Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-09-30
Rural Wonen's News
BY RITA cUNiMiNS
Home Furnishing Winner
Annolnrad

Announced -
Barbara Tasche of the Bay Twp.
Jolly Stitchers is the winner of the
county All advanced home furnish
ing award. Most girls taking this
project work on their own rooms,
painting woodwork, walls, making
bed spreads, curtains, etc. Bar
bara's room showed she had done
both planning and working.
Good News
We've had many inquiries about
Rosemary Bruins, former home
agent. Well, Rosie has made a re-
cent addition to the Bruins family.
On Sept. Is she had a baby boy
weighing 7 lbs, 14la ozs. The new
giggler will be called Thomas
James Bruins. Their address is Mr.
and Mrs. William Bruins, 219 Pom
tiac St., Denver 20, Colorado.
Home Council -
The Home Council met to make
plans for this years program. 1t
was decided that this years Xmas
Workshop be an afternoOn-evening
affair making it possible for more
homemakers who work or have
small children at home to partici-
pate. Mrs. VIM. Phipps and Mrs.
Del Pollock, both of Port Clinton,
are co-chairmen of the workshop.
The cotton dress classes will be
taught by Mrs. Wenner of Upper
Sandusky in January. The broiler
meals project is slated for Feb
or March.
Leaders will be trained in the
selection and making Of draperies
in January by Miss Jane SchOppe,
Home Furnishing Specialist. The
leaders will then teach this pro-
ject in February to groups of
homemakerS.
Leaders for the Recovering
Lampshades project are being
PACED now. A short introduction to
the lampshade project will be
given to leaders on Oct. 10, 1:30 at
the Extension office. Miss Schoppe
will then train the leaders on Nov
4 on how to recover shades. Any
one interested in being a leader
notify Rita Cummins, HDA, Oak
Harbor 1853.
District Home Council Meeting -
Held in Bascom the district
home council meeting Sept. 29th
was well attended by women from
Ottawa County. Those attending
were Mrs. Fred Barnes, Mrs. Bray
tonn Finken, Mrs. Wilton Gulau,
Mrs. C. M. Schaff, Mrs. Ernest Gies-
ler, Mrs. Raymond Arndt, Mrs.
Nelson Baldwin, Mrs. George Lay
man, Mrs. VIM. Phipps, Mrs. Del
Pollock, Mrs. Leonard STANCE, and
MIS. AIUSTI StdlIlIu.
Heigh HoI Come To The Fair
The Oak Harbor Fall Fair provides
hundreds of Ottawa county Alters
to exhibit the projects they have
worked on and completed over this
past year. Girls All projects will
be exhibited in the armory. That
is one building you won't want to
miss.
Don't miss the "Homemaker's
Helps" class in the open class ex-
hibitS. The explanation of this class
runs "clever ideas you have found
to make homemaking easier and
more efficient leg. kitchen use =
tin can with holes punched in bot
tom for draining silver, handles
down. If Scalded silver will dry
sparkling) Practically and cost will
be considered. Because of limited
space, exhibits should not be large
items. Exhibits should be labeled
with name, items, use and how to
make. The Homemakers Helps are
divided in classes - Kitchen
helps, children items and house
hold helps.
I'd say this exhibit should bring
many entrys and interested specta-
tors. Just think, the homemakers
OF Ottawa county can put their
heads together and everyone can
come away with new ideas This
exhibit will be in the armory.