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anniversary of 4â€"H Homemaking Club work in Ontario. The spread of the work, its high standards and its sustained interest for girls Him up to the age limit of twentyvsix years, is nijst gratifying to the home economics extension unrkers who have had a part‘ in it. And these ex- tension workers seem to agree that the people who hwe made the greatest contribution to the effective- 1mg of club work are the local leaders u most of ti :m busy homemaking women who, with all their outer responsibilities, have made time to lead groups or girls in their neighborhoods. As the years passed, it was rather natural that gi‘lS who had been club members should later beâ€" ci me leaders. We found the names of a few women “an had had this dual experience and we asked them [in tell us what they consider the greatest things Hmemaking Club work does fOr a girl; also to tell u- why they give their time and talents to leading clans. The following notes are taken from their to lies. [THE YEAR 1960 marks the twenty-fifth Why Women Serve as Club Leaders \nswering the question of why a woman gives ht '* time and talents to leading a girls’ homemaking claw, Mrs. Gordon MacDonald spoke for several lc tiers when she said: “I give my time to leading a 7H Homemaking Club, because as a former club to nber I know how worthwhile this work is and I f: 1 that it is a privilege to be able to ofier the same or-rortunity to the girls in our community." Mrsâ€" R. ' Westlake wrote: “I led a club first, perhaps, be. use they needed leaders and then because I in: -w at first hand how much it meant to the girls." ~l'rs. Gordon Drummond leads a club because she en: the need for girls to learn the things club w. 'l‘. teaches and, she says: “No other programme, eiI ,cr at home or at school fulfills this need comâ€" |+vcly. I enjoy seeing the girls develop in club kt ‘s and socially. Besides, it’s well worth the time 0 what I learn both from the projects and from hr girls themselves.” Mrs. Stanley May writes about n. .ying working with the girls â€" “The twelve and hi. cen-year-olds are so enthusiastic and the older 11- r seem to get a great deal of satisfaction as their 0 l; improves." Mrs. Niram Fletcher who Was e .r a club member herself but who was a leader 01 ten years reports that she went into the work emuse she has always been interested in young $01318. Mrs. S. Whittington took on the leadership t 9- clnb because she has a daughter thirteen Years hlrand there had never been a 4-H Homemaking _1L't1 in the community. She also likes the associa- IO‘H with other leaders and with her County Home m A mother of a young family, Mrs. John Moyer, 3W “I have to admit I don’t know how one man- INTER 1960 Milestone for 4-H Homemaking Clubs A Silver Anniversary Appraisal of Club Work By Local Leaders ages to find time to be a club leader. Today's house- wives with young Children have so many demands made on them. But I don‘t think a 4rH Homemaking Club member ever loses interest in the work, espeâ€" cially if she has cared enough about it to follow the projects through to achieve Provincial Honours. Another obvious reason seems to be that as our daughters approach the teen-age we are even more aware of the benefits club work can bring into their lives. Someone must provide leadership for these girls and leaders are hard to find. So two years ago I felt that my youngest child was old enough that I could be spared from home long enough to take the training course so that I could share leadership in our local girls” club.” Mrs, Roger Dickson got her start in club work when Miss McKercher was her county coach, and she says, “Miss McKercher‘s guidance and her Cheer‘y laughter will never be fOrgotten." Mrs. Dick- son gives as one of her reasons for club leading, that she enjoys every minute she spends with the girls “with their energy and enthusiasm to work and learn"; also in club work she has an interest in com- mon with her daughter. Another appreciative grad- uate from Miss McKercher‘s coaching, Mrs. Edgar Harsley, says that in all her experience as leader or assistant she never failed to learn something new, and she feels that providing leaders for club work is the biggest contribution an Institute can make to its community. Mrs. Carl Wilson makes the point that she does not lead clubs for the honour of it, but for the satis- faction of seeing girls go from her classes taking with them the information she herself gained from her preparation for leading. She adds: “Perhaps in a few cases the girls‘ mothers also benefit from the new, up-tovdat‘e methods.” And this note from Mrs. Alex Bell tells most convincingly what club work means to her: “I am not leading a club at present as I have a baby boy just eight weeks old; but I hope to return to the work when the next unit begins. That is something I can always make time for. I am so grateful for the things I learned in 4-H Homemaking Clubs, and for the time leaders spent teaching me, that I want to repay someone, somehow. I think the best way to do that is to pass on the skills and knowledge I gained to younger girls.” Mrs. Clifford Coglan, a club leader and the mother of two club girls says she still enjoys working with the girls and appreciates what she learns at training schools. Miss Evelyn Hare leads homemaking clubs “so that girls may have the opportunity to learn the fun- damentals in homemaking or to add more modern methods to the basic training that they have already received at home; and to help girls to discover new talents and develop them." l9