Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1929

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1-3-1929 856th meeting

Norwood

The Mutual Improvement Association of Sandy Spring met at Norwood, 1-3-1929-Our hostess Margaret Bancroft welcomed the meeting most cordially-but the absence of Mary Tilton - who was ill - was deeply felt.

Hallie Bentley called the meeting to order at two o'clock.

The meetings of the last meeting at this place were read - and the minutes of the last meeting read and accepted.

The Treasuer reported the dues to the County Federation - $6.00 - paid leaving the balance in hand Nov. 1 - 16.90 Dues 1.25 Pictures 18.15 taken State Dues 5.00 Bal on hand - Jan 1 - 13.15

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2] Received for Social Service League $2.00 Due in 50ct pledge $15.50 Next meeting to be with Rose Gilpin at the regular time.

Sentiment of the Hostess

A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected it must and will bring forth - If no useful seeds are put into it then an abundance of useless weed - seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.

Her contribution was a story entitled "The Boar Pig" -

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3] Helen Shoemaker read a very interesting account of the ways by which food for fish in hatcheries is obtained. She also offered to any one who would have it a nice, little, well behaved kitten - one that had been dropped near Shadyside.

Ethel Adams Mary Nickels Hallie Lea and Mary Robison were without contributions.

Stella Moore read from the General Federation News entitled Happiness Makes Beauty - She asked what is the name of this organization - According to the rules adopted by the organization it is "The Mutual Improvement Association" - but upon motion duly seconded and carried (with the secretary's vote in the only one in the negative) that the words " of Sandy Spring" be added to this name.

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4 Sadie Adams wished to thank the Association for remembering her while she was in the Hospital - and read several interesting items. Edith Green a fine sentiment

[article pasted in text] Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth. It seems as if they could almost do what in reality God alone can do - soften the hard and angry thoughts of men. No one was ever corrected by sarcasm: crushed, perhaps, if the sarcasm was clever enough but drawn nearer to God- never.- Frederick Faber.

Edith was wearing a dress made from the lovely gray shawl which Cousin Sarah Brooke Farquhar - her Grandmother - had undoubtidly worn to other meetings of this Association in past years.

Mary Brooke quoted from Phillips Brookes

Mariana Miller read from the old Minutes book of meetings at Walnut Hill - Lea's Mills and Plain Field in 1872

Alice Farquhar read of what a woman did with basket weaving - starting with nothing she made enough to

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5 buy a farm, build a home and educate her children. No satisfactory advice was given to help the amaryllis which is not doing well.

Lena Welds article related to Milk Markets

Estelle Moore a most interesting account of "Igo" a rat killing fox terrior.

Committees Education- Mary Nichols, no report.

American Home- Mary Rohim had attended a meeting at the home of the County Chairman, Mrs Chadwick - with suggestions for etiquette taught in our schools- Cake making - Exhibits at the Fair etc.

Social Service- no report Resolutions - no report

Legislation - The Association re-affirmed its belief in educational qualifications for new voters - and voted to endorse an appropriation for a Dormitory for Girls at the University of MD.

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