The Maple Grove Homemakers met at 1:30 p.m. June 19 at the Waynetown Baptist Church with 10 members present. The meeting was opened by vice president Carol Vice who led us in the Pledge to the American Flag, Homemaker’s Creed and the mission statement. Judy Tulley shared an inspiration on kindness.
Roll call was answered with “your favorite picnic food.” Potato salad was the popular answer. We did not have any birthdays. Betty Jeffers had an anniversary this month.
The minutes from last month were prepared by Janet Fagan as acting secretary and were read by Rita Kirkpatrick and approved with two corrections. Treasurer report was given by Jeffers.
Eileen Matricia told about how marigolds planted around gardens and homes would help keep bugs and mosquitos away during the summer months.
The new officers for the coming year were installed and they are: Linda Miller, president; Carol Vice, vice president; Betty Jeffers, treasurer; Rita Kirkpatrick, secretary; Minnie Howard, health and safety; Eileen Matricia, membership; and Carol Crowder, song leader.
It was voted that we change banks and that Jeffers and McBride will be the signers on the new bank account.
It was decided that we would go to Lavina’s for lunch Sept. 18. We will have more information on this at our next meeting.
Our service project this month was cash donations and children’s clothes for the Kid’s Closet. This organization was started about five years ago by Jennifer Pruett and last year they were able to give away over 500 bags of clothes to families in the county. The clothes were from infants to teenagers.
Our service project for July will be non-perishable food items for the Montgomery County Fair which will be held July 14-20. There will be a trailer with the “Fight the Hunger/Stock the Trailer” banner at the county fair for collection of items.
The Home and Family Conference was attended by McBride, Tulley and Vice from our chapter. They each attended different lessons and each talked about what they had learned. Human trafficking usually affects children that are neglected. The best time to water plants is in the morning. Perennials can be kept over the winter in the garage and replanted in the spring.
Any item for oen class at the Montgomery County Fair needs to be checked in by July 13 between 4-5:30 p.m. or July 14 between 7-8 a.m. The pre-registration will be $3 and registration after July 7 will be $4 per exhibit.
There were 22 choruses state wide that participated in Indianapolis and Crescendos placed third and were asked to sing at the State Fair on Aug. 5.
There were over 46,000 Pocket Hearts made and donated by members, which was a statewide project and also a way to show kindness to the public. Montgomery County made over 6,000 hearts.
A thinking of you card was signed for Sandy Lightle and a thank you card was read from the Kirkpatrick family,
Our next meeting will be July 17 and will be a picnic at Tremaine Park in Waynetown. It will be a covered dish and we all look forward to some good food.
We closed the meeting with all members reciting the Club Collect.
Refreshments were served and those that had fossils brought them to the meeting and they were discussed as to what they might have been used for. There were a lot of different ideas.
