February 1939
Mrs. Walter Speicher was hostess to the Carroll Garden Club at her home in Uniontown on Wednesday, February 1st. The President and Vice-President being absent, Mrs. Charles Hesson of New Windsor presided.
The program was a departure from the usual flower study and dealt with outstanding events in February. The responses to roll call were incidents in the lives of famous persons born in this month. The minutes were read and adopted. The plans to make some extra money for the club were laid aside until another meeting.
Mrs. Buckey’s motion to have the flower show in the fall was passed.
The program for April will be an informative talk on evergreens by Mr. Daniel Stoner, who will also give suggestions of flower seeds to plant now for best exhibition flowers for the show.
After this short business session, the program opened with the song “My Maryland”. Mrs. William McInstry read an interesting article on the month of February which was followed by a reading from Mrs. Charles Hesson on Washington and Lincoln. A humorous reading, “Memories of Washington” was given by Miss Marianna Snader. An amusing song, “The Cherry Tree” to the tune of “Yankee Doodle“* was sung by the club.
Mrs. Lewis Measler read an article, “The World’s Mores” comparing the present with that of Washington’s times. “A Tribute to Colonial Dames” was read by Mrs. J.E. Barnes. The song, “To All Patriotic Dames” to the tune of “Auld Land Syne” closed this enjoyable program.
After adjournment the hostess served tea with sandwiches, cookies and candy suggestive of Valentine’s Day.
Mrs. L.E. Stauffer, President
Marie Senseny, Sec.
* Good Things for Washington and Lincoln Birthdays by Marie Irish 1914
The Cherry Tree
Song for Little Folks
Tune: Yankee Doodle
Long Years ago when Washington
Was just a little laddie
He chopped down a fine cherry tree
Belonging to his daddy.
CHORUS
Oh, I cannot tell a lie,
Georgie was a bad chap!
When his hatchet went chop, chop,
He should have had a slap, slap.
(Slap one hand sharpy with the other at “slap, slap”.)
The cherry tree, had it but lived
And not died by a chop, chop,
Of cherries would have borne a ton,
A bountiful and fine crop
(Chorus as before)
And all these cherries would have made
A thousand cherry pies, oh!
A pile of lovely, luscious pies,
Halfway up to the skies, oh!
Now all ye children bear in mind
That cherry trees are splendid;
So don’t chop down a cherry tree
Until its life is ended!
