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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The steadily declining membership of the county’s three Extension Homemakers Clubs foreshadow the seemingly inevitable end to a nationwide club which has existed for more than 50 years.
If these clubs cease to exist, many will never know.
But, some will find a void in their lives which was once filled.
And others will realize that the Homemakers Clubs fulfilled an important and needed role in the community. A baccalaureate tea may go unserved, the 4-H Camp Fantastic kids may not enjoy an afternoon snack, someone may have a heart attack because an educational seminar on nutrition wasn’t presented. The bloodmobile may not come to Washington for a lifesaving visit. Children in the hospital and the elderly in nursing homes may go unvisited, or spend Christmas without a stuffed toy. A bottomless chair may go to the dump instead of being recaned.
“We are not just a craft club,” said Amissville 'Extension Homemakers Club member Katherine Riley. “We are an educational club designed to help homemakers use the materials they have to benefit themselves.”
Mrs. Riley should know. She’s a charter member of the Amissville club, which was started 57 years ago. Other than just spending a social hour
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