Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-08-31
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Home Demonstration
Club Girls Go On
Annual Encampment

The annual encampment of the
Home Demonstration Club Girls
of Halifax County was held al
the Glenview School, August /;
to II. Miss Bernice Allen
Home Demonstration Agent fol
Halifax County was in charge
She was assisted by Miss Doro.
thy Dean, Edgecombe County's
Demonstration Agent, who hac
charge of the recreational exer-
cises, and by Miss Pauline
Smith, District Home Demon
stration Agent, who assisted
with class work. Mrs. w. P.
White, of Hobgood, Mrs. BERTHE
Brown, of Roanoke Rapids and
Miss Edith Parham, of Tillery,
were the official chaperones.
The whole neighborhood for
miles around were the bene-
factors of the campers, furnish
ing from their gardens, hen
roosts and smoke houses good
things. to eat of every descrip-
ton.
The excellent work done dur
ing the week by Miss Allen and
her associates is indeed worthy
of commentator in the highest
terms. The morning hours were
devoted to classes in balanced
meals, serving of meals, club
girl etiquette, Jelly making and
canning Representations were
given before these classes by diff
ferent club girls. The real con-
structive work of the week was
done through this part of the
day.
The afternoons and evenings
were devoted to recreational ex-
ercises and games especially
those games in which physical
exercises play a prominent part,
Setting up exercises" or calls
themes, were required as in
most schools and in the army,
during the early morning hours
before breakfast The after
noon exercises was therefore of
different nature. being mainly
recreational, swimming, run
ming, jumping, potato races,
three legged races were all in
vogue and the girls enjoyed them
to the utmost. Miss Dorothy
Dean, of Tarboro, had charge of
this part of the work.
During the evenings. an audi
ence usually gathered from the
neighborhood to swell the num-
ber. Singing individually and
collectively, was indulged in.
Stunts were put on by different
clubs and by individuals, some
times to the amusement of part
of the audience and the discom-
fort of the other part.
The encampment closed Fri
day afternoon, with a meeting in
the school building of the club
girls, their instructors and peo-
pie of the surrounding country.
Mr.. A. E. Akers was present for
the meeting and addressed the
gathering, as had Mr.. N. L.
Stedman, of Halifax, member
of the Board of Education on
the night before. Mr.. Akers
stressed the need for getting
every part of the County schools
to function properly and in ac-
cord with those of every part of
the County, and gave an inter
esting sidelight on the enormous
amount of work required of the
Office force of the County Super
intendents Office.
Miss Pauline Smith, District
Home Demonstration Agent,
talked well and seriously to the
girls and their parents about
the necessity of taking club work
and the lessons taught therein
seriously and -profting by the
work, reciting numbers of cases
where club work had made a bet
ter neighborhood. Miss Allen
thanked everybody for every
thing that contributed to the
success of the encampment, and
stated that plans had been made
for a larger and better work by
the clubs during the next year,
and for a good camp next year.
Miss Aliens work, although she
is too modest to admit it, has
hown excellent results. and much
credit is due her.
At last but not least, the
good people of Glenview School
community deserve very honora-
bic mention for so ably assisting
in making the encampment 8
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