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Helen Moore
Community House
January 7, 1971
1323rd meeting

The Association had its 1323rd meeting on January 7th, 1971, with Helen Moore and
Dorothy Wetherald at the Sandy Spring Community House. Bernice McLaury was chairman
and the minutes of the last meeting at this place and of last month's meeting were read
and approved. The Treasurer reported a balance of $2.00 and dues are now due. As this
was the January meeting, the rules and regulations of the Association were read by the
chairman.

Election of Officers:- For Secretary, Jean Coulter was nominated and seconded in
absentia; for Treasurer, Deb Willson was reelected.

The next three places of meeting are:- Eugenie Riggs in February, Faith Morris
in March, and Mary Lillian Moore in April.

The Sentiment of the Hostess was a quote from Abraham Lincoln on standing up for the
truth and those who follow it.

Eugenie Riggs read a piece by the Rambler about turkeys, wild and domesticated.
He said they were domesticated by the Aztecs in the 15th century, then they were taken
to Europe and eventually brought back here.

Helen Moore told a story about President Johnson she had heard on the David Frost
show. LBJ asked a guest to say grace, and when he didn't speak in a loud tone, told him
"speak up, man". The guest retorted, "I'm not saying it to you!"

Mary Lillian Moore read a poem on meeting the new year, and one on "Winter". She
had a question - who does quilting? Silvia has a list and will tell her.

Silvia Woodward read a New Year's poem, and reported 34 doves under her feeder recently.

Rose Hutton had a poem on the "Liberated Lady" - she can take on anything except
Fatherhood!

Rebecca Small gave an up-to-date report of life at Riverside now that Betty and
family are there.

Dorothy Weske read an article about the changes taking place at Eton, which has a
new and forward-looking Headmaster. The school is trying to shed some of its more
aristocratic and exclusive ways, but will still keep its tails and stripped trouserand
its all male enrollment.

Louise Canby read a parable set in prehistoric times - two primitive men are gloating
over their hoard of flints and don't notice the approach of enemies from another valley.
Their scheming comes to an abrupt end when the new enemy kills them with spears for they
have already entered the Bronze Age!

Betty Grey read a story of how a son's stay in Japan changed a family's ability to
see beauty all aroud them in their simple farm life.

Deb Willson had a very interesting book titled "I Drove Mules on the C&O Canal", by
George "Hooper" Wolfe. The Canal is 185 miles in length and was begun in 1828. There
are few of the original boatmen left, so the author decided to set down his memories.
The crew was made up of two adults and two boys, who kept the boats going 24 hours, in
shifts, with two on the boat and two on the path. He wrote about how different the night
was on the path, with scarey noises all around. The area will now be made into a
National Park to Cumberland.