The Glacier reporter., 1955-05-06
MAY ! TO 7, 1855

ioi service OF the U. ). Depart
ment of Agriculture, the land
grant colleges, and county gov.
ernments. Through it, home
makers learn to apply the latest
scientific methods developed by
public and private research. The
general aim is to strengthen
home and family life by helping
women become more efficient
homemakers and more effective
citizens in their communities,
States, and Nation.
How Is Home Demonstration
Work Conducted? The manner
varies with the needs and de-
sires of the participants and the
areas where they live. Intensive
education is carried out through
about 64,70O home demonstration
clubs and similar organizations in
all 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and
Puerto Rico. These homemakers
select their own volunteer local
leaders, of whom there are now
nearly $4,000 trained and assist
ed by home demonstration agents
and their assistants. While more
than a million and a half women
mostly rural but some urban. be.
long to these organizations, the
influence of their accomplish.
ments extends far beyond mem.
bership rolls.
In addition to their work with
groups during the past year, the
home demonstration agents d.
rectly or indirectly aided about
4 million homemakers in learning
better methods and improving
home practices. They demon
strated new methods, visited
families to advise on individual
plans and problems, and appear
ed on radio and television pro-
grams to describe and show more
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What Do Home Demenstra.
tion Programs Provide? They
offer the newest reliable infor-
nation on foods and nutrition,
clothing, housing, home furnish.
ings, household equipment, home
management, health and safety,
child care and development, fam
lily relationships, family econom-
les, good business practices, mar.
keting and consumer buying, and
public affairs.
Particular stress is being plac-
ed this year on families broad
ening their horizons and acquir-
ing an intelligent interest in To-
cal, national and international
affairs. Other trends of emphasis
are in the fields of marketingi
information, longtime planning
for the farm and home, and citi-
Purposes Of National Home
Demonstration Week: /. To &C.
quaint more families especial
ly young families-with this ed
ucational program in homemak-
ing, conducted by and for home
makers. Among the programs
specific aims are: To demonstrate
the results of research and sue
cessful experience in homemak-
ing; 20 emphasize the value of
wise management decisions in
home and family living; to help
consumers develop skills in Sc
lecting, buying, and using food
and fiber; to assist families in
understanding the broad pro-
blems of agriculture and their
relation to local, as well as ma
tional, economy; to create homes
that will develop good character
and wholesome personality in
youth; to encourage families in
Mrs. Harvey Williamson is sec.
retsry.tressurer Of Glacier covn-
fy Home Demonstration Council.
improving the communities in
which they live; to recognize vol
unteer leaders of home demon
stration groups whose services
contribute greatly toward better
homes and community life.
Glacier County Home Demon
stration Clubs will honor long
time members at a tea in June.
Approximately 200 women in the
county belong to this organiza-
ton.
The State of Montana has 594
Home Demonstration Clubs; TO-
261 members; 4,768 leaders; %
counties budgeted to employ
home demonstration agents.
Three of these employ associate
agents also. The state office has