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H/8/1965-1-
August 3-1965 - In our 102nd Year
At Mount Pleasant with Harry and Flora Goff

Many years ago in the days of horses, carriages, bicycles
and even "Shank's Mare", your Secretary used to visit and go to
school with the Wilson boys who lived on this beautiful site.
Even then the long lane graciously invited guests up to the spacious
house, but it was a rough, stony ride compared with the
beautiful smooth grass-enclosed driveway now stretching out beside
a very attractive white fence. As one nears the home, and other
buildings, at any time of the year, one is amazed at the absolute
lack of weeds and other farm clutter, so that one realizes that
the picturesque landscape was so well named, the Pleasant Mountain

As we gathered on the immaculate grounds among the vegetables,
flowers, fruit, foxes, squirrels, birds, cats, horses, and cattle,
Flora and Harry met each of us with a basket intended to be filled
with luscious plums from their abundantly laden trees. Most of us
proceeded to stuff our persons and baskets with "Abundance" until
Flora called the Society together with the chiens of her dinner bell.

After everyone enjoyed a tremendous and varied repast, your
host retreated to the barn yard, where under the watchful eye of
your Secretary, he proceeded to hypnotize 3 beautiful horses into
cantering a quarter of a mile in from the meadow to be fed in their
own individual stalls. The friendly bonds between horses and the
master were very apparent.

Our President, Ulruc Hutton, was able to call the Society to
order at 7:50 pm. The absentees were Jack Bently, Rust and Liz
Canby, Buzz and Caroline Hussman, Rose Hutton, Bob and Mary Reading
Miller, Dale Thomas, John and Dorothy Weske, Walter and Bea Wilson.
The minutes of the previous meeting wre then accepted as read.

Ellis Manning gave us an excellent reading of the "West Virginia's
Big Cleanup" in the June issue of the Reader's Digest. It seems
that one of the most litter-ridden states became one of the cleanest,
under the direction of a 34-year-old Charleston businessman, Raymond
George, just since 1961. From the Governor right down thru many
organizations more than 50,000 persons were involved, setting a fine
example for Maryland and other states to follow. Between all the
litter bugs and litter bags mentioned in tharticle, Ellis could be
excused for mixing some of them up, as he was also interrupted by
a beautifully toned Grandfather clock chiming in the hall.

Wendy Lawrence commented that the Mid County Jaycees were helping
to beautify our area, and Claire Hutton suggested that the school
children might be trained to help out also. The President suggested
that the Secretary might write to the Jaycees, calling attention to
West Virginia's tremendous efforts and offering possible help from
this Society to the Jaycees.

In the absence of Bea Wilson, no one else had any "forethought"
so we settled on the Douglass Farquhar's weather report, which turned out
to be "dry reading" for July. Measurable rain fell on only 8 days.