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Show fjj Better Homes April 1 ?l Is the Plan for ;1 Mt. Pleasant "W Mrs H C. Jacobs has been ap- L ' Minted to head a committee of lo- T f cal citizens for the purpose of plan- ' V ning Better Homes campaign ia j jr. Pleasa114" , , This appointment was made from the National office of Better Homes in America in Washington, D. ' C, 1 which each year sponsors a nation-0 nation-0 1 wide program for the improvement of housing conditions. The organization or-ganization is headed by Secretary Wilbur who succeeded President that Hoover as its president. Mr. Hoo-ver Hoo-ver now serves as. honorary chair-- chair-- maa Dr. James Ford is in active ' charge of the campaign. Better Homes in America is a ': non-commercial, educational organization or-ganization which has for its object the improvement of housing conditions condi-tions and the promotion of a wholesome whole-some type of home and family life. Its program is adapted to local needs by each of the thousands of committees which have been es-'NTAOE es-'NTAOE tablished in cities, towns, and vil- lages throughout the country. The ' campaign is sponsored locally by ) i f parent-teacher associations, wo-men's wo-men's clubs, civic associations, and " in some communities by schools, as a part of their educational program. pro-gram. This is done in the study of home economics, manual train-as train-as tni. ing. civics, English and art. t the or, A man or woman who is active Jn to Nffi civic affairs is appointed in each none, 11 community to serve as chairman of W, dirt the Better Homes Committee for that place. This chairman then selects a committee of representative representa-tive men and women to conduct ?TeV03t ttle 'Psn. These campaigns vary accoring to the size and conditions condi-tions of the community, and in-;o in-;o see sti elude programs of lectures, demonstrations demon-strations and contests. Wherever ' possible a house is planned and n m built, or a suitable one borrowed h.l and furnished. In this way fam- " I ilies of modest means are encouraged en-couraged toward home ownership and are shown how a house of good design and construction can be built at a cost within their ) means. Through such demonstrations demonstra-tions prospective home owners re-lUKhin" re-lUKhin" t celve many heIps suggestions Life tira for the PIanning. Purchase or build-lest'enis build-lest'enis tos of nomes. and many families auehs a are insPired to make necessary im-Comeffi im-Comeffi Provements in their homes. The down s complete furnishing of such dem-dts dem-dts 6El onstration houses on a restricted budget is helpful in showing to hear- those contemplating the furnishing knw 1111 or refurnishing of a home the standards stan-dards of good taste combined with economy. " When the better homes campaign , is carried on as a school project, the furnishings for the demonstration demonstra-tion house are usually selected and Deck" placed bv- students of home economics. econ-omics. Several houses used for i cents demonstrations in past campaigns were built By - students of carpen-try carpen-try and manual training classes. The demonstration of reconditioning recondi-tioning an old and perhaps dilapidated dilapi-dated house, to make it comfortable rand convenient, is another phase ' Better Homes Work. Such nouses are usually furnished with done-over furniture and both house and furnishings then become worth mile object lessons. The house demonstration is supplemented sup-plemented by . contests, such as small house and parden competitions, compe-titions, lot Improvement contests ilP Wtchen improvement contests. IJ V is participate usually through and poster contests taking se building or homemaklng as ir subject. Students of home m Monomics give public demonstra tes of the use of labor-saving de-ncesnd de-ncesnd methods of performing Musehold operations. All of these Programs have their culmination in "eer Homes Week, April 27th t0 Ma' 3rd, 1930. A in1"1!6 Central office of Better Homes and "! rica at Washington acts i ft iZ48 a faring house for infor-S" infor-S" on a11 Phaes of home 30 it Tf1 ad home life. . "e following group of men and Bjec. women have been selected to plan ,m amno&rry 0n the Better Homes urD- roin Mt. Pleasant: Mrs. dorf ??smussen. Mrs. S. D. Longs-W Longs-W A' E' Jones' R- W. Cand-behnge Cand-behnge A'dlch, Mrs. Eliza- Rawar,rt ensen' Mlss Sadie T-Baas? T-Baas? ? , ' F' J- Neilson. Mayor Cityr ?, the members of the ot th 1 are arden supporters ""he movement Will teSZP f the above group H. c 1 at the home of Mrs. I April's o8?., Satuiay evening, " at a 0 clock. |