Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-01
QUARTERLY REPORT OF
 MISS BERTHA HALLocK.
County Club Leader Tells of Boys and Girls Activities During Past Three Months.

Boys and girls club work is rapidly taking shape in this county and a been started. according to the quarter ly report of Miss Bertha Hallock, county club leader. In her report Miss
 Iallock says:
 Farm Bureau Town Meetings. |; T. commenced work with the New London county farm bureau the 17th Of October. The larger. part of my work has been presenting boys and girls club work at the farm bureau town meetings. beginning the 18th of October at Salem. We held meetings in the following towns:
 Old Lyme, Voluntown, Sprague, Lyme, Ledyard. Franklin Groton, Montville, Bozrah, Lebanon, Colches- ter,- Lisbon, Preston City, North Ston- ington. Stonington, Norwich Town. . At each meeting the town home eco- monies committees have been appoint ed, and it is with their assistance that we hope to establish boys and girls club work. I have presented club work to them in general, going over in detail the prospects of forming a junior home economies club in their town or community.+,7W We have besA able in a number of towns to start somewhat definitely junior home eco monies clubs.
 Town of Lisbon.
 In the town of Lisbon club of six or eight girls are ready to begin their work. the first meeting being planned for the Sth of December, with. Miss Wade as local leader, meetings to be held in a little hall which Miss Wade has furnished, making 1t very central for the girls.
 Town of Bozrah.
 We have plans for organizing a club of girls at BoZrah Center, Mrs. Frank Palmer acting as club leader, | H. l. -s-A kI- bers. of the home economies commit tee=s We are planning to meet at Boz rah+ grange hall for our first meeting, Jan.a 5th, 911S.
 Town of North stoninston.
 A club has been planned for in North Stonington with Miss Ruby Park as club leader, for 10 to 12 girls. They are planning to meet at the girls homes, the first date to be decided upon very soon.
 Stoninston.
 Mrs. Joseph Moves is acting as local leader in the community of the Ro--s district. A club of six girls w>sn 70 take up the junior nome economics work,
 .s.- Norwich Town. In Plain Hill community a group of eight girls are starting club work win Miss Jessie Browning as local leader The first meeting will be held Dec. 15. 1917.
 Ledyard. 1s A number of the teachers have been interesting the girls in the junior home economies work We will have at least three clubs in that town, the meetings being held in the schools during the half hour which is usually deaoted to agriculture. Definite dates are to be settled upon very soon.
 4*. Noryieh City The home economies committee of Norwich city have decided to put on an extension school during the 11th, 12th and 13 of December, holding dexh- enstrations on corn dishes for the benefit of the townspeople and, any ether people attending the corn show They also voted to take up boys and girls club work, and definite action has been taken up on the West Side of the city. the First Baptist church of fering their church kitchen as a meet ing place A club of B or 40 girls wish to take up the work, Mrs. Hig- gins acting as local leader. Old Lyme.
 The people in Lyme asked. me to go, to the nt-teachers' meeting Nov. 27th to talk over club work with them and also, present the club work to the boys and girls in the schools. Preston City. Quite bit of interest was shown at Preston City, but a local leader was not .Esecured, and the teachers were Frather doubtful about getting the girls together.
 Other Meetings. {. A meeting of the county home eco monies committee at New London wSs held in November. We presented to