Mrs. James P. Cunningham, of the Carson Home Demonstration Club, as county recreation leader,
plans her work to include young people. Here she is shown instructing a group from her community in
square dancing. A team has been formed as a result of her efforts. (Staff Photo)
Recreation
Teaches Youth
Happiness
When the county council of
home demonstration clubs
elected Mrs. J. P. Cunning
ham, of Carson club, to serve
as county recreation leader,
they knew of her outstanding
record in 4-H leadership. Mrs.
Cunningham believes adults
need to play, too. You will
think the same if you read
her story. ? Mrs. Florence
Sheriill.
Recreation Needs
Of course, today's home builds
tomorrow's world! Hasn't it
been said that the hand that
rocks the cradle rules the
world? If true, this places a
great responsibility in the hands
of today's homemakers. Stop!
Think! Are we living up to
these responsibilities?
I'm sure we're doing our best
to build the best homes pos
sible for our families. I'm sure
we want our children to make a
success of their lives. But What
is success? A good Job and per
haps financial success? A good
education? A good marriage?
Good health? A good social po
sition?
True, these are all of the ut
most importance; however, I
believe that real success is
"Happiness". Good wholesome
recreation in our youth helps
us to learn what makes real
happiness.
To The
Home Demonstration Gubs
of Macon County
Our Best Bow
and
Congratulations
WESTERN AUTO ASSOC. STORE
Phone 169 Franklin, N. C.
Peale Quoted
Dr. Norman Vincent Peal tells
of asking a very successful roan,
"To what do you consider the
necessary attributes for a suc
cessful career In Industry?" The
reply was, "Number one Is the
ability to adjust to and to
work with other people. Number
two, one must have common,
ordinary, everyday intelligence.
Number three, the ability to
work hard, to apply one-self is
essential. And, number four, a
person needs technical skill".
You might be surprised at
the order of the listing and ex
pect him to put technical skill
first and intelligence second, as
I did. However, he says that
people succeed or fail, first of
all, to the extent they are able
to adjust to other people.
Program Important
Thus, I believe our organized
recreational programs with our
children, throughout their for
mative years, to be most im
portant. If children learn to
play well together, they are
likely to get along with hus
band or wife in later years. If
they build happy homes, they
raise well adjusted children.
Did you know that working
and playing with young people
is like taking a drink from the
fountain of youth? It keeps you
young! Let's plan time for rec
reation!
Someone has said, "Recrea
tion is not the highest kind of
enjoyment, but in its time and
place is quite as proper as pray
er."
Mrs. Esther C. Cunningham
(Carson Club)
No. 1
other available facilities may be
obtained from Mrs. Gladys
Shope, senior public health
nurse, and H. T. Collins, senior
"Come libero cittadino americ&no, Voi
vorrete esercitare il Vostro diritto di voto
nelle Elezioni Primarie Democratiche in
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(iete debitamente registrato. Uno dei
molti e forse il piu importante dei modi
per conseguire gli scopi della Democrazia
e' appunto di esercitare il privilegio del
voto."
"IN ANY LANGUAGE . .
sanitarian. The Public ? Health
Department holds a pre-school
clinic at each school in the
spring. Club members assist by
providing transportation, re
freshments, helping care for
younger children, or in other
situations in which they are
needed. We feel it Is a crime for
a child to have any disease that
can be prevented by the immu
nization program available to
day. We encourage the mothers
of pre-school children to follow
the advice of the health officer
and nurse.
Understand .Services
Another objective is to under
stand the services of the other
health agencies of North Caro
lina. We held a health educa
tion conference in this county
and a number of our women
have attended similar confer
ences in Hazelwood, Sylva, and
Bryson City. At these meetings,
we learned of services available
through Crippled Children's So
ciety, American Cancer Society,
and American Heart Associa
tion. Studies also were made
concerning tuberculosis control,
farm and home safety, nutri
tion, preventative medical care,
'mental health, and X-ray.
Complete Physical
From these conferences have
come several objectives. The
most important we feel is the
annual complete physical ex
amination. We stress this in all
our clubs: "Our own family
doctor is our best friend." It 1s
he, being acquainted with us,
who can detect something
wrong and help us, thus saving
time, money, pain, and possible
future health. But. he cannot
help us if we do not go to him.
We always take advantage of
the mobile X-ray unit. One of
the clubs saw that the entire
communtiy was provided with
transportation to the mobile
unit.
Cancer Film Show
All of us are very much con
cerned with cancer detection
and control. The film, "Breast
Self-Examination", has been
shown in every club. Many of
our women take advantage of
the Cancer Detection Clinic
held in Sylva every Friday. We
have learned cancer can be
cured, if detected in the early
stages. Recently the Highlands
Home Demonstration Club
sponsored a special meeting, in
viting non-members, in the in
terest of cancer control.
Home demonstration club
women have assisted in collect
Better Characters In Our Children
Better Living Conditions In Our Homes
Better Programs In Our Churches, Schools, and Clubs
These are some of the things that Home Demonstration Clubs
have helped to bring to Macon County and for this we would
like to say,
Congratulations and Thanks
BELK'S - FRANKLIN
lng funds for the American
Heart Association. Heart and
blood diseases are another group
In which early diagnosis and
projfer treatment Influence the
prognosis of the disease. In our
clubs we studied, ''The Heart
of the Home". We learned ways
a heart patient can conserve
energy and remain an active
homemaker, and how all of us
can prevent unnecessary strain
on our hearts.
.Safety Discussions
Many of our meetings Includ
ed discussions on safety. Spe
cial emphasis has been placed
on home safety ? particularity
the kitchen and medicine cabi
net. Highway safety has become
a concern to us all. We have
learned how vital a role the
homemaker plays In teaching
safety and providing the family
with the proper nutritional and
emotional background to prac
tice these teachings.
Good nutrition has long been
an objective of every club wom
an. We know if our diet does
not include the "basic seven"
every day, we are falling to
provide adequate nutrition for
our family. A well-nourished
body can resist germs more
readily than a poorly-nourlsh
ed one. Providing well-balanced
meals every day Is one of the
most important steps we can
take to good health.
Mental Health
Much is being learned con
cerning mental health. We are
aware it is just a disease, as
cancer or influenza, and no
stigma should be attached to
mental illness. It behooves the
club woman to Inform herself
on what constitutes good men
tal health, and the ways she
can improve the mental health
of herself and her family.
It would seem all our objec
tives could come under one
heading? Prevention and Con
trol of Diseases. It Is toward
this goal we have worked, and
in the future we hope to in
clude every club member and
many non-members In the vari
ous phases of this work.
Mrs. Marlin Combs
(Iotla Club)
No. 4
"I am old, nothing interests me
question, ''What is the most
worth-while thing in life?"
I am old, nothing interests me
now;
Moreover, I am not very Intel
ligent
And my ideas have never trav
eled further than my feet.
You ask me what is the su
preme happiness here below?
It is listening to the sons of a
little girl
As she goes down the road
After having asked me the
way".
?Wang Wei
A Prayer
Dear Father, guide and di
rect us to that we, too, may feel
the supreme happiness that
comes as we listen to the song
of a little child who has asked
lis the way. Make us better par
ents. Help us to understand our
children, to listen patiently to
their questions, and to answer
them kindly. Keep us from lri-%
terruptlng them, talking back
to them, and contradicting
them. Make us courteous to
them as we would have them
be to us. Give us courage to ad
mit our mistakes, and to say
we are sorry. Sustain us when
we are out of sorts, help us hold
our tongues. Blind us to the
lltle mistakes of our children,
help us to remember that they
are children and Incapable of
exercising the Judgment and
conventions of adults Forbid
that we should ever punish (or
our selfish satisfaction, or be
fore our child Is given a chance
to explain. Make us fair and
just, so considerate and under
standing that our children will
enjoy our companionship. Fit us
to be loved and Imitated by our
children. And with all these
gifts, O Oreat Jehovah, give us
calm, and poise and self-con
trol. Amen ? (Adapted from "A
Prayer for Parents" by Oary
Myers.)
Mrs. Fred Cor kin
(Hlgdonvllle Club)
Adequate forage is necessary to
successful livestock production.
North Carolina farmers produce
about one-half million acres of
annual lespedezas each year.
Hear Weimar Jones,
candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Rep
resentative, in a radio talk
over the local station to
morrow (Friday) at 12:30
p. m.
Adv.
Congratulations,
Good Ladies -
We are proud of the Home Demonstration
Clubs of Macon County and the work they
have done. To each and everyone you a tip
of the hat and a hearty, "Thank Lou!"
' I ' ?
DOWNS & DOWDLE
Phone 226 Franklin, N. C.
To the Home Demonstration Clubs
'
of Macon County
CONGRATULATIONS
Through the years you have helped make
Macon County a better place to live and
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU
The Fashion Shop
Congratulations
TO THE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS
OF MACON COUNTY
For their fine programs this year . ?. . and for the fine inspiration
and leadership that their members have given to the communities
and churches throughout Macon County since their first begin
ning.
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The Twins' Shop