Alleghany Home Demonstration Club Minutes...in Rhyme, 1944

Alleghany HD Club Minutes in Rhyme, 1944

‘Twas in the summer of ‘44

When Alleghany County’s need was great

For a H.D. Agent to carry on,

To fulfill the work of our great state.

Our present H.D. Agent came to us,

Our needs and wants were promptly met,

She settled down to do her best,

Even tho it took vim, vigor, and sweat.

H.D. work in Alleghany was very new,

Really just in its infant stage;

Scarcely more than a year could

Be written upon the work’s first page.

During four years of strenuous work,

With our present agent in the lead,

We now boast of sixteen clubs,

The work progressing much indeed.

Our 350 members are very alert,

Eager to accomplish, grasp, and learn,

Willing in every way to cooperate;

The work progressing much indeed.

Speaking now for our outstanding project,

The H.D. Clubs participate in,

It’s the curb market at Roaring Gap,

For every dweller, his kith and kin.

Eight women sold four years ago,

With the project slow to begin,

One hundred thirty two dollars to carry home,

Twas really a meager sum to them.

But things are different down there now,

With 60 women around the stands,

Two days each week they sell them food;

They specialize in their demands.

More than seven thousand dollars in ’47,

Was their toll for being there;

Handicraft and food and flowers,

And other things that they spare.

This year a country hospital is another aim,

Our Clubs are truly and really behind;

We are all pledged to help this out,

In every way that we can find.

So on and on we try to do

Those things to comfort, help, and cheer;

Better homes and living conditions,

Is really our aim from year to year.

And when we pass from here below,

And our race on earth is run,

We trust our redeemer there will greet us,

As a group of women with duty done.