaves? Pyrox best remedy. Adjourned after more than usually interesting meeting To Maurice Stabler's, August 1. Lucy S. Moore, Secty

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609 th Meeting. It was with real pleasure that the HOME INTEREST met, for the first time, with Maurice and Cynthia Stabler, on August 8, 1927. The name of the place has been changed back to the original name, Springfield. Our food is important, each hostess will agree. We hope that we had a fair sample of what future suppers there will be. It is said that there is fried chicken and fried chicken. We had fried chicken. And the Springfield hams are by way of becoming famous. We were glad to meet our new neighbors, the Hagerman and the Hurry's. Harry Stabler presided. The secretary was absent and a temporary one summoned. For the foerthought committee, the Chair and the Assistant Chair reported: Perennials should be started for next year; the late garden planted, and the chicken houses cleaned. If one has no manure, sow a cover-crop, as a legume, grass, rye, vetch, etc. , where the early vegetables were. This is to be turned under later, and supplies the humis which the commercial fertilizers lack.

The essayist was indisposed and had to leave early. Allan and Alice Farquhar told us of their recent trip went. It was interesting, and delightfully told. We will hit the high spots, i.e. when one is 70 odd, one sees it all. Rain in Portland doesn't wet. Allan went part way down the Angel Trail of the Grand Canyon, which shows his depreciation after twelve years . Next time he will go to the top and look down. A station in Arizona is a post with a name on it. Hollywood is a place of magnificent mansions, and not more than 75 1/2 per cent of the owners are divorcees. Del Monte is a summer resort, not a cannery. Floyd Nesbit personally conducted them through his mushroom establishment. His offer of coat and blanket were scorned, but regretted in "Pneumonia Gulch". They did not go to Reno this time. Flowers were wonderful. Portland was literally decorated with roses. And each arrival at the station was given a rose. Many new wild flowers were seen. The temperature at Salt Lake City was 100 to 102. And thae average Morman had about fifteen houses, like hen coops, side by side, for his ex-wives. Maurice spoke of fire protection for the villages. The boys have worked for good equipment, but they need water. Each village might have a 500 gallon tank, underground, to be used by the small engine, while the hose is only 1200 feet long. A dam on nearest stream was suggested, or a 2000 gal. tank underground. S.S.Bond, Allan Farquhar and F.L Thomas were appointed to study the question and report at the next meeting.

Questions: How can white silk hose be washed and kept white. Use whitex, or white rit. Mold or a tiny bug is on the ground under nasturtiums. It may be mealy bug. No suggestions for remedy.

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Sarah Kirk wants to know the owner of a plate left at the Hospital supper.

What is a good variety of gooseberry. Downing or Industry.

Speaking of Lindbergh, an old Ford went through, known as "the Spirit of St. Vitus".

Are apricot trees a success in this neighborhood. Not in the past, but there are new hardy varieties.

Cousin Ben Miller read statistics to prove that it costs a farmer more to raise his stuff than he gets for it. The dirt farmers thought that the time was figured at a city man's wage.

Lucy Moore sent a question: The tenants at Springdale will leave unless fleas left by former tenant are exterminated. She has used 100 lbs. lime. Is she responsible? If so, what should she do. She will lose tenant if she does not take responsibility. Try sheep dip.

Should cauliflower have attention? Draw big leaves together over head.

A softish bug with a stripe down the back is eating tomato vines. Spray with pyrox.

Does anyone have crabapples? Milton Bancroft has a few.

Will it hurt two-foot maple trees if the roots are cut ten feet from the tree, for the foundation of gate posts at Norwood entrance? No. Cover the ends of the roots with cement.

Will a car depreciate more if left in the garage, or run a short distance every day? Opinions were about equal for summer. If it is run in the winter, it should be run long enough to get well heated to prevent rusting. But good health is more to be desired than a long-lived automobile.

A memorial to Pattie Farquhar was read by Annie B. Kirk, and is as follows:

In lamenting the death of Martha Thomas Farquhar, one of our older and most valued members, the dwellers in Sandy Spring village, around which our Home Interest centers, and where she made her home these last few years, are constantly impressed with the gap which she has left in that small community. Never has one passed on from that little centre who has been more missed even in the two or more months that have elapsed since her death. The remark is heard on all sides, "How I do miss Pattie".

The Home Interest will miss her cheerful presence and friendly hand clasp, but her other neighbors near and far will miss her sympathy with the sorrows of others and the constant deeds of kindness for which she was well known.

Adopting as her rule of life the line which says, "I'll live by the side of the road", she carried this principle into her daily life to an unusual degree; and no descending

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