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Citizens News, August 24, 1977
Takes two for Huron
If your recently canned
peaches start to turn a strange
colour or the seams on the outfit
you're making decide to pucker,
Grace Bird and Bea
McClenaghan may have the
answers to your problems.
Miss Bird and Miss
McClenagham are the new home
economists for Huron County and
are usually on hand in the Clinton
Agricultural Office to answer
questions from homemakers.
However, the two young ladies
hope to solve problems before
they arise, by organizing 4-H
groups throughout the county,
dealing with Women's Institute
clubs, and acting as consultants
and demonstrators for other
programs.
Miss Bird began her duties as
Huron's home economist on
August 8. She is a recent
graduate from the University of
Guelph where she studied Family
and Consumer Studies.
Prior to her move to Clinton,
she spent three weeks in an
orientation program where she
visited a number of Ontario
places and the home economists
there.
Miss Bird is not a newcomer to
a rural area. She was raised on a
dairy farm near Georgetown and
has completed 17 4-H projects in
homemaking and agricultural
club work. She is interested in
dealing with the young girls in the
clubs and especially working
with crafts, flower arranging and
needlework.
Miss McClenaghan has lived
from Whitechurch to the
Muskoka area in rural areas and
small villages so she has easily
adapted to the Clinton way of life.
"Clinton's a nice little town, it's
quiet and it's rural," explained
Miss McClenaghan.
Miss McClenaghan began work
on July 27 and has previous ex-
pereince as a home economist.
Along with graduating from the
University of Manitoba with a
Bachelor of Home Economics
degree, Miss McClenaghan has
worked in that field for Ontario
and York Counties.
For their first assignment the
two economists are in the process
of arranging the 4 -FI leaders
training schools which will be
conducted from August 15 to
September 17.
The schools will involve two
day sessions with leaders
throughout the county to give
them an idea what the club in-
volves and also provide
demonstrations.
This fall's project is called
"Featuring Fruit". It will involve
different ways of serving fruit
and will focus heavily on Ontario
grown fruits with some time
spent on exotic fruits; how to buy
them; selection; use of canned
fruits; pie making and pastry will
highlight the project.
Along with keeping in contact
with some 100 clubs in the county,
the home economists also work
with other ladies groups. They
plan to attend WI area meetings
and often act as speakers and
also help to organize county food
and clothing programs.
"Even if the ladies on Mary
Street were having a coffee group
they could come to us," noted
Miss Bird.
The reason people find it so hard
to be happy is that they always
see the past better than it was,
the present worse than it is, and
the future finer than it will be.
Don't brag, it isn't the whistle
that pulls the train.
New home economists named
youth activities
"We're also open for
homemaking enquiries, food
questions, consumer concerns
and clothing problems," added
Miss McClenaghan.
The amount of work and in-
volvement in the county promp-
ted the Ministry of Agriculture to
appoint two home economists for
Huron.
In the past, only one has been in
charge of the area but according
to Miss McClenaghan, Huron has
the largest participation of any
county in the province and there
is a very heavy workload here.
"It's because it's so rural.
There aren't many other groups,
so that's why 4-H is so popular,"
added Miss Bird.
Although both girls are still
getting acquainted with this area,
they, along with the ministry feel
there may be a need for
programs to involve the 20-30
year old women. Nothing has
been decided on this, but the
ministry is in the process of
studying and making changes in
the present programs.
"We're still getting our feet on
the ground but maybe by next
spring we'll find areas to con-
centrate on," explained Miss
Bird.
"Maybe then we can give some
time for extra help in groups and
special activities they would like
to start," explained Miss
McClenaghan.
The home economists are
hoping for lots of active in-
volvement and participation
from the girls and the women in
the county. They haven't had a
chance to meet many of the
people they will be dealing with
but will be as soon as the 4-H
clubs get underway.
Miss McClenaghan noted, "We
TWO NEW FACES IN HURON — Huron County
home economists. They are Grace Bird, left, and
groups for the fall and involving themselves with
is an active area and the county now boasts two new
Bea McClenaghan who are now busy organizing 4-H
homemaking duties throughout the area.
News -Record photo
haven't been over burdened with
calls yet, maybe people don't
know that we're here."
However, in the upcoming
weeks and months, the new
economists should be leading
very busy lives throughout Huron
County.
THIS IS BAKING WEEK IN ZURICH — Eda Smale, who lives on Main
Street, had made a good start on pies for the festival when the
photographer invaded her kitchen. Altogether, women of the village
bake over 1,000 pies to be eaten or sold at the Bean Festival.
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