Montgomery County sentinel. [volume], January 10, 1963, Page A14, Image 14

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Mrs. Brosius Retires
Early Days of New Deal
Farm Programs Recalled
A Rockville woman who worked for almost three
decades administering the programs of the Department of
Agriculture here has retired Vom government service.
She is Mrs. Dorothy G
Brosius, of 602 Blandford St.,
who started in the early days of
the New Deal as a clerk and
left as office manager of the
local ASCS branch.
Mrs. Brosius did not want to
retire when she did, but an auto
mobile accident this spring in
capacitated her for several
weeks, and by the time she was
ready to go back, she decided
that this would be the best time
to end her long career.
This soft-spoken and pleas
ant lady has been friend to
Montgomery County fanners
as long as most of them can
remember. From the time she
was a clerk in the county
agent’s office until when she
retired from the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service, Mrs. Brosius has al
ways worked In their Interest.
Like many of the programs
which started in the depression
and mushroomed over the
years, the nation's agricultural
program has been a dynamic
one. "All these changes and
programs that have been com
ing and going have givwt me a
fit sometimes, trying to keep
up with them," she says.
“Our office moved around
Rockville from time to time,
and even the name of the office
changed occasionally.”
She was one of the first em
ployes when the county agent
was located in the old school
house building. Later she moved
her desk and files to the Farm
ers’ Bank, and finally ended up
In the Court House building.
The programs Mrs. Brosius
helped administrate were as
vaHed as the activities of
farmers themselves. “We paid
them for not growing wheat,
then we paid them incentives
for raising sheep. There was
a hog program where each
sow was limited as to the
number of piglets she could
have.”
The latter point proved to be
an unsual experience for Mrs.
Brosius. One farmer who did
not want to kill one of his ex
cess piglets gave it to her in
stead of sending the little pig
to slaughter.
Her circumstances at the time
she started working for the
USDA were almost similar to
those which forced her retire
ment Mrs. Brosius started
work with her leg in a cast
"I had my foot up on the table
while I ran the mimeograph
machine, as we started from
scratch.”
She remembers the early
years of the depression as a
time of uncertainty and an
xiety. “Back in those days we
had to hold the farmer’s hand.
He would try to tell you which
field he was growing the wheat,
and we would draw a map. It
was quite an experience."
Serving the farmer was her
biggest reward, Mrs. Brosius
atates. Now at 59, she looks
back on a career that was both
Interesting and of service to the
community and the nation.
She is a life-long resident of
Montgomery County, bom near
Bucks Lodge. Her daughter,
Mrs. Jo Anne Magruder is
Registration Open
For Arts Classes
Registration will continue
through Monday for Montgom
ery County Department of
Recreation classes for adults,
teenagers and children.
The Winter Festival of the
Arts program includes a variety
of popular recreations, hobbies,
sports, self-improvement and
even a dog obedience class.
Many of the more popular
classes will be offered at sev
eral locations throughout the
county.
Further Information and reg
istration may be obtained by
calling the recreational depart
ment at PO 2-5562. Local rest
dents can also request to be
placed on the regular mailing
list of the department for fu
ture information concerning
programs available.
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' Farm Bureau
Meeting on
i Plan Spirited
Elizabeth C. Kile
WA 6-1454
On Friday evening in the
Damascus High School the
Montgomery County Farm Bu
reau held a special meeting in
order that Arthur Stellhom
and his associate, George Al
len, of the Maryland-Notional
Capital Park and Planning
Commission might explain the
“Year 2000” or "Corridor” plan
which is being pushed by that
Commission.
1 After explaining the plan
with slides, the members of
1 the Farm Bureau group asked
1 questions and presented their
• side of the picture. The an
swers given by the planners
seemed unsatisfactory to the
1 members, some of whom
' pointed out that the developers
I of this plan possessed little
knowledge of the farming sit
[ uation in the area. Many
spoke on the fallacies of the
plan. Outstanding talks, were
made by Col. E. Brooke Lee,
I McKendree Fulks and George
I and Ward Fetrow Jr. George
. Lechlider, the Farm Bureau
, president, presided and also
pointed out how devastating
this type of zoning oould be in
this area. Col. Lee stated that
nowhere in this country had
there ever been legislation pro
posed for such a large section
which would put the land in a
"deep freeze” for 40 years.
It was pointed out that our
country has always encouraged
the free enterprise system, but
that this plan would deny the
: landowners the right to use the
■ land as they wished, without
: jeopardizing the rights of their
• neighbors. It was also brought
out that in all communistic
’ and socialistic countries,
among the first acts of the
! leaders was usurpation of the
• land. The Planners suggested
1 this plan is considered as a
' "Pilot” project for the country,
1 to which the F.B. members re
• aponded that they were tired
! Of being “guinea pigs.” The
J meeting was spirited and many
other excellent points were
made.
| Mr. and Mrs. Miel Linthicum
Jr. are the happy parents of
, the first baby bom in Mont
gomery General Hospital this
[ year. The Llnthioums of Gue
Road have three sons, the new
t ’ baby la a Mttle girl named Jill
Suzanne.
The Northern Montgomery
i ' ”
i a resident of Rockville. Mrs.
i Brosius was active for many
1 years with the Maryland State
Hunt, and was secretary of the
' organization for 10 years.
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Many Years of Service
Dorothy Brosius recalls the many years she was active
with the Maryland State Hunt. She was secretary of the
group for 10 years. Mrs. Brosius recently completed almost
three decades of service with the Department of Agriculture.
—Sentinel Staff Photo by Ray Waller
County Women's Democratic
Club met on Tuesday at Olney
Inn for their regular luncheon
meeting.
The Young Adult Circle of
the Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of the Damascus
Methodist Church will meet on
Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. Ruth Hobbs on Gue
Road. The 00-hostesses will be
Mrs. Roberta Caffrey and Mrs.
Barbara Burdette.
Mr. and Mrs. Druid Clod
felter are the happy grandpar
ents of a grandaughter,
Cheryl Kimberly, bom in
Greensboro, N. C. on Dec. 26.
Her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Druid M. Clodfelter reside in
Greensboro where Mr. Clod
felter attends college.
Mrs. Ethel Augusta Redd,
the mother of Mrs. J. H. Bet
tendorf, died suddenly while
visiting in Kingsport, Tenn.
The funeral was held Friday
In the Fairfax Baptist Church,
Vienna, Va.
B. D. Gladhill and Linda
Beall spent three days last
, week attending the Soil Con
■ servation meetings in Haiti-
I mare. The title of the discus
> sions were "Our Land and
’ People.” The meetings were
■ held in the Emerson Hotel.
On Jan. 13 St. Anne’s Epis
-1 copal Church will hold during
' the 11 a.m. service, a special
service of dedication of gifts
i given to the church since the
' dedication of the building last
April. The Youth Group of
Christ Episcopal Church, Ken
sington, are planning a sled
ding party and Evening Prayer
Service sometime this week.
Nicholas Miles Jr., the father
of Mrs. Frank Blood, died Dec.
30. The funeral was held at
the Barber Funeral home on
Wednesday with interment in
St. John’s Cemetery, Olney.
The Lutheran Church of the
Redeemer will conduct their
Annual Congregational Meet
ing Sunday in the Damascus
Elementary School, beginning
with a Covered Dish Supper at
5 p.m. At 6:30 p.m. the film
"One Lord, One Faith” will be
shown. This is the story of
the merger convention of the
Lutheran Church in America.
The business session will begin
at 7 p.m. during which six
members will be elected to the
Church Council and the Con
gregational Budget will be
adopted. The Lutheran Church
Women will meet at 8 p.m.
next Tuesday.
Mrs. Arthur Henley and I
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Woman’s Club
i To Observe
Its 50th Year
The "golden anniversary
I year” of the Woman’s Club of
Chevy Chase will be opened
Wednesday at the clubhouse
with an address by Mrs. Dexter
Otis Arnold, president general
of Women’s Clubs.
Mrs. Joseph A. Burkart, 6811
I Connecticut Ave., who is 83 and
| one of the three original found
\ ers, will be honor guest with
I eight past presidents of the club.
Mrs. John P. Kaufman, Mary
j land state president of Feder-
I ates Clubs will also be an honor
I guest.
. The club was founded in 1913
I and membership is now limited
I to 800 members. It is the largest
I federated club in the state.
Farm Bureau
Delegates Meet
Over 2000 farm people from
I all over the state are expected
j to visit Baltimore next week for
| the 47th annual meeting of the
| Maryland Farm Bureau, which
I will be held Jan. 16-19.
* Policy adoption, speeches by
state and national leaders and
local conferences will highlight
the event. Following the conven
tion, the Maryland Nursery
men’s Association will meet Jan.
22-23 at the Washingtonian
Country Club in Gaithersburg.
Mrs. O. H. McDaniel were pa
tients in Montgomery General !
Hospital last week, and Mrs.
H. J. Stanowski in Suburban
Hospital.
The Christmas door decora
tions in the area were judged
by an out of town committee
for the Lions Club prizes.
They were awarded to Craw
ford Williams of Cedar Grove,
Ist prize; Roger Burdette, 2nd
prize; and William Miles, 3rd j
prize.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stauf
facher and family of Darling
ton, Wise., Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Wagner of Silver Spring,
and Mrs. Virginia Bowman of
Woodfield were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Green
i on Saturday evening.
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