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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 8, 1962
79th Year, Number ) COMMEMORATING NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK, MARCH 3-10
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Club Work
Expanding
In Towns
"barn, live, serve through 4-H"
Council
Starting
13th Year
As the farm population de
creases and the city and urban
ixipulation continue to increase
the Extension Service is chang
ing its 4 11 program to better
meet the needs of the city and
urban boys and girls. 4 H en.
rollment in towna has increased
to the point where it parallel
that of farm boys and girls.
This is also becoming the case
In Morrow county, according to
Joe llay. Morrow county airent.
Town boys and girls are taking
advantage of some of the newer
projects which are available such
as electricity, woodworking, arch
ery, rifle, rockhounding. gard
ening. The home economics field
of clothing, foods, home Improve
ment, ana knitting works out
Just as well in the towns as in
the country. This year the county
has at least one club in each
urea, with the exception of home
Improvement
"We hope that more town boys
and girls will become interested
In these 4-H projects." says Hay.
"Four-H projects are open to all
loys and girls, wherever they
live."
If the county's 4-H member
ship is to continue to grow, the
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on more 4-H leaders and in-1 The Morrow County 4 H
ocTiTL; 'f'S in; council, the guiding organization
: ' ' ' ?' h H program, is starting
Its l yeflr i operation.
ninvs ont tn tri iartr H . Tnls council, made up of 4-H
. " .u I club community leaders, assis
4 nwhmtX1 leaders and aRen,s plan and
' vo,unteerc1 tne 4 H conduct all 4-H activities in the
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vvuiiij 0awa -ma, vuiiipt I'll
Sunday, 4-H Summer School
selection, county fair, and 4-H
achievement night
When the 4-H council was first
organized in 1948, Mrs. L. A.
McCabe, lone, acted as its pres
ident
Serving on the present council
are Mrs. William Rawlins, lone,
president; Wilbur Van Blokland,
Heppner, vice president; Mrs.
James Bloodsworth, Heppner,
secretary; and Mrs. N. C. An
derson, Heppner, treasurer. This
council meets quarterly. Officers
Extension unit women In Mor-1 meet monthly, the fourth Thurs-
row county are helping 4-H clubs I dav of each month.
by having a 4-H chairman in North Morrow 4-H council re
each of their units. organized, after a lapse of sev
These chairmen make a sur- eral years in 1959. Their officers
vey of their community and at- include: Kurt Gantenbein, Board
tempt to acquaint all boys and man, president; Mrs. Andy Skiles,
girls between 9 and 16 years of Irrigon, vice president; Mrs. Ber
age with the 4-H club program, nard Donovan, Boardman, sec
They also keep their club in- retary; Mrs. Perry Pummel, Irri
formed of needs of the 4-H club gon, treasurer. The entire coun
and countv-wide events that are cil meets the fourth Tuesday
comine. "Manv a leader has been evening of each month, alter
recruited from these units," ad- nating between the two towns.
NATIONAL
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V CLUB WEEK
PJJorroiv
Observe
Morrow county 4 H'ers ore ob
M-rvinj; .National 4 II cluh wvk
from March 2 to 10.
The .T.i7 local 4 II cluh mem
Ix-rs are Joining .T3,.r)0 members
in Oregon and 2' million boys
and girls in rural, urban, and
subuiban areas through United
Males.
JMher Kirmls. N. C. Anderson.
and e Hay, countv extension
airenis, sav that they will nhare
with other 4 HVrs in recognizing
-l II Alumni." Tnese 20 million
nien nn! women through the
country have participated and
benefiting from the
County 4-IHI Youth
National Ueek
nre now
training and exiertenoe they re-
trived as 4 II members.
Mis Klrmis reveals that the
following Mrclal events were
carried on to celebrate the Nat
ional week.
reports on their clubs for this
edition.
The Rhea Creek Livestock
Club were guests of the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce on March
3.
The Sew -a -long club of
rour ll Tags were furnished! Heppner were guests of the
for all members to wear to I 'l'pnor Soroptlmists.
school this week.
r.ach club was noiigned a
"Window on Main Street" In
llenpner, Lexington. lone. Board
man. and Irrigon to decorate In
a 4-11 theme.
This four pace edition made
possible by "Friends of 411."
I-our-II news reporters made
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Extension
Women
SuDDort 4-H
57 Ex-4M'ers in College
By N. C ANDERSON
Does 4-H give an incentive to
attend college? Does the exper
ience of attending 4-H Summer
School on the campus of Ore
gon State University provide i
desire to "taste" college life?
Does 4-H project work encourage
members to learn more? These
are questions that come to mind
when a check is made of the
number of ex-4-H'ers who are
now attending college. "If any
one were to guess the number
I am sure they would, like I,
miss It bv quite a few," says
N. C. Anderson, county agent.
While it Is a bit difficult to
trace down each boy and girl
who have at one time or another
been a 4-H member, (whether
they continue to make their
home in Morrow county or have
moved away)," continues the
agent, "We feel that we are
quite accurate in using the fig
ure 57 former 4-H members now
attending college whether it be
short vocational training or a
full four or more year curric
ulum."
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A list has been compiled in
the county agent' office. It Is
hoped that no one Is overlooked,
They include: Janet Wrieht. j 1 i , .. '
Barbara Anderegg, Maxine Si-
card, Micky Van Scholack, Carole,
Connie and Jerry Anderson,
noger and Dennis Doherty. Carol
K. Anderson. Skip and Dick
Ruhl. fern Albert. Mardine Ba.
ker, Karl Beach, Gerald Bunch, I , ( J
Jack (.rum, Robert Campbell
Sharon Crabtree, John Howton, rs
John Cason, Ned Clark, Donald ,
Craber, Jeanne Collins, Bob Da
vidson, Skip Emert, Rodney Klug,
Helen oranam, loramv Glass.
Clifford Green, Karen Lundell,
Marilyn Morgan, Judv Morgan.
Brenda Townsend, Carol Ann
Palmer, Kenneth Lynn Smouse,
Jo Ann Turner, Robert Rice, Lin
da Hcimbigner, Jerry Hague-
woon, nniriey van winxie, Lnar- . - . - , m'
lene Jones, Kenneth Keeling, F .
Eilene Laird. Tommy Martin, fe . nmt- .i .n .. trk i
Jim Miller, Bill Monagle, Jean mohrow COUNTY extension eraents (left to rlahn lo Hav. Esther
Riarun, xseai i'enland. Julie met- KirmU. and N. C Anderson dan lavout of 4-H soeclal dltlon to
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mann, Jeanne ScTimldf, John
Swanson, Mary Evelyn Tucker,
Janet Thompson, Mary Slocum,
Bcrniece Thomson and Sandra
Davis.
"We will continue to believe
that the 4-H motto, 'Learn to
do by Doing,' continues to stay
with these boys and girls even
when they complete their 4-H
experiences, continues Anderson.
"We would like to think that
this 4-H experience has given
these boys and girls the incen
tive to continue to expand their
knowledge in a chosen field."
vises Esther Klrmis, county I
agent.
For the past two years each
unit has offered gifts for the
girls placing high in the 4-H
demonstration program at the
two county fairs. They believe
that demonstration work is one
of the best tools to create con
fidence in a young person.
Awards given by Extension
units and other women's organ
izations this past year were:
Two Attend State Conference
advertise National 4-H Club welc In th county. Anderson has
served in Morrow county 17 years. Miss Klrmis 3lz and Hay 2yx
years. The agents are considered a part of the staff of Oregon
State university, Corvaliis,
Morrow County Wildlife Clubs Progress
By GARY VAN BLOKLAND
State 4-H Club Conference is
held in Salem annually. It is a
program designed to better ac
quaint boys and girls in 4-H
work with their state govern-
"!.."5ttr State Government" '
On Thursday afternoon, Feb
ruary 8, there was an informal
gathering in the Marion Hotel
so the members could get to
know each other. That evening
at dinner in the Golden Room,
Mr. Burton Hutton, State 4-H
Mrs. William Rawlins, 4-H chair
man; Jeanne Stockard, Heppner,
(Best Foods Demonstrator); Sher
idan Wyman and Barbara Blake,
Heppner, (Best Food Demonstra
tion Team).
2. lone Extension Unit Mrs.
Louis Carlson, 4-H chairman; .A. iPnripr av thA onenini?
Joan Stockard, Heppner, (Best address and introduced the guest
Clothing Demonstrator); Bermece ker f the eveningi Mrs. Lee
and Demece Matthews, lone, paterson
(Best Clothing Demonstration Mrs Paterson spoke about the
'learn). importance and the prestige of
3. Heppner Extension Unit being a 4-H club member. She
Mrs. Douglas Drake, 4-H chair- gave this advice . . . "Any time
man; Judy Smith and Lynn Bur- that you feel important, place
kenbine, Heppner, (Best Knitting your finger in a bucket of water
Demonstration Team). and see how much of an im-
4 Pine City Extension Unit presslon you make when you
Mrs. Willard French, 4-H chair- pull it out"
man; Jean Martin, lone, (I We held a party after the din-
Clothing Construction, Sr.); ner directed by Lois Redmond,
Chervle Lundell. lone, (Best State 4-H club leader.
C lothing Constru c t i o n, Jr.) ; To The State Capitol
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Jeanne Stockard, Heppner, (Best
Cake Baker).
On Friday morning we gath
ered in the Senate chambers to
5 Mrs. Walter Wright-Rhea he" Governor Hatfield speak. I
Prpek Unit member: Julie Pfeif
fer, Heppner, (Senior Style Revue).
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6. Mrs. u. a. mTZ1" viewed some time during the
Unit member; Arleta Mccabe, t , t Qreeon's
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4 delegates to go to National
4-H Club Conference in Wash-
did not get to hear him, however,
as my interview for National
Club Conference came at this
time. (Each delegate was inter
i,mi (Stvle Revue winner, jr.;.
7. Morrow County Cowbelles
Mrs. Don Robinson, presiaem. inf?ton D c in April)
Jeanne aiocKaru, ncpH"":,"""' yiiii Dew
Demonstration using neei).
8. Lena Extension Unit Mrs.
Rnhort Riddle, chairman; Mar-
Visit Departments
After the gathering in the sen
ate chambers we divided into
6 groups and attended sessions
ilyn Morgan, lone, (Best Bread I on Police, Welfare, Income Tax,
Baker). Agriculture, Employment and
9. Lexington PTA Rogena Wil- Forestry departments. The speak
son, Heppner, (Junior Clothing ers jn each department told how
Judge! ); Jean Martin, lone, his department worked and
(Senior Clothing Judge). carried on its duties. After a lec-
10. Boardman Extension Unit ture for about 15 minutes, it
Mrs. Nathan Thorpe, 4-H chair- was pen to questions for the
man; Kay Huson, Irrigon, (Foods remaining time.
Demonstrator); Shirley Jackson, All of the departments were
Irrigon, (Knitting Demonstra- very informative, but I person
tioni. ' ally liked the employment de
ll Irrigon Extension Unit partment.
Mrs M E. Hadwick. 4-H chair- CecU Boot Speaks
man; Joyce Jackson. Irrigon. On Friday evening we had a
(Clothing Demonstrator) ; Terri banquet and Mr. Hutton intro-
enn and Anita Pummel. Irri- duced Cecil Root, retired public
eon (Clothing Demonstration relations man for Pacific Power
jeam and Light, w ho has done a great
Gary Van Blokland. Heppner, and Penny Jones, Irrigon were chosen
to represent Morrow County at the Oregon 4-H club conference
held in Salem, February 8-10. Each county sends one boy and
one girl to see the government in action and provide the incentive
for young people to become more interested and active in their
state and local government.
deal for 4-H club work in Ore
gon. On Saturday we heard Howard
C. Belton, state treasurer. He told
us about bonds and the work
ings of the State Treasury.
Visit Supreme Court Building
We went to the Supreme Court
building to hear Chief Justice
McAllister. We had our last ses
sion in the supreme court law
library which contained some 90
thousand law books for use by
its members.
National Delegates
To Washington D. C. Told
At our final luncheon on Sat
urday we learned who was
chosen to represent Oregon to
the National 4-H Club Confer
ence. Lanctta Sue Carter, Sandra
Lee Potampa, Thomas Zunrher
and Gordon Eakin (Gilliam
county) were named.
My Impression
I feel very fortunate to have
been chosen to represent Morrow
county. I learned a great deal
about our state government. I
bad tun also, nut I will never
forget the things I learned there.
I only wish each and every 4-H
club member could attend.
It was a wonderful experience!
Statistics for Year I96I-62
14 Clothing clubs
5 Foods clubs
3 Knitting clubs
8 Livestock clubs
4 Rifle clubs
3 Saddle horse
1 Archery club
1 Garden club
94 members
39 members
39 members
84 members
42 members
46 members
10 members
5 members
1 Woodworking
club 14 members
1 Rockhound club 7 members
1 Electricity club 12 members
Individual projects 5 members
42 clubs
397 member
projects
By JOE HAY
Four-II archery and gun safe
ty projects, which are the two
wildlife projects that are cur
rently being carried by club
members in Morrow county,
have made much progress since
their introduction into the coun
ty two years ago. Morrow county
was one of the "pilot" counties
for the archery project and one
of the first to use the 4-H rifle
or gun safety project.
Boys and girls in the 4-H ar
chery and rifle projects are in
structed mainly in the safety of
handling these two weapons. In
addition to safety, club mem
bers are taught about their re
sponsibilities as campers, hunt
ers and woodsmen.
Delbert Emert, lone, became
interested in the 4-H rifle clubs
in his area and offered them
the use of one of the canyons
on his ranch for a rifle range.
The two 4-H rifle clubs at lone
took it upon themselves to con
struct several ranges in the can
yon which they could use for
practices. The lone clubs with
their leaders, Pete Cannon, Don
GtllntKiSiufrl,
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Ball, Bob DeSpain and Dave Mc
Leod built three ranges. One
range was fifty foot competition
range. A 100 foot range was con
structed as a practice range.
Both of these ranges are used
for twenty-two caliber rifles
only. A one hundred-fifty yard
range was also laid out for nigh
powered rifles.
In Heppner, the 4-H rifle clubs
decided on an indoor range. They
proceeded to build two bullet
traps for twenty-two caliber
rifles. They then obtained per
mission from the fair board to
set up an indoor range in the
east end of the fair pavilion. The
range is used extensively dur
ing the winter months for rifle
safety instruction and target
practice.
1961 was the first year for a
stato-wide 4-H rifle match at the
State Fair. Morrow county rifle
club members indicated they
would like to compete in the
state match. On August 20 a
county-wide 4-H rifle match was
hold at the lone range. The three
high scoring riflemen in this con
test were eligible to participate
in the state meet. They were
Bob DeSpain, Tom Pointer, and
.lav Bill.
At State Fair, rifle teams were
scored on a written examination
and the safety with which they
handled their weapons while at
the rifle range as well as their
marksmanship scores. The Mor
row county team placed fifth in
total team scoring.
Morrow county 4-H rifle club
members will have another
county and state rifle match to
look forward to again this year.
Four-II napkins and posters
were delivered to each school In
the county.
"Thank-u grams" were sent
from the county acent's office
tn behalf of all 4 II members
and leaders to "Friends of 411"
for their fine support.
Theater notices and spot
radio announcements were made.
The 4-11 flag was flown be
neath the U. S. flag at Hepnncr
school.
Nationally. 4-H club week was
highlighted in Washington D. C.
when six members chosen as
delegates presented the annual
4 II club report to President
Kennedy at the White House.
Along with the present and
former 4-H'ers, honors go to
volunteer leaders In Morrow
county who guide 4-H work in
their local communities through
out the 50 slates and Puerto
Rico. Pacific Power and Light
Company honored these leaders
at a banquet in Heppner in January.
Mitin purposes of 411 club
week this year are to provide
an opportunity to acquaint more
young people with opportunities
through joining or forming 4 II
clubs; to assist new members
In starting projects in home
making, agriculture, community
service, and other activities; to
inform the public about 4 II
aims and methods, and pay trib
ute to outstanding "graduates"
of the program.
Club Sunday
ISef March 11
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ANDREW SKILES, Irrigon 4 H club leader, poses with four of his
Woody Woodworkers, as they display articles tney nare xnaa
and tools they use for their 4-H projects, (left to right) Stores
Guftafson, Richard Ryan. Bryon Hobbs, Skiles. and David
Schmeder. Mrs. Skiles assists her husband in leading this club
of 14 members. Eight members are In their second year of woodworking.
Since its inception nearly two
decades ago, the observance of
4-H Club Sunday has become an
Increasingly significant part 01
the 4-H club program in a large
number of states.
4-H Club Sunday is an out
growth of rural life Sunday,
which was first observed in 1929
at the suecestlon of the Inter
national Association of Agricul
tural Missions, and soon adopted
by the Home Mission's Council
of North America, by the Fed
eral Council of Churches of
Christ in America, and by num
erous other religious bodies.
It Is being increasingly felt
that all young people should be
mpressed with the necessity ol
developing their spiritual na
tures, of realizing the importance
of divine guidance in the affairs
of a nation, and or appreciating
the awards of living in tune
with God and his laws.
Many phases of 4-H club pro
gram may be used to show also
the practical work in farming,
homemaking, and community
improvement makes for the spir
itual development of the individ
ual, the home and the com
munity. In Morrow county, March 11
has been set for the observance
of 4-H Club Sunday in connec
tion with National 4-H Club
Week.
Four-H club members will be
participating in church services
by acting as ushers, singing in
church choirs, providing music,
reading the morning scripture,
and other activities which fit
Into their church program.
Ministers will be participating
in the observance of 4-H Sun
day by giving their sermon on
the spiritual needs of 4-H club
members.
The committee working on
plans for 1962 4-H Sunday in
cluded Mrs. Norman Nelson,
chairman, Mrs. Albert Wright,
Mrs. Douglas Drake, Mrs. Bill
Van Winkle, and Mrs. Gene Cuts-forth.
'Learning by Doing'
Keeps Members Busy
4-H boys and girls are kept
quite busy "learning by doing!''
According to the 1961 annual
report of the Morrow county ex
tension agents last year's 193
home economics members plan
ned and prepared 1797 dishes
and served 873 meals, froze 70
pints of fruit and vegetables,
made 281 garments in clothing
projects and knitted 21 articles.
170 members enrolled in agri
culture projects owned and cared
for 33 dairy animals, 42 beef an
imals, 131 sheep, 339 swine, and
43 horses.
64 members held 63 wildlife
meetings (rifle and archery t.
One member planted a flower
and vegetable garden for home
use.
In woodworking 9 members
made 46 articles.