The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08
CLUB WORK SHOWS
STEADY PROGRESS

'!SlEADY PkUGkES>
Despite predictions that the curl
/. in transportation and the shortag
of labor would hinder progress o
home demonstration club work
the membership of the clubs il
the Southwestern District ha
shown an increase of 1877 during
the past six months, reports Mrs
Esther C. Willie, District Agent O.
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
Even with increased farm du.
ties. the club women find time fol-
heavy and successful demonstra
ton program and much wal
work." she explains.
Trained home management
leaders have helped to ease the
country load" she said. '1n Union
County, which boasts a 105-mem-
Der increase, 361 demonstrations
to local clubs were given by these
leaders and Alexander County re-
ports 100 percent attendance at q
recent leader training course In
Short Cuts in Home Laundry"
Extra Activities
The following is an indication OF
how the clubs have aided the war
effort during the past month:
In Davie County club members
shipped IA completed Red Cross
kits and cut and distributed 288
more which will be completed in
May.
In CASTOR County is new men,
bers received certificates in the
Red Cross Nutrition Course bring
ing to 65 the number holding such
certificates.
Fifty-six Polk County Club wom-
en- collected 1,460.04 for the Red
Cross War Drive.
Catawba County Club women
made 107 hospital gowns and SO
kite for the Red Cross.
The Okeeweemee and three
Troy Clubs in Montgomery County
served $50 Camp Mackall soldiers
and the 100 girls who entertained
them.
Meeting Places
At Pleasant Grove in Arson
County the meeting was held in
church. The women wanted to
give the church a spring clean
ing, SO they met in the morning,
carried dinner and worked until
time for the club meeting. Spanish
Rice as a meat extender was dem
onstrated and cooked on the top
of the church stove.
At Deep Creek the meeting was
in the school lunch room and the
home agent showed how the stew
and rice could be Drowned on
top with a few cracker crumbs
over the Spanish Rice.
At Whites Store the agent cook
ed the meat offenders in a large
heater in the main part of the
building. The. women sat around
in circle and the appetizing odor
made them ready and anxious to
taste the prepared dishes.
In some of the homes, accord
ing to Home Agent Rosalind Red
fearn, the demonstration was
given in the living room and the
food was carried back to the kit
chen to be cooked, while the basic
seven food chart and the place
meat fills in nutrition were dis
cussed by the assistant home
agent.
AT some of the places the wom-
en- brought the rice ready cooked
and also canned sausage to use
in the Spanish Rice.
Clothing Demonstration
In Polk County, for example,
there were demonstrations on fin
ishes to make clothing more dur
able and attractive and special
work on hens, sleeves, collars,
and plackets.~ The women were
given a sleeve and asked to put
it into a yoke. Many had brought
new patterns but did not know
how to work with the fullness
these patterns called for.
The home agent empha sized the
importance of matching notches
and not cutting out the armholes.
Several of the women went home
from the demonstration, took out
sleeves which had never been COM
Portable, and reset them, using the
fullness in the right places. They
found that the comfort in wearing
the garment far outweighed the
trouble of resetting the sleeves.
After the demonstrations on fin
ishes, the clothing leaders in each
club demonstrated various ways
of fastening belts and belt finishes.