The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-02-10
BETTER FAMILY LIVING
By Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty

We are entering upon new year
in Extension work and we as home
makers in our county are looking for
ward to a year of worthwhile prog
ress.
Miss Kellar says "the past year has
seen the greatest expansion, the
greatest interest and the greatest de-
velopment in leadership in the history
of our home demonstration work in
Maryland. County council meetings
and achievement days have had a
record attendance as well as interest
in every county. The cultural project
has made it's contribution to every
club member. Historical interest in old
churches were created. Interest from
Rural Women's Short Coures has car
ried over in the counties, and effects
of this years program are being felt
by all club members in the State"
Miss Kellar also thinks the picture
for extension work for 1888 is a
bright one. The programs submitted
by the home demonstration agents for
their respective counties are full of
definite, interesting, worthwhile, and
timely information. There is no organ
ization in the county that offers the
high type of adult education to our
women as the Extension Service.
We, as Garrett county women, are
looking forward with new goals in the
coming year. One goal is to increase
the membership in all clubs, especially
among young homemakers.
We hope to have renewed interest
in our music work, with definite prog
ress in that field. Mrs. Delma Arnold
of Kitzmiller is our county music
chairman for the coming year and her
program plans to have each club do
definite work in music. She hopes to
see a renewed interest in better music,
an appreciation iof the really fine
music of the masters. She hopes to
have more music and group singing in
the individual homes, and that we
teach our children to enjoy fine music.
part singing, three parts for women's
voices. The clubs are supplied with
Music Appreciation books of favorite
American songs. She also suggests
special numbers to be used, solos,
duets, etc, for club use. The study of
composers lives is suggested to add
interest to their compositions.
Our reading program for the year
is fine one. Each club plans to
have books available for all of their
members to read, books of the high
est type. Mrs. C. C. Gnegy of Mt.
Lake Park is county reading chair
man. Last year Mrs. Gnegy made
study of the reading of homemakers
in the county. She found that as a
county we were reading more fiction
than other types of books. Her goal
for this year is to have us read other
types of books, also emphasizing his
tory, biography and travel. Through
the reading of good books we learn
of other peoples lives, see other lands
and broaden our thinking. "The first
time I read a good book l felt l had
made a FRIEND" says a famous man.
Last year our organization carried
out Peace program during the year,
having a Peace speaker come to our
county to speak to all clubs. We are
continuing our program this year with
Mrs. O. P Jones, of Kitzmiller, in
charge. We are planning to have one
County Peace Organization with each
club having a representative, as
member of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. The
organization will receive a magazine
and peace literature which will be
distributed to all clubs for discussion
and study. Also books on peace will be
studied throughout the county APP
preaching the problem from the stand
point of a Christian. We hope we may
accomplish something worthwhile with
this organization.
We hope to have a number of wo-
men attending Rural Women's Short
course next June, taking advantage of
its splendid program Of education and
recreation.
Our cultural study for the year is
the study of old homes in various
communities, then the five oldest
homes in the county. We hope every
one will enjoy this study.
A number of our women are keep
ing Farm Home accounts and we hope
more women will keep these books in
the coming year.
| The program for the year continues
with Home Furnishings for Better
Family Living" including better con-
sumner buying knowledge. AS minor
there will be three demonstrations on
money management" and on points
Of laws affecting women.
We hope to have regular and in
creased attendance at all meetings,
county meetings as well as at all
club meetings.
We hope to keep the social tone
and conversations of our meetings at
high level of thought, as we have in
the past. Gossip and tale-bearing have
no place in our homemakers clubs, and
we wish cooperation in keeping our
organization on the highest level of
thinking.