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The Briars: April 5, 1155th Meeting
(Margaret Jones - Betty Grey meeting)

The day was one of the nicest we have had this Spring, when we
gathered at The Briars for our 1155th meeting. Before lunch we, in small groups,
went upstairs to see our hostess, Margaret Jones, where she was ensconced in an
immaculate hospital bed in a huge, sunny room. Although unable to come downstairs
to sit with us, she was her usual very alive self, and her telephone right on her
bed seemed a symbol of her alert mental attitude. We were all welcomed in her
characteristically hospitable way. The lunch, or rather midday dinner, was delectable
and bountiful.

In the absence of Deborah, Fannie Iddings asked Katherine Adams
to preside. The minutes of the last meeting at The Briars were read and those
of the last meeting read and approved and, as usual, complimented.

The Treasurer reported having sent $10.00 to the Fire Department,
which left a balance of $24.50 on hand. We then voted to give $10.00 to the
Sherwood Scholarship Fund, and the Treasurer was instructed to forward this
amount to the proper person.

The next three places of meeting were read: Elizabeth Ligon in
May; Eileen Hill in June; Rebecca Small in July.

Betty Grey read as our hostess sentiment the "Psalm of Life" by
Longfellow. Betty read as her own contribution "Words to Live by", written by
Ex-Director of CARE, Paul French.

Fannie Iddings read an inspiring poem.

Rose Hutton read from Dean Achesons new book (A Democrat Looks
at His Party) "It is written so that the average person can understand it."

Elsie Stabler read "Sacrilege in My Heart", a beautiful poem
about Easter and an old crippled man. Her question was , What is transcendentalism?
Most of us had a vague idea and hooked it up in our minds with Thoreau or