KEGRO
HOMEMAKERS
MLLON
WHITE
ANNOUNCING
WASHINGTON, D. C.
E^m planning better meals
tor their families to moderniz
ing their homes and improving
their management of the house
hold budget is the scope of the
achievements which more than
5,000,000 white and colored
homemakers will celebrate as
they observe the 10th annual
National Home Demonstration
Week, May 1-7.
As in the past, the theme of
the observance this year is:
‘Today’s Home Builds Tomor
row’s World.” Highlights of the
week’s activities will be a series
of home tours, exhibits, win
dow displays, and community
programs to call attention to
the home improvements being
made by women who take part
in home demonstration work “of
the State Extension Services.
Reports by the Federal Ex
tension Service indicate that
nearly 400,000 colored home-
m^ers took part in this work
last year and were assisted o^
influenced to adopt recommen
ded practices in home manage-
'ment, family economics, and' in
making, remodeling, and mend
ing clothing.
Also nearly 230,000 colored
families were assisted with food
and nutrition problems, 158,
000, with health .problems, and
104,000, with family life prob
lems, This assistance included
advice and guidance in plai^ng
and producing the home food
supply, meal planing, preserva
tion and storage of food, diet
improvement, sanitation prac
tices, health education, child
guidance, and home recreation.
More than 135,000 colored
women are members of 5,114
home demonstration clubs
throughout the 17 States in the
Southern region. They are giv
en assistance in improving their
homes by 416 colored home de
monstration agents who work
'as an extension arm of the land
grant colleges in their States.
Throughout the South, rural
colored homemakers are im
proving their homes. The im
provement they seem to like
best, according to the agents,
is the modernization of
kitchens. Since 1950, over 100,
000 kitchens in rural colored
homes have been improved.
In some homes, say the
agents, it’s just a piece of lino
leum on the floor, in others, it’s
a new stove or a kitchen sink
with hot and cold running wa
ter, and in still others, it may
be attractive cabinets and ex
tra storage space.
Home agents in several States
report that they are encoura
ging farm families to venWate
their food storage dosets to
keep their home-canning cooler
in the summer. The ventilation
is provided by making an open
ing in the floor of the closet
- and one in the ceiling, and then
installing slatted shelves to per
mit cool air from the opening
in the floor to circulate among
the canned foods and pass out
through the. ceiling. In winter
the opening in the floor is
closed.
Extension Service officials
say homemakers really have
Pictured here ate Theodore
Speight, left, and Charles
Speight, co-managers of the
Speight’s Auto Service of Dur
ham, who are celebrating the
Grand Opening of their ftew
Pure Oil service station Friday
and Saturday. Last Friday and
Saturday the station donated
all of its profits to the John
Avery Boys Club building pro
gram.
Citizens Club Sponsors Testimonal
Dinner Honoring Dr. H. S. Davis
OXFORD
Dr. J. W. Seabrook of Fay
etteville Teachers’ College, was
guest speaker at a testimonial
dinner honoring Dr. H. S. Davis,
retired principal of Mary Potter
School, Oxford. A large number
of citizens gathered in the
Orange Street School Cafeteria
for the occasion on Thursday
night, April 7. R. L. Shepard
was master of ceremonies.
Greetings came from Supt. of
city schools, from G. R. King,
principal of Mary Potter; Dr.
J. S. Colson, Mrs. Florence Wil
son, and from Hugh Bullock.
J. H. Lucas Introduced Dr. Sea
brook, a long-time friend of the
honoree, Mrs. L. G. Smith
awarded the appreciation gift
from the citizens, $400 in U. S.
war bonds. Music was furnished
by the H. S. Davis Boys octette
and the Girls’ trio from Mary
Potter School. From out-of-
town were Dr. and Mrs. Joseph
Butler of Winston-Salem, Mr.
and Mrs. Jarnagin of Raleigh,
Miss Ivy of Virginia, Mr. and
Mrs. Woods of Clarksville, Va.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Solice of
Durham; and Dr. and Mrs. S. M.
Beckford of Henderson.
Officers of the Granville
Citizens Club sponsoring the
dinner were R. L. Shepard,
president; Rev. Thomas Parker,
vice president; Dr. Joseph Col
son, secretary; Melvin Tyler,
treasurer; J. R. Redding, pro
gram chairman.
Mariners Doing I
Well Despite
Arthur Godfrey
NEW YORK
The Mariners-outstanding in
terracial group of singers who
got pinkslipped from the Ar
thur Godfrey team last week—
are doing even better than ex
pected.
For eight years the Mariners
were with Godfrey and there
by were almost a fixture of the
redhead’s set-up. When notified
that their services were no
longer needed, the Mariners
were heartbroken and remark
ed: "It was like stopping a
river in flolV.”
But like others of the ousted-
by-Godfrey club, the Mariners
soared in bookings. Their new
agency—the Williams Morris—
reports that their fee has {>een
many improvements to cele
brate. Improvements which
mean better, safer, happpier
homes for tomorrow’s genera
tion to grow up in.
upped from Godfrey’s salary
and they have plenty of tele
graphed offers. They will be on
the Ed Sullivan show several
times plus going right through
May with class clubs and thea
ters.
Adams Winner In
Trade Contest
HeldAtA&T
GREENSBORO
Among the winners in the re
cent 10th annual State High
School Trade Contest held at
*A and T College recently was
Johnny Adams who captured
honors in tailoring.
More than 300 students from
every section of the state'parti
cipated in contests involving 16
different areas of trade.
It was leameid from J. p.
Taylor, assistant State Supervi
sor of Trade and Industrial
Education, that 14 of the 16
first place winners will com
pete in the regional contest to
be held in Pine Buff, Ark. on
April 28-20.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY APRIL 29 & 30
We Felicitate
SPEIGHTS AUTO
SERVICE
Mutual Savings And Loan Association is Happy
to Congratulate Speight’s Auto Service on the
Grand Opening of their New Pure Oil Station.
We are satisfied that the management will con
tinue the highly efficient service which has al
ways characterized Speight’^ Auto establish
ment.
*VROMOTlNG THRIFT AND HOME OWNERSHIP SINCE
1921 IN THE DURHAM AREA**
Mutual Savings & Loan Association
112 WEST PARRISH STREET DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
SPEIGHT’S AUTO SERVICE
CORNER PETTIGREW & FAYETTEVILLE STREETS
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
FREE — With each cash purchase of seven or
more galloiis of gasoline a lovely metal Hostess
Snack Tray.
And if your purchase amounts to .ten or more
gallons, you will receive in addition to the tray
a coupon good for a free lubrication on your
car-after Ae Grand Opening.
To Be Awarded At The Close Of
Business May 23rd
Your choice of one of the following items:
3/4 TON G. E. AIR CONDITIONER UMT
21” TABLE MODEL SYLVANIA TV SET OR
A G. E. ELECTRIC AUTOMATIC WASHER.
You do not have to make a purchase to
register, nor be present to win.
PLUS FREE WEEKLY PRIZES
AS FOLLOWS:
• ELECTRIC STEAM IRON
• ELECTRIC FRYING SIULLET
• ELECTRIC DI!FJ* FRYFW
You do not have to make a purchase to
register, nor be present to win.
• NO GREEN STAMPS GIVEN DURING OPENING
FREE-FAVORS TO ALL KIDDIES ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR PARENTS
NOTE — The first 200 kiddies each of the two days will receive a jar of bubble soap and a ma^c wand-
good for a million bubbles.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COME IN AND INSPECT THIS NEW SERVICE CENTER
AND LEARN FOR YOURSELF THE VALUE OF USING
PURE OIL PRODUCTS
Be sure
wifh Pure