Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-30
Home Demonstration
News


ting of pork and the canning of
the meat. The meeting will be at
the Woodfield Grange hall, from
10 a. m. to 3 p. m. In the morn
ing Mr.. Kenneth Warner of the
Department of Agriculture, will
give his lecture and demonstration
on cutting and curing meat. The
Homemakers Club at Damascus
will furnish the pork. Miss Mar
garet McPheeters will then dem
cnstrate the canning of the various
cuts of meat. Mrs. Ethel Poole
has made arrangements for the
canning equipment. During the
processing of the meat, motion pic
lures of cutting and curing meats
will be shown by Mr.. Warner.
On February 8 the new project
leaders in the nutrition project of
the homemakers clubs will meet at
10 a. m. Miss Katherine Leamy,
State health nutritionist, will con-
duct the demonstration, stressing
the way to increase milk consump-
ton by families and the cooking OF
vegetables to preserve their vita
min contest. These leaders will
persent this work back in their own
clubs during February and will be
ready to assist the health nurses
at the various clinics by giving this
information to all who come to the
clinics. This is but one Of the
many ways the homemakers hope
to help in the nutrition defense
program. The discussion for this
month on adult nutrition has re-
suited in many of the rural women
sitting down to check carefully
whether as mothers they are plan
ming adequate family meals.
Following is the daily guide for
checking their meals for the day:
] quart milk daily for each person,
l serving of citrus fruit or tomato
juice, 2 servings of other vege-
tables Zone green, other leafy or
Yellow, whole grain cereal and
whole wheat bread, egg every day
if possible, 1 serving of meat,
cheese, fish, nuts, beans or peas.
starchy foods, sweets, fats, a to 6
glasses of water.
If you follow this pattern you
may be sure your family is getting
the proper nutrition. The home
makers are interested in knowing
the amount of various foods to
serve in order to give the daily
protective vitamins. Not only is
this discussion held in the clubs,
but the All groups are carrying it.
They are studying from the angle
of the "school lunch box, analyz-
ing what foods should be included
if they are to meet the daily food
requirement pattern. They are
taking the matter of what break
fast must provide in the daily food
requirement, too. For practical
work, charts on the amount of pro-
tective minerals and vitamins in
foods are being studied. Then the
All members make sandwiches
that are rich in the more nutritious
filings needed.
All the homemakers in Mont
gomery county who have attended
Rural Women's Short Course, have
been invited to a special meeting
to be held on February 6, at the
home demonstration agents Office.
At this meeting the matter of
whether the group will be organ
lied into a R. w. s. C. club will be
considered. All other counties of
the State have or are organizing
these clubs and are interested in
establishing a clubhouse for rural
women on the campus of the Uni
versity of Maryland in the future.
January also was a month for
clubs to visit other clubs in order
to create a closer tie among the
homemaker groups and to give the
agent a chance to contact new
neighborhoods. Wheaton Club en-
tertained the Four Corners Club on
January 16 at the home of Mrs.
Agnes Weisman. There were 80
present. On January % Mrs.
Harry Craver of Olney Sunshine
Club, was hostess to her club and
the Burtonsville club were guests.
On January 20 the Germantown
club entertained the Laytonsville
club, at the home of Mrs. Mary
Boland. From time to time other
groups have or win entertain. With
a membership of nearly 600 home
makers, the chance to meet and see
the interests in the various neigh
fna.l. r,Slse u h<..,.l - - =.