H CLUB WEE
( OBSERVED HER
611 County Boys
And Girls Belong,
Tell of Projects
Head, Heart, Hands,
Health Are Symbolism
The nation's two million
4-H'ers today begin their annual
observance of national 4-H club
week that will publicize the
theme, "Better Living for a Bet
ter World," as promoted by the
four H's head, heart hands and
health.
Particular emphasis will be
Dlaced on the national observe
ance in Oregon, where 16,000
out of a total of 63,000 rural
homes are represented by 4-H
club members, and in Jackson
county where there are 99 4-H
clubs out of a total of 3,206
throughout the state.
The principal aim of 4-H clubs
this week will be to inform the
public about the activities and
principles of the biggest volun
teer youth organization in the
world.
Participatidn in 4-H club work,
it is explained, is built around
the completion of projects such
as canning, clothing, poultry,
dairy, swine and 20 other differ
ent projects. Each club member
chooses one or more projects
which he is expected to own,
keep detailed records on and ex
hibit at the close of each club
year. Club members learn by
doing and they all own what they
work with. Their programs are
based on the needs and interests
of the young people themselves.
Youths Net Profit
Last year 611 Jackson county
boys and girls completed 878 4-H
projects. Their work had a cash
value of $88,710.85 and cost
them $73,888.32. The net profit,
therefore, was $14,822.53, a fig
ure that impresses local youths
with the fact that honest work
can be profitable as well as fun.
Rufus H. Cate Jr., county club
agent, Friday released a report
that shows the wide range of
last year's 4-H activities here: 19
members had crop projects, a
total of seven acres planted and
harvested solely by the 4-H'ers;
37 members had poultry pro
jects, 1,588 birds; 85 had dairy
projects, 125 animals; 62 had
beef projects, 126 head; 68 had
sheep projects, 212 animals; 78
members kept a total of 162
swine; 17 members raised 149
rabbits; eight members had a
colony of bees each; 124 girls
carried out cooking projects, pre
paring 2,564 dishes and serving
845 complete meals; 16 girls
canned 536 quarts of foods and
froze 371 quarts; 123 girls made
355 articles of clothing, Includ
ing 174 complete garments. An
additional 241 youths participat
ed in the health program and
others carried out projects in
homemaking, woodwork and for
estry. High Principles Fostered
The startling variety of the
activities reflected in Cate's re
port and the quality of the work
completed, as indicated by the
cash return, is impressive evi
dence that the local 4-H program
is realizing its national objec
tives. In the first place. 4-H club
work strives to instill in the
minds of young people an intelli
gent understanding and appre
ciation of nature and the en
vironment in which they live; to
teach young people the value of
research and to develop in them
a scientific attitude toward the
problems of farm and home.
Secondly 4-H club work trains
Medford
Tribune
Second Section
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH'S, 1950
Pages 1-8
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CHAMPION DAIRY HERD This is the rhamninnshin rinirv tierri pxhihiteri nt last vear s
4-H fall show by the Roxy Ann club as a group project. Standing, left to right, with their hand
somely groomed animals are Billy Verstcgen, Garry Hauley, Sharon Verstegen, Dennis Whitcher,
and Cecil "Bud" Thames.
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THERE IS CEREMONY. TOO The one formal aspect of 4-H club activity Is illustrated hero
by an initiation ceremony in progress at the Bellview club, while ceremonies are not emphasized
as part of the program, they do play a part in solemnizing the ideals and principles that the 4-H
movement strives to translate into action.
young people in cooperative ac
tion to the end that tin
ey may in-
crease their accomplishments
and, through associated efforts,
better assist in solving problems;
helps them develop desirable
ideals and standards for farming,
homemaking, community life
and citizenship, and a sense of
responsibility for their attain
ment. Through their projects, club
work affords young people tech
nical instruction in farming and
homemaking so they can acquire
skill and understanding in these
fields and a clearer vision of
agriculture as a basic industry
and homemaking as a worthy oc
cupation. As a corrollary of these aims
4-H club leaders attempt to de
velop in young people habits of
healthful living, to provide them
with information and direction
in the intelligent use of leisure,
and to arouse in them worthy
ambitions for a fuller and richer
lives.
Federal Sponsorship
The contribution 4-H work
makes toward the welfare of
youth in the nation was recogniz
ed in 1914 when the congress
passed the Smith-Lever bill pro
viding for national sponsorship
of 4-H clubs. Called a county ex
tension agent for 4-H club work.
Rufus Cate is a public employee
hired specifically to direct and
coordinate the activities of the
county s 99 clubs. Under his sU'
pervision come clubs in Evans
Valley. Gold Hill. Sams Valley
Table Rock, Central Point, Eagle
Point. Antelope. Shady Cove,
Prospect. Butte Falls. Roxy Ann,
West Side. East Side. Howard,
Griffin Creek. Fern Valley, Up
per and Lower Applegate. Wag
ner Creek, Valleyview, and Bell
view. The yearly work of the hun
dreds of 4-H'ers here reaches its
climax each September when
the 4-H fall show makes a three-
dav stand at the county fair
grounds. It is Jackson county's
closest approach to a county fair
and it gives valley residents
chance to see pen after pen of
prize livestock and poultry bred
and reared by hard-working
teen-agers. Last years fall show
was described by Cate as "witn
out a doubt the largest 4-H ex
hibit ever held in Jackson coun
ty." Fair Exhibits Impressive
Over 250 members P' ."tici-
pated and exhibited a total of
512 separate entries. Included
were 61 pens of poultry. 40 pens
of rabbits. 110 head of dairy
stock, 100 head of beef cattle. 92
head of hogs, 62 head of breed
ing ewes, and 17 crops exhibits.
At the auction that was the
final event of the fair, 13,693
pounds of hogs were sold for a
total sale value of $3,930.70, and
49,932 pounds of beef cattle
brought an auction price total
ling $17,230.83.
The annual spring fair, though
smaller, still demonstrates the
unvarying high quality of 4-H
club work.
National 4-H club week opens
today with commendations for
the two million members from
Oregon's Governor McKay and
from President Truman. The
governor wrote that he was
"confident that in the months
immediately ahead, your en
deavors will be tuned to the 4-H
theme for 1950. 'Better Living
for a Better World'."
President Truman called the
4-H'ers "a promise for the future."
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City Police Judge G. H. Nel
son yesterday warned youngsters
concerning the dangerous prac
tice of riding bicycles at night
without headlights and pointed
out that such practice is con
trary to city ordinance.
He pointed out that police cur
rently have been conducting a
drive against violators and that
there have been several arrests.
Bicycles must have a headlight
on the front and at least a re
flector on the rear, Nelson said.
He brought out that cyclists
riding at night without lights
create a hazard for themselves
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News of 4-H
$$ CLUBS
Upper Rogue 4-H Hog Club
The meeting was called to
order by President Eddie Pcilc.
Seven members and five visitors
were present.
Betty Jo and Donald Hildcr
brand will make a demonstra
tion on "Swine Management."
Jim McClcve will make a de
monstration on "Construction of
a Hog Pen." Betty Jo Hilder
brand made a motion that we
have the meetings on the fourth
Tuesday in the month.
Next meeting will be on
March 2S at 8 p.m. at the Hilder
brand home. Refreshments were
served after the meeting.
Spring Opening
Is Well Attended;
Auto Show Magnet
Seasonal opening events were
becoming more of tradition here
with the two held so far called
"very surcessful" by the cham
ber of commerce committee in
charge. Friday night's spring
opening attracted thousands of
window shoppers who milled
about the streets in balmy weath
er to inspect gaily bedecked win
dows and to see the display of
glistening new cars and farm
equipment lined up along two
blocks of Bartlett street.
The auto show proved to be
one of the most popular features
of the event and the largest
crowds showed up there. Live
models, showing the latest spring
fashions in ladies' apparel in the
windows of one store, were slow
ing traffic on Central avenue
while a smooth-voiced female
commentator described the style
points of the gowns and coats
over a public address system.
The retail trade committee of
the chamber of commerce yes
terday felt that the success of
last winter's Christmas opening
and of last night's spring open
ing assured the continuation of
the events in the future.
Chicken Dinner Still
Alive As Family Pet
George Gates, Medford fur
niture dealer, who won a
chicken dinner "on the claw"
Saturday at the Kiwanit Kap
ert and Minstrel ihow, didn't
have the heart to go ahead
with the dinner, he reported
today.
Gates said the bird followed
him around, and to show her
appreciation for hit guardian
ship laid an egg every day.
The furniture man (aid he
figured that the hen was some
youngster's pet swiped by Ki
wanians. Rather than kill it.
he gave it to a relative.
While one of the minstrel
end men stated that he and his
buddies stole the fowl, a more
substantial report is that the
hen was purchased from a
local rancher.
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Corvallis, Mar. 4 Bob Damon,
Lake Creek, and Ray West, Cor
vallis, have been named co-chairmen
ot the Oregon State college
rodeo set for April 29 at the
OSC armory.
The rodeo Is in connection
with agriculture week-end activ
ities. Damon is a senior in animal
husbandry.
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slate senator Vernon Bull of La
Grande has filed his candidacy
for congressman from the second
Oregon district. He will seek the
democratic nomination Mav 19.
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