Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-06


All Club won in the State Food Pre-
paration Contest This is quite an
honor, and every All Club boy and
girl in the county should be proud.
LOuella has won many county contests
but this is our first State winner
Winning in this contest means she
gets free trip to Chicago together
with winners of other contests in the
state, as we'll as from the whole Unit
ed States. To win this honor Louella
has worked faithfully and hard since
she became club girl. She Joined the
Ali Club in Franklin county in the
fall Of 1884. She joined the Vance
County 4-H Club at Middle1urg in
January, 1885. For the past two years
she has been in the Townsville Club
Her projects have been Food Pre-
paration, Food Preservation, Clothing
and Health. One year she was Vance
County Health girl. She won in Cloth
ing Records in 1886. In addition, she
talked over WPTF telling what All
Club work had meant to her. She
has attended the State All Club Short
Course at Raleigh two years.
The State winners are Helen Whit
took, Stanley county-Records; Louel-
la Dickerson, Vance county-Food
Preparation; Mary Frances Thomp-
son, Durham county-Canning Pearl
Simpson, Cumberland county Health;
The West End Club, Rutherford coun-
ty-Social Progress; Sarah Amelia
Gainey, Cumberland County-Rura'
Identification; Ada Braswell, Arson
county-Style Revue.
The Home Demonstration women of
Vance county had a Farm Women S
Tour Thursday, November 4. This tour
took the place of the Annual Achieve
ment Day. They began at the home
of Mrs. REESE Finch at $3.50 a. m. and
the last place the women visited was
Mrs. M d. Tillotson's at 4:3O p. m.
Both Vance County Nurseries were
visited-The Continental Plant Co.
and Hauns. In addition, the following
homes were inspected: Mesdames
Reic- Finch, Marvin Brown, L. E.
Barnes, N. r. Parham, Lewis Huff,
IT., Marvin Coghill, Leland Coc'lill, j.
x. Plummer, j. H. Keller, Fl. L.
Wright, Buell. Glover, Dorsey Hart,
and M. D. Tillotson. Every place visit
We visited one home with a conven-
lent kitchen, every piece of furniture
except the stove was. home made,
from left over scrap lumber and old
pieces of discarded furniture. Some
places had wonderful pieces of home
made furniture You would have
Thought they were made by regular
cabinet makers. The women learned
that you can have attractive homes
without much expen" 'ture of money.
We visited homes where money had
been necessary for the achievements,
but it had been spent wisely. Some
places showed we'll planted yards with
all shrubs rooted, no money spent. 1t
Just took work and patience. One
place had wonderful basement built
by the husband.
One. young couple have built two
room house-one downstairs room and
one upstairs room-with a garage in
tho rear. They built this on the back
of the lot. Later they intend to build
their house and use the temporary
building for servants quarters. AS you
enter the front door you are in the
living room which is attractive. 10
the left are movatle screens which
hide kitchenette and dinette. There
YOU will find the electric stove and
other appliances. The bedroom is up
stairs. This is a cozy home, well-plan-
ned and attractive, for young mar
ried couple who live comfortably While
thew are planning to build their real
home.
We found various heating systems
Ops. fires, CRATES, stoves, Oil neat
rolas and furnaces. The women learn
ed that it is entirely possible Tor
country homes to install a heating
system. One thing chat made an I'M
nression on us was the fact that we
found electricity in every section. we
! were also impressed with the number
of electrical appliances that nave
been installed in so short a time. we
! really feel that the country people are
beginning to live and that the country
has advantages that the town has not
At HOO the group stopped at the
Middleburg Community House Tor
lunch. The table was spread with the
best of country food.
| The women said over and over that
it was really the incest thing we have
ever done. We had 105 women ani
three men to register. There were
some present whose names we did no.
get. If anyone was present whose
! name is not included, please notify