Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-26
Totals, Is clubs

Totals, Is clubs SO 210 299
Club members went on the club tour
to Lewiston from Belgrade. Winslow.
Vassalboro. Augusta and Chelsea.
Forty-nine club exhibits were en-
tered at the Watcrvlle fair, principal
ly from Winslow, Belgrade, Vassal-
boro and Augusta.
conference of club workers was
held at Augusta. August cath, at which
both Mr.. Shibles and Mrs. MiXter were
present. While the attendance was
small the interest was especially good.
Fayette and Chelsea have already
held local contests. In Fayette every
one of the As project members finished
their work.
The county contest is to be at Au-
gusta Saturday, Nov. 3. The Augusta
Savings Bank has for the fourth time
offered 5000 in prizes for club mem
bers. The Pomona Oranges and Farm
prizes. The principal speaker will be
A. l.. T. Cummings, manager of Maine
Chamber of Commerce.
Household Management Project
Mrs. j. o. Peck of Winslow is the
county leader of the Household
Management Project:
Household Management is divided
into two divisions "a Household Ac-
counts and (2) Home Conveniences.
l Household Accounts:
The purpose is to interest the wo-
men in keeping simple household ac-
counts showing cash expenditures
and the value of products furnished
by the farm toward the living.
Fifty-one account books were dis
tributed during the past year. OF
this number we have been able to
get reports on 20, 26 of which have
been kept,-1S for the entire 10
months, and 8 for part of the time.
2. Home Cenveniences:
The purpose OF this project is to
help women save time and strength
by (a) Encouragement Of their
kitchens if inconvenient.
CD Correcting the height of
working surfaces.
(c) Producing or making such
home conveniences as:
Fireless cookers. pressure cookers,
chemical closets, running water, tea
wagons. floor pail coasters.
OF these things we have con-
centrated on tireless cookers carry
ing on fireless cooker campaign. Ar
rangements We're made with one firm
for supplying the galvanized iron
nest-linings and with another for
supplying soapstones at very low
cost. AS a result over 100 nest lin
ings have been purchased and
around $50 soapstones have been
sent out to people in the county. Re
ports have been obtained showing
that at least 60 cookers have been
completed during and since the
campaign which was held in the
Of hfaxN WinSInW made the
most of any one town completing II
while West Gardiner made the most
in proportion to their membership,
making 10 cookers with a member
ship of IS women.
The county project leaders of
household management and clothing
gave five demonstrations. The home
demonstra ton agent gave others.
The rest of the cookers were made
either without help or with the as
sistanCe of volunteer leaders. Many
encouraging remarks have come
from the use of the cookers. One is
81 had to have a fire and SO cooked
my beans in the oven but my hus-
band said never do it again. An
other women reported that the use of
a cooker will save one cord of wood
per year. Still another you Will
never cook your brown bread any
other way" and 1T is fine for MAX
ing mousse and ice cream.
Foods Project
The County Foods Leader Is Mrs.
Ray J. Smith of Monmouth.
The foods project was divided into
two sections, nutrition and invalid
cookery.
Purpose of nutrition project:
(a) To help the women plan bet
ter balanced meals through a know
ledge of food values and the relation
of food to health.
CD To increase the use of milk,
fruits, and course breads.
Co To make family food preser-
walton budget.
ca To teach new methods of pre-
pairing food ingredients.
(e) To correct constipation
through proper diet
a. b. c. and e. have been taken
care Of through a series of two meet
ings which we hoped originally to
hold in every community. At the
first of these meetings which were
held in Is communities with total
attendance of 100.
At these meetings the relation of
food to health and the food habit
score card were the principal things
under discussion. The food habits of
the women's families were scored on
a basis of 100 per cent. allowing Is
points for cups milk, Is for 2 vege-
tables per day, Is for fruits per
day, Is for whole grain products
once daily, Is for from 6-S glasses
water daily. Is for greens twice a
week. and 10 for oranges or toma-
toes twice a week. Home demonstra-
tions in serving more milk. more
fruits and vegetables and more whole
grain products were started at these
Meetings. milk, 25 fruits and vege-
tables and 2 whole grain products
demonstrations were begun. more
communities have yet to hold their
first food meetings.
The second food meeting took up
in more detail food values, their
place in the daily menu of the var