Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1931

4] some proofs that happiness is not dependent upon wealth.

Mary Hutton – some recollections of an old timer – the horse car.

Helen Moore – no

Mariana Miller read of color and its effect upon the human being.

Mary Magruder asked about the Fair Hill Boarding School of many years ago – and passed around pictures of the New Friends Meeting House in Washington.

Lena Weld gave some interesting facts about the Red Cross and the Nutrition Worker here in the County.

Mary Nichols wanted to know if the Association has a representative on the Community Council – No – but it would like to have.

5] Julia Hallowell asked if there are two varieties of barberry? Yes, but only one kind – Japanese barberry – can be bought from the florists.

The report of the Community Council was read and discussed.

The Treasurer was ordered to pay the increased dues of $4.25, - the increase of $1.25 being to take care of the dues to the County Civic Federation.

A resolution favoring consolidated Alms Houses was passed and ordered sent to Governor Ritchie – the member of the General Assembly and to the County Commissioner.

The meeting adjourned.

Margaret Elgar Sherman Jones – Secretary.

Rose Hill – 4-2-19313 881st meeting

After luncheon the 881st meeting of the Mutual Improvement Association was called to order by Elizabeth T. Stabler at Rose Hill 4-2-1931 at two o’clock in the afternoon. The March meeting had been omitted on account of the death of a member – Anna Farquhar.

The minutes of the last meeting at Rose Hill were read – and the minutes of the last meeting read and accepted.

The Treasurer reported on hand April 1 -

2] $37.40 – and for the Social Service League $12.25 – The report was accepted.

Next meeting place – with Julia Hallowell.

Sentiment of the hostess – Rose Gilpin

Would you make some saddened heart just a little brighter? Would you make some burdened life just a little lighter? Drop a word of hope and cheer, set the echoes ringing With your notes of love and joy as you go a singing Just a little word of cheer lightens every duty Just a smile will often show faces wreathed on beauty Sprinkle sunshine as you go, Comfort the distressing

3] And your own reward will be Heaven’s choicest blessing.

Estelle Moore read an interesting article about women of the long ago their work – the economic side of marriage etc. – evidently the age of masculine domination. Needlework was of particular interest – the result being the development of the patch-work quilt. She then announced an exhibition of quilts at Brookeville Memorial hall on the 17th and 18th.

Question – When is the right time to remove the glass jar covering rose-slips? Late in May.

Helen Shoemaker contributed a very beautiful poem “My Garden”. Question - How