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The Highlands April 4, 1961

It was a pleasure to meet for the first time at the
new Highlands where Robert and Mary Reading miller have made
the new and the old blend for comfort and attractiveness.
Spring flowers decked the rooms and the tables where we gathered
to enjoy the unfailingly good food.

The Vice President read the resignation of the President,
Jack Bentley, from that office which was accepted with regrets.
Mary Moore miller who had been temporary Secretary consented to
serve this next year and was instructed to write Jack, telling
him of our feelings about this. Robert H. Miller was elected
President and A. Douglas ?Farquhar Vice President.

Helen T. Hallowell read the long-awaited article on Acorns.
John Kiernan, formerly of Information Please fame, told of the
many kinds of oaks, including pin, white, black, and mossy cup,
the latter taking its name from the type of acorn it produces.
He told of a brace of pheasants having been sent from England
to a man leaving for Ohio who found acorns in the crop of the
birds and planted them. They grew and J. B. Stevens of West-
chester, N. Y. has reported the third generation of oaks from
the original tree in Derbyshire, England. Elizabeth Ligon
then spoke of the enormous oaks at St. Solomon's Island, Md.,
either water or live oaks.

A a volunteer article, Agnes Kricker passed around a
book describing the exhibit of Easter gifts at the Corcoran
Art Gallery. They were presents from the Czar of Russia to
the Czarina in the form of animals, flowers and berries made from
precious stones and gold, given yearly from 1884 to 1917. It
was hoped that members would be able to see these beautiful
works of art. The Czar had wanted to prove that they could
equal 18th century art.

Sylvia Woodward was on vacation in St. Louis so we had no
Forethought.

Out Meteorologist reported:
1960 Oct. Nov. Dec 1961 Jan. Feb. Mar.
Av. High: 65 56 36 34 44 53
Av. Low: 45 36 19 18 28 34
Mean 55 46 27 26 36 43
Lowest temo. -4 on Dec. 23.
Total
Rainfall 1.9 1.3 2.3 1.2 3.2 4.5 14.4 in.
Snowfall 1 16 19 26 62. in.

Days some
Percipitat-
tion 8 8 6 9 15 15