Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1930

The Highlands. 1-2-1930 867th Meeting

After luncheon and a social hour the 867th meeting of the Mutual Improvement Association was called to order by Margaret Jones - past hostess - at the Highlands at two o'clock in the afternoon

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

The Treasurer reported -

On hand for Social Service League $11.50

On hand from last report 8.65 Dues to State Federation 5.00 On hand - balance 3.65 " " for Travelers Aid 2.50

The Report was accepted

2) Next meeting - With Estelle T Moore at "Wendover" at the regular time.

Sentiment of the Hostess - Mariana Miller

"If we but knew the secret of that power That opens the buds in days of early spring If we but knew what makes the robin sing His wondrous song just at the mating hour If we but knew the priceless boon and dower Of life when man is truly king

If we but understood the little things That vexes us just at the present hour If we but knew - ah well, 'tis vain to sigh And speculate on things beyond our ken We know that/ life is sweet/ earth is fair and /

And something tells us that we can not die And if we live and love the good, ah, then We face to face with truth some day must meet"

3] Contributions of Members and Guests

Julia Hallowell - forgot her glasses so could not read.

Florence Bond - Read from the Readers Digest of the Rag-picking business in Washington where everything is re-claimed excepting soot.

Stella Moore an article on the Motion Picture business and of an attempt to make them better.

Lena Weld - recommended that each one read an article in the [Delwester] in which Mrs. Coolidge tells of her meaning of Christmas.

Bessie Stabler's read of Mr. Hoover's War on Poverty.

Mary Robison - Alice Pierce gave their time to Fanny Iddings

4] Elizabeth Stabler’s selection was a very old prayer – as good today as in the long ago when it was written.

Hallie Bentley – a weary woman’s wail she just wanted to be an old gray rock so she could just “set still”.

Emily Massey had some jokes which were read by Hallie Bentley owing to the fact that Emily was too hoarse to read.

Alice Farquhar read of the proposed eight – hour day for women’s work – the greatest trouble now being to find out just how many hours a woman really does work.

Duane Stabler and Mary Stabler nothing

Helen Hallowell shared a part of a letter from a friend who runs Davenport Inn at Amherst – telling of the way they spent Christmas.

5] Fanny Iddings favored us with another instalment of Cousin Thomas J Leas' recollection of the Neighborhood many years ago.

Sallie Janney - contributed an amusing story of a salesmanager.

Anna Farquhar had selected a real rattlesnake story telling of the way the venom is extracted.

Isabel Miller and Sarah Kirk - Nothing

Helen Shoemaker said she appreciated the attention paid her by the association during her recent illness.

Annie Kirk gave interesting accounts of some research work producing rubber from plants.

Question - How was Ashton named?