NORTH CAROLINA FEDERATION OF HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS

NEWS LETTER

Vol.é Raleigh, N. 0., April, 1951 No. l

NATIONAL HOME DEMONSTRATION WEEK APRIL 29AMAY 6

TODAY’S HOME BUILDS

TOMORROW'S WORLD

Home Demonstration Club members throughout North Carolinawill observe the Sixth National Home Demonstration Week fromApril 29th through May 6th.

In North Carolina more than 67,000 club members will have anopportunity this year to stress the responsibility of the home andfamily in developing and maintaining those qualities we value in ademocracy. The following Objectives have been set up for the week:

1. Highlight the idea that the home is the training ground fordemocracy and that homemakers have a unique opportunityto further the appreciation and understanding of the free-doms won by our forefathers and the responsibilities that gowith these freedoms.

2. Help families to understand and to cooperate with all defensemobilization programs.

3. Develop ways for homemakers and volunteer leaders to sharetheir “know how,” acquired in home demonstration work, inthe interests of . defense.

4. Capitalize on the special contributions that younger home-makers can make to’ strengthening the nation.

Clay County Club MembersSprout Wings for the Mind

“He that loves reading has every-thing within his reach. He has but todesire, and he may possess himself ofevery species of wisdom and power toperform”—In this atomic age when wetremble with fear, when we are proneto distrust our brothers across the sea,when more and more people are de--veloping heart conditions, stomach ul-cers and “nerves” we need as neverbefore to find “wings for our mind”—something that will lift us above thesordid neWspaper headlines filled withwar and tragedy—the common thoughtfound to prevail inrthe mind of themasses. Good books are the silverwings upon which we journey intoother lands to see the good in neigh-bors across the sea—they keep us soar-ing above misunderstandings andteach us to appreciate all races.Home Demonstration women of

Clay County, realizing the. need for

stronger wings, met in the CountyLibrary for a training school. Themeeting was attended by EducationChairmen and Committee, represent-ing different clubs, County CouncilPresident, and many other members.Several books were reviewed by MissPhyllis Snyder, Regional Librarian.A discussion of our problems followed.Seeing the need for greater financialassistance to this work, we agreed towrite State Legislature to consideradditional help. We also voted to meetwith the County Commissioners andask their help in considering extrasupport for library work in the county.At the regular meeting of the

County Commissioners in March, theHome Demonstration Club committeewas present to fulfill their duty. Theytook the commissioners to the libraryto see the lack of Space, the poorlighting, the absence of comfortablechairs, poorly painted walls, etc. The

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Beaufort County Plants Dogwood’ Trees

To beautify our homes and com-munities, We in Beaufort County havecarried out the idea of using flowersand shrubs native to us. In particular,We have used the dogwood which isalso North Carolina’s state flower. Allof the clubs have participated but toname a few specifically, WilkinsonClub had a committee to name and seta dogwood tree at the church in theirc0mmunity. Bonnerton Club put twodogwood trees at their CommunityBuilding. Terra Ceia Club placed atree named for her at the grave ofMrs. C. B. Carowan. Mrs. Carowanwas an active club member and Presi-dent of the Beaufort County Councilat the time of her death. Mrs. SamMoore, a member of the Pineville Club,set twenty-one dogwood trees aroundher home. At Aurora the AmericanLegion ground received a tree namedfor Miss Belva Bennett, an activemember of the Home DemonstrationClub now and for many years, havingthe distinction of being a club memberlongest. She is a Past President of theCounty Council. Trees have been setat homes, schools, churches, and otherpublic places by clubs and individualmembers throughout the county.

Mrs. Emma Sprouse,Publicity ChairmanBeaufort County

My English Letter FriendBy Mrs. Paul Sudderth

Cherokee CountyDuring these past twenty months 1

have learned to understand and have aclose personal feeling for all newscoming out of England. My letterfriend has explained their conditionsso thoroughly I have a personal in—terest in what happens to them.My friend’s family consists ’of Nan-

cy and Bob, the parents; Michael,aged ten, Marjorie, eight and now anew arrival, born January 10, 1951.Their home is in Sunderland, England.Nancy and Bob are school teachers.We have exchanged our favorite

recipes, -magazines and householdhints. Woman’s Institute is the title

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Two NEWS LETTER April, 1951

NEWS LETTERPublished quarterly by the North Carolina

Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs,Raleigh, N. C. Second Class permit appliedfor at Post Office, Raleigh, N. C.

OFFICERSPresident Mrs. P. P. GregoryFirst Vice President Mrs. H. M. JohnsonSecond Vice President . . . . Mrs. Eva U. PersonRecording Secretary ........ Mrs. Loy HowardCorresponding Secretary . .. Mrs. C. H. CarterTreasurer .. ........ . Mrs. Roberta RayChairman Loan Fund Mrs. Charles Graham

DIRECTORSMrs. W. K. Cuyler

Mrs. E. C. Cody Mrs. F. A. ReadMrs. Dennis C. Higdon Mrs. J. A. GillisMrs. Epps McClure Mrs. W. R. LangdonMrs. G. W. Wilson Mrs. Claude McDuffieMrs. Don Wiseman Mrs. Ernest EakinsMrs. Marvin Ratchford Mrs. Rufus OglesbyMrs. E. A. Arndt Mrs. F. H. ParkerMrs. D. H. Webber Mrs. B. J. BakerMiss 'Viola Kiker Mrs. W. F. AskewMrs. L. C. Deaton Mrs. George BowenMrs. T. C. Whittington Mrs. Earl WhiteMrs. Gayle Hussey Mrs. Paul LewisMrs. F. J. MaloneMrs. R. Cosby Newton.. . Bennettsville, S. C.

5;.'Southern Director of National Home_ Demonstration Council ..

Mrs. Malcolm Byrnes ..... Ethel, LouisianaPresident Natoinal Home Demonstration

Council ’Mrs. Raymond Sayre ...... . Ackworth, Iowa

President Associated CountryWomen of the World

Mrs. George Apperson . Mocksville, N. C.Chairman Country Women’s Council (U.S.A.)Verna Stanton .. State College

Mrs. J. S. Gray

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(Con’t from Page 1, Col. 3)of their work equivalent to our HomeDemonstration Clubs. They do moredramatics than anything else but havea few craft projects too. They do nothave a Home Demonstration Agent orany paid worker to instruct them.Each member is called upon to givea demonstration of her favorite hobby.Nancy is an expert knitter and taughther club to knit the “Fair Isle” designlast year. I have a beautiful set ofsweaters with this particular design inthe yoke. Also another two tonedknitted wool blouse Nancy has sent asgifts to me.

I try to send packages of items thatare very scarce there, or not available,such as chocolate, nuts, canned meats,nylon hose and American dress pat—terns.At the present time their meat ra-

tion is very low. A family of five isallowed around forty cents worth ofmeat per week. Their prices are muchhigher than ours at present. Nancyuses a lot of fish to supplement theirdiets. ' AMy two sons exchange birthday

greetings with Michael and Majorie,‘also comic books. The English comicsare more of a small paper instead ofbook form." Our children have learnedto enjoy these papers and share themwith their ., friends. Our 'Americancomical cards amuse them very muchso I have sent boxes of these to sendtheir friends.

Music in PasquotankThe State Home Demonstration

Office for some time has been stress-ing music in our program of work.For 1951 we are really trying to havemusic.

In preparation for our music pro-gram, a three-nights leader’s musicschool was held in November. We hadtwo very good teachers, both beingtrained choral directors. We weretaught the fundamental of music, andmuch time was devoted in teaching usto lead and direct group singing.

In January, our agent brought tothe clubs a most interesting MusicAppreciation program. Giving verybriefly, a resume of the leaders musicschool, and telling something of thelife and works of two American com-posers, George Gershwin and StephenFoster, playing some of their greatercompositions on a record player. Shealso gave the origin of our State song,and commended Burl Ives, “The Way-faring Stranger,” for the preserva-tion of the American Folk Song andBallads.

Naturally, the idea for our musicprogram, is to create a desire in everyclub member to sing. In connectionwith our County Spring Federation,we are having a “Song Festival.” Thefifteen clubs will compete against eachother. The regulations for enteringare:

1. All participants must be a mem-ber of the Home Demonstration Club.

2. Must memorize all three songs.3. One song to be chosen by con-

testing club, and one by the judges.4. Score for judging:Percentage of members ..... 25Tone ..................... 15Diction ................... 12Rhythm .................. 12Attack, Release, Phrasing . _ 11Interpretation and Effect . . . 25

100The three songs are “Tell Me Why,”

“Jacob’s Ladder,” and “Holy, Holy,Holy.”The "women are already working on

these songs, and there will be keencompetition between the clubs. Ofcourse our dream is some day to havea Pasquotank County, Course.

Mrs. Vernon G. James,President,Pasquotank County Council ‘-

I feel that I was given the Prize ofall Letter Friends. Nancy and I dreamof the day that somehow, someday wewill have the pleasure of meeting inperson.

Watauga CountyFor the past year there has been a

great deal of competitive interestcreated "by our new point system! Eachmember of the various Home Demon-stration Clubs of Watauga County arevying with each other to see who maygain the most points and receive thegavel for this year. New members, at-tendance at County council meetings,leaders giving demonstrations—allthese and several other things allcount so many points each. There hasbeen much more interest and activityin our clubs since the point systemhas been started. We plan to continueto use the new system, making changesand improvements as we go along. Al-ready since the first of the year threenew clubs have been organized and wehave plans for at least eight more.The problem now is to find time forour home agent to meet with thegroups.Our women are giving more thought

to food preservation and homemakingthan ever before in View of the KoreanWar situation. Home Demonstrationwork takes in so many phases of liv-ing, and especially farm life, that weall benefit from it. We have come along way toward better methods ofliving and here’s hoping we continueto improve our standards of healthfulactivity through our clubs.

Mrs. Dean Reese,President Beaver DamHome Demonstration Club

Twenty-Fourth District MeetingMrs. Beorge Bowen, District Presi-

dent, will preside over the 24th Dis-trict Federation Meeting of HomeDemonstration Clubs in Plymouth onApril 12th at the Plymouth Theatre,beginning at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. W. V.Reynolds of Tyrrell County will serveas secretary. Mrs. Walter Wynne ofMartin County will give the devo-tional, and Mrs. Hilton Chesson ofWashington County will extend thewelcome to which Mrs. Ben Harris ofHyde County will respond. TyrrellCounty Club women will give the dis-trict report. _'

Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of theProgressive Farmer will be the guestspeaker. He will be introduced by Mrs.H. R. Swartzell of Beaufort County.Mrs. P. P. Gregory, State FederationPresident, will bring greetings andgive highlights of her recent trip toDenmark by illustrated lecture in theafternoon. Various committees will al-somgive their reports in'the afternoon.The 24th District is composed of

Hyde, Beaufort,vMartin, Tyrrell, andWashington Counties.

'April, 1951 NEWS LETTER Three

News From MitchellThe Achievement Day Program

which was held by Mitchell CountyHome Demonstration club members onOctober 28 still rings in the hearts ofmany of us and serves as an incentiveto an even better club year during1951. It was the most outstandingcounty-wide program that we as homedemonstration members have beenprivileged to attend.The theme of our program was “The

United Nations Flag—A Symbol ofPeace, Faith, and Freedom for all thePeoples of the World.” Every phaseof the program was keyed to theUnited Nations. In her devotional,Mrs. Bill Haberneck brought out that,“We must try to understand eachother—or make allowances for ourdifferences right hereiramong ourselves,and for the greater differences thatfar away people see in us and we inthem.”A special guest at the morning pro—

gram was Mr. Lester A. Schlup, Chief,Division of Extension Information,Washington, D. C. Mr. Schlup had thisto say of the days. activities, “I wasvery much impressed with the caliberof your home demonstration club mem-bers and their activities, the excellenceof their exhibits, and the inspiringcharacter of the program which fea-tured the United Nations.”A luncheon was held for the mem-

bers in attendance which was followedby a talent program in the afternoon.Songs, poems, readings, and folkgames from other countries were pre—sented by club members to furthercarry out our theme. 'The day’s program ended with a

serious note as the Bandana Clubpresented the skit, “All Flags WillFly.”We were especially proud that the

roll call showed each of our 17 homedemonstration clubs well representedbecause we think it shows the intenseinterest in home demonstration workin our county.

Mrs. Ben Robinson,County Council Pres.Mitchell County

Craven County LeadersThe Leader Training Program has

done much for Home DemonstrationClub women in Craven County. Ourprogram has so broadened that everywoman can find an interest. Our Clubwomen are more interested becausethey take an active part in every meet-ing. It is amazing to see women takeon responsibility, give demonstrations,

Art and Craft Interests inJackson County

To—date four workshops have andare opening their doors to people oftheir respective communities—Addie,Fisher Creek, Victory and GreensCreek.

Space for these shops has been do-nated by interested Home Demonstra-tion Club members. Many articleshave been and are being made by en—thusiatic and energetic groups.

Most of the articles which have beenmade were for home use. More than$22.00 worth have been sold. Thisfigure is expected to increase as morearticles are made by various membersof Community workshops.The following articles have been

made: etched copper and aluminumtrays, hammered copper, lamp shades,hooked rugs, copper foil pictures andplaques, seed pictures, stenciling, bas-ket making. Corn shuck articles havebeen made which includes hats, belts,bedroom shoes, mats, baskets, chairand stool bottoms. Some are usinghoneysuckle or chinese grass.The Cope Creek 4-H Club house is

being used by Home Demonstrationmembers for their use in making craftarticles.Addie 4-H Club is studying crafts

by voluntary help of members of theAddie Home Demonstration Club.They have made baskets and copper.foil plaques. Cope Creek 4-H Clubmade copper foil plaques.The publishing of an excellent Tri-

State Cook Book was sponsored byJackson County Council members. Theproceeds from sale of this book is tobe divided between the Council andan Orphanage in Louisiana. TheCouncil members plan to use thismoney for the improvement of betterliving in Jackson County;

Mrs. Frank H. Brown, Sr.,PresidentJackson County Council

organize games, who, ten years ago,were too shy to answer roll call.

Project Leaders are selected becauseof their outstanding interest in thesubject. These are then trained bySpecialists to give the demonstrationsin their specific fields during the year.This year, Clothing Leaders and Citi-zenship Leaders worked together inlearning about the United Nations,and they directed the flag makingproject. Timely notes were discussedat the Club meetings by Garden,Poultry and Home BeautificationLeaders. Through the efforts of theEducation Leaders, our women have

Twenty-Fifth District FederationPlans

The Twenty-fifth District Federa—tion of Home Demonstration Clubs willmeet April 11th in the Dr. W. T.Griggs High School at Poplar Branch,N. C.

Presiding over the meeting will beMrs. Earl White, Chairman, fromManteo, Dare County, and acting assecretary will be Mrs. N. _D. Chappelfrom Belvidere, Perquimans County.The invocation will be given by Mrs.W. H. Saunders, Chowan County.Welcome will be extended by Mrs.

J. P. Morgan, President, CurrituckCounty Council; Mr. W. H. Tuck,Superintendent, Currituck CountyPublic Schools; and Mr. Norwood An-sell, Chairman, Currituck CountyBoard of Commissioners. Mrs. VernonJames, President, Pasquotank CountyCouncil, will give the response.

Greetings will be given by MissRuth Current, State Home Demon-stration Agent.The feature of the day will be an

address by the Hon. L. Y. Ballentine,N. C. Commissioner of Agriculture,who will be presented by Mrs. DudleyBagley of Currituck County.The afternoon session will be high-

lighted with an address by Mrs. P. P.Gregory, President, N. C. Federationof Home Demonstration Clubs, whowill be introduced by Mrs. A. M.Spencer, President, Camden CountyCouncil. At the conclusion of Com-mittee reports, Mrs. Verona J. Lang-ford, Eastern District Agent, will in-stall the newly elected officers.

read more good books. Food and Nu-trition Leaders have been busy as—sisting their neighbors with bettermethods for preparing and conservingfood. Much interest has been createdin Child training and Family Relation-ships by the Family Life Leaders.

Club women are accepting activeleadership in varied activities, such as,flower shows, planning and conductingteen-age recreation, community proj-ects and civic drives. P.T.A. andChurch organizations are finding will-ing and competent leaders. One of ourbiggest steps forward is throughtraining leaders.

Mrs. Donald Witherington,President, Craven County Fed-eration of Home DemonstrationClubs

“He who beareth the torch shad-oweth himself to give light to others.”

Farm and Home W'eekJuly 3-August 2

Four NEWS LETTER April, 1951

Farm Home Field DayIn spite of rain and mud, over 600

people watched with interest the manyactivities in progress at the HomeField Day held Friday, February 16,1951 at the Frank Davis home in Iron-duff, under the sponsorship of theHaywood County Council of HomeDemonstration Clubs with the Iron-dufi‘ Club serving as hostess for theday.

People watched with amazement theresults obtained by George Barton ofGreer, S. C., District Representativeof the Reardon Company, who withthe greatest of ease applied “Dramex”as a wall finish over sheet rock and ob—tained such a beautifully colored pas-tel wall that even the professionalsfailed to discriminate between it anda plastered finish. He was assisted byMr. Robert Shannon, West Virginiafield representative. They also showedthe methods of cementing joints insheet rock.Simultaneously with the wall demon-

tion, ladies as well as their husbandswere learning the ease of applying“Bruce Floor Sealer” for a durableand beautiful floor finishhomes. This demonstration on sandingand finishing was done by Mr. EdFortune, Fortune Paint and Hard-ware Company in Asheville and RoyParkman, Parkman Hardware Com-pany in Waynesville. .

Miss Pauline Gordon, House Fur-nishings and Home ManagementSpecialist, N. C. State College, Ral—eigh, discussed with the visitors goodhome planning, good room arrange-ment, selection of furnishings, choiceof materials, colors and eye appeal inthe home. An excellent example ofthe effect of good finished floors wascontrasted in the two bedrooms whereone floor was finished ’and the otherwas not. In the kitchen, she pointedout the time-saving elements of goodplanning and arrangement. The utilityroom adjoining the kitchen was wellaccepted by the ladies as being well—planned and presenting desirable fea-tures for any farm family. Especially.did she emphasize the value of colorcombinations and the choice of ma-terials, colors and designs in thedrapery materials as being suitablefor the specific uses to which theywere placed.

Furniture for the living room wasplaced for the day by courtesy of Gar-rett’s Furniture Company, Waynes-ville, and bedroom furniture by C. N.Allen of Hazelwood. Also assistingin this cooperative demonstrationwere J. C. Penny’s of Asheville, whofurnished bed room draperies and

in their ‘

Duncan Upholsterers of Asheville, whofurnished draperies for the den.

Osborne Lumber Company of Can-ton demonstrated the use of “Kem-Glo” for the kitchen and bathroomwalls. Recognition was given to livingroom draperies from C. E. Rays Sons,Waynesville, and to the kitchen andbathroom floors by James FurnitureCo., Waynesville; to Howard Hall ofClyde for the cabinet work; to Joeand Cash Medford of Irondufi', whowere carpenters on the job.The Davis’ have extended a cordial

invitation to any farm family to visittheir home and see the results of thesedemonstrations.

Mrs. Otis Cole,Publicity Chairman,Haywood County

Growing PainsAlthough farm women in some

states were organized before 1915, itwas in June of that year that fivewomen in Avery’s Creek township ofBuncombe County, N. C. met for thepurpose of organizing themselves intoa club which they called “The Avery’sCreek Unit of United Farm Womenof America.” From a membeship offive, the club now has seventy-twomembers. This first meeting was heldat the Methodist Church but there-after they were held at various homes,the Union Church or the school house.The club soon gained new members,and they met faithfully twice a montheven if it meant walking several milesover dusty or muddy roads to attenda meeting.A year later the club sponsored its

first public demonstration “CanningIn Tin” which was well attended byall women of the community.When the county obtain-ed'the serv-

ices of a home demonstartion agentthe next year, the club changed itsname to “Home Demonstration Clubof Avery’s Creek” and from then untilnow the club has continued to holdregular meetings with the same ear—nestness of purpose, thirst for knowl-edge and an awareness of communityproblems in the minds of the members.During those first years, the home

agents very ably taught the womenbetter methods of canning, how tomake better bread and how to makethose wonderful hats. All day meet-ings were often held in order to com-plete some of the longer demonstra-tions. To mention a few: canning, hatmaking and dress form construction.Only very good reasons kept thewomen from attending these demon-strations so eager were they to learnbetter every phase of homemaking.

Some of the club projects they car-ried included: sending a 4-H girl toRaleigh for Short Course; givingplays at the little one room schoolhouse to raise money; helping eachother byholding quiltings and beanstringings and helping members dur-ing sickness.The club did not disband during the

years when Buncombe County wasnot able to have a home agent, butcontinued to meet to discuss com-munity problems and from time totime to hold demonstrations on home-making by leaders.

In the year of 1934, this club hadthe honor to have one of its memberschosen as best farm Woman of Bun-combe County, and that August Mrs.Richard Ledbetter represented hercounty at Farmaand Home Week. At

’ the present time, the club is happy tohave as members Mrs. George Glenn,who is the only one living who wasat the very first meeting, and Mrs.J. J. Cochran and Mrs. Walter John-ston who became members during thefirst years of the club’s history. Theyrecall with pleasure the wonderfulhelp given them by the followingwomen who served as home agents:Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis, Miss EdnaEdwards, Miss Annie Lee Rankin andMrs. Jane S. McKimmon and MissRuth Current, State Agent. In the lastyears, all the present members appre-ciate the service rendered them byMrs. Mamie Sue Evans.The same spirit of loyalty pervades

the club today that so ably held it to-gether all through the years. Theyare still learning to‘do things betterand to make the most of what theyhave for more beautiful and happierhomes. Learning together and stick-ing together has made for a wonder-ful spirit of cooperation that one findsin a home demonstration club theworld over.

Mrs. George Glenn,Buncombe County.

News From HendersonWe have organized an active County

Choral Group. Our County Councilmeetings are most enjoyable with amorning business meeting followed bylunch—each member bringing a cov-ered dish and then a short session inthe afternoon.As incoming president of the County

Council of Henderson County, I feelthat a most successful year has passedin the Home Demonstration program,and plans are already materializingfor a successful 1951.

Virginia Gillespie, President,Henderson County Council.

April, 1951 NEWS LETTER Five

The Twenty-Third District H. D.Club Women Have Many Plans

For 1951The Home Demonstration Club

women of the 23rd district are plan-ning a full program for the year andthere is work for every club member.To find the homemakers’ problems

and help her make home life the firstand highest thought is one. of thegoals.We want to tell the story of Home

Demonstration work to everyone,especially to those who are not famil-iar with the organization and itsbenefits. Every club in the four coun-ties, Gates, Hertford, Bertie, andNorthampton, are asked to put on amembership drive and try to reachevery woman in the entire district.The Spring Federation Meeting for

the 23rd district will be held in Jack-son on April 25th at 10:30 o’clock.Miss Iris Davenport will be the guestspeaker for the morning program.Miss Davenport is an accomplishedspeaker and is in great demandthroughout the South. She is well edu-cated, outstanding in home economics,and has had much experience in help-ing farm women with domestic prob-lems. Sometime ago she was named oneof the seven most distinguished south-ern women of the nation. “You areImportant” will be her subject forthe day.

Mrs. P. P. Gregory, our State Presi-dent, will talk in the afternoon andtell about her trip to Denmark andwith her smiles and funny stories sheis always interesting.The entire program will be/based

on the part an individual has in hercounty and community and how HomeDemonstration work can help with theproblems. In other words, Home Dem-onstration work is Adult Education.Let’s share it with everybody.

Mrs. W. L. Askew,Chairman, 23rd DistrictGates County

Neighborhood Meetings Heldin Tyrrell

January is the month when TyrrellCounty farmers and farm women joinwith their neighbors in farm and homemeetings. These are held annually ineach community throughout TyrrellCounty. These meetings which werebegun in 1944 have become an estab-lished event, and one which the farmmen, women, and children look for-ward to each year. They enjoy seeingthe colored slides of people and im-proved practices projected on thescreen. Through these colored slides

Transylvania County's PointSystem

Home Demonstration Club women inTransylvania County are enthusiasticover the point system "which the Coun-ty Council adopted for choosing theoutstanding club in the county eachyear. iThe system is based on a number of

activities in which clubs may par-ticipate. '

Active club officers will receivefive points each. Project leaders canearn ten points for each demonstrationthey conduct in their own club and 25points for each demonstration in anyother club. This has already boostedattendance at leader training meet-ings.Members will receive five points fOr

each community activity in which theytake part. These include youth recrea-tion, solicitation for the polio drive,cancer fund, Brevard College Loyaltyfund, etc.

Better attendance at club meetingshas been encouraged by allowing 20points for 100% attendance duringthe year. Also five points are givenfor each new member. Club women willearn 5 points for each Book ReportCertificate they receive, and 10 pointsfor the Advanced Award in Reading.One point will be given for each yearbook accomplishment sheet report.

Individual club participation in Na-tional Home Demonstration Week andAchievement Day is also encouragedby points. A club can add 10 points toits total by paying Federation Duesat the January County Council meet-ing. Clubs sponsoring a 4—H club withan active leader may earn 25 addition-al points. Members also receive pointsfor attendance at meetings in and outof the county, health improvement,and mailbox improvement. Points willbe totaled and the outstanding clubnamed at Achievement Day in Oc-tober. It is hoped that this new pro-gram Will mean more active clubs anda more interested and informed mem—bership in Transylvania County.

Mrs. Joe Norman, President,Transylvania County Council

those attending the meetings are ableto visit the farms and homes Of Tyr-rell County and see the practical wayin which improved farm and homepractices have been established. Thesehurried picture visits to the varioussections of the county seem to appealto the youth and adults alike.

This year slides 'were shown onpastures, swine, sheep, and beef cat-tle production, 4-H Fat Stock Show,and Ideas for Remodeling and Build-

News from ChowanChowan County Home Demonstra-

tion Clubs are looking forward tomaking this year the best yet.‘In addi-tion to their regular club program,each club has two special projects.The County-wide project is a mem-

bership and attendance contest inevery community ---with a minimumgoal of 50% increase, and the organi—zation of three new clubs. For" theMembership Drive, the winning teamand new members will be entertainedby the losing .side during NationalHome Demonstration Week, with spe-cial recognition for new clubs andtheir sponsors.

Other club projects include Road-Side Improvement, with special em-phasis on mailboxes, home and churchgrounds.

_ Community buildings play an im-portant part in the _,_club program.Chowan Club has a building that isused by the entire county, and housesthe county library. Last year they re-finished the floors and tables, andadded enough silver, china and crystalto serve meals for 100.

Realizing the value of a communitybuilding, Center Hill Club has re-cently secured a building which israpidly being converted into a realcommunity center. It was first usedon February 21, when the club womenand their husbands held a joint meet-ing, with a program on “Better Farm-ing for Better Living.”

Mrs. Emmett Jones,Publicity ChairmanChowan County

ing New Homes. 409 farm men, wo-men, and children attended the 16meetings and saw these slides. HomeDemonstration Club women sponsorthese meetings and look forward tohaving their husbands and childrenmeet with them each year in January.This year Travis, Levels, and LowerSound Side Club women served de-licious suppers to their families. Inother clubs the women planned speciallight refreshments.[Immediately after the pictures and

refreshmentsra discussion period isheld. At this time, which is also anenjoyable. part of the meeting, themen, women, and Children participatein the discussion. _

' Mrs. C. W. Spruill,Presdient,Tyrrell County Council

“A single voice is often lostIn life’s din round is hurled;But a chorus of voices blended strongCan shape a better world.”

Six NEWS LETTER April, 1951

Plans From The TwentiethDistrict

The Twentieth District FederationMeeting of Home Demonstration Clubswill be held April 27th in the FormerU.S.O. Building in Morehead City,N. C.

Mrs. Rufus Oglesby, Chairman ofCarteret County, will preside and Mrs.V. 0T. Hill of Pamlico County will serveas secretary. The devotional will begiven by Mrs. Jack Barrow of JonesCounty and Mrs. Billy Smith, Presi-dent of Carteret County Council, willextend the Welcome with response toWelcome given by Mrs. B. S. Sadler,Craven County. Greetings will bebrought by Mrs. P. P. Gregory, Presi-dent of the N. C. Federation of HomeDemonstration Clubs. ,

Pamlico County will be in charge. ofthe County Reports. Carteret CountyHome Demonstration Clubs Chairmanwill present a program of specialmusic. _The highlight of the meeting will be

an address by Mr. Frank Jeter, Ex-tension Editor, who will be introducedby R. M. Williams, Carteret CountyAgent.The afternoon session will consist

of a Community Sing and a presenta-tion of the 1951 Program of work.Reports of various committees will bemade and attendance Gavel awarded.The meeting will conclude with in-

stallation of 1952 officers by Mrs.Verona J. Langford, Eastern DistrictHome Agent.

Plans from Haywood~“To-reach every homemaker in Hay-

WOod County” continues to be one ofOur major goals for 1951. Last yearwe enrolled 225 new club members and"to date this year approximately 60new members have been welcomed,making a total of 25 clubs and 660members. ,At the January Council Meeting the

year’s activities were planned, whichwill include the Spring Federationfeaturing a County-wide dress revue,hostess for District No. 2 Federation,participation in the Home Demonstra-tion Handicraft workshop to be heldhere at the 4-H Club Camp, a county-wide picnic with husbands as guests,participation in the Out-of—State FarmTour, the August meetings which willbe'Farm and Home Tours with picnicluncheons sponsored jointly by HomeDemonstration and Community De-velopment, preparation of State Fairexhibit. for the House FurnishingsBooth, and Fall Achievement Daywhich will feature a husbands’ ban-

(Con’t from Page 1, Col. 2)result was that the commissionerswere duly impressed, and promised aid‘if it were at all possible with theirlimited financial budget.We also requested good books of our

Regional Librarian. One woman said,“I haven’t time to fool on light, vulgarreading. I want to learn.” Books aretruly wings of the mind that lift usabove the pots and pans, the drabnessof daily drudgeries; that lure us intothe sunlight of knowledge and truth;that lengthens the vision and touchesthe common-place into beauty. OurClay County Club members continueto push this project.

Other campaigns have been adoptedby club members—~Each club in thecounty is sponsoring a different one——For example, Myers Chapel, whosepresident is the County Health Leader,will emphasize the fact that all proj-ects are so tied in with health untilthere is no more important emphasis;Chatuge Club has the County SafetyLeader, and will sponsor the SafetyCampaign; Riverside has the Musicleader and will encourage a greaterenthusiasm for the music program;and others which space does not per-mit a discussion of but which showhow our leaders are doing a betterjob over the entire county.We hope many of our readers may

come to Clay County someday to visitus and see the natural beauties of ourlittle county. We hope the “ThriftTrail,” suggested by Mrs. GeorgeThompson of Hayesville, who ordered5000 thrift plants in 1950 for farmfamilies, will extend to you a beautifulwelcome along our highways—At anyseason the 332 Home DemonstrationClub members will extend a friendlywelcome to fellow club members fromour neighboring counties.

Mrs. Theta Barnard,Publicity ChairmanClay County Council

quet. These activities, plus their regu-lar monthly meetings and special in-terest meetings, will keep HaywoodCounty Club women busy during 1951.

Mrs. Paul Hyatt,President, Haywood Co. Council .

Bell Island—Hyde CountyTraveling east on highway 264 in

Hyde County the motorist attentionis drawn to a sign which reads U. S.Refugee, Bell Island. This sign directsone down a dirt road to a projectwhich had its beginning in the days ofthe, CC Camps. ‘The location is ‘ideal for swimming

and other recreational activities which

Australian Woman Finds HomeDemonstration Work HelpfulMrs. Joshua Sutton of Route 3,

Hertford was neither surprised nordisappointed when she came to theUnited States in June 1946 fromBrisbane, Australia as the bride of aU. S. Air Force Veteran.

Until fourteen years of age, Mrs.Sutton lived in a rural area, thenmoved to Brisbane where she attendedHigh School, then for four yearsworked as typist at the University.

Mrs. Sutton likes the life here, andalthough there are differences she hasfound them by no means insurmount—able.

Mrs. Sutton feels that belonging toDurants Neck Home DemonstrationClub has been a great help to her inbecoming acquainted with the peopleof the community and their customs.She says that she has gained manynew ideas in different phases of HomeEconomics., In 1949, Mrs. Sutton and her daugh-~ter (she now has a son also) wentback to Brisbane for a three monthsvisit. As a result of this visit, sherealizes that here is where the thingsare that she holds dear; her family,her home, and her friends.

are greatly needed in Hyde County.The Home Demonstration Clubs,

seeing the poSsibilities for carryingout one of their projects, decided tosee what could be done about develop-ing the grounds.The grounds are government owned,

and before any work could be done,permission had to be obtained andplans oapproved by the government.These were finally completed July 1,1950.Money was the next problem and

right here the club women got busy.With the help of the Lions Club andthe Veterans they soon raised $118.00.

In a few days picnic tables withsheds and seats had been built. Twoladders and benches have since beenbuilt on the pier, and plans are under-way for a three room bathhouse. Inthe near future it is hoped an outdoorfireplace and deep well can be added.The Park at Bell Island was fermal-

1y opened and dedicated on LaborDay, September 4, 1950.A county wide picnic was held and

enjoyed by a large crowd.This is the second Park sponsored

by the Home Demonstration Clubs ofHyde County. On September 2, 1946,Hyde Memorial Park was dedicated toVeterans of World War II.

' Mrs. Ben Harris, «Hyde County Council President