NORTH CAROLINA FEDERATION OF HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS

NEWS LETTER1!

Raleigh, N. (3-, OctoberjfigrVol.3 No. 4

RURAL WTQMLENA MEET IN OCTOBER ISSUE The 1949 National HomeT t. UfS h This issue of the North Carolina ‘/ DemonstrationW0 mee ings o muc interest to F d t' N L tt ‘11 b

rural women in North Carolina were e era Ion eWS e er W1 e Programheld in Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 4-8.The National Home Demonstration

Council convened on the evening ofOctober 4th and concluded its programon Thursday, October 7th, at noon.

The first session of the UnitedStates Country Women’s Council washeld at a luncheon meeting on Thurs-day, October 7th. Thisclosed at noon on Friday, October 8th.

The President of the National HomeDemonstration Council, Mrs. J. Wayne~Reiner, presided over the sessions forthat conference. The theme of themeeting was “The Rural Woman—AWorld Citizen.”For the delegates reaching Tulsa by

noon on October 4th a tour was ar-ranged to the Will Rogers Memorialin Oklahoma City.

The Governor of Oklahoma, TheHonorable Roy J. Turner, broughtgreetings at the first general session.

Three rural women spoke on threephases of the theme of the meeting—-Mrs. O. J. Smyrl of Kentucky, on“Home and Community;” Mrs. OrvilleE. Miller, Indiania, on “State and'Nation;” and Mrs. Ernest Tyler of{South Dakota on “International.”

Dr. Henry G. Bennett, President ofOklahoma A. & M. College, Stillwater,Oklahoma, spoke to the group on“Building a Better World Neighbor-hood.”

Family and Community Relation-ships discussed by Dr. Regina West-cott of the University of Arkansas.

Other programs of much interestto the rural women gathered at Tulsawere: The World Health Organization-—Dr. Henry R. O’Brien, U. S. PublicHealth Department.

International Relations—Mrs. Wal-do Stephens, Oklahoma City.Humanity Faces the Atom—Mrs.

Harold Bogert, American CancerSociety.

Mrs. Glenn Duncan of ChathamCounty, Past State Federation Presi-dent, is the Health Chairman of theNational Home Demonstration Coun—cil. She compiled a report of the workbeing done to improve health condi-tions in North Carolina and the thirty-one other states belonging to theNational Home Demonstration Coun-

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conference ‘

given to delegates’ accounts of twomeetings of great interest to HomeDemonstration Club members inNorth Carolina.These meetings are The National

Home Demonstration Council Meet-ing and The Country Women’sCouncil of the United States ofAmerica.

,/l o o/“ Natlonal Home Demonstration

CouncilThe purposes of the National Home

Demonstration Council as stated in theConstitution are:

1. To further strengthen, develop,coordinate and extend adult edu-cation in Home Economicsthrough the Cooperative Exten-sion Service of the U. S. D. A.and the Land Grant Colleges.

2. To provide opportunity for home-makers in home demonstrationgroups to pool their judgmentand experience for the progres—sive improvement of the homeand community life.

3. To offer a means by which home-makers may initiate, interpretand promote extension projectsof national importance in theprotection and development ofthe American home.

\/’ National ProgramPlease study the National Program

to determine if North Carolina andyour club are carrying out the pro-gram as adopted at the meeting of theNational Home Demonstration Councilin Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 7th.

VAttends National ConferenceThe representatives from North

Carolina were happy to have MissRuth Current, State Home Demonstra-tion Agent, to attend the NationalHome Demonstration Council Meet-ing. Miss Current’s comments were:“It was one of the best meetings Ihave ever attended. It is one of the fewmeetings I have ever attended wherethere was a rush for the front seat atevery session!”

The National Home DemonstrationCouncil included many of the phasesof the 1948 Program for the comingyear, including two additions ofspecial interest—To stress the FamilyLife Program and the spiritual life inthe homes.The following program was adopted

at the National Council meeting inTulsa, Oklahoma. County plans ofwork should be correlated to includeas many plans of this Program as ispractical:

1. Promote a study of the worldfood situation as it relates to inter-national understanding and worldpeace. Relate this study to fulfill ourresponsibilities in obtaining worldpeace.

2. Study and interpret the ob-jectives and purposes of U. N. 0., giv-ing emphasis toward the study andsupport to certain programs withU. N. 0., namely, UNESCO and FAQ.

3. Promote a health program withparticular emphasis on some definitehealth problem, such as—

a. Health as it is affected byhousing;

b. Health as it is affected bynutrition;

c. Health as it is affected bymedical facilities and service.

4. Study proposed legislation as‘ itaffects the rural family, both fromthe national and international stand—point.

5. Give emphasis to safety—a. In the home;b. On the farm;c. On the highway.

6. Work toward interesting youngwomen in training for professionsclosely related to rural Welfare, partic-ularly home demonstration work.

7. Develop a year-round informa-tion program to tell the story of homedemonstration work.

8. Include programs on FamilyLife. ’

9. Stress importance of spirituallife in homes.

10. Cooperate with other agenciesin programs of interest to ruralpeople. Ruth Current

State Home Agent

Two NEWS LETTER October, 1948

NEWS LETTERPublished quarterly by the North CarolinaFederation of Home Demonstration Clubs,Raleigh, N. C. Second Class permit appliedfor at Post Office, Raleigh, N. C.

OFFICERSPresident ............ Mrs. George AppersonFirst Vice President ........ Mrs. J. S. GraySecond Vice President ..... Mrs. P. P. GregoryThird Vice President ..... Mrs. H. M. JohnsonRecording Secretary ........ Mrs. Loy HowardCorresponding Secretary . . . . Mrs. C. H. CarterTreasurer ............... Mrs. Eva U. PersonChairman Loan Fund . . Mrs. Hobson Sanderlin

DIRECTORSMrs. Glenn Duncan Mrs. Edison DavenportMrs. A. W. Pierce Mrs. J. H. L. MillerMrs. W. P. DorseyMrs. J. A. Randle Starkville, MississippiSouthern Director of National HomeDemonstration CouncilMrs. Malcolm Byrnes Ethel, LouisianaPresident National Home DemonstrationCouncilMrs. Raymond Syre Ackworth, IowaPresident Associated C(iuintry Women of theorMrs. Spencer Ewing

President U. S. Country Women’s CouncilNORTH CAROLINA FEDERATIONNEWS LETTER COMMITTEE

Mrs. George Apperson Mrs. Glenn DuncanMrs. Edison Davenport Mrs. Esther G. Willis,Advisor

Published July, October, January, April.Subscription price—25 cents per year for homedemonstration club women.Subscription Manager—Mrs. Eva U. Person,Route 2, Louisburg, N. C_LIJ All subscriptions to the North

Carolina Federation News Letterexpire in December, 1948.Send in subscriptions for 1949 by

December 15th, to Mrs. Eva U.Person, Treasurer, Route 2, Louis-burg, N. C. It will be of great helpto the Treasurer if subscriptionsfrom each county are sent in at onetime and if one check is sent in tocover all subscriptions from thecounty.

.‘ IMPORTANT!‘J TO COUNTY COUNCIL

PRESIDENTSWould the North Carolina Feder—

ation News Letter be of assistanceto you and club presidents in yourcounty during the year 1949 ? If so,send subscriptions for officers fromyour county and any individualswho might wish to subscribe to Mrs.Eva U. Person, Treasurer, Route 2,Louisburg, North Carolina, by Jan-uary 1st, 1949.

Gov. Roy Turner of Oklahoma saidto the delegates at the National HomeDemonstration Council Meeting “Theday of land frontiers has passed, butwe face a new frontier as fraught withhazard and responsibility as any facedby American pioneers. Just as ourfarm families formed the vanguard inall our great pioneering efforts, so dothey now form the vanguard of hopewe hold for the world today—hope forpeace and a better way of life for allof our people.”

J‘Mrs. Sayre Re-Visits EuropeMrs. Raymond Sayre of Ackworth,

President of the AssociatedCountry Women of the World, wasguest speaker at a banquet on Thurs-day evening of the National HomeDemonstration Council meeting. Mrs.

Re-visited”brought us a picture of the situation inGermany today as she saw it. Mrs.Sayre says: “The basic problems stillexist—trade, tax, currency and food

Iowa,

Sayer’s topic, “Europe

production.“The Marshall Recovery Program

will have to go on much longer thanwas expected at first. The people inGermany do not want charity. Theywant assistance now. Food productionis much improved over last year, butthey have never been able to produce asufficient amount for their own useand have always had to import food.These people cannot eat if they can-not trade. Channels of trade must bekept open. It is felt that food will bea problem for at least another decade.

“Two-thirds of the votes in Germanyare women’s. The young women aremorally and spiritually uprooted. Theyknow nothing but insecurity. Thegroup of women between twenty-fiveand 50 years of age are torn betweenwar guilt and defending themselves.They cannot think their own thoughts.They have gone in on their own selves.They are also terribly insecure.“The women of fifty years and

above are the only group who haveever known security, and they are theonly group of women there who canbe depended on now to bring securityagain.

"MRS”“RIEI‘IX—O‘UDI

Visitor From HollandMrs. Rieha Oud of the Rural.

Women’s Organization of Holland willvisit North Carolina in November..She will speak 'to Home DemonstrationClub members and their families andfriends in Goldsboro,Mocksville, and Asheville, and is ex--pected to attend a meeting in Louis--burg.

Mrs. Oud’s visit to the United States.and to North Carolina will be a means.of extending friendship and mutual.understanding in America and Hol-..land.Mrs. Oud speaks excellent English

and is a good speaker and a charmingperson. The North Carolina delegates.to the National Home Demonstration.Council meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma,recently, had the privilege andpleasure of meeting and hearing Mrs..Oud. They were deeply impressed byher talks and were delighted with herpersonally. The Home DemonstrationClub members and their families willenjoy meeting and hearing her.

Greenville,

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Germany today is the children whohave never known the influence of a.normal home. Many children do not,know who they are.”

Mrs. Sayre asks club women to keep-informed on National and Internation»a1 Affairs, and to support the UnitedNations Program.

Mrs. Sayre suggested that it is imq.possible to make people over, but that.we can learn to live together with_differences.

October, 1948 NEWS LETTER Three

REPORT OF NORTH CAROLINA FEDERATION OF HOME

DEMONSTRATION CLUBS, OCTOBER, 1948

f The North Carolina Federation ofHome Demonstration Clubs feels that1948 has been an outstanding year.Rural women have been working tomake home life better, to keep theirfamilies in good mental and physicalhealth, and to provide comfortableand attractive homes.The health program launched by

the Agricultural Extension Serviceand the State Health Department hashad the cooperation, support, andinterest of The North Carolina Federa—tion of Home Demonstration Clubs.Meetings have been held in 1670 homedemonstration clubs on the subjects:Food as it relates to health, Sanitationas it relates to health, and Housing asit relates to health. Three hundredforty-six (346) meetings have beenheld on the world food situation andhow we may share our food withothers. We have cooperated with thegovernment’s request for food pro-duction and food conservation.Much emphasis has been given to

safety in the home, on the farm, andon the highway through 4-H and homedemonstration club meetings.

National Home Demonstration Weekobservance brought out the fact that40,669 club women are workingthrough 1670 home demonstrationclubs under the leadership of 162 ef-ficient home agents to make NorthCarolina homes better places in whichto live. Rural women were made con-scious of their needs; they were giveninspiration and a better understandingof the scope of their organization. As.a result of the observance, new mem-bers were added to many clubs.

Contributions to the Jane S. McKim-mon Educational Loan Fund for theyear amounted to $1796.99. Elevengirls who are preparing themselvesfor home economics in standard col-leges in the State, are being assistedby this fund. Seventy-eight girls havebeen assisted through this fund sinceit was started in 1927.

Five delegates from our homedemonstration clubs attended themeeting of The Associated CountryWomen of the World in Amsterdamlast September and as a result clubwomen in North Carolina have becomemore keenly interested in internationalaffairs. Two hundred seventy—four(274) follow-up talks were made on

Mrs. George Apperson, N. C. Presidentgave the State report at NationalConference.

the Localpeople with international experience

Amsterdam Conference.

have Shared that experience with clubmembers in many communities in theState. One thousand six hundred andfour (1604) friendly letters have beenwritten to women in Europe. HomeDemonstration Club Women have con-tributed $508.01 to the Penny forFriendship Fund from October 1947 toOctober 1948. Two thousand one hun-dred fifty-three (2153) packagesweighing 36,955 pounds and valued at$19,888.00 have been sent to Holland,France, and England. No more appeal-ing service has been opened for ruralclub women than their contribution of$1565.16 sent to the United NationsAppeal for Children.The Marshall Plan and World Or-

ganization of Mothers of All Nationswas endorsed by the Executive Boardof the North Carolina Federation ofHome Demonstration Clubs.

This has been a busy year and agood year. While all of our goals havenot yet been reached, club work hasgone forward at a steady pace. Ourwomen are not only studying andworking to improve local conditionsbut they are informing themselvesabout national and international af-fairs, keeping ever in mind that oneof the coveted goals for which we mustwork is peace in the world.

Building a Better WorldNeighborhood

Dr. Henry G. Bennett, President ofOklahoma A. & M. College, known asthe “Flying College President” spoketo the Council about “Building a Bet-

World Neighborhood.” Havingserved on two world conferences onfood, Dr. Bennett is an outstandingauthority on world affairs as they re-late to Rural America.

Developing the theme of the Con-vention, “The Rural Woman—A WorldCitizen,” Dr. Bennett declared: “Todaythe rural woman of America takes herplace as an important factor in theworld. Not only is this significant forher because of what it implies of moreleisurely living, richer experience andhigher thinking; but equally becauseshe is the personification before allwomen everywhere of what the appli-cation of democratic ideals to socialaffairs can bring about. . . . She provesto the stricken womanhood throughoutthe world, faltering on the verge ofdespair and shrinking from reality inhorror, that life for womankind canbe noble, gentle, decent and effective.”The rural woman can help to build

for future peace and neighborlinessby developing in herself and her com-munity an attitude of friendliness,sympathy and mutual trust. We mustadvance in the understanding of man—ners and customs of people of othernations, as well as exercising discrim-ination in judgment—examine all pro-posals in the light of reasonableness.

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“The farm is the source of food andfibre, and these are the foundationsof social life. It is in the rural familiesof America that the formation (of thepublic will can be most safely based.”

In conclusion, Dr. Bennett stated“The one basis for human life is hope.The will to achieve is the basis ofhuman survival. To build a betterworld neighborhood we must in sin-cerity and in truth accept the kinshipof all people as our solemn duty andobligation. There comes but oneanswer to peril of human annihilation:Unite or Die!” Rural women must joinpeople of good will everywhere whilethere is yet hope for building a worldneighborhood.

Four NEWS LETTER October, 1948

REPORT OF NATIONAL HOME DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL

\/ In order to receive enough informa-tion for a Nationachealth Report aquestionnaire was sent to each StatePresident and State Home Demonstra-tion Agent in the National HomeDemonstration Council asking for in-formation on what had been donein each state on the three main HealthObjectives set at the National Meetingin 1947, namely: Housing in Relationto Health; Food in relation to Health;and Medical Facilities and Service inRelation to Health. Full reports couldnot be secured until the annual Exten-sion Statistical Reports are made atthe end of the year. And much workin this report was done in 1947. How-ever, this report will give a generalidea of how well the National HealthObjectives have been followed in eachstate Health Program and the esti-mated figures will give the trend ofimportance health measures adopted.Housing in Relation to Health:—

From the replies to the questionnairesit was found that the problems ofHousing in Relation to Health arepractically the same in all the statesof the National Home DemonstrationCouncil. The most outstanding prob-lem was the lack of a safe and ade-quate water supply; sewerage disposaland bathroom facilities became a partof this problem because of the needfor running water. Fifteen out oftwenty-four states listed this as theirmajor housing problem.Foods in Relation to Health :—Foods

in Relation-to Health has been an im-portant factor in the DemonstrationClub Work throughout the Nation.

In order to determine what foodsneeded to be stressed in meal planningand food conservation, sixteen statesreported a Dietary Survey had beenmade within the past year or two. Theresults of these surveys showed theneed for green and yellow vegetablesat the top of the list, with milk second,and Vitamin C foods third.

In order to acquaint the farm peoplewith the importance of foods in thedaily diet, 18,068 meetings were heldwith approximately 288,000 persons inattendance. Nearly 900 exhibits wereset up in State and County Fairs, com-munity and council meetings, storewindows and schools. These exhibitsfeatured Basic Seven foods, Wintergardens, school lunches, Vitamin Cfoods, family food supply and freezerlockers.

Mrs. Glenn Duncan is Chairman ofHealth Committee of the NationalHome Demonstration Council—Ex-cerpts from her annual report aregiven on this page.

A thousand seven hundred ninety-four (1,794) newspaper articles werepublished and 898 radio talks and pro-grams were given by members ofvarious Extension Staffs or specialistsand club women.The most distressing factor shown

in the report on foods for health isthat the lack of milk, Vitamin C, andyellow and green vegetables is foundin the states that have or can have anabundant supply of each of thesenecessary foods.

Medical Facilities and Services :—Secretary of Agriculture, Clinton An-derson, said to the American MedicalAssociation on January 7th, 1948:“Rural medical service won’t be attain-ed for one hundred years at the pres-ent rate. More than city folk, farmerssuffer from anemia, malnutrition, de-fective vision, tooth decay, hernia, andchild birth injury. Typhoid fever isthree times as high; Dyptheria twiceas high. Tuberculosis and syphilis aremigrating from city to country. Farminfant mortality is one-fourth higherand maternal mortality is one-thirdhigher than in the cities.

Medical facilities and service in re-lation to health have also been stressedas an important phase in the healthprogram of all the states of theNational Home Demonstration Coun-cil.

HEALTH COMMITTEE, OCTOBER, 1948

Cooperation with Public Health De-partments and other health agencieshas done much to educate as well assecure needed legislation for health.North Dakota has a Health Plan-

ning Committee with members fromlay and professional organizationswith a Health Planning Specialist onthe Extension Staff. Florida has beeninstrumental in organizing county-wide Health Committees. It also has aHealth Improvement Specialist on itsExtension Staff who will work to co-ordinate the activities of the StateBoard of Health, State ImprovementCommission, and the Extension Ser-vice for the betterment of the healthof the rural people. Mississippi is onthe verge of employing a Specialist inHealth Education.Wyoming’s Medical Care and Health

Facility Survey resulted in widelypublicized health data throughout thestate.Oregon is making preparations for

a State Health Committee.North Carolina Home Demonstra-

tion Clubs acquainted the people withfacts relative to the number of re-jections for military service. Countydietary surveys were made. A jointhealth program of the AgriculturalExtension Service and the State Boardof Health included programs on food,sanitation and housing.

Indiana also has had successful co-operative activities with the StateBoard of Health and other healthagencies. Twenty-five counties inIndiana cooperated with the StateVeterinarian on the problems of dis-eases transmitted from animals andhumans.Alabama clubs sponsored clinics and

special nursing courses under the aus-pices of The Health Department.There is a close cooperation be-

tween the Extension Department, theHealth Department, and the State ‘Medical and Nursing Associations inOhio. A program has been establishedfor acquiring and maintaining doctorsand nurses in rural areas. Some coun-ties in Ohio have set up a Nurse Re-cruitment and Loan Program.

In many states attention has beenturned to cancer programs. Oklahomapromoted a state-wide study of CancerControl. In Milwaukee County, Wis-consin, the objective was for each

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October, 1948 NEWS LETTER Five

NORTH CAROLlNA REPRESENTATIVES ATTEND MEETING

Reading from left to right: First Row: Mrs. W. H. Garrison, Chairman Thirteenth District; Mrs.Norman Johnson, Chairman Seventeenth District; Mrs. A. L. Smith, Chairman Twenty-Sixth District;Mrs. Eva U. Person, Treasurer of N. C. Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs; Mrs. George Apperson,President of N. C. Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs; Mrs. Esther G. Willis, Advisor to N. C.Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs; Mrs. Dewey Bennett, Forsyth County delegate; Mrs. HopePowers, Norfolk, Virginia, former Currituck County club member: Standing: Mrs. Leroy Clark, DurhamCounty delegate; Mrs. L. M. Butts, Halifax County delegate; Mrs. R. B. Robinson, Halifax County dele-gate; Mrs. T. W. Lloyd, Durham County delegate; Mrs. T. W. Strader, Chairman Twelfth District; MissRuth Current, State Home Demonstration Agent; Mrs. George West, Craven County Council President;Miss Margaret Myers, Currituck County Home Demonstration Agent.

Can Cancer Be Controlled?“Cancer is no respecter of persons;

neither is it contagious, inherited ora disgrace” stated Mrs. Harold Bogertof the American Cancer Society, Inc.,Denver, Colorado, at the NationalHome Demonstration Council meetingheld in Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 4ththrough October 7th.

Mrs. Bobert stressed the fact thatit was our duty to educate the peopleback home, especially in the rural sec-tions, we’ve always had cancer andWe’re inclined to suffer in silence. Oneshould not be afraid to see the doctorat regular intervals and have an ex-amination, and the doctor should tellthe truth if signs of cancer are found.

Mrs. Bogert went on further to say,“If we were educated to the ways oftreatment and the necessity of takingit in time, 50% to 75% of the deathsthat occur from cancer could be pre-vented. The cause of cancer is notknown, but three methods of cur-e havebeen found. Treatment by surgery,

x-Ray and radium are all successful ifused in time.”

All articles published on cancertreatment and control are the resultsof proven tests. The Home Demonstra-tion Club members attending the con-ference were urged to use all materialthat is available from the AmericanCancer Society and to study with ourpeople through community organiza-tions the modern and successful wayto meet the problem of cancer thatfaces us. ., . .. ,

It was felt, also, by Mrs. Bogertthat with twenty million rural peoplein our midst, it was the duty of thewomen of the home demonstrationclubs to take the lead and really dosomething in combating cancer. Whatwill you do in your county to bringinformation to the people on themodern and successful way to meet theproblem of cancer? "

'Mrs. L. M. ButtsHalifax CountyHalifax, North Carolina

God WalksThe red and green and golden leavesCame swirling down today

God washed and swept them from thetrees

In brilliant floods and gay.

He walks among His trees each dayAnd paints them with a brush,

In bright and lovely tints and hues,Gay as the song of the thrush.

God walked upon His earth today;He made it, oh, so fair,

But man may walk among the treesAnd find his Maker there.

By Anne AppersonMocksville, N. C.

“Th-e farm still continues to be thebulwark of that spirit of individualismand independence which has shapedAmerican Democracy from its begin-ning,” Dr. Bennett said. '

Six NEWS LETTER October, 1948

President of The CountryWomen’s Council U. S. A.

Mrs. Spencer Ewing of Blooming-ton, Illinois, is the President of the

Council of theCountry Women’sU. S. A.

Mrs. Ewing is a dynamic personwho has served as President of thisorganization since 1944.

She was in charge of the arrange-ments of the trip which seventy—fivedelegates from the United States tookto attend the meeting of the Asso-ciated Country Women of the World inHolland in 1947.Through its standing committee the

Country Women’s Council has pro-moted Letter Friends, Pennies forFriendship, Exchange Programs, andThe Country Woman magazine.

' Mrs. George Apperson, President ofthe North Carolina Federation ofHome Demonstration Clubs, washappy to report $508.49 contributed tothe Penny for Friendship Fund, 2,153packages sent to rural homemakersin other lands, and 1,604 Pen Friendsestablished to whom North CarolinaHome, Demonstration Club memberswrite. These letters will give the clubmembers a greater understanding ofthe rural homemakers’ problems inother countries.

(Cont’d. from Page 4)homemaker to attend the Cancer De-tection» Center. Kansas reports everyunit participating in the Cancer Con-trol Education Program.

There has also been widespread co-operation in sponsoring the TB units,X-rays immunization clinics, cam-paigns and fund raising drives for the

Community Unity NeededOne ofthe most in

the NationalCouncil meeting held in Tulsa, Okla-homa, during the week of October 4th-7th was given by Dr. Regina H. West-cott, Professor of Social Psychology,University of Arkansas, on “Familyand Community Relationships.”

sting talks atHome ‘ emonstration

Home is where one’s interest cen-ters, but no home can be built withinitself alone. Community planning andunity are needed. Well-trained leader-ship is one of the needs of today. Tobecome a good leader one must firstcreate a relationship between the in-dividuals, get the interest of all con-cerned and then plan programs withcommunity group that will be worth-while to youth and adult alike.

Dr. Westcott stressed the fact thatwe should try to develop our schooland Church life and the spirit in otherorganizations so we might be able ~todraw the youth into meaningfull acti-vities. Our program should be plannedfor worthwhile results. Our youngfolks should be given the responsibilityof planning these programs with ourhelp. Adults should see that buildingsare made available for recreation andprograms for the youth of our com-munities.As adult leaders we should set the

social standard of the community,using the home as a get-together placeand should lead as a group and not asindividuals.

Genuine group leadership is thewealth of a true relationship amongpeople. The good in others is appre-ciated and we feel our responsibilityas a group because we care as indi-viduals.

Mrs. R. B. RobinsonHalifax CountyLittleton, North Carolina

promotion of better health of ruralpeople.more extensively.

In addition, 358,175 homes have beenaffected because of insect control pro-grams and 265,871 families reportedrodent control measures.

Health is fast becoming the out-standing keynote of our nation. Thatis as it should be for America needs tobe mentally and physically alert if itis to hold top place as a leading nationin world affairs.

Mrs. Glenn Duncan, N. C. Chm.Mrs. E. Guy Collins, Ind.Mrs. Earl Gosweiller, Md.Mrs. Tom Hunter, Wyo.Mrs. M. F. Gran, Fla.

Medical facilities are used-

(Continued from Page 1)Ci]. This report showed the healthneeds of the nation, and how homedemonstration club women could helpin improving conditions.

Mrs. George Apperson of Mocks-ville, President of the North CarolinaFederation of Home DemonstrationClubs, gave a report of accomplish-ments of the 40,670 home demonstra-tion club members in North Carolinafor the past year. I

Mrs. Eva U. Person of Louisburgserved on the Publicity Committee.

Club members and leaders attendingthe conference from North Carolinawere Mrs. George Apperson, Mocks-ville; Mrs. Eva U. Person, Louisburg;Mrs. A. L. Smith, 528 S. StratfordStreet, Winston-Salem; Mrs. W. H.Garrison, R—2 Burlington; Mrs. DeweyBennett, 1149 S. Hawthorne Road,Winston-Salem; Mrs. T. W. Lloyd, 109Leon Street, Durham; Mrs. T. B. Stra-der, R-3, Durham; Mrs. Leroy ClarkR-5, Durham; Miss Margaret Myers,Home Agent, Currituck; Mrs. R. B.Roberson, R-2, Littleton; Mrs. L. M.Butts, R—2 Halifax; Mrs. Norman,Johnson, R-2, Benson; Mrs. George W.West, Dover. Miss Ruth Current, StateHome Demonstration Agent, and Mrs.Esther G. Willis, Advisor to the NorthCarolina Federation of Home Demon-stration Clubs, accompanied delegates.The United States Country Women’s

Council convened in Tulsa on October7th, immediately following the closingof the National Home DemonstrationCouncil. Many of the delegates whoattended the National Council meetingalso represented North Carolina at theCountry Women’s Council which is abranch of the Associated CountryWomen of the World. The President,Mrs. Spencer Ewing, presided at thisconference.

Mrs. Raymond Sayre, InternationalPresident of the Associated CountryWomen of the World, was also on theprogram. Her subject was “LokingAhead.”

What Is CROP?. Christian Rural Overseas Program(Known as CROP) is an organizationthrough which rural people may con-tribute of their products for overseasrelief. Donations such as seed cotton,peanuts, soy beans, live stock, dairyproducts are being requested for hun-gry and displaced persons in Europe.

This program will be fully explainedby the Churches throughout theNation. Mrs. George Apperson, ourState Federation President, feels surethat Home Demonstration Club mem-bers and their families will want totake part in this progrw