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Helen Farquhar asked if anyone knew of
the location of Ricketts [Inn or Run] near Sandy Spring.
No certain answer - lots of guesses.

Does anyone know who Hallie Bentley was? A
[Chaulee ] who married Edward Bentley. A man
was looking for the grave of old man Ents who
was a blacksmith in Ashton.

Mary Reading Miller read an amusing poem about
forgetting. "Have I just put food away or am I
here to take it out of the frigerator?"

Beth Bullard read an article frm Astronomy
Magazine relating some facts to the film ET.
It would take 50,000 years for a message to
be sent and returned from M13. There are 2
billion stars in our galaxy. Odds good that there
is life.

Betty Hartge read a letter from son John written
phonetically.
Question Who was William Farquhar. A. D. Farquhar
grandfather also a teacher and the first
president of the school board.

Eugenie Riggs gave more information on the ball
point pen from the Johns Hopkins Journal. 1935
was the first year of the ball point pen. It was used
by British Air Force during World War II.

Mary Moore Miller told us about a weight clinic
the Acu Form Weight Control Center. Weight control is
based on acupressure - acupuncture without the
needles. The dieter uses an ear mold placed in the ear
15 minutes before eating.

Bettu Gray Read from Portraitsby James Metcalf, "The
greatest chance we take may be in the life we have
thrown away."

Hospital Report - Election of new officers, Ann Wilson
is the new president.