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Plainfield.
October 5th, 1950.
1,092 meeting.

It was real pleasure to gather at Plainfield on this
beautiful fall day, and have both sides open, and to welcome Dorothy
Wetherald as a resident of the Community again.

After a very fine luncheon served by our Hostess, Helen
Moore and her daughters-in-law, we setteled for our meeting in Dorothy's
charming living room. The 1,092nd meeting was called to order by Elzabeth
Grey, in the absence of Louise Hough, our hostess last month.

After the minutes were read and approved, the next places
of meeting were read as follows, in Novemberwith Rebecca Small at River-
side, December, Elsie Stabler and January Esther Stabler.

The Treasurer was not present, but had sent her report,
which showed all dues paid, and a balance on hand of $27.00.

The Sentiment of the hostess was from Joseph Fort Newton's
"The Stuff of Life". "The joy of life is in it's extras, the lovely
things we do, the kind words we say beyond what is expected of us".
Helen would like to find some dark brown unmercerized darning cotton.

Elsie Stabler's article was"Why fight sleep."

Dorothy Wetherald showed us some of the beautiful things she has
collected from all over the world, Brocades, a pineapple cloth luncheon
cloth, an old sarong, Javanese print, scandinavion rugs among other things,
all of which came out of the most beautiful chinese teakwood carved chest,
which is lined with camphor wood.

Mary Bentley a joke.

Anna Bussler some beauty hints.

MaryLil Moore, Helen (Stanley) Moore and Miss Alice Pearce ,nothing.

Fanny Iddings, "It's an Old New England Custom". Longivity in New
England, she read a list of some of the old purtians, Mayflower crew
etc. and their ages.

Sylvia Woodward on television, read a very clever parody on "The
Children's Hour".

Isabel Wesley read of the protein value of peanuts. India could
get more into the native diet many of their ills would be over, as the
animial worship has procluded protiens from their diet.

Mariana Miller read of heating a house with mirrors.

Margaret Jones read a very fine article by the Bishop of Michigan,
"The easy money boys", telling of how gambling is taking hold of the
country in an innocuous way.

Rebecca Small, "The land is sleeping", the storyof a gallant woman,
as told in the Reader's Digest.

Ethel Thomas read a joke, then asked what to do with pillows which
have gotten very soft. The is a place in Silver Spring, where, for a
dollar a pillow, you may have them renovated.

Mrs. Chadwell, a guest asked to have a bird identified.

Esther Stabler told of Edward Stabler and his drug business in
Alexandria.

Helen Farquhar read from a letter from Margaret in Paris. She had
been helping at the Friend's Service Center there for several weeks.

Emelene Hill an article on some lillies seen in an English garden,
the pictures which she passed around looked like our Lycoris.

Catherine Adams, an item from The Ladies Home Journel of fifty years
ago, suggesting some menues for women living alone, "twenty-five cents
worth of sirloin steak will last three meals".

Alice Farquhar an article about a person in Florida who longed to see