Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-05-07
H. D. CLUB
NEWS
INCREASING INTEREST IN
MUSIC

emusic washes away from the
soul the dust of everyday life
Auerbaeh)
The Home Demonstration club
women of Columbus County are
becoming more music conscious.
Their interest has taken express
sion in two ways-(1) an intensi-
fled study of music in the month
ly meetings and (2) a county
choral group led by Mrs. Milton
Blake of Chadbourn.
Music is discussed six Of the
twelve meetings in the year. OF
all the vast subjects in the field
of music, folk music was chosen
for the theme, concentrating on
southern mountain music. An eff
fort has been made to present
these programs in different ways,
including a folk dance for one
month.
The choral group is part of a
statewide program sponsored by
w. P. T. F. in Raleigh. There is
a first prize of $50 to be awarded
to the state winner. The purpose
of these choral groups is to furth-
err stimulate improvement of CHOIR
al music among farm families in
North Carolina. The group is COM
posed of home demonstration club
members and any men who would
like to join.
The Columbus County choral
group gave its first performance
at the 18th District Meeting Of
the Home Demonstration Clubs in
Whiteville at the Baptist Church,
April 4th. Their selection was
America. They are meeting once
month now, working toward
singing at Farm and Home Week
in Raleigh.
In addition to the choral group
and monthly programs, many
groups in the county are sponsor
ing community sings. Some are
also taking what they learn in the
choral group back to their club
teaching them the songs.
The county home demonstration
club women are most grateful to
Mrs. Milton Blake, who has done
so much to help plan the program
for the year and lead the choral
group. BY Mrs. Evander Annette,
County Music Leader.
MESSAGEE FOR NATURAL
HOME DEMONSTRATION WEEK
April q to May 4 will be the
seventh National Home Demon
stration Week. In these seven
years Of actively advertising our
good fortune, more and more rec
ignition has come to tine National
Home Demonstration Council. Part
Of this recognition is certainly due
to the plan, suggested hv orr own
editor Of National Notes, of setting
aside a special time each year in
which We tell the rest of the
world about our activities as
homemakers.
From the beginning we have
had the blessing of our Govern
ment through the Extension Serv-
ice of he United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. We have had
help and encouragement from all
hands in the Extension Service,
from Director Wilson on down to
the youngest Home Demonstration
Agent.
Other help and growing
awareness of the Importance of
our work has come to us. This
year a publication of national cir
,ulation has offered us some
splendid publicity - the Farm
Journal has printed and is dis
some posters to help us
spread the word around. We are
no longer ''that group of women
who get together and sew feed
Sacks" but an organization that
is sufficiently known and respect
ed to be asked to send representa-
tives to many of the conferences
where decisions are made that af-
feet our lives directly. We have
recognition as a force that can be
useful in shaping policies.
It is not just a matter of being
On mailing lists (although we do
get great spate of the straight
Observation-Disclosures to the
vaste-oasket type of literature),
is a matter of being asked for
ldvice. It is always very crafty
ing to have good standing among