The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-21
ACTIVITIES OF
SCHOOL LEAGUE
Food Conservation Work
Creates Increased Club
Interest
DEMONSTRATIONS
THE COMING WEEK
Sewing Club to Help in Red Cross Work
Majority of Potato Club Members
Decide that Growing of Potatoes Is
Not Practicable This Year.

Dec1ue LlaC growing OF POTATOES Is
Not Practicable This Year.
In connection with the increased ac
tivity III gardening many have eX-
pressed the desire to see the canning
demonstration to be given by Miss Ash |
| ley. Because of this the canning club
will merge into the conservation work
Of the food production movement.
Eighty-six girls and II boys in the
grades have signified their intention Of
ATTENDING these demonstrations which
are also open to any of the mothers
who wish to come. The first demonstra-
ton will be given next Tuesday morn
ing at 1918 in the domestic science
room of the Main street building.
4 meeting of the Sewing club was
held Tuesday afternoon at 4.l5. A very
interesting and instructive talk on The
/ Use of Paper Patterns was given by
Miss Ashley. Many Of the members de
cided they would take sewing to do to
help the Red Cross branch.
A meeting of the Potato club was
held Tuesday afternoon in the high
school room with an attendance of over
90, chiefly from the grades. A verv
interesting talk was given by Arthur
Welcome, a student of the high school,
on his experience in potato raising dur
ing the last two years. He also gave
valuable information concerning plant
ling, cultivating and harvesting the
crops. Some of those present will be-
come members Of the club, but owing
IN nyf oil ipb &c
Zers, seed potatoes, and other expenses
the majority have decided the growing
of potatoes is not a practical undertake
ing.
There was a large attendance at the
April meeting of the Bird club. which
was held last week in the Canal street
school. The meeting was in charge of
, the president, Howard Rice, jr. The
life of John James Audubon was read
| by one of the members. Various sub
iects, such ~ bird lists, bird houses,
i.birds '-nests-and-wav to attract birds,
were discussed. Mrs. Lulu Horton Smith
gave a very interesting talk about
t spring birds, and she had mounted
specimens of many spring birds. 1t
, was decided to divide the club into
groups and 60 for bird walk later in
the season.
y well attended meeting of the com
bined divisions of the cooking club was
held in the seventh grade room of the
Main street building Thursday after
u noon at 1 o o'clock. Reports By the
members were given on work accom-.
Il pllshcd since the last demonstration
{ and an interesting letter from State
5 Club Leader f. l.. ingalls, to the club
members was read by Miss Hunter. Mr.
: ingalls, announced that the state is bet
d ter able to do its part in this club work
Y than ever before and urged the club
members to "make the best better
G Following this part of the meeting
l, Mrs. Edwin Feeny gave talk to the
n girls on Laying the Table and Table
Service, preceded by short talk on hel
- work in a domestic science course al
, Teachers college, Columbia university
= last year. Mrs. Feeny's talk proved
. very interesting and practical and wa,
" much enjoyed, both by the leaders anC
members of the club
At the close of Mrs. Feenevs tall
! was announced that Mrs. Pier would
:. demonstrate graham bread to club mem
" bers Saturday, April p. at 10 o'clocl
IN the science room, Main street build
ing, and that Miss Elizabeth McVeigl
>. would demonstrate to the West Brat
l tleboro division at her home Saturda,
/ forenoon. Recipe books given to tn
! club members by yeast company wer
| then distributed. each member receiv
j ing one on raised breads and one o.
l good things to eat made with bread.
The Manual Arts club held its regula
meeting Tuesday afternoon. R. II
Brown of the firm of Lowell & Brow
| gave talk on The Saw He brough
several saws with him and explained a
| length the characteristics of the differ
| ent kinds. He also explained the use
| for which each kind was adapted, thu
l giving some valuable points to use bot
| in the shop and in buying new saws
On account of the various other a,
| tivities characteristic of this time q
/ year, this probably will be the last req
| ular meeting of the club for this tern
\ Next year it is hoped to get the clu
work started earlier and to make
more profitable than the work of tn
year has been.
The junior employment league of IL
Earning club is in existence this yea
as last, but with a much smaller enrol
ment. The extensive aoricultur
] movement will interfere with the DO,
doing much outside work aside from ii
care of their gardens, but there are
few real workers who can be emplovC
for miscellaneous tasks. Tel. 6S4-y