Missouri Home Makers' Conference. 



OFFICERS. 



President — Miss Alice Kinney, New Franklin. 

 First Vice-President — Mrs. J. Ed. Hall, Lamonte, 

 Second Vice-President — Miss Louise Stanley, Columbia. 

 Recording Secretary — Miss Pearle Mitchell, Rocheport. 

 Corresponding Secretary — Miss Nelle Nesbitt, Columbia. 

 Treasurer — Mrs. Cora Chapin, Appleton City. 



ADVISORY BOARD. 



Mrs. N. H. Gentry, Sedalia ; Mrs. Marie T. Harvey, Kirksville ; 

 Mrs. F. B. Mumford, Columbia; Mrs. W. C. Hutchison, Jamesport; 

 Mrs. Scott Cunningham, Palmyra. 



MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. 



The Missouri Home Makers' Conference met in the Gordon 

 Hotel building at ten o'clock Tuesday, January 14, 1913. 

 The minutes were read by the secretary and approved. 

 The report of the treasurer showed : 



Amount received from dues $50 . 95 



Paid as State federation dues 3 . 00 



To Miss Kinney for canning club 5.00 



Balance in treasury $42 . 95 



Report of Mrs. Scott Cunningham, treasurer, accepted. 



The President's address followed, in which she emphasized the 

 need of encouraging the study of household economics and of home- 

 canning of fruits and vegetables. She reported the success of this 

 year's contest in that line, the prize winner being Miss Martha 

 Blume of New Franklin. 



Reports from country clubs came next. Mrs. Cullen of Ap- 

 pleton City told of her rural club, its interesting studies, the assist- 

 ance given to community amusements and the encouragement to 

 local enterprises by financial aid and personal interest. 



Mrs. Chapin told of a club in North Missouri composed of ten 

 families, the children included, formed for mutual social and mental 

 diversion. 



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