Sun Article Titled "Miss Bryan Resigns As Home Demonstration Worker Here"

Miss Bryan Resigns As Home ! Demonstration Worker Here Quits Post to Assume Duties As State Agent; Miss Stan- r ton Successor / / „ ■ - . - у Ц-/32 Miss Hose Ellwood Bryarf, for more than 10 years home demon- , tration agent for Durham county, has resigne and Miss Vena Stan- :to.i, of Surry county, today was named to succeed her. Miss Bryan turned in her resigna¬ tion following her appointment as state agent at large, and the board of county commissioners appointed _Miss Stanton upon the recommen¬ dation of state home demonstration officials. The change will be made just as soon as Miss Stanton can obtain her release in Surry county, where she holds a position similar to the one she will assume here. County Manager Newsom said the change would go into effect “not later than February 1.” , Miss Bryan, whose work here has brought her wide recognition, was appointed state agent at large some time in December, but withheld an¬ nouncement of her plans until her successor was chosen. She was ap¬ pointed by Miss Ruth Council, state demonstration agent. Although Miss Bryan could not MISS ROSE BRYAN be reached for comment today it is understood that she will continue to maintain her residence here, de¬ spite the fact that her work will carry her to all parts of the state. Miss Stanton conferred here this (Continued on Page Nine, Col. 1) \ morning with Miss Anamerle Arant, from whom she received her recom¬ mendation for the locai post, and then left imemdiateiy for Surry county to turn in her resignation. She is expected to report here as soon as she can leave her job there. Miss Bryan’s work has in¬ fluenced all sections of the county, the curb market of the farmer’s ex¬ change being one of her ideas. Each year, the project brings in thou¬ sands of dollars to Durham farm women through the sale of their produce. One of Miss Bryan’s most recent triumphs was the victory of one of her 4-H girls, Mary Frances Thomp¬ son, in the national canning contest at Chicago. Regarding her successor here, County Manager Newsom said that Surry county has developed into one of the foremost counties of the state in the home demonstration field under Miss Stanton, who was regarded as being the woman best fitted to fill Miss' Bryan’s place. Prior to being named home dem¬ onstration agent for the county, Miss Bryan taught home economics in the Mangum township and Be- thesda schools.