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April Meeting

1525th Meeting
March 31, 1988
Caroline Hussman
'Roslyn'

The 1525th meeting of the Association was held on March 31 (in stead of April 7)
at Roslyn with Caroline Hussman. We had all agreed to the earlier date, four weeks since
the last meeting. Rose Hutton was chairman, and Caroline introduced her guests : Susan
Pardoe, from Cathedral School, Jane Riggs, and Carolines sister Louise.

Reading of the minutes of the last meeting at this place and those of the previous
meeting followed, and the Treasurer reported a balance of $89.46.

The Sentiment of the hostess was a lovely piece of calligraphy done by Louise on
hand-made paper : "Thou Art Thy Mother's glass and she in Thee calls back the lovely
April of her prime"! Caroline's question was : how to tell a teapot from a coffeepot?
A coffeepot is usually the taller one.

Helen Farquhar told us about her recent 10 day trip to Italy, accompanied by various
grandchildren. They stayed with a family in Rome, then drove to Milan (via Sienna and
Florence) where granddaughter Louisa lives in a 5th floor flat and happily is studying
sculpture.

Jane Riggs asked Caroline how a blind person threads a needle and we had a demonstration
of that feat.

Louise Megginson read a quote by Wendel Barry :"Peace of Wild Things" , and also told
us how she goes about the process of making paper - fascinating!

Neka Thomas reported on a letter from Joel Chasnoff about the Ashton-Sandy Spring speed
limit situation, and asked if anyone knew of a small house to rent or buy in the area?
The Hussman's "Goldberg" house ? Then she told how checks from the 1920's had been
found on her lawn - dug out and scattered by squirrels in the attic !

Joy Shotts thanked those who had attended the service for her Father.

Mary Lil Moore read an article about skyscrapers. The 9 story Sun Building at 1317 F St.
in Washington is the world's oldest skyscraper, built in 1887. It was restored as an
office building in 1982. She announced that Dorothy Wetherald had died March 17 in West
Chester, Pa. She is fondly remembered by many of us.

Nell Johnsen told about Phoebe Mills (Conner's granddaughter) winning the International gymnastic McDonald's American Cup; she will now go on to Seoul for the Olympics !
She showed us a new book "The Book of Questions" - philosophical ones to start off con-
servations. She asked about the little blue flowers behind the house - "hen bit"-Jane Stabler.

Mary Seiler read an article from the New York Times of March 18 about an ancient Egyptian
boat which had been found in a pit. Buried at the base of a pyramid of Isa, the cedar
boat's future is endangered by the 85% humidity in the pit.A tv camera of Black and
Decker had done a non-invasive investigation, but found no 4000-year old air.

Kay Metcalf read us more from Dick Farquhar's Ashton P.O. diary: a bad March storm in
the '60's; in 1963 rates went from 4 cents to 5 cents!

Louise Canby read learned facts about the uses of thunderstorms and lightening. Storms
serve as generators and bolts break up nitrogen molecules allowing their atoms to be
carried down to plant life in rain.

Mary Moore Miller had a good quotation for us.