Milford chronicle., 1958-11-07
Indian River
HOmemakers

s,-.e indian River Home Demon
@tion Club won the silver On,
Sl outstanding achievement durins
me year for the third time Of ths
III In anniversary Sussex Count,
Honle lonle demonstration Day held II
rSe Cnurch Hall, Wednesday.
Inc Atlanta Club was second ant
hollymount, third
MRS. Clarence Ocheltree. Green.
woou, was chairman for this spe.
Sial feature of the day.
New officers were installed q,
.oiiows; Mrs. William Short, Lewes
president; Mrs. Dale Workman
Teorgetowns vice president; HSz-s
Games White, Seaford, secretary;
MRS. Preston West, Georgetown
treasurer; Mrs. Lee Carey. Bridge
vile, delegate-at-large.
MRS Jonathan Wheatley. DeImar
past president of the county eoun.
cli' conducted the installation cere-
mony.
The retiring officers of the coun.
Gil assisted Mrs. Wheatley. They
are: Mrs. Jack Bril-. Millsboro, pres
luent; Mrs. Carl Walston, Bridge
vile, vice president; Mrs. Norris
GiVens, Georgetown. secretary. and
Mrs. Davis Carlisle, Millsboro, trea-
surer.
Since it was the Both anniversary
or the founding of the home demon
stration clubs in Sussex County,
the program was carried out in a
This Is Your Life" manner with
Mrs. Earl White, Bridgeville, in
charge.
In addition to historical data and
committee reports from the past
year, e lively feature was the ap-
pearance of Mrs. Short, the new
president, with Miss Alice King,
state home demonstration leader,
and a crystal BALI through which
they discussed the possibilities of
the future. Among these. Miss King
named "a deep kind of study" in
order to do better job of teaching
on a county level and with local
leadership.
The day began with business
session and continued with lun-
cheon and an afternoon session.
Featured in the afternoon was
DR.. G. Gorham Lane, professor of
psychology at the University of
Delaware, who spoke on the subject
"Facting Problems through Three
Generations"
He discussed problems of child
hood, adolescence, middle age and
old age, and then said that the
basic diagram was the same in all
stimulation, response, the goal and
a barrier to that goal.
"A need has been created, he
explained, "and there is some bar
rier that must be overcome If the
need is to be met"
Among other things, he said that
the best way to prepare for bar
riers is to get every bit of know
ledge possible.
you never know what might be
just the thing that will help you
over a barrier" he advised.
He said also that some barriers
are actually insurmountable, and
that when this is the case, there
is nothing to do but learn to live
with it and look around for some
thing else to take it's place.
Dr. Stanford Knight, also of the
University of Delaware, told of the
study being made in home demon
stration leadership and gave sew
eral examples, concluding that the
best results are ATTAINED when dis
cussion follows leadership demon
strations.
Mrs. Bril-, retiring president, pre-
sided at the session Mrs. Rosalind
Rawlings, county music supervisor,
led the group singing with Mrs.
Julius GOrlich at the piano.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas G. Multi
gan, pastor of the host church, gave
the invocation.
Miss Frances Shoffner, county
home demonstration agent, took
an active part in the program and
gave her report.
Committee chairnen reporting
were Mrs. Carl Walston, family life;
Mrs. Joseph McIlvain, health; Mrs.
Edwin Williams, safety; Mrs. Nor
ris Givens, citizenship-civil de-
fense: Mrs. George Metschl, inter-
national relations; Mrs. Earl White,
annual reports, and Mrs. Ocheltree
for the outstanding club award.
Mrs. Edward Marzoa and Mrs.
Carillee Short, former the general
committee for the observance; Mrs.
White was program chairman, and
the following clubs had charge of
various features; Nanticoke, recor-
ations; Indian River, hospitality;
County Seat, exhibits; Bacons, pro-
grams; Nassau, guest corsages;
Broad Greek, bulletin board.