The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-05-13
Farm Club Enjoys
Annual Dinner Sunday

Annual Dinner Sunday
The Herbst ranch where so many
meetings concerning the farm and Its
interests have been held in past years
with the late Mr.. A. c. Herbst and Mrs
Herbst as host and hostess, opened its
doors to the Libby Farm Women's club
and their families for the annual
Mothers Day dinner last Sunday. Miss
Eleanor Harrer of Kalispell, Flathead
county home demonstration agent and
Rev. and Mrs. Orr, who are old time
friends of Miss Harrer, were special
guests of the club.
AT 1:30 dinner was served to about 60
people.
AT 2:30 everyone was seated in the
spacious living room for very en-
tertaining program as follows:
Piano solo, Falling Waters" .....
.................................. Yvonne Hadwin
Recitation, Just Father.
=. ............................E Elizabeth Beebe.
Hawaiian guitar duet Spanish Flan-
dango" .....-.............. Elizabeth S II S
dango", Edward Mooney and Winston
Manicke.
Recitation, Somebody's Mother"
................................... Marion Fuller
,Accordian solo. Down by the Old Mill
Stream" ..................Iris Maize
Recitation, Mother O. Mine" ...........
............................-..... Joyce Fuller
Gazooka solo Marie Martenson
Talk for the Day, 1.-The Home At
mosphere" ........... Miss Eleanor Harrer
Whistling solo, GLOW Worm -.
Mrs. Martenson with Mrs. Slaussen
at the piano.
In part Miss Harrer said:
1.-THE home is the training ground
primarily for the pre-school child or
until il is five or six years of age, at
which time the child will have most of
his life habits.
What are the prerequisite qualities
for a good homer Miss Harrer asked
of the group. Several answers were
given among which was Home should
be the place where the members of
the family would rather be than any
place else"
She then asked for items to make up
such home, the following being given:
Harmony, cooperation, contentment,
finances, interest
Home making is profession as i'm
portant as any other continued Miss
Harrer. ITO be good mother she
must be an all around good person
and physically. In other
words. she must be a good example.
Should a mother give all her time to
the home? The answer is No. She must
keep on learning. She must keep up
with the world in order to keep up
with her children.
How can mother accomplish all her
home duties and still have time for
other things? Organization is one of
the most important factors Do you do
your work in the most efficient man
ner? Is your equipment arranged SO the
child can do his part at an early age2
The mother must take time to be
attractive at horne.
The mother must know the financial
standing of the family. Since women
spend most of the money she should
spend some time learning how to spend
By keeping accounts, which many wo-
men shy away from, and then making
A usahle budget she can make her fl
nances give her the greatest returns
.or amount spent The mother must
5unrd nuninct ona ~ xuyoy,ay,c ryan4oet
faults, that Of wanting things The
parents together must work out a pol
cy of child management and stick to
It day after day. They must never
disagree on management before the
child.
There must be plan for pleasure ac-
Invites for the whole family with ev-
aryone's interests given equal atten-
ton.
Last but perhaps the most important
is that Of the parents becoming adjust
ed to each other in an unselfish and
tolerant manner.
To illustrate this point Miss Harrer
closed her talk by reading short
article from The Child Welfare Maya
zine, Dividends on Disagreements.
A rising vote of thinks was given MFR.
and Mrs Slaussen for their grand hos
pitality, after which all adjourned to
the lsfn where pictures were taken
The club ladies felt especially fortu-
nate to be able to have Miss Harrer
with them and to have her speak on
such a finely subject