The Washington times., 1936-06-03
FARM WOMEN
MAKE STUDIES
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cation, was discussion leader; Mrs.
Mary T. Bennerman, of the Ma.
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers, was the technical ad-
wiser and Olga Jones, assistant
editor Of School Life, was secre-
tary. Amy Kelly, state home dem
onStration leader Of Kansas, as
sisted Mr.. Salisbury as technical
adviser at the radio discussion.
Discusses Drama
For the discussion Of drama,
Mrs. Raymond sayre, president Of
the National Master Farm Home
makers Guild, was hostess chair
man, Mrs. Annie Goodwin, Farm
Homemaker of North Carolina,
was discussion leader, Fleeder
Smith, Extension Service of Cali
fornia, was technical adviser and
Mrs. Donna Taggart, D. Of c.
Fairgrounds, was secretary.
In the health services discus
sion, Mrs. T. M. johnson, presi-
dent, Kentucky Federation Of
Homemakers' Clubs, acted as hos
tess chairman, Mrs. C. Nelson
Beck, of the Farm Homemaker Of
Virginia, was discussion leader,
DR.. Estella Warner, U. s. Public
Health Service, acted as technical
adviser and Miss Margaret Hazel
tine, Children's Bureau, U. S. De-
partment of Labor, was secretary.
Three discussions were to be
held in the willard HoUel-library
services, local history and organi-
cations for young people of rural
areas.
Mrs. Gatchell Speaks
For the library services discus
sion, Mrs. Evalyn Gatchell, preSi-
dent Of the New York Federation
Of Home Bureaus was hostess
chairman, Mrs. r. r. Pitner, Of
the Farm Homemaker, Missouri,
was discussion leader, Julia w.
Merrill, American Library AsSocia
tion, and Clarabel Barnett, H.
brarian, U. S. D. A., were co-tecn-
nical advisers, and Mrs. William
Adams Slade. Washington Y. w.
c. A. was secretary.
In the local history discussion,
the respective hostess chairman,
discussion leader, and secretary
were Mrs. Harold Murdock, presi-
dent of the New England Farm
and Garden Association; Mrs.
George Crocker, of Massachusetts,,
and Florence Hall, of the Exten-
sion Service, U. S. D. A. For the
organizations discussion, Mrs. E. F.
Bratton, president of the West
Virginia Farm Women'S Bureau,
was hostess chairman; Gertrude
' arren. Extension Service, U. s.
D. A, was discussion leader;
Florence Fallgatter, U. S. Office
Of Education, was technical ad-
wiser. and Dorothy Emerson, leader
Of the Girls All Clubs of Nary.
land, was secretary.
Country Education Topic
The discussion of education for
country life, generally considered
as the most important of the day
was held in the U. S. Government
Auditorium in the Department
of Labor. The chairman hostess
was Mrs. j. w. Stevenson, preSi
dent of the Illinois Home Bureau
Federation; the discussion leader
was Mrs. Edward Young, of New
York: the technical adviser and
secretary, respectively, were Mrs
Catherine Cook, of the U. S, Of
flee of Education, and Gladys
Gallup, of the extension service
U. s. D. A.
The Y. M. c. A. was the setting
for the discussion of handicrafts
Mrs. Abbie Sargent was hostess
chairman; Mrs. Paul Lingenfel
ter, of West Virginia, was dis
cussion leader: Bertha Nienburg
U. S. Department of Labor, was
technical adviser, and Mrs. Ed
B. Rowan, of Washington, was
secretary.
Music Lovers Meet
In the music and folk dancing
and singing discussion, held il
the National Museum auditorium
Constitution Avenue and Tentl