Patton, [Franklin, Holly Springs Are Runners- Up For ' The Gavel! Club Reports Are Written Secretaries Tell Of Activities For 1957-58 Last week's home demonstra tion olub "Achievement Day" saw Higdonville club cop "The Gavel" for the largest number (4,040) of achievement points for the year. Runners-up were Patton club, second place. 3,910: Franklin, third. 3.740; and Holly Springs, fourth, 3,005. ' Individual club secretaries have submitted annual reports to the home agent's office, capsuling activities. Following are the re ports: Carson # All scheduled meetings have been held. Five members of the club have perfect attendance. Two members attended citizenship meeting in Haywood County. All county council meetings have been well attended by the officers of the club. Twelve members took part in the talent show given at Otto. Five members appeared on a radio program while at a picture frame workshop. One member ap peared on the radio on citizen ship program. Two foods and nutrition leaders held demonstra tion in February. Two attended school on remodeling picture frames. Two workshops were held after this meeting. One attended leathercraft school. Two attended gardening training school. Five at tended district meeting held at Cherokee. A joint meeting was held with the Union club. Fair booth by women of the club, using picture frames that had just come from the attic and those that were refinished. won third place. "Achievement Day" program i to be heM at the Carton ContmLn ity Center on September 30. Mrs. James Hauser Cartoogechaye The Cartoogechaye Home Dem onstration Club has a membership of IS. The members conducted five of the 10 meetings held dur ing the year. Four of our members attended the picture frame work shop. Twelve dresses were made and modeled at the dress revue and six ribbons were won. We helped with the Red Cross drive. Our club donated $5 to the county council fund for the li brary. Our club members designed and made the Egyptian costume worn by our president, Mrs. Mad dox, who represented Macon County at the United Nations pageant in Raleigh in celebration of "National Home Demonstra. tion Week." Several of our members served on committees for the Macon County Fair and they won over 20 ribbons. The project leaders have been very active and have attended training meetings, both in and out of the county, and have given reports and demonstrations in our own and other clubs. Our members also sponsored a 4-H community group. A number of recipes sent in by our members have been printed in THE FRANKLIN. PRESS. To each member of the Car toogechaye club we say "thank you" for doing your part In the various activities undertaken by our club. Mrs. Tom H. McNish Cullasaja A review of the records of Cullasaja Home Demonstration Club reveals that members of this club have taken an active part In all phases of home demonstra WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK SOMETHING ABOUT CATHOLIC FAITH? EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND WHAT? Catholic Information Classes WHERE? Parish Hall, Catholic Church WHEN? Every Tuesday at 8:00 p, m. SCOUTS SPONSOR BICYCLE SAFETY PROGRAM A bicycle safety demonstration was held September 28 in the Van Raalte parking lot in East Franklin under the sponsorship of the .Scouts. Above, parents ana Scouts are gathered around Scout leader Bill Garrison, who is explaining the purpose of the demonstration. Also helping with the program was Police Chief Sid Carter. (Staff Photo > ti?n work during the year 1957 58. Mrs. Mary Peek is serving her second year as president. All the regular meetings were held with a good attendance, and sfx new members were enrolled during the year. One meeting was held without the home agent, and a foods dem onstration was given by project leaders. Several of the members read books from the approved list of good reading and reported on these. Four of our members entered garments in the fashion 'show. One of these won first place, an other won a ribbon. Two of our women atttended "Farm and Home Week" in Ra leigh. One attended the mu?ic workshop held at Cullowhee and Brevard College. All c ounty council and leader training meetings were attended by officers of the club. There were nine entries at the fair by our club women, and each of the entries was awarded a rib bon. Four of our women were in charge of exhibits at the fair. Mrs. Vernon Bryson, a member of our club, has served as 4-H leader for the community for the past three years and has done wonderful work with them. She . has held meetings, workshops, and ! assisted with the 4-H fair booth { and exhibits. Three members had perfect at tendance at the club meetings during the year. The total number of points i scored by Cullasaja Club during ' the year was 2.025. Mrs. C. T. Bryson Franklin ! The Franklin club has had A i successful year and it is evident that interest is increasing. We have had good attendance at monthly meetings. Five members attended the Citizenship Leaders Training School at Dellwood Methodist Church in November. Four meetings were conducted by project leaders. Three members j attended the music workshop at Cullowhee in March. Seven at tended the district meeting at Cherokee in May. The club gave donations to the cancer and Red Cross funds. Some of our members helped with Red Cross, cancer, and heart campaigns. We had 16 entries in the fash ion show, receiving several rib bons. Eight members attended the Craftsman's Fair in Asheville Our club exhibit at the Macon County Fair won a blue ribbon We had 96 entries in the fair and Chevrolet Task-Force 59 arrives! New might! New models! New money-saving power! Never before hove trucks brought such ironclad assurance of reli ability and economy to your hauling job. Chevrolet's '59 line roils in with new ways to ride high costs right out of your operation) You'll find ways to save iittvery weight class. There's a big variety of StepMde and Fleetside pickups. Plus spacious Step-Vans. 4-wherf drive models, mcdium- the project leaders when thf agent was absent were an asset They promoted leadership. W hare a cooperative membership and we look forward to "Achieve ment Day". At Christmas time when we send sunshine baskets to our aged and shut-ins. wt really feel that "it is more blessed to give than to receive". Mrs. Jeter Higdon Union View Union-View's club members are rather scattered in locality but are definitely a UNION in work. Thus, many good things hav? been achieved in the past year. Our project leaders have been especially active this year by at tending training schools and bringing back excellent reports and giving demonstrations. The foods and nutrition leaders gave a demonstration to 14 4-H club girls. The clothing leader also gave a demonstration and helped 4-H girls prepare for their dress review. Other club members have been active. They helped the Union Senior 4-H build a first prize j winning float for 4-H week and parade, sponsored and furnished transportation for pre-school clinic and have attended and partici pated in all P.-T. A. activities. We J have had a good representation at workshops, training schools, district federation day. Crafts 1 man's Fair, and our county fair Our members worked during fair week by helping to prepare the chicken and serve at the bar becue supper, helped with the foods and crafts d ivlsions. enter ed a second place winning club exhibit, and also had individual winning entries. To raise extra money for our club we raffle a small gift, given by the hostess, at each meeting. We have a total of 1.730 points, but the devotions, good will, and fellowship we have shared can never be counted by points. Mrs. Bertha Smart Watauga ? The Watauga club has had a ! r good year. All the meetings have been held and the attendance has been good. We have added five new members Two meetings were held without the home agent. One member keeps books from the bookmobile and quite a number of books have been read. At our Christmas party, we made 12 aprons for gifts to the elderly ladies in our community. We also quilted 12 quilts for a family whose home burned in January Five members have been on a radio program and seven mem bers attended the district club meeting held in May at Cherokee. Our club was joint hostess with two other clubs at the spring dress review. We had eight entries in the show and won one ribbon. Two memers attended the meet ing on foods and nutrition, arid one attended the clothing meet ing. Three have perfect attend ance records. They are Mis. Mary Morgan, Mrs. J. B. Brendle. and Mrs. Ollie Thompson. We have enjoyed working together and have certainly learned a lot from Mrs. Sherrill as her demonstra tions have been very educational. Ma# the Lord bless her for her help and kindness to us. Total points for the year ? 2.565 Mrs. J. B. Brendle 1 1 Holly Springs ' Holly Springs Home Demonsta tion Club has had a very success- ! ful year. We have 19 actvle mem bers. Ten members attended "Achievement Day". Three mem bers attended the cancer clinic. j One member attended a T.V.A. meeting in Asheville and was guest speaker at this meeting. One member attend music school at Cullowhee. Seven attended district federation meeting at Soco Val ley. We were co-hostess for the dress review which was held in the early spring. At this review seveu adults and two children modeled garments. Our club took a great interest in the Macon County Pair. We helped with the com munity booth, two family booths, j and many individual entries were entered. Two members h we taken the 1 Red Cross nursing course at Sylva. We are looking fo:-ward to their; teaching this course in our com munity. Mrs. Paul Ammons Cow rr Cowee had a ".irst" in 1958 We ile. iiled to ec ignize the out standing citizen - aduating from our elementary school. Mrs. C , C Welch, our president, presented Patsy G.oscn with a citizenship pen at the cpmn.encement. We feel this will inspire our young; people to be better citizens ana now we are interested In then It's tradition lor our club tj a ve a spend the day' Christmas arty at the home of Mrs. C. C Velch, and last year was no eption. This year we couldnt 'alt until Chirstmas. so we ha n all-day meeting while refiniai~.' ng old picture frames. Ther* ^ere visitors from other clubs wh j n joyed this workshop. We havj hree members with perfect at er.dance. The women of our cluj ive of their time to assist witr ommunlty projects and *-K iork Pour quilts were made fcr i family whose home burned. Tw > lays of willing work from cluj nembers made this possible. The coldest night of the year, tur club went to the far end ot he county to present our 'OUi 'ashioned School' for the thiii ime. This time the proceeds wer. . oward the purchase of the beauti ul desk in the Franklin llbrar> . Mrs. Prank Oibson Highlands The Highlands Home Demon itration Club, we feel, has had x -?ery successful year. As for club projects our main >ne within the club has bee . :rafts. In addition to the woi i ve have done in this field a i -he regular club meetings, we hav^ lad nine workshops. We havj lone work in glass etching, alum - inum etching, leather tooling, casket making, Uxtile painting. :opper tooling, and e name It a ewelry. Our biggest contribution in :ommunity service was the -spon soring of a booth for the com munity hospital bazaar. For th > "?rut, we made an applique quil: vhich was auctioned. In additlo.i :o the quilt, we sold gift items nade by the members, cake^. pickles, and jams. As a result cf Dur efforts, the club contributed S110 to the hospital fund. This was of vital concern to us all b< ;ause of the fact that it is so important to the health of our Families that the hospital remain in operation. Another community service pra ject of ours was an exhibit pre pared by the club for a benefit art show sponsored by the cor.. munity library. The year's activities of the Highlands Home Demonstration Club may be summed up by th.s statement: We have strived to promote the health, happines and culture of our families ar.J our community. Mrs. John Miller R & W IADIO HUD ohn Wl((ini ? J. ".nth: Across from the Indian Mound OPEN: 4:30 - 7:30 Open AU Day Saturday THE POINT IS How Much Should a Saw Weigh? How Big Should the Horses Be? How Much Should it Cut In a Day? How Much Should Your Repairs Be? 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