Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-30
HOME ECONOMICS
CAMPAIGN PLANNED
I'm STATE DISTRICTS

An increase In extension work Is
being planned for North Dakota won-
en-. Director Thomas P. Cooper an
nounces hat the agricultural extern
sion department of the agricultural
college in cooperation with the fed
eral government have completed pre-
liminary plans for beginning an ex-.
tensive home economics campaign.
AS a basis for the work the state
will be. divided into districts. In each
Of these will be placed permanently
q woman trained in homo economics
extension work. She will conduct q
series Of meetings n demonstrations,
as well as meet classes n study
clubs that may be formed. Food saw
ing and substitution will be studied.
and demonstrations made of 9 food
products and OF food products sug
gested by the federal food department.
AS a preliminary to placing these
women, who may be considered as
itinerant home economics teachers, In
the field, May g. Mcdonald, in charge
of nome economies extension work.
will hold a series Of conferences with
representative women in different
parts Of the state.
The general plan of the proposed
work will be discussed and plans4de-
veloped for effective cooperation.
Dates for meetings have been set as.
|follows: Wahpeton, September 10;,
Dickinson September IL; Mott, Sep.
TENDER 49, Mandan, September IA
and Bismarck, September 15. Meet
ings In other districts will follow as.
rapidly asbpossible. The corps of wom-
en- have been selected. for this work
shortly after the middle of September.
1. UgetS. H.H.u ar#zX X X 1874
Mrs. George $. Thomas and her
four children who have been guests of
the formers brother-in-law and Prof.
and Mrs. J.. Nelson Kelly and their
family. at Grand Forks Bay, Bemidji,
during the summer and are now
South Fifth street, expect to leave
Saturday for their home at Rich
mond, Virginia. Mrs. Thomas, with
her husband, Prof. Thomas, formerly
professor Of Latin at the University
Of North Dakota, formerly made her
home here, and is known to a great
many people in the city.
Mrs. Ruth Metcalf Of st. Paul and
Miss Margaret Trimm Of Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, who have been guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. g.. Payne during the
last few weeks left yesterday for st.
Paul. where Miss Trimm will be Mrs.
Metcalf's guest for a few days before
going home. Mrs. Metcalf and Miss
Trimm were entertained a great deal
during their visit here.
Miss Inga Kletnmetsrud and George
KLEIN Weng of this city were married
at Crookston yesterday afternoon at s
o'clock. Mrs. Russell Brown Of this
city attended, the bride. and J. F..
Brown of Crookston was the best
mo ~ Tho hrf6a ypnrn q pNwr nf uyhitn
satin and carried bridal roses. MI.
Weng is proprietor of the Chicago res
|taurant Of this city, and his bride has
resided here for some time.
X Y \
Miss Dorothy Hoax Of Crookston.
was a visitor here yesterday.
Mrs. Don v. Moore and her son
Lewis left yesterday for MITCHELL. s.
d., where they will visit relatives, and
meet their daughter and sister, Miss
Mary Moore, who has been visiting
there since leaving Minneapolis,
where she previously visited relatives.
Lewis Moore will leave Mitchell on
Saturday enroute for Lexington, Vir-
ginia, where he is to be a student at
the Virginia Military Institute during
the coming year. Mrs. Moore and her
daughter will visit for a fortnight or
longer, with relatives at Mitchell and
other points in South Dakota, before
returning home.
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The regular meeting. of the w. G..
T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs.
j. M. Smith, $40 Belmont avenue, to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
topic for discussion will be Mobilize
Your Talent; World peace will open
vast avenues leading to the supremacy
of American homes. Don't be a slack
er, register for temperance in the w.
CT. u"
bags are requested to place a motherly
letter in each. bag. All who have not
paid dues for the coming year are
asked to be prepared to do so at to-
morrow's meeting.
A farewell will be given to Mrs. A.
F. McIlraith who is to leave soon to
make her home in Seattle.