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Alloway, May 5th, 1949. 1,075meeting.

After a delectable luncheon, served in the spacious downstairs room
at Alloway, we went up to the lovely, bright living room. Here Grace
Thomas, our past hostess called the One thousand seventy-fifth meeting
of The Association to order. The last minutes of the meeting at this
place told of our ninetieth birthday celebration. The minutes of the
April meeting at Graclyn were read and approved.

The Treasurer reported $28.00 on habd, and that she had sent the
check for $10.00 to the A.F.S.C for American Indian relief.
The next meeting will be with Slyvia Woodward, at Concord, with
Catherind Adams the hostess for July and Margaret Bancroft and Stella
Moore in August.

For her Sentiment Isabel read the inscription which is around the
entrance of Union Station, in[...]ashington, "Be noble and the nobleness
that lies in other men, sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty
to meet thine own.

Cousin Lena read a little poem which had been read her recently
by a school friend of sixty eight years ago.

Helen Farquhar read two poems from The New Yorker. " Chant for a
birthday in the early Spring", and, " The Old Gardener's Warning".

Esther Stabler read from the front of a Friend's Intellegencer,
a quotation of Benjamin Franklin.

Mrs. Anderson, a guest had nothing.

Elza Thomas read from "The Maryland Gardner", an article written
by Elizabeth Bartlett about her collection of paper weights, which now
numbers over 200, and is considered the second finest in this country.

Mrs. Marshall, a guest told us that after carefully considering
what contribution she could make to our meeting, she decided to show us
the bathing suit in which she learned to swim in Germany, at the age of
fourteen;

Mary Brooke told of the cast Radio Audience of "The Greatest Story
ever told". This deeoply religious program is on the air every Sunday
evening,

Fanny Iddings read a poem on May, and a couple of verses on Mother.
She had some stereotypes which she would like to identify,

Helen Moore read of the "Give Away" programs on the Radio,and
another funny story.

Catherine Adams read of Television, how the sales are increasing,
and how ownership of one changes family life and the budget.

Rose Hutton read of the prenniel favorite, "Little Women". Three
million copies hace been sold.

Stella Moore told us that "Education is no substitute for thought.
She was advised to call the Seventh Day Adventist Minister regarding the
small children who had been from door to door around the neighborhood
soliciting funds for the church. Stella questioned the legality of this,
and some of us wondered if the minister even knew of it.

Emelene Hill told of the latest addition to her Mottos, which she
had passed on to her son-in-law. the motto,"What is home without a mother
in-law."

Jo Small, a guest had nothing.

Sylvia Woodward,"Ode to Mother".