The Robesonian., 1918-01-21
HOME DEMONSTRA-
TION WORK
Interesting Items From Home
Demonstration Office.

Demonstration Office.
Reported for The Robesonian:
The young ladies of the Lumberton
high school will begin their domestic
science class Monday under the di-
rectlon Of Miss Lulu Cassidey, coun
ty home demonstration agent. This
class was organized in the autumn
but they have been hindered in their
work on account Of the delay in Sc
curing texts and equipments.
| Rex Community League.
The Community league of Rex held
very interesting meeting last Tues
day evening sat the school building.
! In the absence of the president, Mr..
Sam johnson occupied the chair. The
meeting was opened by the singing
OF the Farmers Chorus" to the tune
OF Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. The mat
ter OF holding farmers institute at
Rex under the joint auspices of the
community league and the home dem
onstralon club was presented by Miss
Cassldey, and the league took favor
able action on it. Mr.. ". K. Bethune,
the speaker of the occasion, then made
a strong address on community build
ing and agriculture. Miss Cassidey
made a brief talk on agricultural
club work with the boys and girls
> The meeting was closed with the
singing of the "Community-CenteI
! School" to the tune of Auld Lang
. Syne. Miss Eta Williams, primary
teacher Of the Rex school, who is sec
| retary Of the league, is to be con
/ graduated on promoting very fin,
community spirit in this club. Mis-
Delphla Boin, the principal, also, ha
+ contributed much to its development
q Centenary Community League.
= A very interesting meeting of tn
+ Centenary community league, nea
= Rowland, was held last Wednesda
r. afternoon at the school. MissesAdam
4 and Cooper, teachers of the school, ha
n arranged very appropriate program
and the interest of the audience wa
q striking. After the business of til
! occasion had been transacted, Mr.. Al
40 ers, the president, introduced Mr..
Il K. Bethune, who spoke interesting
rI1 on the community fairs as commu
~, lty builder. Following this Miss Ca
nj sldey made an appeal for every bt
al and girl of the school to join the cor
III pig, poultry or canning club and he
win the war
~ Tne singing Of the Farmers Chor
and The Fellowship of Folks in ha
py, snappy style by the school add
much to the enthusiasm of the occa
ION. Another attractive feature W
a solo by Mrs. j. 0. Macarthur. Sple
did work is being done by this leag
under the leadership of the teachel
n TOlarsviile Home Demonstration CT.
The Home Demonstration club
ce Tolarsville met with Miss Cassid
IL at the school Thursday afternoon. M
w Humphrey, the president, occupied /
chair during the business session;
ter this Miss Cassidey gave a demo
stration in basketry and also ma
ole a talk on conservation methods,
ch tributing recipes for war breads, a
nj other cooking. Mr.. w. K. Bethu
M fairs. Although the attendance v
to- not very large, the enthusiasm &
list interest Of the audience was very
ach ident.
ary Farmers Institutes.
and The farmers Institutes for Robe
ITS. county this year will be conducted
OF der the auspices of the farm
hat home demonstration work and will
in planned to meet the local needs
ate. stead of following a cut-and- dried r
the gram made for general use, as
Ire. been done heretofore. There will
or two Institutes held in our county |
lich year, one at Orrum February 4th
per the other at Rex, February 5th.
should be the pride and ambition
uld every man, woman and child in tf
1er, two sections to make these occasi
the far-reaching in their influence
was with the belief that Orrum
and Rex would do this that these po
an were selected as the two centers
to- holding these Institutes in Robe
Distributing Point.
this The home demonstration office
Ians distributing point for series
be community songs, war bread and
axe er valuable recipes, suggestive
,ary grams for community meetings, p
arms for organizing community leag
clubs, etc, and information on all
and ricultural club work. By writing
be Miss Lulu Cassidey, the county ag
help along any of these lines ma!