Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-12-17


PTA Fellowship Fund, Sherwood;
NEEDY families; festive Christmas
treats for children and shut ms;
tray favors for Henryton TB Hos
pftal.
Community Activities
Community carol singing around
a Christmas Tree is a traditional
contribution of one group. Another
group made a community guide
and managed reception program
for pre-school children, this year
employing a paid supervisor. The
clubs are considering help for
County Housekeeping Service now
to be sponsored by the Social Ser
vice League. Food concessions were
managed at the Montgomery Coun-
ty Fair. Homemakers assisted at the
All Banquet, judging in contests
and some serve as leaders. Mrs.
Ralph Beall made all the table
decorations for the All Banquet.
All Membership Increase
Membership in Girls All Club
Woltk has increased twenty five
percent, according to figures re-
leased by the Home Demonstra-
ton Office of Montgomery County
This figure is part of the annual
report on Girls All Club Work
which summarizes the years acti-
vities.
Five new clubs have entered All
work in the past year. One urban
club, Twinbrook, boasts fifteen
boys in its membership, previously
unheard of in Girls All work.
These boys, unable to carry out the
farm projects of regular boys
All work, work on conservation,
wildlife, and even cooking projects.
Other new clubs have entered in
to many community and county
activities besides their monthly
clubwork.
The past year has been on active
one for the Girls Clubs. Several
outstanding events took place.
Demonstration Day, in which 70
girls participated, was the contest
from which six girls were sent
to compete in Timonium State
Fair demonstrations. They brought
back several prize ribbons to Mont
gomery County.
Achievement Dav exhibited the
work of the clubs all over the coun-
ty. las girls took part in the days
activities. The high point of the
day was the Stvle Review in which
the girls modelled the clothes they
had made during the year.
Good Citizenship
Working for others is part of
the training in good citizenship
Many activities were carried out
for specific welfare agencies. Nit
ten Trees, soapmaking and collect
ing clothes at Halloween were
some of the highlights of the pro-
gram.
The monthly club work in girls
All during the last year covered
large number of subjects. In
their club meetings the girls learn
ed -pec'fc food skills. such as plan
ming ard preparing meals, and can
ming. freezing and preserving. In
the field of clothing the girls learn
ed to choose becoming colors and
patterns. as well as the specific
sewing skills that led to the 439
garments made during the year.
Other meetings subjects included
work in home management, and
arts and crafts.
The All organization was great
ly improved during the year. The
local leaders worked closely with
the assistant home demonstration
agent in planning and carrying out
policies, activities, and programs.
A girls Council was set up, in
which each club will be represented.
This council will act in the same
manner as schools student coun-
ell, giving the All Clubs members
voice in every part of their or
ganization.
Project Leaders
One of the most successful ideas
to be tried out in girls All club
work is that of monthly project
leaders" Following the set up of
the Homemakers' Clubs, in which
project leader for each subject
is chosen, each girls club sends
a project leader to the county Of
fee every other month, to receive
training in the following months
programs. These girls then go back
to their clubs and carry out the
entire meetings for the month,
teaching their club members all
they had learned at the training
session. During the alternate
months the agent visits the club
and gives the lesson.
These are only few of the acti-
vities carried on by Girls All dur
ing the year. Plans are being made
now to have the coming year an
even better record of the All
Girls achievement.
All Leaders Listed
Local Leaders serving the Girls
All Program are as follows: Cedar
Grove, Mrs. Milton Tabler; Clarks-