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COUNTY NEWS ITEMS 



What the Women are Doing 

 Community Meetings 



1. Enfield — January 24th. 



Twenty women were present at this 

 meeting- in spite of the very cold eve- 

 ning. The various home activities 

 were listed and those checked in which 

 the women were especially interested. 

 By so doing it was found the women 

 were most interested in dress forms 

 and household accounts. Miss Jennie 

 P. Dodge was chosen leader of the 

 dress form group and Miss Fannie 

 Powers leader of the household ac- 

 count group. There was an all day 

 meeting February 8th at which time 

 the work with both groups was 

 started. 



2. Easthampton — January 25th. 



Twenty women were present at this 

 meeting. Again the various home ac- 

 tivities were listed. The phases of 

 home making in which the Easthamp- 

 ton women are interested are preser- 

 vation, clothing and efficiency and 

 household accounting. Miss Katha- 

 rine Root was chosen leader of the 

 preservation group. The time of these 

 meetings will be arranged later and 

 when the preservation season for this 

 year is nearer. There was also in- 

 terest in Clothing Efficiency and 

 household accounting. Mrs. Fred C. 

 Pomeroy is to arrange for the meeting 

 of the clothing efliciency group. It is 

 hoped every woman interested in this 

 phase of clothing will be present when 

 this group meets. Mrs. William 

 Brown is leader for the household ac- 

 counting group. 



Extension Schools 



Three extension schools were held during 

 January. 



1. Plainfield — January 11th. 



Kitchen planning and food for the 

 family were the two topics discussed. 

 The women of Plainfield are interested 

 in dress form. While the date of the 

 first meeting was not scheduled this 

 work will be started when the weather 

 is more settled. Mrs. Clara Gloyd 

 was chosen leader for the dress form 

 group. 



2. Granby — January 13th. 



Kitchen planning and food for the 

 family were the topics discussed. 

 Keen interest was shown in both 

 topics. The women of Granby were 

 more interested in clothing. A group 

 of ten are studying clothing efficiency. 

 A request for a dress form demonstra- 

 tion has been placed. 



3. Cummington — January 31st. 



Although this was an extension 

 school it was also the first meeting of 



COUNTY MEETING IN 



CLOTHING EFFICIENCY 



six Towns Represented 



Twenty-three women, representing six 

 towns, were present at the Clothing Effi- 

 ciency meeting held January 18th at 

 Northampton in the Extension Service 

 office. Mrs. Ruth S. Reed, State Cloth- 

 ing Specialist, conducted the meeting. 

 The morning was spent discussing or- 

 ganization, emphasis was laid on dividing 

 the women into the "Mother Group" and 

 the "Understudy Group". By .so doing 

 the "Mother Group" is really doing the 

 work under supervision while those in the 

 "Understudy Group" are observing only. 

 Then between meetings each member of 

 the "Mother Group" is supposed to work 

 out with a member of the "Understudy 

 Group" the work done at this last meet- 

 ing. Mrs. Reed had found this method 

 gives a clearer understanding of the 

 work. 



In the afternoon the making of a "line 

 up" and the adjusting of a sleeve were 

 demonstrated and discussed by the group. 

 There will be another county meeting in 

 March, the date to be announced later. 

 The towns represented were Williams- 

 burg, Hatfield, Hadley, Easthampton, 

 Southampton and Pelham. 



the work chosen by the women at the 

 Community Meeting. Meal planning 

 and dress forms are the phases of 

 home making in which the women are 

 especially interested. Meal planning 

 was discussed in the morning, empha- 

 sis being placed on the food require- 

 ments of the body. The food habits 

 of the family were then scored. Mrs. 

 Arthur Giles and Mrs. Charles Thayer 

 are leaders of this group. In the 

 afternoon the home made dress form 

 was demonstrated. Mrs. Alma C. 

 Howard is leader of this group. March 

 6th has been set as the date for con- 

 tinuing. 



Dress Forms 



1. Belchertown — January 10th. 



The home made dress form was 

 demonstrated to a group of nine 

 women. Two forms were made. Each 

 woman has promised to teach .some 

 other woman to make a form so Bel- 

 chertown bids fair to have an epidemic 

 of dress forms. Mrs. G. E. Scott is 

 leader for this group. 



2. Cummington — 



See extension schools. 



3. Goshen — January 20th. 



Twenty-one women were present at 

 the demonstration. Two forms were 

 made. Mrs. William H. Bennett is 

 leader for this group. 



Clothing Efficiency 



Two groups in clothing efficiency 

 were started in the county during the 

 month. 



1. North Amherst. 



Mrs. Reed is conducting the work. 

 There are twelve women in the group, 

 six of whom are in the "Mother 

 Group" and six acting as under- 

 studies. Mrs. J. L. Sanborn is leader 

 for this group and Mrs. J. B. Newlon 

 is Secretary. 



2. Granby. 



The first meeting was held Janu- 

 ary 26th at the home of Mrs. Charles 

 Goldthwaite. There are six in the 

 "Mother Group" and five acting as 

 understudies. Mrs. L. W. Taylor is 

 leader for this group and Miss Marion 

 L. Taylor is Secretary. 



Williamsburg. 



A group of women in Williamsburg 

 had started clothing efficiency under 

 Miss Carpenter. Another group had 

 had the work under Miss Harriman. 

 These two groups are united and are 

 reviewing and completing the work. 

 There are eight women in this group. 



Pelham. 



This group was started by Mrs. 

 William Chaffee who took the work at 

 Enfield. She interested several wom- 

 en in the clothing efficiency work and 

 they have bravely carried it on for 

 two years. This group with new 

 members are reviewing and complet- 

 ing the work at the present time. 

 Miss Dora Glover is leader for this 

 group. A very interesting article was 

 written by a member of the group 

 giving the entire story of the Pelham 

 group. This article will appear next 

 month as lack of space prevents our 

 printing it this month. 



Kitchen Planning 



The first of a series of meetings on 

 kitchen planning was held January 

 4th. There was a discussion on the 

 general arrangement of kitchens. 

 Each woman was asked to draw a 

 floor plan of her kitchen showing the 

 ai-rangement of the furniture. These 

 plans will be carefully looked over and 

 discussed at the next meeting. The 

 aim toward which this group is 

 working is a convenient kitchen one in 

 which the equipment is well grouped 

 and the working surfaces the right 

 height for the worker. Mrs. Jacob 

 Williams is leader for this group. 



There is also work in meal planning 

 carried on in Westhampton and Norwich 

 Bridge. This will be more fully discuss- 

 ed next month. 



