Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-08
HOME DEPARTMENT.


Clothing, home furnishings and cbooso
making appeared to be favored by th,
directors of the home department n,
county projects for next year, at thei
meeting Saturday afternoon. Miss Eddy
4 state leader, urged that some decision
be made by the directors as to the wOrl
TO be taken up in the fall so that cen
ters can approve or disappr6ve, as The
case may be in time to formulate defin
lite plans at headquarters.
The house furnishing project has beer
carried on this spring by girls in sew
eral Centers under the name of th,
Own Your Own Room clubs. Tn,
work appears to have been 1minont]y
satisfactory and will be followed mr.
by Furnishing Your Living Room =
classes next year.
Garment making will especially cover
cutting and making dresses and l,iulJ.
ing dress forms. Some of the Centcrs
will probably contin1e as q local nro.
ject, hat making in connection with
clothing, but most of them will devote
Grass days TO other subjects. Project
'eaae[n will direct much of the work
uil.ter supervision of the home demon.
stratiOn agent.
Cheese making, which has been done
to some extent, will be classed under
dairying. The Ccnters that have taken
1t up this spring arc pleased with the
result. Home cvaporatOrs will be made
this month in various sections under
instruction of Miss Lillian Clark, as
sistant state agent.
Luncheon preceding the afternoon
mnQfipn yyac .iffonIol l>, ~.
party including county directors, as
well rs members of Ccnters. 1t was
gwen IN the main dining room of the
Barbara Worth with no speeches. The
business meeting was held at the Eli
Centre office Of the Farm Bureau.
Miss Eddy spoke briefly, giving ad-
vice and counsel on the years work The
meeting went squarely on record for q
county school nurse next year and Mrs.
w. X. Farmer of Central High was ap-
pointed to take the subject up with the
school trustees Thursday and ask that
plans for employment Of the nurse be
worked out in order that financial pro.
vision may be made when school bud
gets are being fixed up.
The Home Centers have long been
convinced that school nurse is q para
mount need in the county and hope ar
rangements may be made for the coming
year whereby at least one nurse may be
employed. The department will CO.
Oprate with the nurse in the interest of
the children who will, it is thought, be
benefited both physically and mentally
by the project.
The department will also help with
plans for the Farm Rurpou annual MIA
mic to be held in the near future. Mrs.
S. +. Robinson, Mrs. C. c. Bogue and
Mrs. Edwards were appointed as a COM
mittee to confer with the Farm Bureau
committee on arrangements.
Reports from all centers show the
department is in a healthy condition
and really has accomplished results.
Membership drives are on in some of
the Centers and it is hoped that many
more farm women may receive the
benefit of instructions given by the
home agent and specialists sent from
the extension department of the uni
versity.
Many Of the guests at the luncheon
wore gowns made at home under rules
Of construction and designing learned in
the home department. They were dis
tinctive, smart and entirely up to the
minute in style. In fact an FL Centre
leader in social circles spoke in compli-
mntary terms on the stylish appearance
of the guests as she saw them enter the
dining room of the Barbara Worth.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. w. Waite spent Sun
day in San Diego.