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The Briers,
June 3, 1954
1,135 meeting.

It was a lovely June day that we gathered for the one-
thousand- one hundred- thirty- fifth meeting of The Association.
Our hostess, Margaret Jones was assisted by two of her daughters,
Margaret Gilpin and Betty Grey/. After a most delicious luncheon, the
meeting was called to order -/ and her grand-daughter, Joanne Gilpin.
by Deb Willson, one of our past hostesses. We first had a minute of
silence in memory of Edith Green, a cherished member, and Rebecca
Stabler a one-time member, both of whom have passed away since our
last meeting. An expression of love and sympathy was also given in
the severe illness of our Treasurer, Bertha Crum.

The minutes were read and approved, and those of the last
meeting at this place were read as usual. There was no Treasurer's
report, but it is presumably the same as last time.

Elizabeth Ligon, who will be our next hostess will have
the meeting at 10-30 in the morning, which is always agreeable during
hot weather. In August the meeting will be at The Highlands, and in
September with Helen Moore and Dorothy Wetherald.

For her sentiment the hostess, Margaret Jones has
a sentiment by Stanley Balwin, and one from Stanley Jones, with an
article elaborating on the latter. She asked for help in solving a
gardening problem, but none was given.

Betty Grey also had a very good sentiment.

Elza Thomas asked if any of us had good luck with peas
this year. No, it has been a poor year for them, we have had so little
sunshine, but also so much rain.

Mrs. Chadwell, a guest, told something of Luxenburg,
where she spent a month last summer.

Emelene Hill asked about spraying azeleas for a sticky
bug, not spittle bug. She was advised to spray with DDT or black
leaf forty. She also read an article and passed around pictures of
old flowers, some of them named before the calendar was changed in
the eighteenth century.

Katherine Adams read an interesting article, "To the
moon in 1984."

Elizabeth Ligon read from the American Folklore book
about a most remarkable man, "Big-foot-Wallace".

Grace Thomas made a plea for the apron table which
she has at The Hospital Supper.

Thelma Anderson read a sweet little poem.

Isabel Wesley about what is put in corner stones, in
some instances an surprising collection to want to pass on to posterity.

Ethel Thomas poems in diminishing lengths written at the
births of three children.

Helen Hallowell a paragraph from Darwin.
Dorothy Wethereld from her club book, "Mr Hobbs
Vacation", which was humorous enough to xxxx make us all want to read it.

Rebecca Small a beautiful prayer, and a subsequent
article.

Elsie Stabler a lovely poem, "Just Friends".

Helen Moore a comment.

Marion Mills showed a picture of a neighboring town
to her own Ponco City in Oklahoma. She also read a couple of "Chuckles".

Alice Farquhar read another most interesting letter from