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

May L 1919, may help TO show now
a home demonstration agent spends
her lime. During the allotted time
Miss Ogle spent 1875 days i'm her Of
flee: 167 days in the field; received
3,16J business telephone calls; sent
out 1.004 perspnal letters; had sos
newspaper notices; distributed IL.
51S bulletins; received S73 office
calls; sent out 12.O65 circular let
ters; held $40 conferences with an
attendance of LII persons; gave
11S demonstrations with an attend
Dance of 9,6S3, and gave 100 lectures
with an attendance of 1851.
Both demonstration agent have
outlined broad plans for the per
petuatiCn of their work and with
the continued cooperation of the
rural and city women they can be
made a permanent helpful influence
Subjects To BE Discussed.
A few of the subjects which have
been inc )rpOrated in the programs
of the Mothers clubs will serve tC
show the scope of Miss Ogle's work
/ for the coming six months. tt ey
! AllGluuH llkH vi DdldINtu Mtdlc
for the Family" Saving Plan for
the Homa;" Feeding the Sick in
I the Home:" "RemOdeling Clothing;
Suggestions for Holiday Meals; u
Business of the Household; y
"Preservatio of Eggs" "Adultcra-
/ Baking Powders. Egg Substi-
/ tutes and Saccharine;" Labor saw
ing i'm the Household" "Extermina-
ton of Pests" Household Ac-
counts" cold Pack Canning;
Textile Texts" Proper Clothing
and Choice of Clothing"
Miss Ogle has secured the CO
operation OF the school nurses in
the various districts. who viii appear
on these programs with discussions
OF the following topics: Contagious
Diseases and Quarantine Care OF
Infants and Small Children in the
Summer" How Parents May II elT
the School Nurse" care Of Sick in
the Home" Clothing for Small
Children" First Aid" "Tonsils and
Adenoids." prevention of Physical
Effects: care of the Teeth, Eyes and
Ears and sanitation for the
Home"
Special Talks TO BE Given.
There will be special talks on
Saving Plan for Pupils" by princi-
pals Of several schools; on The Care
and Feeding of Children in sum
mer." by a local physician. and on
The Value of Play in Childhood,
by "a playground director.
Miss Mills plans 10 devote her eff
for,s to interesting each of the 4
home economics classes in one par
ticular community problem. making
them responsible for that project
The Warm School Lunch" and
Medical Inspection" are examples
of the projects which Will be under
taken. In her special talks Miss
Mills will stress nutrition. food for
school children. and hot school
lunches.
As part of the plans for the
coming canning season Miss Grace
Fling. assistant state club leader,
and Miss Grace Morton of the United
States dept. of agriculture Will be in
South Bend and st. Joseph county
on June 4 and .. and Will assist Miss
ogle and Miss Mills in the organ
ization Of groups OF four girls each
TO be known as canning teams, these
teams TO put on demonstrations III
the city. county and at the Inter
state Fair
The demonstration agents have al
ready arranged schedule OF seven
educa tional exhibits for the fair in
the carrying out OF which they eN-
pect the assistance OF both the rural
and city women. The exhibits will
include: Cold pack canned goods;
dried fruits and vegetables. milk.
milk products and cottage cheese;
renovated and made-over clothing:
labor saving devices: health. static
exhibits. posters and bulletins, and
child welfare, including feeding and
clothing exhibit, school lunch. etc,
Club Presidents
Following Is a list OF the presi-