4?H Dress Revue And How It
'Res In With Clothing Project
07 SANDRA HARRELL
One of the 4-H projects for
girls to take is clothing. This
project is broken down into sev
eral units and based on Junior
arid Senior levels. By taking
this project one learns the first
steps of sewing. After working
at this project for about a year,
a club member taking clothing
should be ready to make a .gar
ment for a dress revue, which is
held'annually for 4-H’ers.
In the 4-H Dress Revue a girl
has a chance to model her gar
ment, and compete with other
club members. There is a jun
ior and senior division of 'the
Dress Revue. Girls from 10 to
14 years old are in the Junior
Division and compete together;
girls from 14-21 are in the Sen
ior Division and compete togeth-'
My 4-H Home Grounds
Beautification Project
By LINDA GOODWIN
Home Grounds Beautification
is ' a very good project to take.
You learn many 'things about
how to fix your lawn and oth
er things that you can beautify
in 1 your yard.
In this project you have a
manual that goes along with the
record book. In the manual are
many interesting things con
cerning the improvements you
can make in this project. It
'tells you how to make a home
mpre attractive, and when and
how to plant shrubbery. In the
center of this manual are two
pictures, one of a house that
has not been beautified and one
that has had many improvements
made.
In the project book it tells
you what you have to do to
complete the project. The rec
ord of work consists of two
parts: on one side you write
'arid plan the improvements you
need to make around your own
home, and on the other side
there is a space to write down
the improvements that you ac
complish. Also included in the
record is a space for recording
actual cost of the improvements
you have made, in 'this way it is
very simple to keep up with the
amount of moijqy spent, pp home
beautification projects.
You also have to write a story
telling about the project work.
CONGRATULATIONS
- 4-II CLUB MEMBERS OF
CHOWAN COUNTY
, 4-H Members
Prepare for
NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK
IS MARCH sth - 12th
We salute you 4-H Boys and Girls, Your
Fathers and Mothers and Leaders as we
join in the National 4-H Club Week Cele
bration in North Carolina. Your growth
and progress since 1909 has been out
standing and we are proud of you and,
|bur fine organisation.
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er. The Senior winner in the
county contest has an oppor
tunity to participate in the Dis
trict Dress Revue. In the dis
trict contest 6 girls are chosen
to be in the blue ribbon group
and have an opportunity to at
tend State 4-H Club Week in
Raleigh and model in the State
Dress Revue. One of the high
lights of 4-H Club Week each
year is the State Dress Revue.
At this time a state winner is
chosen to represent North Caro
lina at National 4-H Club Con
gress in Chicago, and model in
the National 4-H Dress Revue.
Learning to sew through the
4-H Clothing is both fun and
quite profitable. Much money
can be saved by a young girl
who makes her own clothes.
While I took the project last
year I helped to plant flowers in
the yard, and to move the drive
way to a new location. Our
mailbox was knocked down so
we repaired it and put it back
up.
A good way to keep up with
j your project work and to have
a good record is to put down
the things you do as you go
along. Then when you are
ready I to fill out your record
book at the end of the year you
have all the information you
need at your finger tips.
Records are important, and if
you fill out your record book
and have completed all the re
quirements you may get a medal
as a Junior or Senior County
Champion in the 4-H Home
Grounds Beautification Project.
MY EXPERIENCE - WITH
4-H SEWING PROJECT
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The sow I have now has ten
pigs. I bought her at the State
hog sale. I hope to have some
pigs in the fat stock show next
year. The Fat Stock Show has
encouraged me to try to grow
better quality by keep
ing 4-H records it has shown
me that growing good hogs is
profitable. I am glad that I am
in the 4-H Club.
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MARCH 9. 1961.
4-H Strawberry Chain
By GENE HARRELL
I imagine all of you know the
rich, juicy taste of fresh straw
berries in spring. Well, thanks
to the Farm Bureau, you can
have strawberries grown in rich
Chowan County soil. The Farm
Bureau is sponsoring a straw
berry chain which gives ten 4-H
Club members 500 plants each
year.
The lucky ones receiving
plants the spring of 1960 were
Bobby Winborne, Robert Harrell,
Scott Ober, Joe Bass, Bernard
Dale, Robbie Boyce, Billy Bunch,
Robert Skinner, A1 Asbell and
Hubert Byrum, and me, Gene
Harrell.
We received our plants in
early February. In the spring
when the blooms pop out they
have to be pulled off. They
have to be cultivated about
every two weeks during the first
of the summer. Always remem-
State 4-H Club Week
By LINDA BYRUM
State 4-H Cliib Week on the
State College Campus is an ex
citing time for about 1200 4-H
members each, year in July. We
went to the Reynolds Coliseum
and registered. We were divid
ed into four groups. The groups
were Head, Heart, Hands, and
Health. After we registered we
went out to a well-known res
taurant and had lunch. After
lunch we went back to the col
lege campus and went to our
assigned dormitories.
Each morning at 8:45 wo had
vesper services in assembly at
the Coliseum. We were very
fortunate to have good song
leaders to lead in the singing.
We were spoken to nearly every
morning by Mr. 4-H Himself, Mr.
L. R. Harrill. One morning we
were very fortunate to have
Governor Luther Hodges speak
Inevitable Rule
“What did Jack say when you
psked him if he could support
you in the style to which you
Sound Advice for
a Sound Investment
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We’ve been in the banking business for
vears, and we think we know a sound in
•f '
vestment when we see one. 4-H Club
work is such an investment. It will pay
off in better liomemaking, more effici
ent farming, and in citizens who are
alert to the interests of their communi
ty, county, state and nation. .
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ber to keep the berries free of
weeds and grass. In tlhe follow
ing January they should be
mulched with pine straw or
wheat straw. This spring when
the strawberries are sweet and
plump they will be picked and
sold. Each member will take a
crate of berries to the show and
sale. There they are to be
judged and sold. The money
goes in buying berries for oth
er members the following Febru
ary.
Four-H’ers receiving plants
through the 4-H Strawberry
Chain this year are Arlyn Ray
Dale, Ray Smith, Tommy Belch,
Johnny Dußois, J. D. 'Peek,
Thomas Peek, Jacob Jordan, Cal
Goodwin and Billy Nixon.
This is a very profitable and
worthwhile organization for boys
and girls who want to make
extra dollars and to'*'learn re
sponsibility.
to us. Each morning after ves
pers we separated into our
groups respectively. After din
ner the different demonstrations
were given. On Tuesday after
noon at 2 o’clock the Farmer
Cooperative Team from Chowan
County, which consisted of Elane
Hobbs. Linda Byrum and Ron
nie Toppin, gave thgjr demon
! stration. This was our first ex
| perience in giving a demonstra
! tion, except for Elane Hobbs.
At night assembly we had dif
r ferent entertainment.
On Friday night, there was a
Fashion Show. It was very
| pretty.
In the afternoon, there were
j different kinds of recreation.
. Some of those were swimming,
basketball, tennis, etc.
On Saturday morning, we
j gathered our things and left to
! go home.
were accustomed?”
“He said no, but that I ought
to remember that the styles are
always changing.”
My 4-H Canning Project
By JUDY EVANS
I have been taking canning as
one of my 4-H projects for six
years. During these years I
have learned the correct use and
care of the pressure canner, how
to can by the boiling water
method and the pressure oanner
method.
By canning food for our fami
ly, I nave learned the economi
cal and nutritional value. We
raise the food that we can on
the farm, therefore, it is fresh
er because we can it as soon as
it is picked from the field. In
the winter time our family is
ted better nutritionally because
we eat the canned fruits, meats
and vegetables which we con- j
‘served during 'the summer. If'
we had 'to buy all of these]
Steer Project Profitable
By BRYANT WHITE
I have exhibited angus steers
annually for the past five years
at the Chowan County Fat Stock
Show and Sale. Each year, my
steer has been rated among the
top quality calves in the show'.
Beginning with my first one in
1955 until now, I have won three
Grand Champions, one Reserve
Champion, and one third place.
One main point to be followed
in raising a steer of this type is
to feed him a balanced diet so
that he will produce top quality
beef. To do this, I use a high
protein feed formula consisting
of ground corn, cobs, shucks, and
cottonseed meal mixed with al
falfa, rock phosphate,, salt and
aureomycin.
Another important factor is
the aility to show the steer.
Each day one should spend at
least forty-five minutes in lead
ing and training his steer to
stand at a certain degree. Al
so, time should be spent on the
grooming of the steer’s coat of
hair. He should be washed and
combed until his hide is free
of dirt and other debris.
This year, all of the 14 con
things, it would cost much more
and we probably would not get
all the food value that we need.
The 4-H canning project teaches
girls the step by step proper
methods of canning foods. There
is a Junior and Senior division
of this project, so that the
young (10-14 year-olds) will not
be competing with older (14-21)
girls. The Senior county win
ners in this project receive a
gold medal and their longtime
record is sent to Raleigh for dis
trict and state competition. The
state winner receives a trip to
National 4-H Club -Congress.
Tne Junior County winner re
ceive:; a gold medal and a sub
scription to the “National 4-H
News” magazine.
t.eslants in the countv have an
gus steers, including my sister.
Brenda, who adds to the past
competition. We are looking
forward to a big show and keen
competition in this Fat Stock
Show, so. everyone come on out
to the fair grounds March 29.
Congratulations To 4-H Members
For Their Outstanding W ork !n
Their Communities
We are proud of each 4-H Club member . . . and proud of
your parents who have encouraged your 4-H Club work.
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Congratulations To Members
OF THE 4-H CLUBS
FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING
WORK IN CIIOWAN COUNTY
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How much pain evils have cost
us that have never happened.
—Thomas Jeffersoin.