The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-04-14
UP THROUGH =
THE RAN ks
N(Continued From Page One)

Vel0ped III me real ueSlIS w CASSA "a
home making activities, which may
never have been accomplished in any
other manner.
For six years did the canning,
part of the cooking, bread baking and
jelly making for our family of six.
During my third year as a club
member, our advisor was unable to at
tend most of the meetings due to Ill
ness in her family. She allowed me
to take charge in her absence. | re-
ceived enough experience to stimulate
a desire within me to become a CLUB
advisor After struggling along as an
assistant advisor to myself and eleven
other girls for two years, completed
my fourth year of club work and also
graduated from high school and county
normal school. During these years we
were fortunate in having E. R. Ray
mond for our county extension agent.
Leadership problems were easier when
we had some one who could offer help
ful suggestions and sympathy.
After being awarded a trip to the
annual State All club congress at
Ohio State university in 1924, ! de-
bated some time as to whether or not
/ should leave my little rural school
where | was teaching long enough to
take advantage of this opportunity
The school authorities encouraged me
to attend. Here | was presented with
a gold medal for being state food
champion for 1924, and, the Baltimore
and, Chic scholarship. These awards
came as a complete surprise since | did
not know that such awards were given.
| returned to my little one-room school
with a determination to enroll IN
home economics at Ohio State univers.
ity the next. year with the aid of my
scholarship.
During the following two summers,
/ acted as advisor for the Fulton Food
Boosters We were proud to be repre-
sented at the State Fair both of these
years by the county individual food
demonstrators.
When | entered college in 1925,
had decided on the title of extension
agent" as my goal, Our county agent
and state All club department were
active in aiding me to reach this goal,
They suggested that more social con-
facts with adults would help. Thus, ]
worked my way through" by work
ing for my room and board in we'll
to-do home during my freshman year,
waiting table and washing dishes IN a
faculty boarding house as a sopho-
more, acting as cashier in a campus
cafeteria as junior, and serving as
student assistant in the Home Fur
nishings and Household Engineering
I laboratories as senior. In addition
to this, found time to participate in
several other activities including two
Home Economics Sororities, Y. w. c.
A., All Agricultural Council, Univers-
/ ity Al Club, University Grange and
Home Economics club and was editor
of the Ohio Home Economics News
and managing editor of the Agricul-
tural Student. ! feel that my exper-
ience as club member and advisor
helped me materially in taking part
in these activities.
During my last two years in college
! was employed by Newark bank to
assist the county extension agent dur
ing the summer with the county club
program. In addition to this, was
acting as advisor for the Fulton Cloth
ing club and assisting the Fulton Food
Boosters. These local clubs were the
victims of many experiments which
tried out on them before recommend
ing them to other clubs of the county
In 1927, / was sent as Ohio's CIR
! delegate to the International Four-H
SfLeaders' Training School in Spring
field, Massachusetts,. The opportuni
ties given one at this institution to
compare All programs Of the differ
n sent states as we'll as of the provinces
aof Canada together with the friend
ships made through such contacts arr
never to be forgotten. Certainly Hor
ace A. Moses, who sponsors this train
ing school, has real vision of devel
oping the future leadership Of not onl,
this nation but of the entire world.
Having graduated from college OF
June II, 1929, began work the mex
day as an extension agent in Lorail
county. Since there had been only al
agricultural agent in that county pre-
vious to that time, there was muel
room for growth, both in club work
and in home projects for women. tn
people were SO progressive and en-
thusiastic that it was q real joy T
work with them. During this year, "
were fortunate to have the state cham