Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-05-30
State Club Agents Praise Work And
Think Meetings Much Above
The Average.
POCOMOKE MEMBER TELLS
OF SHEEP CLUB WORK

A most successful series of junior
meetings were concluded on Thurs
day night at Pocomoke City. These
meetings were conducted at the vari-
GUS Farm Bureau Locals under the
auspices of the County Farm Bureau,
the Extension Service and Local Jun
icr leaders. E. G. Jenkins, Stare
Boys Club Agent, and Miss Dorothy
Emerson, State Girls Club Agent,
stated ater attending one weeks meet
ings that on the whole the Junior
meetings were very good and are "a
bove the average for junior meetings
held in the State. They were held in
the various communities according to
the following schedule:
st. Martins Local held it's meeting
IN the school house on Saturday night
May 16. The meeting was in charge
of the officers of the boys and girls
club, the secretary calling the roll
and conducting the business meeting,
after which the junior members sang
a song dedicated to st. Martins COM
munity and the girls conducted
demonstration in the proper way of
setting table.
On Monday night, May 18th lib
farmers and their families gathered
at Merrill's school to listen to a jun
ior program put on by the boys and
girls club members and the school
teacher. After the items of business
were disposed of, Miss Bertie MCGEE,
local girls club leader took charge of
the entertainment. In addition to
singing and recitations given by the
boys and girls, a demonstration was
given in table etiquette. The front
part of the school was arranged in
the form of a stage and between cur
tains victrola played popular music.
Moving pictures on club activities
were also shown between acts. At the
close of the exercises, refreshments
were served by the club members, the
funds derived therefrom to defray
the expenses of junior members in at
tendance to the Boys and Girls Short
Course at the University of Mary
land.
Acquango Branch school was the
center OF. attraction on Tuesday, May
10Th, when people from all over that
section of the county assembled at
the school to witness a splendid pro-
gram put on by the young people of
Acquango Branch Farm Bureau Lo-
cal, assisted by Miss Jewell Burge,
their teacher, Miss Virginia Shockley
and George Truitt, Local Farm Bu-
reau leaders in junior work. The
chief feature of their entertainment
was two act sketch, depicting the
use of the radio by the farmer and his
family. Some real talent was shown
by the boys and girls in this little
sketch. After moving pictures and
short addresses by Mr.. Jenkins and
Miss Emerson, fifteen minutes were
devoted to singing old-fashioned songs
and national airs. Even though the
school house was packed with more
than 125 people, all seemed loath to
leave and it was only after much hand
shaking and expressions of apprecia-
tion to the young people that the
audience finally went to their homes.
The Terra Firma Boys Club and
the Sunshine Girls Club took abso-
lutte charge of the Girdletree meeting
after it had been formally turned over
by the Farm Bureau chairman, Mr..
Warner. The club members, about
26 in number, were arranged on the
stage and at the lifting of the cur
tain, club and Farm Bureau songs
greeted the ears of the $50 people.
After the opening song the program
was in charge of the junior leaders,
Mae Jones, Louise Townsend and VIM.
Townsend, and consisted of readings
by two club members, a duet, short
addresses by two juniors and MIR. Jen-
kins, Miss Emerson, Miss Walter and
Mr.. Oswald. At the close of the pro-
gram the audience was requested u
remain seated and listen to music by
piano, two violins and saXaphone,
while refreshments were served by
the boys and girls. Small charges
were made for these refreshments,
the fund to be used for defraying ex-
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