The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-05-05
BIG SPRINGS HOME
DEMONSTRATION


tion Club met April 28th, at the
home of Mrs. Jno. A. Walker.
A very instructive paper on "The
Value of Eggs and Poultry a Stood"
was read by Mrs. W. T. Clark, after
which Miss Guthrie of the Division of
Extension gave an interesting demon
stration in egg dishes.
Eggs were prepared in seven diff
ferent ways, all of which were deli
cious as was shown by the many
enthusiastic remarks after they had
been sampled.
Miss Deadrick made some sugges-
tions on What part the women
should take in the Council of Agri-
culture.
The Fly-What shall we do with it?
Was discussed by Miss Emma
Walker.
1he club plans to equip the old
school building for community
house. A paper on "The Uses of a
Conimunity House was read by Mrs.
Simmons.
The Uses of Community House
This is a subject full of infinite
possibilities. There is after all SO
little but what can be started in a
Community House, for the meaning
OF Community House would be a
place in which to commune together
and when few women meet for that
purpose there-is sure to be something
doing.
| will speak briefly of few things
which think could be most p1 oftabiy
carried on from that starting place
for what we may do to assist in max
ing this real community?
In most country neighborhoods
about the first thing that needs to be
done is to interest the young people
in constructive neighborhood work, to
give them interests and activities that
will tie them to the neighborhood.
A young peoples club or church
society will often work wonders. A
good school is always a source of
neighborhood pride and an incentive
to community work of all kinds but
more especially to the mothers and
sisters of those who are attending
the school.
IT we as a community, holding
forth in our community house can
help to make our school better, can
interest the older folks in it, or make
it more appealing to the pupils we
will have done much for our COM
munity. If we can encourage the
boys and girls to grow corn and pigs
or chickens, or can things and market
them, or study birds or read Dickens
we will be doing real good for the
community. Who could have any
thing but praise for work that teach
es the farm boys and girls of today
how they can be progressive farmers
and good housekeepers of tomorrow.
The boys and girls clubs organized
and directed by county agents who
are under the supervision of the u.
S. Department of Agriculture not
only do that but they impress upor
their members invaluable lessons of
patriotism and thrift. They are
even helping to improve living con-
ditions in the cities, and in this way
they are strengthening the bonds
which should always exist between
urban and rural communities. Our
community house is an ideal place
for these boys and girls to meet their
kind helpers and instructors. Our
best teachers and authorities have
gwen uHSIiHIeu dlu III CnlS WOrk TOT
the America of the present as we'll as
as of teh future.
| am led to believe that our Com
munity House will be place in which
every member will take much pride
in helping to equip with all the neces-
sary things with which to carry on
lines of work. And there is
so much cooperative work needing to
be done in every neighborhood that
we can scarcely see hw first to use
our Community House. As to just
how the people in this particular
need to begin working
together we do not know so early in
our career, but our schools and roads
are always one problem, and the sue
cessful marketing of our country
produce is another. Our women
often sell their eggs to travelling buy
ers at less than market prices because
they have not learned to group them
selves together and sell in quantities
direct to the shippers. The way to