The Chemawa American, February 07, 1941, Page 7, Image 7

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17, and throughout their club year.
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Grade School B o y s B u ild in g P o u ltry H o u se
4-H Club Demonstrations
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asked to place the cows as to their judgment. After
all present had made their placements. Mr.
Thomas placed the cows as he thought they should
be. The boys and a few of the employees had
them properly placed. Many questions were asked
of the boys and their knowledge of judging cows
was amazing.
On January 30, a picture demonstration of 4-H
Club activities of boys and girls in Oregon, and
under the direction of Wayne D. Harding, was
given for the benefit of Chemawa Indian School
4-H Clubbers. The boys and girls were greatly
interested in the scenes and remarks by Mr. Hard­
ing. The feature event of the meeting was a 4-H
Club talk by Robert Zelinski, a local boy, who has
had seven years in club work and is one of Am­
erica’s outstanding champions in 4-H Club work.
His talk was earnest and genuine, and deeply im­
pressed his audience.
The girls’ angle of club work was discussed in
an able manner by Mrs. Floy C. Pepper, a mem­
ber of the Home Ecenomics staff of our school.
Mrs. Pepper is a former 4-H Club girl who made
an outstanding 4-H record while in Oklahama,
and claims much of her success in life is due to
4-H Club work. Her discussion was inspiring and
interesting. Mrs. Pepper’s pleasing personality,
ability as a speaker, and enthusiasm for club work
fits her well for local leadership of the 4-H girls.
On Febuary 1, the employees met with the girls’
group to find out how girls do 4-H Club work.
George P. LaVatta, field agent in the Indian
Service, created much added interest in 4-H Club
work by his forceful discussion of this work. Mr.
LaVatta sees much valuable training in Club
work.
All 4-H. Clubbers are working enthusiastically
and will strive to give a good account of them­
selves during the conference beginning February
This club, whose members are Calvin Leader,
Ben Finley, Carl Leader, Bill Williamson, and
Fred Whitworth are under the leadership of Mr.
Frank Lane and Claude Loveall are setting a real
pace for all 4-H Clubbers. They are becoming
very adept in the handling of horses and care of
farm barn equipment. They have also learned
how to splice rope, make rope halters, and re­
pair bridles.
Plowing is on their program now. Wednesday
they were out with their mule, horse, and walk­
ing plow and were doing very good plowing
practices.
The mule knows the boys thoroughly, for he
stops very often to let the “ boys” rest.
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Elmer Benton, the new 4-H pig club member,
is learning the swine business. Each morning at
7:15 he is out with his leader, Mr. Fred Ratzburg.
At 7:30 a.m. find him at the swine houses where he
is learning how to feed, manage, and care for pigs.
For thirty minutes each day he studies the pig
club bulletins, and we are expecting him to soon
be one of our best authorities of swine. Elmer
is a fine boy and is deeply i n t e r e s t e d in his
work and is going to make good. The agric­
ultural instructor is now beginning demonstration
instructions in teaching pig club boys how to
judge swine. During the conference at Chemawa,
which begins on February 17, these boys will
demonstrate their judging ability for the benefit
of the public. Like all 4-H demonstrations so far
put on by the Indian boys, this one will be well
worth seeing.
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G irls' Vocation
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sewing on serge shirts. They are preparing re­
ports on grooming, materials and the weaves of
materials.
The sophomore sewing class are making
dresses, housecoats, and pajamas as their sew­
ing projects. They are studying the parts of the
sewing machine as a part of their work. The girls
have been making a research of the styles of the
past years, and how they effect the present style
of dresses.
The Child Care class is learning the proper
care and treatment of a child, and they practice
their problems of caring for a child with a very
large doll.