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‘Tomato plints were planted in the spring and all of the . ® crop given to the public school of Summerfield for the hot lunch-WPA program. A cooperative berry project did only mod- erately well due to the bad drought. A number of patchwork quilts, pot-holders, raz dolls, etc., were sold. The pottery cless contirted to ueet and to prin experience. A craft cabin was projected and al] arrargemenis made to build, but the in- f ot . ease in lumber prices has disrupted the plan. . Under tne direction of (liss iaria Stenzel; the prosram of of crafts has becn expandcd. The first six months were espe- cially full; then ]iss Stenscl's resporsibilitics during the summer sessions, end her field work in Clinton forced a curtail- ment. a, Viood- “Carving: Mountaineers takc neturally to a knife. Mos ale na ed tt lane wield Pts: eas travndanan +h Pileaod aaa fa oh ea ein whittling wi 4h an a YUL aeBv ettendance the 41D 5b six months of nine, and an enrollment of twenty, croated the greatest enthusiasm. Three-fourths of the group were either drafted or have jcbs in defonse industries away from home. However, the class has continucd throushout the yoar and still has an enrollment of cigat. Some unusual telunt is inecludod in the group. Dillard Kins, one of our neighbors, has beon an associate to&cher of the class. Two dogs recently completed were grcatly admired by several organizers. Onc of them leM ‘inst ructions for the éluss to produce a hundred do7s and aloe phants to sell for about a doller, and he would buy £11 thet could not be sold clsewherc,. There is some discussion of weys and means of acquiring a motor driven jig sew to rough out the aninals, which would groatly incrosse the productive capecitye be. Pottery: This cless, sponsored by the Summurfiocld Cooperatives had an enrollmnt of thirtecn end on averaze at- endance of siz. It rcmaincd in tho beginners! starc. “after scverel months of work producing szall bowls, cuns, und vases, the ¥iIn was fired, Unfortunatcly many eracked duc to insuf- ficient heat control in the new kiln. With thu assistancu of the ecramie dcerartront of th. TVA, it 15 hoped thet the diffig cultics of baking and glazing can be overcome. Tho kiln wos =e oot spate —, ae pete ane 2 TOA oS built by our 1940 Work Car «Pe 4J1U tlic Wort Aap Ud i941 puilt