From the October 1952 issue of Extension Farm-News, published by the Agricultural Extension Service, State College of Agriculture and Engineering, Raleigh
Last year 15,000 Tar Heel farm houses were either built or remodeled and more than 7,000 kitchens were modernized. A convenient, comfortable and attractive home for every rural family is one of the major goals of North Carolina’s home demonstration clubs, and from these figures, it looks very much like the women have gone quite a long way toward reaching their goal.
And according to the report given at the 26th annual meeting of the Federation of Home Demonstration clubs at State College, nearly 3,000 new home demonstration club members were added to the club rolls throughout the state.
Last year, 8,000 women had T.B. X-rays and more than 4,000 donated blood. Alexander County gave $100 to the National Cancer Research Foundation in memory of Mrs. Carl Montsinger who had been a loyal club member for many years. More than $27,000 was donated by clubs to the Red Cross.
As a result of nutrition and corn meal enrichment programs, many families in the state have improved the family diet by better methods of food production, preparation and conservation.
At least 31 counties carried safety programs in their clubs and cooperated with schools and the highway department in their program. Safety signs were placed near many school zones throughout the efforts of club women.
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