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- THE ROANOKE’RAPIDS --—. SECTION "B" SECTION "B" t)IAL R-326 ALL DEPTS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946 SECTION B—PAGE 1 i THE HOME SPHERE i Edited By j, MISS FLORENCE COX | Home Demonstration Agent ' MRS. ESTELLE E. GARNER ' Assistant Home Demonstration Agent ; O MISS ELGIA SCOTT Assistant Home Demonstration Agent Halifax County will be repre sented next week at 4-H Short Course held in Raleigh by 14 of the outstanding 4-H girls in the • County. These girls were elected by their individual clubs in May to represent them and to bring back to them some real inspiration in club work. ^Those girls attending and the clubs they represent are: Carrie Best, Aureiian Springs Junior; Ramona Lide, Enfield Ju nior; Billie Kitchen, Weldort 6th and 7th; Hazel Stevenson, Hob good Junior; Sarah Ann Butts, Aureiian Springs Senior; Ramona Powell, Enfield Senior; Doris .Strickland, Weldon Senior; Mari lyn Bullock, Roanoke Rapids Se r^r; Ann Winslow, Scotland Neck Senior; Margaret Strickland, Hali fax Junior; Janie House, Scotland Neck Junior; Foy Pierce, Weldon 5th; Pattie Ann Mitchell, Wm. R. Davie Junior; Opal Jones, Aureiian Springs Junior. The week will be filled with worthwhile programs. The club members’ program will deal with four major topics, 4-H Organiza tion, Citizenship, Health and Fam il|| Relationship. u’he afternoon program will con sist of demonstrations, campus tours and a tour of the various departments of State Government. Afternoon and evening programs •will include music appreciation, athletic activities, and recreation al programs. FARM AND HOME WEEK — A number of women from Haji fut County axe planning to attend ifrm and Home Week held in Raleigh from August 19th to 24th. Here is a birdseye view of the Fa.rm and Home Week Classes: HOME MANAGEMENT AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS— Tuesday and Wednesday: “Ideas on Home Decoration” will be dis cussed by Mrs. Stella R. Cusick, who has just finished work in in te^jor decorating in New York She will discuss new trends, tricks in fabrics and colors to give attractive interior decoration effects. Tuesday: “Making Comforts from Feathers.’ Miss Rose Ellwood Bryand will give a demonstration and discussion of the processes and methods of preparing the fea thers and making comforts. As a result of this demonstration many of the women should be able to use their old feather beds to make comforts. Wednesday: Tour of the home of Mrs. J. C. Castlebury, president of the Wake County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs. Her home is a most attractive, mod ern farm home. It is located about 12 miles from Raleigh. It is ar ranged for convenience and com fort and displays the excellent taste of Mrs. Castlebury. Friday: "Selection and Use of Electrical Equipment Available to Make Each Day Easy” will be giv en by Mrs. Marguerite G. Surljs, Home Service Director, Carolina Power and Light Company. She will discuss and demonstrate the selection and use of many pieces of electrical equipment that are now or will soon be available for the farm home laundry. FAMILY LIFE PROGRAM FOR FARM AND HOME WEEK— The purpose of the Family Life Program is threefold: (1) learn to understand our children better so there will be less friction within the home; (2) learn how personali ty and charactr develop out of lit tle everyday experience; , (3) un derstand what it is that makes family members enjoy home life. CLOTHING — Miss Alice Sundquist,, National Clothing specialist, and Miss Dav enport. Editor of the Woman’s De partment, Southern Agriculturist, will be with us during Farm and Home Week. Miss Sundquist will hold class es on Tuesday and Wednesday on Clothing Buymanship. When is a Dress a Good Buy, What do you Expect of the Material or Gar ments you buy Today-Service, Comfort, Durability, Good Looks, or What? The manufacturers say they make what the customers want. Mi,>3 Davenport is a North Car olina girl and ' a former Clothing Specialist in Kentucky. She knows women and what they like and should have in clothes to be smatr ly dressed. Her subject for Tues day ana Wednesday is ‘Distinctive Dross-—What to Wear and When or How to Look "Sour Best." On Friday morning she will give a demonstration on "Care of Hats” and “Make a New Hat From an Old One,” along with many sug gestions for style for the coming year. SPEECH CLASS — Public speaking and personality development-class title, "Speaking is Fun. Subjects to be discussed: Introducing Your Speaker, Blue Printing your Speech, Telling your Facts, Persuading your Listeners. This class is to be conducted by Mrs. John B. Martin, Jr., of Washington, D. C. She appeared on the Maryland Farm and Home Week program and comes to us highly recommended. She is de lightful, young and most attrac tive. She has three children. She is a Vassar College graduate and has done much magazine and radio writing and speaking. THE NICETIES OF EVERY DAY LIVING Have you ever felt the need of knowing just what was the court eous thing to do, how to enter tain a guest, how to make intro ductions? These and many other things that pertain to the niceties of every day living will be dis cussed Tuesday and Wednesday by Mrs. Hazel E. Wheeler, former Home Agent of Halifax County. On Friday, “Simple Entertain ing,” will be demonstrated by Mrs. Mildred Seaber, Home Economist of Duke Power Company. Small electrical equipment such as the toaster, waffle iron, perculator, will be used to show how simple, attractive refreshments may be prepared with the minimum of ef fort. Attractive table settings for home company occasions will be shown. HEALTH — Farm men and women ale in terested in improving health con ditions in their homes and com munities. To give them a com plete understanding of the situa tion, Dr. Selz C. Mayo, Rural So ciologist, State College, will dis cuss in an Interesting way “Facts About Health and Medical Care in North Carolina.” Following Dr. Mayo’s talks Tuesday and Wed nesday, Miss Helen Martiwainen of the U. S. Public Health Ser vice, will discuss “Mobilizing Com munity Resources for Health.” She will suggest plans for communi mill suggest plans for communi ties to follow in U3lng these serv ices. On Friday, the latest informa tion on nutrition will be brought by Dr. G. Howard Satterfield, Bio chemist, State College, when he discusses, "Health Through Good Nutrition." All of the Health Classes will be held in the cool, comfortable Varsity Theatre just across Hills boro Street from the campus. FREEZE IN THE GOODNESS— Many advances in methods of ford preservation have been made in recent years. Freezing foods for the home is a popular method of food preservation. Freezing can assist in improving nutritive value and palatability of many foods and in addition, help to make each, home more self-sufficient in its food supply. The importance of variety, quality and careful prep aration in order to obtain high quality frozen fruits and vegeta bles will be discussed and dem onstrated in this class. FROM RAGS TO RUGS — Many well worn garments, which have done previous service may add considerably to the comfort, attractiveness and color of a room. The beauty of hooked rugs made at home depends on color arrange ment, shape, design or division of space and materials. These import ant factors which go to make well made homemade hooked rugs will bs considered in classes taught at Farm and Home week. There wi'l be a variety of hooked ruga and mats displayed to illustrate the points discussed. DEATHS WALTER WILLIAM NEWSOM Walter William Newsome, 89, died at the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital Saturday morning after an illness of several months. Funeral services were conducted from the Williams Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, conduct ed by the Rev. W. R- Stevens. Interment was In the Hale Ceme tery. He is survived by two daught ers: Mrs. Maude Birdsong and Mrs. Robert Faucett of Roanaks Rapids; three sons, Ernest L, CL W., and Frank Newsome of Roa noke Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. J. T. 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