4-H Girls Run Cooperative House At University Of Kentucky
Twenty former 4-H Club girls share duties at Shelby House Lexington as a low cost college housing project. They divide eight task divisions among teams, supply costs credited at current prices, and rely on home produced food at about 25 cents daily per person. Supervisors include Miss Anita Burnam and a house mother. Participants include champions in canning, sewing, cooking, and livestock. The program began last year with a waitlist this year.
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Shelby House
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Kentucky
Anita Burnam
Farm Women Meet at Chicago Convention
A program for farm women highlighted the first annual convention of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago on December 6 and 7. Speakers included Miss Mary Sue Wigley, Miss Ella Gardner, and Mrs. Emily Newell Blair.
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Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Mary Sue Wigley
Alabama
Ella Gardner
Washington, D. C
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
United States Department of Agriculture
Emily Newell Blair
Consumers’ Advisory Board
Associated Farm Women
American Farm Bureau
Abbie C. Sargent
Bedford
N. H
Ellsworth Richardson
Iowa
Florence B. Bovette
Nevada
Charles W. Sewell
Indiana
Kentucky
W. M. Oliver
Paducah
Maryland
Harry Williams
Worton
Tennessee
W. Bond
Jackson
Virginia
Gilly Roop
Snowville
West Virginia
John G. Lang
Bridgeport
Revival of Home Industries Through Rural Arts and Crafts
A year of revived home industries highlights county and state fairs displaying hooked rugs quilts rag rugs and handmade furniture. Rural areas showcase sweaters from native wool and vegetable dyes, with hopes for widespread homespun jeans. The revival supports the live-at-home program and reflects cultural significance beyond profits.
Winter Menu Ideas for Cold Weather Meals
The article advises hearty roasts and baked meats to fortify families against winter illnesses. It suggests leftovers become new dishes like beef with mustard sauce and veal ramekins. Hearty breakfasts use griddle cakes and soups including chowder, a winter staple with chowder noted as a stew.
Costume from So Red the Rose designed for Margaret Sullavan
A 19th century plantation style gown designed by Travis Banton for Margaret Sullavan in the Paramount film So Red the Rose. The outfit features a grey crepe foundation with a grey organdy over-dress, a tucked organdy collar, and cuffs trimmed with black velvet bows.
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Southland
Travis Banton
Margaret Sullavan
Paramount
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Homemaken's & Ages
Home Industries
Forest Grove School
Rappahannock County
Dain
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