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H/9/1965-1-
September 7-1965 - In our 102nd year
At Roslyn with Vernon and Caroline Hussman

The name "Roslyn" aroused my curiosity enough to look it up
in an old encyclopedia, where I learned that there were three small
towns listed by that name. One was in Scotland, one was on Long
Island, New York, and the other was in Washington State, and each
could be spelled three different ways. However, the striking similarity
of the three places was that each was known for its beauty
of setting and surrounding scenery. So now we know why our hosts
have named this home "Roslyn", for the view in any direction from
here is truly magnificient.

After strolling around the spacious grounds, inspecting the
Hops growing on the fence posts, the many flowers and the cattle,
we gathered for the usual feast of goodies. When the stuffing was
over and the dishes cleared, Ulric Hutton called us together at
7:45 p.m. We noted that the absentees were the Bentleys, the Lawrences,
Bob Miller, the Francis Thomases and the Weskes. The minutes
of last meetng were read by yours truly and accepted as read.

Claire Hutton had just returned from a European vacation and
will show us here slides at the end of the evening. Bea Wilson informed
us that she had no "forethought" after all, because she had
recently left her telephone off the hook and had left her garden
hose running. But she did say that she had moved her big boxwood
bushes anyway, without Pete Hutton's advice.

Douglas Farquhar's weather report for August showed a high
temperature of 88^o on the 18th and 19th, making an average high
for the month of 81^o. The lowest of 47^o on the 29th contributed
to an average low of 62^o. Mean temperature was 71^o vs. 70^o last
year. The rainfall on 11 different days totalled 6.48 inches vs.
2.62 inches last year, giving us a total of 28.89 inches for the
year, leaving us about 4 inches short of normal.

Our Assistant Secretary, Liz Canby, read a long list of exhibits
others brought, but she and Rust couldn't begin to name all
the samples of dozens of things they brought, which were growing
wild within a hundred feet of their new home. Rust said that most
of us did not pay enough attention to the wild life in our wood,
including the rebirth of chestnuts apprently coming up from some
of the old stumps.

The Goffs brought Petunias, Zinnias, 'Mums, Geraniums, Celosia
and seed pods of the Jack-in-the-Pulpit. The Wilsons had Cabbage,
Squash, Cantaloupe, Bartlett Pears, 3 kinds of grapes, Crab Apples,
Sweet Peppers and some Sedum. The Farquhars brought some Parsley, Pepper,
Salsify, Cocktail Tomato, Summer Squash, Zucchini Squash, a melon,
a pumpkin and some Bentley Appls. Your Secretary's wife brought
Butterfly Bush, Blue Mist Shrub, Gaillardia, Pink Gypsophila, Gladiola,
Petunia, Physostegia, Snap dragons, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes and
a Golden Delicious Apple. The Mannings had Peppers and Marigolds.