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Invercauld, Nov. 3rd, 1949
1,081st meeting.

Alice Farquhar welcomed us at The Community House for the one
thousandth eighty-first meeting of The Association of the third of Nov.

After luncheon the meeting was called to order by Anna Bussler, and
the minutes were read and approved.

For her sentiment our hostess read, "Truth had so much more power
over him than anger, that (whatever might be the provocation) he
would not misrepresent, nor exaggerate. "Also a short article expounding
the quotation.

Mary Farquhar read from Emerson's Essay of Self Reliance.

Edith Green suggested we look out atthe foliage on Saturday nite
when the moon will be full.

Helen Hallowell read of the "D.P.'s", of which there are still
over eight hundred thousand of forty nationalities in Europe. Of
these eighty percent are christains.

Catherine Adams, an article on the "Countryside Synphony".
the story of an orchestra in the Illinois town of Carbondale.

Deb. Willson read from a letter of 1799 written by her step
great-great-grandmother to her father in Philadelphia. She told of
a terrible storm, which did a great deal of damage.

Rose Gilpin read of Will Rogers/

Mariana Miller from the Ladie's Home Journel, "Beyond Thanksgiving.

Elizabeth Ligon, The Death of Mike Fink, from the Book of American
Folklore.

Esther Stabler read further from the old paper, this time an
article by our former member, Mary Bentley Thomas.

Isabel Wesley told something of the Morman's and their home
city, Salt Lake.

Margaret Jones, a poem, "The best work hasn't been done".

Helen Moore read of the use of Libraries, and displayed a new
type rolling pin.

Sylvia Woodward read of the use of the Telephone by the younger
generation.

Rose Hutton told us how to add one more day to our week/ Why
bother, it would soon be as full as the rest.

Fanny Iddings said although her grandfather is said to have written
many verses, they must have been distroyed, as very few have been
found. One of the few was a epethat to his dat. another written
to Coz. Hannah Chandlee who was named for his wife. We enjoyed hearing
both of these.

Helen Farquhar, a letter from her German friend, telling of a
moter trip through Germany this summer, returning to friends of her
childhood, whom she had lost touch with during the war.

Mary Brooke a sentiment by Phillips Brookes

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Under the school report we were told there is a membership drive
for the Community Library Association. The Community Fair is now in
progress.

For the Hospital, Donation Day was announced for the first
Sat. in Dec. as always.

Adjourned to meet with Bertha Crum at 12-30 Dec. 1st.

Mary Reading N. Miller