The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-05-08
HOUSEWIVES JOIN
In OBSERVANCE OF
HOMEMAKER WEEK
National Demonstration
Program Set Up;
County Work Outlined

AounIY WOEk OuIAlueu
Homemakers of Union county
this week joining their sisters
throughout the nation in observ-
ance of the second annual Nation
al Home Demonstration Week,
according to Mrs. Mary Alice
Diehl, county home demonstra-
ton agent
Because home making is a
year-round job, and the home
demonstration program is year
round succession of meetings and
projects, no special program has
been planned for this week." Mrs.
Diehl said. Effort is being made,
however, to call attention of the
general public to the home DEM
onstration program, its scope and
its aims"
In Union county, six goals for
; home demonstration work have
, been set up:
Six Goals Set Up
/. To obtain and manage in
come sufficient to maintain a
! reasonable standard of living.
2. To provide opportunity for
personal development.
3. To secure and m ain t a in
health.
4. To have convenient, attrac-
tive homes.
5. To have satisfying family
life.
6. To have satisfying COM
munity life.
Home demonstration projects
held in Union county during 1916
and AT included sugar saver"
demonstrations, attended by 773
women; yeast rolls demonstra-
tionS, attended by 682; and vege-
table cookery, witnessed by $50.
Demonstrations in each of the
three phases of home-making
were conducted by Mrs Diehl in
each of the IA townships.
Other duties of Mrs. Diehl have
included talks on home econom-
les subjects in several places in
the county, and giving aid to
schools in the lunch programs,
especially in the preparation of
menus, proper quantities of foods,
and maintaining balanced diets
for the children.
Aid All Program
ughout tn e summer
months, and until after the coun- 3
ty Fair, Mrs. Diehl's efforts are
almost exclusively devoted to
general supervision of girls All
nutrition and clothing clubs. She
must advise and help the girls
where needed, and help Judge
their projects when the time
comes.
Mrs. Diehl became Union coun-
tvs first home demonstration a.
gent last June, shortly after the
County Commissioners approved
d home demonstration program
for the county and appropriated
the necessary money for t he
county's share of the work. She is
"a part of the county extension
service, and works out of the off
ice of County Agent Frank
Greeneisen.
Supervising the home demon
Stratlon program in Union coun-
ty is Home Council, comprised
of representatives from each
township and leading farm or
ganizations. It's members are:
Liberty-Mrs. Delmar l.. Rea,
Mrs. Florence Lowe; Millcreek-
Mrs. o. c. Johnson, Mrs. T. S.
Sweeney; Paris-Mrs. Henry
Handel, Mrs. Ivan T. Beck; Tay-
lor-Mrs Dwight Herd, Mrs. John
l.. PARROT; Union-Mrs. Row
land Bishop, Mrs. Millard Still
ings; York-Mrs. Paul Brooks,
Mrs. Bruce Cahill; Washington
Mrs. Daisy Krouskop, Miss Cath
.erine Hines; Grange-Mrs. Thur
man Skidmore, Mrs. Robert Math-
er, Mrs. Howard Mack Allen
Mrs. Floyd Dunbar, Mrs. John
Hodge; Claibourne-Mrs. Ernest
Fish, Mrs. Ray Hoffman: Darby
Mrs. Elmer Rausch, Mrs. Roy
Lombard; Dover-Mrs. Shade
Watkins, Mrs. Chester Weaver;
Jackson - Mrs Ralph Howald,
Mrs. Fred Reeley; Jerome-Mrs.
Jess Mitchell, Mrs. John Scott;
Leesburg-MrS. Dana Lowe, Mrs.
Walter Robinson; Farm Bureau
Mrs. Matt Pacha, Mrs. Luther
Laughrey, Mrs. Harold Bishop,
Mrs. Charles Tossey; All Advis-
ory Council-Mrs. Harold Kent,
Mrs. Frances Kasper, Mrs. Sam
Westlake, Mrs. Paul Herd