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PAGE FOUR PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE Home Demonstration Work In Chowan County ' By MRS. E. L. WINSLOW In Dr. Jane S. McKimnvon’s book, “When We’re Green We Grow,” she has given us the past history of Home Demonstration Work in North Caro lina. The observance of National Home j Demonstration Week, May 5-12 re- i vived memories of the early days of club work. Chowan County was one j of the original 54 counties in our j State to have organized clubs of farm j homemakers, with Miss Maude i Rhodes as our first Home Agent in January of 1916. She had no way of getting to club | meetings except some one club mem- j ber would take her—driving a horse, j She had to plan her work and pro- j grams with the help of women se- j lecting subjects they most desired to be taught—cross stitch and other fan cy work—and some cooking lessons. Then as canning season approached, girls canning clubs were organized with as many women attending the meetings as girls. Miss Rhodes resign- ; ed at the end of 10 Vz months service, j Miss Circe Coble, our next Agent | had to resign because of ill health, as- j ter 2 years work in the County. After a lapse of three years with out an Agent, Eliza Knight came to our rescue, as Home Agent. We must have been very “Green" for then the clubs really began to grow. She organized clubs all over the County—both women’s clubs and girls' 4-H clubs. She had an arduous task having to sell to the women the idea j of the many benefits to be derived by ,- attending the club meetings and see- j ing the demonstrations given by the j Home Agent. During the time she was our Agent, the Agents and County Council Presidents of Chowan, Per quimans and Pasquotank counties met in Elizabeth City and organized the "Tri-County Federation.” It was “Green” too for it grew fast and j now includes 8 counties which com-j prise the 16th District. We had demonstrations in sewing, I cooking, canning, hat making and var-' ious other projects. At the end of IDs years she quit j us as Home Agent and took unto her- 1 self the job of wife and homemaker j for a Chowan farmer. She did not | desert us however, as she is a very faithful officer of a club in her com- AA - f Vote For 1 John F. White I For I | Representative ] Tried and Tested f In 1 Public Office f • j Always Promoted ? Measures For £ The Common Good I VOTE FOR JOHN F. WHITE ON MAY 25th. 1 His Ability and Experience Warrants i Your Vote and Support f ; > ■l This Advertisement Is Sponsored and Paid For By Friends of John F. White ( , * 1 I . « - T7W munity. Just at this time “The Powers That Be” decided that school days for club women had ended in Chowan Coun ty. The club women all over the Coun- Ity rose up in arms and went iif numbers to convince the County Com i missioners that we agreed whole ! heartedlv with Dr. Seaman A. Knapp I when he said of Home Demonstration | Agents, “You are an essential part of j the greatest of all universities, The j Home.” We knew too that the best teaching was byway of deinonstra i tion. Miss Mary Brantley came next to j remain with us ,2 years, returning j home at that time to be married. Miss Laura Hazelbaker came next. ! .she gave us demonstrations in serv ing, cutting patterns, cutting patterns for each club and had a de monstration by club members at the Chowan County Fair making butter and cottage cheese. She only tarried with us 1 year and 5 months, leaving 1 to be married. Miss Nelle Caldwell took up the j task as Home Agent for us in 1930 j working with the women’s club and 4- ’ H clubs. She gave us demonstrations ! on various subjects. We had ah all day meeting for basket making, she organized a curb market. Besides her many regular duties, she assisted with the E. R. A. canning program. Dur ing her stay with us she had a week’s camping trip for the club women. The same old story over and over —she j left us to take unto herself a hus ! band. They all seemed to think a hus- I band was the lesser of the two evils. I On the first day of the year 1935, our present Home Agent, Miss Rebec ca Colwell took up the work in Chow an County. In addition to the usual work in clothing, nutrition, canning and house furnishings, she has stress ed the importance of better housing, j yard improvements, assisted with the j Rural Electrification Program and j: supervised the -mattress and comfort er project. Local leaders have trained to | give demonstrations in their club i meetings and to take their places as - leaders in their communities. She had ! many club members helping in almost • every phase of war work through the Neighborhood Leader System and they : never failed her—always bringing in v ' - o J r !% - THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N, C„ THURSDAY, May 23, 19 % their allotment. In 1956 the Associated Country Wo men of the World came together in Washington. Delegates came from 23 foreign countries. North Carolina had the second highest number of dele gates present of any State in the Un ion. Miss Colwell took a party of Chowan Club members to this meet ing. She also took us to the World's Fair in New York, and on a number of other trips. She helped to secure the State and County supported Lib rary which is housed in the Commun ity Building. We have business meetings of the County Federation of Home Demon stration Clubs. Spring and Fall meet ings, District Meetings, and commun ity get-together meetings with re freshments served and singing and recreation which are attended by men, women and children. In nearly all clubs the club mem bers entertain their husbands at Christmas dinners or parties, and in i some clubs the husbands entertain the wives at dinner. Before the War we had County Picnics. The Chowan Woman’s Club built a Community House. The assembly room equipped with tables and chairs in which as many as 125 people can be served at banquets or dinners. A well-equipped kitchen, also the room that houses the library. This building is used for different organizations, by school children for parties, County Council, farmers' meetings, and many others. Contributions to the building and equipment fund were made by other clubs in the County, County Council and many individuals. The Future of the Home Demon stration Work is in the hands and hearts of our young people. It is up to the club members to bestir themsel- I ves and get these people more inter- j ested in the work and its result, to invite, and try to persuade them to j attend the meetings in which the de- j monstrations are educational factors , in every |'hase of home making)}, health and nutrition. Also those things j that make for more abundant living, j by developing their native talents j through work, recreation, social life j and leadership. STOP SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATISM AS & Mx «« *l»t«»«nr LAKOrt * DIOfJ which hx hrowjhf Hx ,l ttxr wvw IfcxfM tcwhh. Cc# LAKCN'S * DROPS tWwy •• • ixxct" •« icticfccttM •» r*x xoixr bwck- LAKEN’S 9 DROPS O* Sal* At All Drug St or as »fici I _ 5 Honest and f \ i! Faithful Servant ? Os the People £ 1 1 i • I Safe - Able and f Experienced e EASON CROSS ROADS Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Byrum and children, Sandra and Wayne, and Miss Wessie Harrell spent last week-end with Mrs. L. B. Harrell. Wallace Jordan and Miss Bill Jor dan visited Mr. and Mrs. George Jor dan Sunday night. Mrs. Marie Forehand visited Mrs. L. B. Harrell Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Jones, Jr., and Miss Evelyn Piland of Norfolk spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Piland. Mr. and Mrs. L, B. Harrell and daughter, Josephine, visited Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jordan Sunday. Randolph Williams was taken seri ously ill Sunday and was rushed to a Norfolk hospital. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jones entertain ed at a birthday dinner Sunday in honor of the birthday of their daugh ter, Miss Florence Jones. SHEAFFER AND PARKER PENS C AMPIN’S Sail Boat For Sale 38 ft. Ketch with 1938 Olds mobile motor now shored up at Naval Air Station Boat House. Will sell for SSOO. Write M. F. Brown. Box 127 Wellington Villa. Alexandria, Va. May 9. 16. 23 pd. Greeting Cards For All Occasions [ Campen’s JEWELERS '■ T _ I ! jg f JJ | Summer \sr\i Rationed anymore^ I ® ESSO OEfIEER NOW ~J Tiieliji’aofrontrp.velthisyear! And your j Emuccj YOUR “BAFPIf MOfomVr-* ;v.o-.rin ? are limited only 'wiUnrr.U j by anility ol your' car to go...and / JSfej AT--. • j keep cn going! I Vflii -j mtj -ry i Probably it’s pretty eld... and it never i fe | needed thorough protection of every mov f|d Kj#N !# in g part more than it does right now! I f BE !2 j If you're ref// lucky and have a new ' / ■ Bw*,-h fR n ( ?* M . 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Coke, Collector for the Town of Edenton, will, on Monday, June 10, 1946, at the Court House door, at 12 o clock noon, offer for sale to the highest bidder all property on which the taxes for the vear 1945 have not been paid. . ... , Following is a list of the delinquent taxpayers, a description of the prop erty to be sold, and the taxes, costs, etc., due by each taxpayer: WHITE Clyde Adams, house, N. Broad S. —----- —--— * Mrs. K. H. Bunch, lots 37 and 38, N. Edenton —. Mrs. Annie Byrum, lot 63, N. Edenton —-------- [ 1 Mrs. Eddie Cohoon, lot 90, N. Edenton Donald Faircloth, lot 71, N. Edenton —— Willie C. Sitterson, house, Johnson St. ——, -— —- Robert Staton, lot 172, N. Edenton —— —------ I T. L. White Estate, lot, Eden Heights : —- T. H. Woodley Estate, lot,, N. Edenton -- ——- L, F. Ziegler Estate, lots 36 and 37, N. Edenton —------— <4.43 COLORED Pleasant Beasley Estate, lot, E. Peterson St. —— Jerry Bembry Estate, lot, E. Hick* St. ———- L*® Annie Blount and Bessie Miller, lot, Peterson St. Evalena Blount, lot, Ryder Lane —————— —— Mattie Burke Estate, house, N. Oakum St. —: ——— 19.41 1 Edward Cherry Estate, lot, Ryder Lane —-- LBB William Collins, house, W. Church St. -—--- ——--——— ?0.69 Annie Cooper Estate, house, E. Church St. ——- 19-73 Beatrice Dix Estate, house, Hicks St. ——— &-38 S. J. V. Etheridge, house, E. Albemarle St. -- - 17.18 W. H. Gilliam Estate, House, E. Carteret St. —- 12.75 Laura and Elizabeth Griffin, house, W. Gale St. ,- —-—-- 4.98 Mary Gussom Estate, lot, Church St. -- 5.76 Lillian Halsey, lot, W. Peterson St. 4.21 J. A. Handy, lot, Hicks St. ————- —— 4.21 Rosa Hathaway, lot, Gale St. _— 3.43 Florence Haughton, lot, E. School St.. 2.66 John Quincy Haughton, lot, Freemason’St. ——— —-- 3.82 Solomon Haughton Estate, house, Cemetery St. - —— 2.66 Wm. Haughton Estate, lot, E. Church St. ..———-_ 5.76 Martha Jackson, house, Granville St. —— 4.99 J. B. Jenkins, lot, W. Albemarle St. --- ■,— 4.21 Allen Johnson Estate, House, E. Church St. ------ Isaac Johnson Estate, lot, Peterson St. ———— 4.11 Willie and Ophelia Jones, house, N. Granville St. —— 8,87 Martha L. Jordan Estate, lot, Peterson St. 3.43 Lillie Lawrence, house, E. Hicks St. —.- 4.21 H. L. Manley, house and lot, Eden Heights 13.01 l Maude Newby, lot, Ryder Lane , , 2.66 E. S. Parker, house, E. Albemarle; lot, E. Albemarle; house, E. Gale .---- Gertrude Ricks, lot, Ryder Lane 2.66 Elbert Riddick Estate, lot, Cemetery St. 7.31 Betsy Sawyer Estate, house, E. Albemarle St. (bal. due) 6.28 Joe B. Skinner Estate, house, Oakum St. Kate Worrell Estate, house, W. Carteret St. L-- 15.08 Sarah Wynne Estate, lot, Hicks St. - 5.76 LOUISE I). COKE, Collector Town of Edenton. 1 This 13th day of May, 1946. er who was being shown around. “Him? Him heap munitions maker,” explained the redskin who was acting as guide.
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