The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1919-09-04
MISS FORTlNBERRYS FARE
WELL

To the People of Monroe County:
1t is with considerable regrets
that | leave Monroe County to make
my Headquarters elsewhere in Gov
eminent work. My stay here of
eighteen months comes to a close
now at an early date and | will no
longer be County Home Agent, but
will be District Home Agent of
Northeastern Arkansas, with fif-
teen counties under my supervision,
one of which will be Monroe coun-
ty. | will drop back ever and anon
in my rounds over the District and
will watch with keenest interest
the development of the work begun.
| | want to thank the many warm
friends that | have made since COM
ing here, for the splendid encour-
| agement and cooperation you have
given me in my work. If my efforts
have in any measure been success
| ful-and feel that they have been
it is due more than anything else
to the people with whom | have
worked. Your kindly interest and
encouraging words as | have pass
ed in and out each day have help
ed more than | can say and | have
felt that you were interested in the
| things | was working for-namely,
better homes, especially rural
homes, of Monroe county. | can
see the results OF our efforts proba-
bly, better than any one else as | ar
all over the cou1ty at different times
and can see The Instructions given
followed up and already there have
been many specific instances Of
splendid results.
This work, however, can not
show its best reslts in one year, or
two or even three. 1t is a school
ing, a study in Club Work that
should continue as an institution or
surely as any other County Office
permanence. 1t should not be vot-
ed in or out according to the good
or poor demonstration who fills the
place. We do not think of advocat-
ing mo schools" because of one
| teacher who is below par, and mo
church." because of one poor min
ister There are the good and the
| bad in every calling. The work is
| far greater than any one who may
hold a position within it, and be-
cause of the work itself; because it
is an Extension Division of the Uni
versity of Arkansas-the greatest
institution of your State; because
our Government, the wisest Govern
ment on earth, believes in its ulti-
mate good to the extent of many
thousands of dollars each year, it
should be and will be upheld and
promoted by the thinking class of
people all over the South.
Better Homes" is our motto, 4
HIS is our insignia, meaning the
Head Hand, Heart and Health.
With our women and girls of the
South working in Clubs, discussing
the problems that arise in home
making, learning to vary their meals
properly, prepare them properly,
striving to make the homes more at
tractive in every way, in rural dis
tFicts especially. Planting flowers,
screening the home, buying wash
ing machines and adding water
works, so that life in the country
will be more attractive, this great
wealthy Southland of ours will be
more nearly like the Paradise that
God intended it to be.
| AS | leave | want to urge your
hearty support 10 the one who takes
my place. | insist that she cannot
be successful without you. 1t is
your county and remember that she
is striving always to make it better.
Very truly,
SARAH l.. FORTINBERRY,
County Home Agent.
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