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Annual Report of Home Demonstration Agent, Maricopa County 1945 Item Type text; Report Authors University of Arizona. Agricultural Extension Service. Home Demonstration Agents; Ryan, Grace; Pace, Isabell Publisher University of Arizona Rights Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Download date 09/10/2021 19:58:00 Item License http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/637427 ANNUAL NARRA.'l'IVE REPORT 'I." OF �SS GRACE RYAN, HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT . � AND �.,�' " MRS. ISABELL PACE HOME AGENT . DEMONSTRATION - AsSIMANT. .. J � i , MARICOPA COUNTY ARIZONA . F�om December 1944- December 1945 "." INDEX '. • • • • • SIJII.&a'f • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • · . • • • • • • 1-6 IlftISIOI PROOtWl (ADULT) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 feaeb1nc Methode (Adult). • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • 7-8 ittective Cooperation ot Extension Personnel and of Agencies (Adult) starr Assistance ••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8-9 aelated Agency Contacts • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 9 Projects and Accomplisbments Organization (Adult) •••••••••••••••••••••••• 9-10 Rural HOmemakers Count.y Council • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 10 Iomemeking Program for 4-H Clubs, 1944-45 • • ••••••••• 10-1.3 HOuse Furnishing and Yard Improvement (Adult) • • • • • • • • • · . • • 13 lutrition rood Management (Adult) • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••••• 13-14 Dome Service of Meals (Adult) ••••••• � ••••••••••• 14 rood Selection and Preparation (4-H) ._.............. 14-15 Food Preservation Adult •••••.••••• • • • • · . - . • • • • • • • • • 15-18 I 4-1 ••••••••••• · .' . • • • • • • • • •••• ••• 19 Health Activities Adult • • • • • • • • • • • • • . · . • • • • 19 Health &: Satet,y Work (4-H). · . · . • • • · . • ••• 19-20 lome Management ,&: Family Economics !!me Management (Adult) ••••••••••••• · . · . • • 20 Familr Econom1�s (Adult) ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 21 Clothing Clothing Storage (Adult). • • • • • • • • • • • •••••••• 21-22 Care of Clothing (Adult) •••••••••••••••••••••• 22 Clothing Selection (Adult) •••••••••••••••••••• 22 Clothing Construction (Adult) ••••••••••••••••••• 22-23 lork Dresses &: Aprons (Adult) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23 Work Simplification in Clothing Construction (Adult) •••••••• 23-24 Construction of Foundation Patterns (Adult) •••••••••••• 24 Miscellaneous Clothing Activity (Adult) •••••••••••••• 24 Summar" or Accepted Practices in Adult Clothing Program •••••• 24 4-H Clothing Club Work. • • • • • • • • • • .'. • • • • • • • • • • 25 rua1ly Life and Community Relationships Ad'ult • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • 26 26 Leader Training in Familr & Community Life••••••••••••• 26-27 Discussions at Community Level ••••••••••••••••••• 27 ramil1 Relationships (4-H) ••••••••••••••••••••• I B D E X (Cont'd) eo..itr and Agency Contacts Jau].t • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . ., . • • • • • • • • • • • • 27-28 ichieytment and Recreation Meetings (Adult) • • • • • • • • • • • • 28 leore.tioa &: CoauniV Life (4-H) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 28-30 Pablic1t1 (Adult) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 30 Jar Activities Ad'ult • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 31 Bond Dr!Tee • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 31 lar Activities (4-H) ••••••• � ••••••• • • • • • • • • • 31 19��46 Goal for 4-8. • • • • • • • • . .31 81gniticance of' Year's Progress and Accomplishment Adul.t .' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , • • • • • • • • 31-3.3 �uation and Outlook (Adult) •••••••••••••••• • 3.3 mJD1RY aT BOME DD(QBSTRATION wog; In planning a program of work for 1944-45, the Rural Homemakers Council of .ricopa County, through its 20 voting officers, chose -Home Management· as an over-all theme for 7 Rural Hoaemaker Clubs and 10 Wards of the MariCopa Stake of the L.D.S. Church, who hold membership in the County Councll. Places provided tor inclusion of some phase of Butrition, Clothing, and Home Furnishing, each to support the general management theme. 10 one phase took precedence over another, although impetus was natural17 given to Nutrition and to Clothing, because of Specialist's activity in these branches. There were 115 Homemaker Club members enrolled and approximate17 550 working members ot the Reliet Societies ot the L,D.S. Church. All established Extension methods of teaching and of contact were used to turther this program. Of these methods, the dem.onstration was the most effect!ve and popular tool. It was used, alike, by Specialist, Agents and leaders, whether working independently or sharing work with the Agents. In this manner 3228 families were contacted by 154 demonstrations ot which leaders alone presented 88. Leader training was chosen as a "teaching technique, as were discussion meetings. there were l' leader training classes held by the Specialists and 2 br t.. "ent. '!'he discussion method reached 421 persons through 20 Community meetings. Total meetings for the year numbered 243; the attendance was 4828. Stripped of duplications which occur when total attendance is included for several projects, there were 3438 assisted by" the HOme Demonstration program, exclusive of �8cellaneous contacts. Media of contact, other than meetings, were necessary in order to reach patrons belonging to no organization. Telephone, letters, office calls, home visits and bulletins served this purpose, totaling 3OS9 contacts for the year. Of' these Iliscel1aneous contacts, made by both Agents, 749 were by telephone, 203 b.Y letters, 34 of which were circular letters. An additional 124 were ,reached 'b7 office contact, 64 by" home calls and 1949 by bulletins on all phases ot Home making. Communit,y contribution consisted of cooperation with agencies, civic and educational groups by attendance at 79 meetings of non-project t,ype, in addition to 1 Adult Achievement . da7. " . Through an organized plan of publiCity, the Agent provided 25 articles tor 100 releases. The Assistant Agent contributed 24 for 96 releases. Authentic record of accepted practices indicate evidence of the in fluence ot subject matter presented during the year. A compilation of figures shows that a total of 2254 practices were reported by patrons. Of the total families indicating adoption of practices 1410 were rural families, 134 of Wboll were new contacts. The rew n1 ng 559 were suburban or urban dwe�e:s, of 101 of whom were new patrons. Further analysiS indicates that the JDaJOrl.ty non-farm contacts were suburban, rather than urban. Braee R1&11 Maricopa County, Arizona. -1945 . O£glPi z&tion activity in the county proceeded on three levels-'.$tate, COUDt)' aDd local co_UDities. There were 4 works}X>ps at state level, plus 8 planning meetings, including the Annual conference. Count� planning was accomplisbed by three over-aU county planning meetings, copducted by the Rural Homemakers Council, an advisory group, plus 9 county staft meetings, at which Agents discussed on a basis. Local were by leaders . progl'"d pbaf$es count,. programs arranged usually and Agent, in 17 meetings, more or less of conference type. the lutrition program in the county embraced Food Pres,ervati,on in addition to various emphases on Food Selection and Preparation. A summary of figures for the entire field indicated that 33 ieaders participated in 4 leader training meetings, g for food preservation and 25 for the other phases of nutrition. !be Agent gave training for 1 group; the specialist the remaining groups. Patrons assisted in nutrition, alone, were 103; by food preservation 2035 through activity of Agents. there were 176 accepted practices in nutrition, ranging from 44 in basic principles of nutrition to 112 tes,ts for pressure cookers. Food preser'ted nabered 80140; quarts canned, 265 pounds dehydrated, 765 pounds cueed and 54.38 pounds frozen. 'l'be a.erage storage of canned fruit, exclusive of the L.D.B. data,. was 127 quarts per family, and 18 quarts of vegetables. This average was based on the returns offered by 17 members of homemakers clubs and 42 p�trons, at large. Group averages were taken and c9mbined, to establish a mean to be used aa a factor in calculating an over-all canning figure for the county. Clgtbing StorM8- was the major clothing project for the 263 enrolled. Reports indicate the acceptance of 306 good practices, ranging from construction of 171 devices to 135 instances of better storage arranged. Garments constructed numbered 936, 77; of these directly resulting. from a work simplification leader training meeting held by the Agent. There were a total of 106 meetings in the course of the Clothing year, attended by 2294 persons. For 68 of these, leaders were responsible. Leaders, in all phases, numbered 27 for whom S leader-training . meetings were held. Be'e Management, when not previously reported as a phase under Nutri tion or Clothing, consisted of work with Time and Money Management and with Work Siaplitication. Activity in the field ot Time Management resulted in 16 demonstrations on Simplified Shirt Iromng, reaching 352 persons who reported 68 accepted practices either in Ilethod or equipment adopted. Money Management reached 61 families, 9 of whom acc.p� Account Keeping as a phase of the study. additiona! were versus I 11tt7-tOllr families assisted with "Making B\V1ng" decisions. Six leaders served in the Time Management field. Home