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She was an honorary member of Future Homemakers of America, and helped organize the following: first Cub Pack, first Brownie troop, first Senior Girl Scout troop, first Black Diamond Girl Scout Council, and first kindergarten at First Baptist Church. She was chairman and organizer of the Calhoun Hospital Auxiliary and first president for two terms.
She helped organize the Auxiliary's Gift Shop and was Auxilian of the Year for W.Va. Hospital Association. She has served as secretary and reporter of Calhoun Historical Society and has been honored as History Hero of Calhoun County. Her role in First Baptist Church is ongoing. She has served as BYF leader, choir, ABW president, Board of Christian Education chairman, and Sunday School teacher for 5th-6th grades.
Helen said, "The people who love Calhoun are still my family. What I
did was because I wanted the best for my students, my children and my
grandchildren and their friends. I wanted them to expand their world
through field trips, travel, leadership opportunities, camps,
conferences, service projects and hands on learning. I did not use a
text book; we had reference books and materials from various Home Ec.
related sources. I also wanted to keep learning myself."
The FHA Creed was her guide: "We face the future with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and
precious values. For we are the builders of homes, homes for America's future, homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair, homes where truth, love, security and faith will be realities, not dreams. We face the future with warm courage and high hope."
She said, "The night before I returned to teaching, after 20 years
absence, I was scared and not sure I could face demands of the
classroom. I was leafing through the Bible and it opened to Colossians 3:23: 'Work hard at all you do fifa 15 coins, just as though you were working for the Lord Jesus Christ, and not merely for your masters.' It calmed me down and I was confident and ready to go." The Scout Promise also made a deep impression. "On my honor I will try to do my duty to God and my Country, to help other people at all times and to obey the Scout Laws."
The Morris children are Carleen Webb and Doug, Barbara Full and Jim,
Joe and Sandy, Bob and Jenny, Bill and Kendi, Jim and Lynn, and Sarah
Rhodes and Todd. Grandchildren are Stan, Geoff and Elizabeth, Matthew, Lucas, Drue, Aren, Stevan, Katie, Susanna, Will, Rachel, Sally, Levi, Michelle, Emily, and Rebecca. She is also the mother of many, not just the children she and Carl raised, but most of Calhoun County. Her passion and heart for youth have shaped countless lives and given direction to many. She is and always will be an educator, pioneer of new ideas, and champion for children.
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