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By Rachel Lockwood OSU Extension May 15, 2021
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Whether they are raising scholarship money, beautifying their communities or sewing cloth face masks for healthcare workers across the state, members of Oklahoma State University Extensionâs group, Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE), continue to make a difference every day. OHCE was formerly known as Home Demonstration Clubs.
Committed to making a difference, this group, established in 1935, celebrated their service to Oklahoma May 2-8 during Oklahoma Home and Community Education Week. This yearâs theme was Celebrating Your Helping Hands. This group certainly knows how to put their hands to good work. Pittsburg County Commissioners honored the group of volunteers, by proclaiming the week of May 2nd-8th as Pittsburg County OHCE Week.
May 6, 1921
On Saturday, May 14, the east and west railroad line through Southeastern Oklahoma and Southwestern Arkansas will be opened for traffic. For all purposes of commerce the De Queen & Eastern and the Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern railroads will become one. The rich territory east of De Queen and the productive lands west of De Queen will find a common outlet for fruits of farm and field. And all of the towns along both roads will gather at De Queen on traffic opening day, Saturday, May 14, to fittingly celebrate the important event. Â
Miss Rose Phillips has been employed as one of the teachers of Central school in Frog Level.Â
Graphic courtesy of Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council
The Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council is an organization associated with the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Arkansas County’s EHC clubs are among the 321 clubs throughout the state, with more than 3,700 members. Their mission is to empower individuals and families to improve their lives through continuing education, leadership development, and community service.
Through Extension Homemakers Clubs, the Cooperative Extension Service connects trusted research to the adoption of best practices in Family and Consumer Sciences including: health, nutrition, money management, and personal development.
Arkansas Extension Homemakers began in 1912 as Home Demonstration Clubs. The clubs, organized by the Cooperative Extension Service, were essential for disseminating critical information for managing family resources and food safety at a time when many rural h
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