South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-25


County home demonstration agent.
OF the household" and if she has
not made your problems her prob
lens il is your fault and not hers.
Even before the advent OF the city
home demonstration agent" which
is the official title q Miss Leila Ogle,
the county women were availing
themselves Of the help of Miss Inez
Richardson. who served as county
home demonstration agent from
Nov. 1, 1917, TO June so, 1918, be
ing succeeded by the present county
agent Miss NJ. Juanita Mills,
Work il similar.
The work Of both demonstration
agents has been practically the
same. differing mainly in the organ
izations through which their pro-
jccts were carried on. and varying
slightly with the needs Of the in
diyiduaI communities in which they
worked.
As early as the winter of 1914-15
"a graduate of the Purdue university
school of home economics, Miss
Grace King came 10 the county as
supervisor of domestic science in
the rural schools. and through her
cooperation home economies classes
We're organized in Clay. Harris and
Penn townships Additional classes
were formed during the next year i'm
Union. Green. Portage. WaT-en and
olive townships by Miss Bernice
Yoder. successor to Miss King. These
classes. or clubs. as some are called.
were instrumental i'm bringing Miss
Richardson 10 the county in the fall
of 1917 as emergency home demon
stration agent Since that time two
clubs in German. one each in Cen
ter. Liberty and Lincoln townships.
and additional classes in Madison
and Union townships have been
added. all Of these organizations hay
ing federated as the Home Eco
Monies department of the Farm bu-
reau.
Through these existing agencies
Hiss Mills has underworld TO come
iu contact with practically all the
county women and has modified her
projects TO meet the essential needs
of individuals and communities.
\ More Difficult Task.
Hiss Ogle's task was a more diff
ncult one. She was handicapped not
only by the fact that her work was
new 10 city women. but also be-
cause OF the lack OF organizations
through which she might fulhll her
mission.
The municipal recreation commit
tee. acting through the federation
OF civic clubs. guaranteed the oper
ating funds for carrying on her
work and il was through the CO.
operation Of the municipal recrea-
ton director that an advisory com
rnittee was formed. which was TO
aid in organizing the city work. In
accordance with the plan 10 keep
IN work democratic and 10 form an
organization which would include
every woman in the community the
city was divided into IA districts.
using those districts IN which there
was an organized civic club as "a
center for meetings Two women
were selected from each district 70
make up the advisory committee.
which met once a month with the
nome Qefn OIslA aAAuil agent THESE
women TO serve IN turn as chairman
and vice chairman OF their districts.
10 arrange for meetings and 10 act
as leaders.
Served as Nucleus.
The groups which were formed az
that time served as a nucleus for the
foundation OF closer organized bodies
known as Mothers clubs and Home
Economics clubs which Miss Ogle
has been enabled 10 establish
through the splendid cooperation OF
Jhe school principals These clubs
having as their aim. better homes
better health. and better citizens. q"
have arranged programs for THEN
meetings all through the summer
months and up until January. 1920.
go there viii De no lapse OF the WORK
Asith the closing OF schools and the
advert o. warm weather