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Show urging gradual weaning, ratioi feeding and the importance milk throughout the second ye; On Friday he discussed cont gion among children, urging ; outdoor playhouse whick cot: be used for immediate igolati of any child showing any sym toms of illness. He insist that most diseases are prever able and explained the commi means of prevention and bett hygiene. Miss White explained tl necessity of sterilizing ever thing used in the care and fee ing of the baby. Mrs. Lovell of Oak City, gai a fine talk on the "Sick Room and the importance of fresh ai sun-light, and absolute cleani ness. She urged freer use 1 soap and water and eontinuoi disinfecting during sickness. Mrs. Broaddus in discussin "Training the Baby" stated thj the real problem was "Trainin the Mother;" that the ide; should be the baby's ultimal good, physical, mental and mor: and never the convenience an comfort of the mother. A mot! er without broad education, rej ular habits, self-control, hig ideal and common-sense, ca never have a well. trained bahj A number erf special, problems c care and discipline were discuss ed. The results of the contest a reported by the scoring commii tee, Mrs. Neeley and Mrs. Tir. petts, are as follows: Highest scoring girl and bo, in the contest-Martha contest-Martha Christianson, Delta, 9 Edward Lovell, Oak City, 95. To these, beautiful bronz medals are awarded by th Woman's Home Companion. Division I under one year 0 age, highest girl and boy. Pearl Cox, Hinckley, 9, Verdell Bishop, Delta, 9 Division II, between 1 and : years, highest girl and boy. Rosa May Thurston, South Tract, - . : 9i Ladd Cropper, Hinckley, 9- Division III, 2 to 3 years. Blaine Cropper, Deseret, 9! Charlotte Blake, Hinckley, 90.1 To all these babies diploma! will be given by the Woman's Home Companion. Duplicati score cards and certificates, dip lomas etc. will be mailed to con testants by the Hinckley H. E A., as soon as the committee ear Jo so. Connect up with a Jack-Jr. foi our pumping, washing, etc Billings of Delta has them. d30t: Result of Better Babontest June 22-23 During the past week the Fourth of July commi tees have been busy with plans for the celebration, and the Home Economics Econo-mics Association has been ex-trernly ex-trernly busy with the aid of our Home Demonstrator, Miss White, conducting a Better Baby contest con-test for the whole county. The cold snap made it difficult for babies from a distance to enter but over 50 babies from 6 months to 'i years of age were examined Dr. and Mrs. Broaddus gave practically their entire time for three' days giving the physical and mental tests, and making measurments. Miss White constructed con-structed an excellent Baby Health Exhibit covering all the problems prob-lems of baby care and feeding, using the instructive charts fur-. fur-. nished by the Woman's Home Companion and much original material. Especially helpful .were the tables containing model were the-t.ablos containing model meals for "babies of different ages, and a table of "baby killers". kill-ers". The men attending the contest showed especial interest in the charts and exhibits.. There was a fairly god attendance at-tendance Thursday night at the stereopticon lecture -by Dr. Beatty of Salt Lake,' oh "The Health of the. Community". He talked in detail on Hinckley's Hinck-ley's rating inxlttst year's clean town contest, congratulated us on our water supply, urged us to keep the manure hauled out of the corrals every ten days during the fly season. He com-.mended com-.mended the improvements in ' sanitation, for which the H. E. A. has been working, emphasizing emphasi-zing that the sanitary disposal of all waste and garbage, and : clean rnilk were, of first importance. impor-tance. He hoped we could then add to the beauty of the town by more lawns and better fences. The lighting of the school house ' could be easily improved by re- ' arrangement of the seating of desks. On account of the failure of ' three of our out-of-town speak- ' era the rest of the program had to be given by Dr. Broaddus, 1 ' .. Mrs. Broaddus, Mrs. Lovell and ' ' Miss White. Dr. Broaddus spoke 1 Thursday on "Pre-natal Care", emphasizing the importance of j outdoor exercise, good health and 1 elimination and a happy frame -of mind; on"Weaningthe Baby", I |