Milford chronicle., 1919-04-25
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WORK
IN SUSSEX COUNTY

A baking club of twenty-five. under
the able leadership Of Mrs. Charles
w. Cullen, holds regular meetings
every Tuesday afternoon at the Liber-
ty Kitchen in Georgetown.
The Georgetown High School sewing
club of fourteen members and the sew
ing club of twenty members in the
grades are very fortunate in having
Mrs. Daniel ]. Layton, Jr., and Miss
Julia Burton for leaders. Their meet
ings are held on Saturday afternoons
in the Junior Red Cross room. A
garden club of thirteen members meets
once a week Inspired by their eff
cient leader, Miss Emma Penuel, the
members are putting their garden
plots into fine shape.
Delmar has an especially fine High
School club group interested in the
pig project Most Of the members are
getting pure bred pigs. Prof. J. EN-
ory Chapman and S. N. Culver are the
local leaders.
E. w. Palmer, chairman of the Del
mar Community Farm Bureau, has
offered to give two dozen white leg
horn eggs to each six OF the poultry
club members in the Holloway school
and has volunteered to solicit similar
offers from other farmers in the COM
munity for the rest of the members. !
A baking club of forty-one members
at Bridgeville and a baking club of |
twenty members at Selbyville hold |
meetings every two weeks under the |
leadership Of Anne B. Moore, County |
Club Leader.
Miss Emma Mai is local leader of a
baking club and a sewing club at
Greenwood.
Miss Brown and Miss Cleary of the
Wesley school are leaders of a sewing
club.
At Millsboro Prof Steele, Mrs. At
kins and Miss Brittingham are local
leaders. Three groups have been or
ganized here. A poultry club, pig
club and a garden club.
At Glendale Mrs. Della Coverdale
has charge of the baking club and a
sewing club in her own home Mr..
Creighton Johnson is local leader for ,
The corn and garden clubs. Prof JET ,
'erson is the very able assistant leader :
n all the club work.
Lewes has six club groups, three in ,
he High School and three in the :
trades.
Mrs. A. W. Frasier is leader of the .
POULTRY club of Lewes. She is help
ng the members secure pure bred $
ggs, and is even raising "biddies"
or some of the boys and girls. Mrs. 0
acOb Morris is the canning club lead 4
r. The good work done last year by c
er and her club insures the success d
ia - : /
ne garden club leader. This is one \
lore evidence that Lewes is well ia Il
Ored in local leadership. Mr.. James Il
Lank of the Fidelity Trust Bank is di
le leader of the calf, pig and corn W
ubs. Mr., Lank on behalf of the bank lat
rs offered to finance the calf and pig
rejects in Sussex county Boys and Dc
rls interested in these projects and IN
cking funds are enabled to take up Fl
e work Should the calf or pig die sil
hen the death is not caused by ne m
ect, the bank will stand the loss. Mr.. IN
ink is the right kind of booster for re
'ys' and girls club work. Prof. IN
NTH and his teachers are assisting 70
e club members in planning and pre- IS
ring their programs for their club Al
aetings. err
Miss Anne b. Moore of Aldie, Va. is co
e new County Club Leader in Sus- on
County. Not only is Miss Moore
woman of practical and successful E Ma
perlence in household arts, but she ~ ~,
so has successfully managed a large Ce c,e
ain and livestock farm for several "a
ars. She trained for overseas work mul' m
tn the Red Cross, but because of let
signing of the armistice remained ,a'
the U. S. A. a.