The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-31
ny MRS. ESTELLE T. SMITH
N. C., State College

q" ct us rise up and build" is
That the members of the North
carolina Federation of Hol e Dem
sns+ration Clubs are thinking as
they approach 1916.
Now that the war is over and
.hp reconversion period has begun,
thev are endeavoring to e--aluate
carefully and tie-in a big program,
"build;ng," with a longtime pro-
oram,-build for health, for bet
Ter schools, better housing, better
family living, and youth builders.
Health
Total mobilization for war has
,ocused their attention on the i'm
,ortance of total health. Interested
rs they were in the four-point pro-
cram recommended by the State
Tedical Care Commission, it was
source of regret that only the
first two points were given consid-
grafton by the last legislature. They
are cognizant of the need for hos
ntals and the enlarged medical
school, and are familiarizing them
selves with local needs. This is well
illustrated in Cassius Valley, Jack
son County, where the home dem
onstration club women have COM
n1eted their community house, built
cooneratively, and plan to use it
as health center because the
nearest physician lives Is miles
away and visit costs $500.
With a health chairman in each
nj the 1,646 home demonstration
clubs. and county health chair
man. the women are anxious to CO.
onerate with the agencies interest
ed in the physically Inconvenience
or mentally handicapped,-the Grip
pled. blind, deaf, and tubercular.
Nutrition
No wartime educational pro-
gram emphasizin total health is of
more interest than that Of nutri-
ton The women, therefore, are vi
tallv interested in the study of the
chemistry of the soil and plants.
Much interest has been manifested
in the school lunch program and
the possibility of having it in every
community.
Secretary OF Agriculture, Clinton
B, Anderson, recently said: $50 far
as can see, there is only one
course for the people of the country
10 adopt in the years after the
war. I should like to see the people
of this country produce and distri-
butte things for good living-meat,
eggs. milk, automobiles, telephones
radios, air conditioning equipment,
television sets with the same
drive they exhibited in producing
and using guns and planes and
ships to lick the Axis. I should like
to see them war on poverty so
ceaselessly that within decade or
two malnutrition would be as well
controlled as diphtheria and small
pox are today"
Housing
Housing, so closely related to
health, is of utmost importance to
the club women, since farm build
ings are so greatly in need OF re-
pair. However, the women are re-
solved to do careful planning, seek
ing all the assistance available, and
making purchases slowly in order
to avoid initiation. New equipment
is greatly desired but they are will
ling to wait for product to prove
its worth before investing their
money, knowing that buying
SPREE would cause initiation.
Better schools, better attendance,
and library service for all the one
hundred counties in the state are
other matters in which the women
are greatly interested for improv-
ing community life.
Family Living
Family living, as it relates to
the adjustments to be made in fam