Farm and Club Women to Attend Farm Convention at N.C. State College July 28-30, 1925

Farm Women’s Convention. . . To be Held at the State College in Raleigh July 28-30

Raleigh, July 18—Farm women of North Carolina will be well represented at the annual Farmers’ Convention which meets at the North Carolina State College of agriculture and engineering July 28-30. This is the one gathering to which the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs sends its delegates from all organized counties in the state to tell what their clubs are doing in making North Carolina homes to be places of comfort and beauty.

“We are expecting and preparing for the largest gathering of farm women ever assembled in the state,” said Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, in charge of the program for the women during their stay at the college. “Not only are the home demonstration club women expected, but also every farm woman who would like to get away for a three-day vacation and to meet her friends from all over the state.

“The farm women will do their own talking at this convention. Those who have worked wonders in kitchen improvement will tell how they moved the pump from the porch to a convenient place over the kitchen sink, just how they got their cupboards, and what they think of the light walls and extra windows they induced their men folks to provide for them. The story of living rooms made beautiful by good taste and hard work applied to old furniture and older floors and walls vie with ‘How I Planted My Yard to Make My House Nestle in the Green Shrubbery’ and ‘What I am Expecting to Add in the Way of Trees and a Lawn.’”

Mrs. McKimmon stated that many women who came to State College last year would remember stories told by Mrs. J.R. Dixon and Mrs. Bullock of their cake making and of what the sale of these delicacies did in adding to the family income and the family comfort. “These women will be willing to give their own experiences in turning skill in cooking into a school fund for the children or comforts and conveniences for the home.

“There will be outside speakers also, and times for getting together and for recreation will be planned. We should like to see 500 women at this convention, and the college and the division of home demonstration work will assure you that you will receive a hearty welcome. South dormitory will be turned over to the women, the old part accommodating the married couples and the new wing those present without relatives.

“Don’t forget,” concluded Mrs. McKimmon, “to bring along a pillow, bed linen, towels and a light blanket, and please remember that small mirror as you will not find one at this man’s institution. Meals will be served in the college mess hall at 25 cents each and no woman will have to think of selecting food or preparing meals for at least three days.”

From page 3 of The Concord Times, July 20, 1925

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