Spring, 1958
THE FEDERATION JOURNAL
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Federation District Meetings
Southeastern: Meeting will be
held as our Journal goes to press.
It is to be a two day affair at
Fayetteville and promises to be
a grand success. The crowning of
a queen by the state president,
Mrs. F. M. Spellman and a Testi
monial Dinner honoring Mrs.
Hose D. Aggrey will high light
the Saturday, March 22 activities.
Mrs. Thelma Henley is the able
president of the district.
Northeeistem District Associa
tion was the guest of Kinston
clubs on March 15 in the Atkins
High School. Four host clubs of
the city went all out to make our
stay there most comfortable and
pleasant.
The day began with “Coffee
Hour.” During the meeting we
were greeted with music from
Atkins High Glee Club, Sampson
Elementary School boys choir
and our own State Training
School Girls Chorus.
Speakers were Mrs. A. B. Byrd
of Rocky Mount, chairman of
iM. C. Federation Executive Board
and Mrs. E. M. Spellman of Eliza-
Oeth City now president of the
state Fereration.
Because the president of the
Northeastern, Mrs. Edna Mitchell,
was scheduled to accompany stu
dents of E.C.T.C. to N.Y.C. the
Vice-president Mrs. Sarah E.
Clarke, presided. A telegram
came from Mrs. Mitchell during
the meeting.
Business of the session covered
roll call of clubs and 24 clubs re
sponded with interesting verbal
reports of their activities over
the past 12 months. The organiz
er, Mrs. A. B. Johnson of Wilson
reported three new clubs in the
district and presented two of
them. They are:
1. Les Vingt Femme Club,
Beaufort; Mrs. C. L. Lewis, presi
dent.
2. The Garden Club, Jackson
ville; Mrs. R. Spicer, president.
3. Carnation Art Club of Wind
sor; Mrs. Z. T. Watson, president.
Illness kept Miss Mae D.
Holmes from appearing on the
program. Several members drove
by the school to wish her a
speedy recovery.
Following officers were elected
as the meeting ended:
President Mrs. Edna Mitchell,
Elizabeth City.
Vice President, Mrs. Sarah E.
Clarke, Kinston.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. M. N.
Leitao, Kinston.
Assistant Recording Secretary,
Mrs. Sarah Leonard, Rocky
Mount.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Fannie K. Magette, Rich Square.
Green Thumb
Ladies
Did you ever really see a leaf?
Leaves are like people, wonder
fully varied and individual. See
the marvelous textures, colors
and patterns as you grow your
plants this year. Have a good
look the next time you’re close
to a plant—even those you’ve
thought very ordinary and taken
for granted. You may be surpris
ed and fascinated by what you’ll
see.
Don'i's For Gardeners
Don’t leave air pockets under
neath plant roots or bulbs when
planting.
Don’t put plants in poorly
drained soil.
Don’t work the soil when it is
wet. This makes it cake and lump
badly.
Don’t let garden soil cake on
the surface. Work it and keep it
dusty.
Don’t plant anything near the
roots of a tree.
Don’t water unless you soak
the ground to a foot at least.
Don't, Oh!, don't cut the lawn
grass too short.
Don’t plant things that like
shade in the broiling sun.
Don’t set plants that like sun
in the shade.
MOTHER
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There are little cut lines on her
thumb made by the paring knife
and winter winds roughen her
cheeks when she hangs out the
clothes. She doesn’t carry the
grocery bag so jauntily as when
you were skipping along by her
side. And her eyes, once dancing,
are tired because they have seen
so many, many things.
Then one day Mother looks into
the mirror and says to herself, “I
am no longer pretty,” and it is a
sad and lonely day. Mother is
seldom wrong, but she was wrong
that time. The beauty of mothers
is as indestructible as Faith, Hope
and Love because mothers are all
these things and a very great deal
more. — Reprint from “Mutual
Moments”
Treasurer, Mrs. Annie B. New-
some, Ahoskie.
Music Director, Mrs. D. P.
Smith, Beaufort.
Chaplain, Mrs. Willie M. Free
man, Wilson.
The 1959 Northeastern District
Association meeting has been in
vited to Elizabeth City.
DINING ROOM TABLE of Mrs. E. Barfield, Rich Square. She
was hostess to Flower and Art Club for it February meeting.
Women..Did You Know?
Constant snipping at a child Stop that run—a strip of cel-
may prune away next year’s lophane tape, applied immediate-
blossoms. prevents a stocking run from
spreading.
Nothing gets a husband out of
bed faster than the rustle of your
opening the morning paper.
That the detergents, now so ef
ficient at separating grease and
dirt from places they’re not want
ed, should be given the full treat
ment by the brains of that in
dustry to make them less rude to
our poor hand^.
Skirt hem ripped? Cellophane
tape saves the day—holds the
hem in place until you have a
chance to stitch it up.
That some Jaetter solution
should be found to dispose of the
bulky carcasses of discarded
automobiles than to dump them
into the rubbishy heaps that dis
figure the outskirts of so many
pleasant towns.
You rear a child like you throw
a baseball—give it the best start
you can while it’s in your hands,
for it must go the rest of the way
by itself.
Sprinkle a little talcum powder
between your bed sheets for
cooler sleeping on hot nights.
You do not pick up weight by
stooping over.
When you help a fellow up a
steep hill, you get nearer the
top yourself.
Any woman who wishes her
daughter to marry the right man
should begin by doing so.
Delinquent children are those
who have reached the age where
they want to do what mama and
papa are doing.
DORMITORY
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en to guide our boys and girls
in North Carolina’s five training
schools is great, if not greater,
than in any other state institu
tion.”
Representative Blue reminded
the audience that in recent years,
the North Carolina General As
sembly has been giving more
liberal consideration to Correc
tion and Training School needs,
and that the 1957 General As
sembly was keenly aware of the
needs and went beyond the rec
ommendations of the Advisory
Budget Commission in appropria
tions. The speaker closed by say
ing that “The operation of Cor
rection and Training Schools is
not a cheap program. However,
treatment, training and rehabili
tation for juvenile delinquents is
far less expensive than a career
of crime.”
CONVENTION
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and close Saturday afternoon.
The Friday night program will
begin at 7:45 p.m. and is open to
the general public. Invite all your
friends to join us. A reception
will follow the special program
that is being arranged for Friday
night.
The Junior Federation will be
held on Saturday, March 7 and
special arrangements are being
made to entertain them. Please
let Mrs. T. W. Moore of Rich
Square know how many to ex
pect.
Other details will be sent from
the president’s office by letter to
each club.