The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23
COUNTY HOME DEMONSTRATOR TELLS
OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED in CARTER
COUNTY DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS
by Mrs. Minnie B. Church

appreciate me opportunity that Mr..
Easley has afforded me to give the
people of Carter county short history
OF club work and tell of the wonderful
amount OF thrift that the boys and
girls have put into their work. the
spirit. of cooperation they have built
up in their communities and the mar
velous results obtained in little
more than two years of such work.
The interest in club work this year
Is manifest throughout the county;
boys and girls who have been club
members for one two, three and four
years, and boys and girls who have
never shown any interest whatever,
and parents. who up TO n year ago,
showed not the slightest degree of in
terest and even teachers throug ct
the county, are writing and urging
me 20 visit the schools and explain
the work.
School directors and parents seem
TO be just awakening to the fact
that club work can be made Of untold
value 10 their children; they are be-
ginning to realize that the boy or
girl who saves money for a definite
purpose for a better education or for
a start in life, either on the farm
or in business elsewhere, are the boys
and girls who today are the members
of some club and are learning to make
the home friendly, helpful part Of
the community
Friday two boys, members of the
poultry club, came to my office to
tell me what they had made at the
county poultry show, held in Ardmore
December /. >, 3 and l. These boys
are brothers and a friendly rivalry
exists between them, they won in
prizes $22. As they left the office.
the younger one remarked: Il intend
to beat Clyde this year as my pullets
are the best and | am going to get
know | can win more money than
Clyde can" Two years ago these boys
took no interest in the home flock
of Good Rhode Island Reds and this
same lack of interest was noticeable
all over the county.
In 1918 of the 200 boys and girls
enrolled in club work 81 of them
made reports; in 1919 355 enrolled
and $50 made reports; in 1920 457 |
enrolled and 24O made reports; to date |
of this year 123 have enrolled for |
poultry, 100 for canning, 23 for sew
ing, 12 for fruit club work which is |
100 per cent over the same periods
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will not close until the
18th of April. They were "a centers
organized in the county last year and
IS Of them made reports.
Throughout the boys and girls club
work there has developed a community
spirit among he farm women and the
women living in the towns Of the
'ounty. The Berwyn Thrift Club wo-
men are doing a wonderful work in
heir town, this club meets regular
Y the first and third Wednesdays OF
he month and have their lesson in
nome demonstration work that Is
damned for the year by the extern
ion department of the \. and NJ.
ollege. This month the lesson was on
!othing and the club demonstrated
he making Of home made dress
orm. Al Il recent meeting the club {
otcd to donate $50 10 the Domestic ,
'cience department OF the Bcrwyn {
chool. They have committee for +,
isting the sick, church commit
ee and they are making plans to
iork with the city officials 10 beau
ly the own.
At Media the boys and girls are
DING wonderful work and are receiv-
lg the hearty cooperation of the pa
cnts and teachers as was demonstrat-
this week when they had an all
ay meeting and poultry show, when
ne mothers served one of the most
elightful dinners ever given in the
ounty and through the spirit mani
'sted in the younger people, the
dies organized themselves into the |
'elda Happy Hour club. We expect
, accomplish wonderful results in
very quarter of Carter county before
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