The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-02
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ADDRESSES A ART|CLE
TO BOYS-G|RLS CL j B
(By Mrs. Minnie b. church,

With the ending of October comes
the winding up of great many Of our
club projects. Already the wideawake
business-hke club members have been
asking themselves the questions:
What have / gotten out of this club
project? How much money have
made? What are my expenses and
what is my profit? Have l lost? II
so, why?"
This is an exciting time for the club
boys and girls, because they are closing
the account books OF business propo-
sition of which they themselves have
been both owner and manager. and.
for q great many this Is the first time
they have undertaken such a business
proposition alone. They are eager TO
know where they stand for the boys
and girls just starting out never know
what they can do until they have tried
it,
Girls and boys, We want you TO feel
that we. who are here in the county OF.
flee, and in the state office, are think
ing OF you. especially now when you are
approaching the end OF your club year,
and we are just as eager as you to
know what the outcome of your club
project IL going to be.
This is the time when some club
members neglect the finishing up OF
their work.
Cotton picking. school starts. etc, and
lots Of other things are attracting their
interests and they put off finishing up
that record book or story of the years
work, until it is just too late
Oh, il is easy to find people who will
start d thing. but what about those
who stick to the finish?
Are you going to be a sticker?
II the record book is not finished
up, work on it so you will be ready 10
hand it in on scheduled time. In this
way you will help yourself and your
club. See TO it that every club mem.
Der does likewise. By doing this we will
win the state banner, that is one Of the
pledges we made to our club when we
Joined
DO not look on the record book as q
hardship which is being imposed on
you, hut rather think of it as a sort
of index OF your business ability to
manage and put through a definite
proposition.
Not only because of my interest in
you do / want these books, but there
arc several other reasons:
First. / am constantly having bust.
ness men and women and farmers too
ask, How do the boys and girls make
so much from their club projects. How
did that girl make so much from her
tenth Of an acre and on her poultry,
and bake such fine bread?"
| can give them no better answer
than to tell them to just read in their
record book and see for themselves. The
lien and women Of the state are inter.
ested in you and they are watching
you to see how you do it, How are
you going to answer them?
Second. Because business methods
demand that you keep accounts, so
you will know just where you stand.
Farmers who are making most have
done so by Keeping accounts, for If
Whey did not. they would not know just
what to sell their products for in order
TO make the most profit, or how to
benefit from mistakes. Housewives are
keeping accounts for they are learning
that the business of housekeeping is
so great that they cannot trust to their
memory and if they are TO save time
and money they must know where both |
90.
Third. Through your record books, f.
l am able to show the county, state and /
national government just what results /.
are being obtained from their invest |
ments in the country boys and girls |
I cannot tell them unless you let me |
know what returns their investments |
are bringing. and we must give them .
this information.
Fourth, and finally if a thing is worth |
doing at all, it is worth doing well, so
8 we come to the close of our club
year. let each of us see to it that his or
her record book is completed and sent
to my office, Help yourself and your
club by sending in your record book
on time,
The state club department expects
every club member to do his full duty,
Remember, they are watching us
Record books and stories must be in
my office by Nov. -.