Pocahontas star herald., 1926-07-08

More than l,OOO boys ana girls are
expected to attend the first annual
statewide short course for All club
members I'm connection with the week $
events. Baseball games, plays, games,
and singing will feature the recreation
al program for the youngsters.
Visitors will join in general meet
ings mornings and evenings. Inspir-
ational speakers have been chosen for
these programs.
Demonstration contests will be held
by the boys and girls during the week
with ten large banners as district and
state prizes.
Trips of inspection win be made to
the Agricultural Experiment Station
farm each morning from :00 to 100
O'Clock.
Sectional Programs
In addition to the general program
and the boys and girls program,
special sectional programs will be held
part of each morning and all of each
afternoon, featuring home economics,
horticulture. agricultural engineering,
agronomy, animal industry, and rural
economics and marketing. These will
be the international meetings, where
specialized talks on specialized sub
jects have been announced.
General Program
The first general program will be
held Tuesday morning, August 3. Bob
Lawrence, famous song leader of
Washington, d. c., has been engaged
to lead community singing at all gener-
al meetings. w. S. GregsOn. Secre-
tary Of the Y. NJ. c. A., will render the
invocation each day.
Tuesday morning President John c..
Futrall of the University of Arkansas
will deliver the Address of Welcome.
w. A. Cochel, editor, Weekly Star,
Kansas City, will discuss the Agri-
cultural Situation. Mrs. Mamie Fore
man, Grandview, Arkansas, will tell
What Home Demonstration Work Has
Meant to Carroll County.
After noon each day sectional pro-
grams starting at l 80 will be held.
At night w. b. Mann of Mariana,
Ark, will discuss What Farmers
Week did for Me Last Year State
Club Leader w. ]. Jernigan will have
charge Of the County Singing Contest,
which will follow an address on Ad-
ventures with Music by Bob Lawrence.
Community games led by NJ. Sullivant,
county agent, Pope county, will end the
program each evening.
Wednesday morning, following the
sectional programs, DIR. Caroline He'd
ger, Elizabeth Mccormack Memorial
Fund, Chicago, will discuss Problems
in Rural Health. DIR. II. A. Morgan,
president. University of Tennessee,
will talk on the Relation of Industrial
and Agricultural Development Sam
Jordan, lecturer of the University Of
Missouri. who spoke here two years
ago, will tell the Story Of Rundown
Farm.
In the evening DR. Hedger will talk
on Problems of Rural Health: and G.
A. Cobb, editor, Southern Ruralist, on
the Biggest Problems in Agriculture.
IL. r. Cooper. horticulturist, will be in
charge of the old fiddlers' costest.
Thursday morning J. II. Jewell, dean
of the College of Education, University
of Arkansas viii talk on ON Neglected
Resources. This talk will be follow
led by Team Demonstration Contests
by All club members for the state
championship. Governor Tom J. Ter
raj will give an address just before
the noon hour.
At The Farm
Immediately after dinner all visi-
tors, except ladies', will he taken to
the Experiment Station Farm where
experimental work will be studied
under the leadership Of those in charge
of the Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. Ladies will have regular sec
tional meetings as usual. and will be
taken 10 the Farm in time for eXer-
cises there
At the farm conducted tours will he
Iheld. These will be followed by the
finals of the horse shoe pitching con-
test with Governor Terral and Dean
Gray IN a special game. A song SER
vice win he followed by a pageant
under the supervision OF Miss Jobelle
Holcomhe. Assistant Professor of Eng
lsh. University of Arkansas.
Thursday evening Sam Jordan will
discuss the Good Things of the World
Never Come by Chance. The Rev. r.
IA. N. Wilson win talk on the Church
for the Small Town, the Village. and
the Open Country.
Final Day
Friday morning O. b. Martin of the
IU. s. Department of Agriculture will
talk on Communi' Enterprises and
Activities. r. r. Wait, secretary. Ar
kansas Bankers Association win re-
veal why Farmer and Business Man?
Carl Williams. editor. oklahoma Farm
er-Stocllman win tell Why Farmers
Must do Their Own Marketing.
No mixed program will be presented
in the afternoon This period is left
open in order that visitors may find
time to visit the Agricultural Expert
ment Station or other places of inter
est. County Extension Agents will he
glad 10 arrange tours of inspection
through the fruit growing sections Of
the State.
County Extension Agents and Smith
Hughes teachers are arranging parties
to motor 10 Favetteville