The October 15 meeting of the Twentieth Century club of Garrettsville was held in the Garrettsville United Methodist Church co-hosted by Maureen See, Jane Hill and Connie Crate. Minutes of the October 1 meeting were read by president Iva Walker and were approved as read.Duties of the secretary will be taken over at the next meeting by Nasreen Kitko. The treasurer’s report gave a positive balance which was used to sponsor an installation on the Storybook Trail located in the South Street (Bill Phelps) Park, commemorating the club’s one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary..
Carol Smith spoke on behalf of the James A. Garfield Historical Society’s upcoming Christmas Walk, seeking volunteer hostesses/ interlocutors/docents for the four locations on the Walk being held on the first two weekends in November.Motion for adjournment was offered by Leah Schultz, seconded by Mary Furillo; meeting was adjourned.
The evening’s program was presented by Iva Walker, who spoke on Irma Rombauer, author of The Joy of Cooking.
This amazing lady was an outstanding social and cultural figure in turn-of-the-century St. Louis but not an especially remarkable cook until the unfortunate demise of her husband left her and her family in dire financial straits., She then proceeded to produce the most popular cookbook of all time, having gone through seven different revisions and sold more than fifteen million copies, notwithstanding various publishing crises and subsequent loss of income; her daughter and grandson contributed to “righting the ship”, so-to-speak and the book is still regarded by many as the revered touchstone of American culinary arts. She seems to have succeeded in her aim , which she pronounced to be, “to lift everyday cooking out of the commonplace.”
The next meeting of the Twentieth Century Club will be on November 19 at the Garrettsville United Methodist Church.
