Club Women Undertake
Rewarding County Program
ME S. HUGH PAKE
BetUe Club
The past year has been a busy
and rewarding one for Home Dem
onstration Club women. Better ru
ral living is the challenge that
faces all rural people in Carteret
County.
With the cooperation of all agri
cultural agencies, farm, business
and civic groups, improvement is
being made on the farm, in the
homes, and in rural communities.
Through capable and energetic
leadership of the Carteret County
Home Demonstration Clubs and
their home agent, Mrs. Floy Gar
ner, members have helped organ
ize and have taken part in a num
ber of community programs.
Activities in our county have
been many and varied. Some of
the more outstanding are . . .
Leadership ? Leaders have given
demonstrations in their clubs, have
assisted in 4-H programs, have giv
en reports in their various fields
and encouraged members to par
ticipate. In cooperation with the
Challenge Program, the Gloucester
Community was organized and a
very effective community program
is in progress.
Curb Market leaders assisted
with surplus commodities distribu
tion for three months. Club lead
ers arranged three exhibits at the
county fair.
Thre church grounds have been
beautified by two clubs. Needy
families have been helped. County
leaders participated in county and
district planning meetings. The
district chairman attended the two
day meeting of the State Execu
tive Board in Raleigh.
All clubs participated in making
the meeting of the 20th District
of Home Demonstration Clubs,
which was held at Morehcad City,
a big succcss. Mrs. Hugh Pake,
district chairman, attended the
National Home Demonstration
Council meeting in Chicago, and
reported on this meeting a?
Achievement Day.
This report appeared in the local
paper and a copy of the detailed
report was sent to each county in j
the 20th district, and by request,
to Miss Ruth Current, state home
demonstration agent.
Citizenship ? The Civil Defense
chairman was contacted and ser
vices of Home Demonstration wo
men offered. One club has an
emergency chest project. Mrs R.
L. Searle, county citizenship chair
man has taken the initiative in an
effort to interpret citizenship du
ties.
Special emphasis has been given
to voting and citizenship respon
sibilities by leaders in their clubs.
Leaders have had radio programs
and have written news articles.
Education A list of recommend
ed books has been given to each
club and this list was also given
to the librarian on the County
Bookmobile. Women have been en
couraged to read more good books.
Reading certificates were present
ed to those women who had read
the required number of books.
Club members subscribe to the
Home Demonstration news (statr
newspaper); National Notes (Na
tional H.D. Newspaper) and Coun
try Woman (Newspaper of the
Associated Country Women of the
World).
International Relations ? Mrs. R.
L. Searle, international relations
leader, was our delegate to the
United Nations last fall. Delegates
of previous years were Mrs. G. T.
Spivey and Mrs. D. R. Arnold.
These women have given radio r#
ports, written news articles, spok
en at the Achievement Day Pro
grams, supervised UN Fair Exhib
its and UN store window displays.
These delegates have also shared
their UN experiences and informa
tion through talks at schools,
churches and local clubs.
Twelve Carteret club women are
participating in the "Letter
Friends" program.
By purchasing UNESCO Stamps,
the club women have participated
in the UNESCO program for an
education center in Ceylon, where
the triennial meeting of the Asso
ciated Country Women of the
World will be held this year.
Music ? Music leaders are respon
sible for music at all club meet
ings. Eleven Carteret Club wo
men and the Home Agent attend*
ed the Rural Church Music Train
ing school held in Jacksonville
this winter.
Health and Safety ? Club women
have helped with clinics (polio),
etc.), publicized health depart
ment facilities and encouraged
people to take advantage of the
services offered by the depart
ment. Mrs. Louise Spivey, county
health leader, attended the mental
health meeting in Raleigh and re
ported on this meeting.
Safety tips have been given and
the women have been urged to
make a safety check in their
homes, with emphasis on the medi
cine cabinet, slippery floors, an
choring slippery rugs, overloading
electrical outlets, etc.
Community ACttvftles v- Kacfr
club ptonned a family recreation
program for the month of August.
Home Demonstration Creed
Keep us. oh God from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word,
in deed.
Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking
May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face ?
without self-pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.
Let us take time for all things; make us to grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and
unafraid.
Grant that we may realise it is the little things that create differ
ences, that in the big things of life we are at one.
And may we strive to touch and to know the great, common human
heart of us all, and oh Lord, let us forget not to be kind!
These included picnics, fish-fries,
etc.
All clubs have improved their
home grounds and several have
improved church grounds.
The community club at Glouces
ter has been working on commun
ity and highway beautification. A
clean up program has been car
ried out. They have also planted
over 200 crepe myrtles along the
roadside.
4-H Clubs (Girls' Program) ?
There are 4-H adult leaders in
Home Demonstration Clubs. These
leaders have assisted the girls with
their project work, particularly in
clothing and food preparation.
Training schools for these 4-H
leaders have been conducted by
the home agent.
Health Improvement, Home Im
provement, and Family Life Edu
cation have been given specific at
tention, too.
The aim of our new program of
work is the same basic idea as in
past years, "Better Family Liv
ing."
Home Demonstration work is not '
spectacular. It works quietly, af- (
fecting each differently, by advo
cating a little better use of food ?
here, better care of a child's life
I there, a touch of beauty, an added
comfort, or a saving of labor.
It has been said, "When you ;
teach a man, you teach an indivi- 1
dual. When you teach a woman,
you teach a family." Arc we doing ,
our part in training our families
and others with whom we come in
contact in order to further the !
Home Demonstration program in
Carteret County?
"All have a share in the beauty,
All have a part in the plan.
What docs it matter what duty '
Falls to the lot of man?
Someone has blended the plas
ter,
And someone has carried the
stone,
Neither the man nor the master
Ever has builded alone.
Making a roof from the weather.
Or building a house for the
King,
1 "Only by working together
Have men accomplished a
thing."
Clubs Nurture
Leadership
By MRS. J. L. SEAMON
Crab Point Club
Many pages could be written on I
the achievements and accomplish
ments of Home Demonstration
Club Work in Carteret County. It
is hard to say what is the most
important phase because there are
so many phases.
But, one to me, stands out very
noticeably in our county, and that
is the leadership program which
is being developed amOng our
members. In addition to conduct
ing and presiding over regularly
scheduled meetings with grace and
poise, club members often organize
and conduct whatever activities
are necessary to accomplish their
objectives.
In Carteret County, due to the
lack of personnel in the home
agent's office, it is often neces
sary for club members to assume
demonstration responsibilities in I
addition to the regular leader j
training program. I have seen this !
phase of our work in action over I
a period of years and think that j
we have developed and are devel
oping many capable leaders.
Before giving a demonstration!
to our club members, the leaders :
are trained by the home agent or j
a Specialist from State College, at
a special meeting. The last such I
meeting, which we had in March, i
was one of the best we have ever !
had.
Club members have found that
they too, can present information
and materials to their fellow mem
bers and that in so doing, they
learn more themselves.
Leaders in the various areas
have played a big part in the over
all program in our county during
the past year. The program was
carried on almost entirely by lead
ers during the time a change was
being made in home agents.
Trained leaders who are not dis
mayed by large jobs and at the
same time, are not too proud to
These Are the Objectives
Of Demonstration Program
By MRS. R. L. SEARLE
Wire Grass Club
j National Home Demonstration
I Week is being observed this week.
April 29 May 5. This is the ele
venth annual observance.
In connection with it, I would
like to cite some of the primary
objectives of this extensive Home
Demonstration program
We want to acquaint the gen
eral public, especially young home
makers with the extension service
and its educational programs for
homemakers. This is a form of
public relations, and public rela
tions consists of first, doing a good
'job; and second, telling folks of
the job.
Extension work has an educa
do the small worthwhile things are i
valuable assets to any community, i
"Today's Home Builds Tomor- j
row's World" is just as true to
day as it ever was, and the mem
bers of our organization will con- 1
tinue striving to build better
homes and communities in which |
to live and hope that "tomorrow's j
world" will be a better place bo
cause of our efforts today.
tional program an income produc
tion and community development
as well as in homemaking. Very
few farm people are taking advan
tage of this educational assistance
In our homemaking program we
j learn better methods of food prep
iaration, food conservation can
ning and freezing, preserving, etc ;
planning meals for better family
health, with an eye to economy.
Through this same program, we
are given help with re-decorating
our home, selection of household
equipment to suit our needs, land
scaping our grounds and general
home improvement practices.
Clothing is another field in
which we learn new and better
methods of construction, thereby
giving a professional look to our
home-made clothing and saving
money on the clothing budget at
the same time.
1 know of no other one source i
of so much educational assistance, j
available without cost to the home- j
maker.
Loan Fund
Not only are we interested in '
educating ourselves, but we also
have a loan fund in North Caro- 1
lina, to help young people (fu-!
til re homemakers) go to college
to pursue their studies in home
economics or any other field of
their choice. There are 27 girls
attending college this year who
have been granted loans through
this fund. I know of one girl from
Carteret County who is taking ad
vantage of this opportunity.
We would like to strengthen
local planning and local participa
tion in extension programs.
I "Plan your work and work your
. plan" has long been a motto which
has paid off. 1 don't feel that we, j
I the women of Carteret County
I work as hard as we should to
I make a success of our Home Dem
I onstration Clubs.
I When I went on the United Na
tions tour last fall with women
from other counties in our state,
it was a little embarrassing to
, hear the others talking of what i
they were doing in their counties, !
as compared to what we were ac
complishing here. We are improv
ing. doing more, but we still are
1 just not doing enough,
j We haven't the excuse. "There's
no one to give the demonstrations
when the agent can't be with us."
We have leader training meetings |
held by the agent for this purpose,
and we do have an efficient agent '
to guide and help us with all of j
our programs and problems So,
let's all work harder, get things!
done in Carteret County, push the !
Home Demonstration program and
use it to the fullest.
Then, maybe this year when the
UN delegate from this county goes
on tour with women from other
counties, she will be justified in
doing a little boasting too.
Research Important
Let's tell homemakers about re
search which relates to the home
and family, and the importance
of their putting it into practice.
Industrial giants which have
brought so many good things to
the people of America were among
the first to recognize the value of
research Agriculture and home
demonstration work needs to in
tensify its research and translate
this research into everyday living.
Home Demonstration Club work
is simply an educational program,
designed to carry the findings of
research to the home and the farm
family. This interpretation of re
search for practical use is the ed
ucational responsibility of exten
sion work. We, as club members,
can benefit from this research,
only through regular attendance at
our Home Demonstration Club
meetings.
Extension work assists families
in understanding broad problems
of agriculture and their relation
to local, national, and world af
fairs. Greatly enlarged communi
See OBJECTIVES. Page 2, Sec. 2
KEEP YOUR FAMIUY
... in a family group photograph you will all lOw
as much as you like each other.
Be together always
Call, phone, or write for an appointment today.
JERRY SCHUMACHER
Photographer
Phone 6-4730
411 Evans St. Morchead City
Who Will Be Mother-of-the-Year?
NOMINATE YOUR MOM FOR TOP HONORS AND A WEALTH OF VALUABLE FREE GIFTS
AS CARTERET COUNTY'S "MOTHER-OF-THE-YEAR"
The Winning Mom
Will Receive All
These Valuable
GIFTS
* Belle's
Choice of Any Dress in the Storo
Complete Refrigeration Co.
Hassock Electric Fan
Early Jewelers
Three Strand Lady Brownson Pearls
Lockhart Millworks
One Gallon of BPS Paint
More head City Drug Co.
Old Spice Cosmetic Set
Smith Television
Lazy Susan
Sound Appliance Co.
A Surprise Gift
Willis Pure Oil Service
Car Wash and Lubrication Job
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competition.
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"Mother-of-the- Year."
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4 a the judges on the basis of reasons given on the nom
inating ballots as verified. The judges' decision shall
be final.
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