Orange Women
Observe
Homemaking Ai
"Quality Of Family Living"
Is Major Point Of Emphasis
By JESSIE TROWBRIDGE
Horn* Economic* Agont t_^
Orange County Home Demonstra
tion women join with the nearly
7 million homemakers, who take
part in home demonstration work
each year, and ,are observing the
14th National Home Demonstra
tion Week May 3-9.
Most of the home demonstration
women live in the rural areas. A
few live in town. Some are young,
some older. Some are newly mar
ried. others have children, and still
others, grandchildren. What these
people have in common is an eager
ness to become more efficient
homemakers and better citizens.
Home Demonstration work is an
educational program in better
homemaking planned by and for
homemakers, and conducted co
operatively by the Extension Ser
vice of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, the State land-grant
colleges, and county governments.
Through it, families learn to ap
ply the latest results of home eco
nomics research.
The ‘‘quality of family living" is
the major point of emphasis in to
day’s home demonstration program.
Special stress is placed upon the
common concerns of the home
family relationships, food, clothing,
■belter, and financial security, A1
so important are educational, so
cial, cultural, and recreational op
portunities which must be used to
best advantages.
Generally, most women partici
pating inAhk home demonstration
program are trying to learn to
live and work congenially with
others in the family and in the
community: to better manage per
sonal resources ot time, money,
and energy to reach family goals;
to choose from the market food,
clothing, home furnishings, house
hold equipment, and other things
essential in attaining a satisfying
way of life; to keep the household
running smoothly and provide a
comfortable, convenient and at
tractive home; to understand the
; relation of nutritious food, suitable
> clothing, and adequate housing to
; the health and well-beng of each
j family member.
This year, family living pro
grams include, among other ser
vices, assistance to families in
planning and managing their re
sources. health, education, human
relations, safety, and consumer in
formation on foods, clothing and
equipment.
Home" Demonstration Worden in
Orange County began the observ
ance of National Home Demonstra
tion Week early. They were hosts
for the 14th District Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs Meet
ing April 28, when reports of ac
complishments were shown. During
May the club members will study
Quality Canned Foods r^t the meet
ings. Dress Revues will be held in
local clubs. Winners at these re
vues will show their dresses at
the County Council May 28.
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Indonesians Visit Buckhorn Grange
By Mrs. James Bradshaw
Three young Indonesian women,
studying agricultural cooperates in
the United States, were special
guests of the Buckhorn Grange
and the Buckhorn Home Demon
stration Club on April 17th and
visited several farms in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Sykes and
Mrs. Pattye Stanford, Chairman of
the community service committee,
escorted the three women on their
tour. Their tour of this area started
with a visit to the White Furniture
Company, then to Hubert Carter's
chicken farm and to G. P. Syke’s
tree farm. They also visited the
Sykes homestead, over 100 years I
old. It had recently been remodel
ed. but still contained many an
tiques of the original family.
The University of North Carolina
and Duke University Chapel was
also visited by the group. From
there they continued to Camp
Chestnut Ridge, the Methodist
Youth Camp, and were amused
with the covered wagons and ho
-gana-the group slept in. —
They returned to the Grange
Hall at Buckhorn where a supper
was serevd in the^ir honor. Mrs.
Margaret Addison of Chicago
Grange was the guest speaker for
the evening3 Mrs. Addison is now
at the School of Public Health ii
Chapel Hill. She talked about her
self as a “green horn’’ in the Car
olinas and told of her amusing ex
periences when she first noticec
that cotton was grown in Nortl
Carolina.
Miss Mardjani. Miss Soekarmilat
and Mrs. Sdeprapti told of theii
country and the many crops raisec
there. Apriculture was very much
the same there as it is here. Thej
do, however, have gold and dia
monds there that we don’t have in
this country.
When asked what impressed
them more here, one replied, "the
large supermarkets.” The others
agreed that the Duke Chapel was
very beautiful and enjoyed it very
much.
Following the meeting the young
ladies returned to Greensboro,
where they were leaving for In
dianapolis, Ind.
Mt. Carmel Is Active HD Club
By Mrs. Preston Buckner
Mr. Carmel Club was organized
in 1937. Mrs. Carl Sparrow helped
organize it and wa's the first
President. The first meeting was
at the home of Mrs. Paul Johnson.
Miss Grace Holcomb was Home
Demonstration Agent. The club was
very active and has continued to
be. At the present time there are
16 active members. We have had
mail box and road side improve
ment as our projects. For the last
few years our projects have center
ed around our church cabin. We
have made draperies, painted and
planted scrubbery. This spring our
Quilting Bee Still Popular
By Mrs. Merritt Dixon
Aycock Club
- The Aycock Home Dcmonstra
tion Club women still enjoy old
fashioned quilting bees.
Recently eight club member
and a few non-club members spen
the day quilting at- Mrs. Zeb Bui
ton’s.
After quilting and “gabbing
steadily for about three hours th
hostess served a “fabulous" meal.
After a short rest period quilting
• was resumed. Mrs. Burton served
cookies and cokes during the af
ternoon.
; Besides a day of fellowship and
t fun, the women finished a beauti
- ful quilt for Mrs. Burton. Before
the women left they had been in
' vited to other homes for similar
j spend-the-day quilting bees.
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QUILTING—Left to right, Mrs. Tom Roundtree, Mr*. Howard
Pittard, Mr*. Merritt Dixon, Mr*. Wyatt Phelps and Mr*. Zeb Burton
of the Aycock Club.
A TASTE TREAT YOU'LL REMEMBER
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At Your Favorite Grocery Or Market
,v Piedmont Pocjcing Co., Hillsboro
club sponsored a chicken supper
and bought an electric stove for
the cabin. We are working toward
buying a sink, hot water heater
and new cabinet tops for the cab
in. At Christmas we have a party
and wrap gifts for some needy fam
ily.
Officers for this year are Mrs. I
Preston Buckner, president; Mrs.
Thomas Blackwood, vice-president;
Mrs. Hugh Hollcman, secretary and
treasurer.
Landscaping Much In Evidence At Caldwell J
By Mr*. R. «. Murray
Caldwell Club
“I shot an arrow into the air—
but everybody knows the story ol
the arrow and the song. To usr
their unseen flights and random
landings as a comparison is noth
ing less than indulgence in a cliche
yet in this case — oh, well, the
temptation is just too strong—
How many words, silhouette illu
strations, and films have Extension
Service personnel launched into
the ether, only to feel that these
messages just went soaring ofl
into perpetual vacumm. Yet time
eventually brings the revelation
that the vacuum was not so vacant,
after all; for all around are evi
dences that the messages found
landings, took root, and are pro
ducing results after their kind.
Narrowing the scope of the com
parison down to Home Beautifies
tion, and to a particular area, one
has only to ride through the Cald
well Community any day of the
year to find the landing spots ol
numerous portions of the miles
of lectures and reams of films put
into stellar flight by John Harris
and fellow Extension horticultur
ists. On almost every lawn, during
winter^ there are strategic arrange
ments of everygreens relieving the
drabness of the scenery; and, dur
ing other seasons, there are riotous
assortments of blooms and fol
iages enlivening driveways, walks
hedges and walls. Occasionally, on*
can even see a new home beinj
“processed” through every stage o:
grounds beautification.
Such a home, for example, ii
that of Paul and Sarah Gates oi
Route 2. Rougemont. Incidental!)
since their marriage the Gate';
coupl-e have lived with his parents
being a convenient arrangemen
for Paul to operate and help oper
ate his own and his father’s farn
and poultry enterprises and foi
Sarah to pursue — intermittently
because of the close-spaced arrival
of three babies — her career a
nurse. But the presence of thi
three children forcibly impingei
upon the young couple the nee*
for a less restricted way of fami
ly life, and they finally began i
home of their own. ThrOughou
the building of this home botl
Paul and Sarah — who meanwhil*
had become a home demonstratioi
club member — turned frequentl;
for plans and general know-how t<
the sources to which they ewn
accustomed as a matter of coursi
to turn, their farm and horn*
agents. There were several trek
THE PAUL GATES HOME . . . NEAR CALDWtL(,
by Extension Service personnel—
especially by home agent Jessie .
Trowbridge when time came for
tne last-word advice of furnishings
and ground problems—to the Gates
home, as well as by the Gates
couple to Extension offices. Final
ly, all these comings-and-goings
were climaxed by Paul and Sarah’s
attending county landscaping
! workshops in December and Jan
juary.-From these workshops, they
brought back detailed knowledge j
and charts of how both to grade
and seed the lawn and to place and
plant each ornamental.
From the accompanying photo
graph one can get an idea of the
success of the grading ■
ing, though time and on
have not yet permitted*)
ing of ornamentation.
CAR WASH
The Methodist Youth Ft
of the Hillsboro Methodist
will sponsor a car wash I
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 pn
the Methodist 'Parsonage.
The price per car will |
The proceeds will go to s
planning retreat, ' thtr
which is to plan what
is going to do the foil
Come and bring your car.
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