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SECOND SECTION Franklin, N. C.~ Thursday, March 6, 1958
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Mrs. Sidney Clay, Leader, Diane Clay, and Patsy
Finney Polish Off Birthday Cake In Celebration Of
Their Club's 4th Anniversary Last Thursday. The
Higdonville Club Is Small, But Very Active.
4-H Conference Provides
Broader Vision Of Work
By DOUGLAS TEAGUE
(Franklin Senior Club)
I was one of the lucky 4-H mem
bers from Macon County that at
tended the third Western District
Leadership Conference held at
Swannanoa 4-H Camp near Swan
nanoa, August 19-24, 1957.
This conference was planned to
provide a broader vision of the
opportunities in 4-H work and to
give us training in being a more
effective leader in 4-H activities.
After registration we were divid
ed into four groups called. Head.
Heart, Hands, and Health. I was
in the Hands group. Each day
one group had charge of the ves
per service which was held at the
close of each day. L. R. Harrill,
state 4-H leader, and others gave
talks each morning at assembly.
Every one had a chance to par
ticipate in group conferences,
group meetings, and recreation,
such as swimming and folk danc
ing. ?
Daily instructions were given in
special interests such as cook-outs,
constructions of homemade games,
sketching, crafts, nature study,
and hikes. I learned to make
f.pple pies. I also enjoyed the sing
ing during assembly and evening
programs.
' Brenda Cunningham. June Bald
win. and Kenneth Solesbee also
attended this conference. During
our stay at Swannanoa we four
made a tape recording which was
later presented by our local radio
station.
I am sure that all of us from
Macon County are better 4-H
members because we attended this
conference.
If we want to be better 4-H
members we should keep In mind
this motto, "Your opportunities
are as great as your vision, your
accomplishments, as great as your
will to do."
If you drive so fast that you
can't stop your car in time to
avoid hitting an object illuminated
by your headlights, you're racing
into trouble says the North Caro
lina Department of Motor Ve
hicles.
'4-H Church Sunday Held
To Emphasize Christianity
By raisi uuttnis
(Franklin Senior Club)
"4-H Church Sunday" (May 11)
is observed by church organiza
tions throughout the nation to
emphasize th3 meaning of Chris
tianity in rural life. This is an ob
servance which dates back to the
ancient Egyptians, who held cere
monies to bless the land and seed
at the time of planting.
The purpose of 4-H Sunday is
to develop in each individual a
well-rounded life of service to God.
nation, and community. The
church has proved a source of
strength enabling both youth and
adults to meet successfully life's
greatest problems. We are, with
the help of God, building an im
portant temple. It is a personal
temple called '"self", founded up
on God's love and nurtured in
health, physical and spiritual.
Each person is priceless and need
ed by God to serve mankind.
When 4-H members assemble on
this day to worship God, they will
join a long succession that comes
out of the past in seeking the
blessings of God upon the land
the seed, cultivation of the earth,
and the enrichment of home and
community life.
Each year most of the churches
in Macon County observe 4-H
Church Sunday. 4-H members
take part in various services under
the guidance of their 4-H adult
leaders, ministers, and church of
f.cerr,. For this reason it is impor
tant that youth have a staunch
Csith in, and an adherence to,
C h'istian principles and beliefs.
So, on this observance of 4-H and
... ... .i ?in ? pwiM
4-H Clubber E. J. Bradley, Jr., With His Calf
Learning in Nature's School . . . .
4-H boys and girls who care for a brood of chicks
or watch a tinv seed sprout and grow are learning
the ways of nature while building a store of knowl
edge that will last a lifetime. One of the axionis of
4-H work is that the boy or girl is far more im,por
i tant than the project ? a tribute to the wisdom of
those who direct the program. For as 4-H members
help their projects grow, they grow with them and
become active, responsible citizens at an early age.
We're proud to have these fine young people as
friends and fellow citizens and to tell them during
their special observance, National 4-H Club Week,
March 2-8, how much we admire their many ac
complishments.
Friend of 4-H
BELK'S DeKrDt
| Kurai LOie ounuay, an in mem
I bers are urged to attend the
! church of their choice. As each
I individual, let us put on the
jieastplate of faith and love, that
we may stand film in our effort
J to make the best better in our
project work and spiritual devel
opment.
Let us set an example for our
i nation so that we may become
j more closely united and seek to
gether for a better understanding
I among all men.
| As we go to church on May 11,
! let us have this prayer in our
hearts: "Oive us grateful hearts,
our Father, for all thy blessings;
help us to be more worthy mem
bers in our homes and more re
sponsible citizens in our commun
ities; make us mindful of those
in need; give us strength to do
our full part; relieve the suffering
of tlje world and grant peace in
our time: Amen".
Appreciation
Is Expressed
To 4-H Leaders
By ROBERT WALLACE
(President)
(Franklin Club)
We, the 4-H memebrs would like
to express our appreciation to
the local 4-H leaders of Macon
County. We would like to thank
them for what they have done for
us, by taking their time to meet
with us at our 4-H meetings, and
helping us with our projects and
making suggestions about them.
The local 4-H leaders are as
follows: Mrs. Ruth Solesbee, Nan
tahala; Mrs. Carey Cabe, Mrs.
Ned Teague, and Mrs. Woodrow
Teague, Prentiss; Mrs. Zeb Guffie
and Mrs. Marie Anderson, Long
view; Mrs. Lawson Shook, Middle
Skeenah; Mrs. Arma Lee Hunt
Mrs. Harry Robinson, and Mr
and Mrs. Edward Carpenter, Mul
berry; Mrs. Couin Cabe, Middle
Creek;' Mrs. Pink Gibson, Tes
entee; Mrs. Leonard Myers, Upper
Coweeta; Mrs. J. M. Maddox, Mrs.
Bryan Setser, and Mrs. Harold
Enloe, Cartoogechaye; Mrs. Ted!
Blaine, Mrs. Harley Stewart, and
Richard Bingham, Patton; Mrs.
Hillard Solesbee and Mrs. Wilson
Curtis, Upper Cartoogechaye; Mrs. j
Jim Cunningham and Mrs. Nelson j
Waldroop, Carson; Mrs. Vernon
Bryson and Mrs. Dorothy Bowers, j
Cullasaja: Mrs. Sidney Clay and
Mrs. W. W. Berry, Higdonville; I
Mrs. Wiley Brown, Mrs. Ray Van- J
hook, and Mrs. Clyde Pennington,
Clark's Chapel; Mrs. Jack Cabe.
Mrs. Paul Amons, and Mrs. Mary j
Justice, Holly Springs; Mrs. Frank
Morgan, Sanderstown; Mrs. Ruby
Beeco and Mrs. J. B. Brendle, j
Watauga; Mrs., George Byrd, ;
West's Mill: Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Fouts, Rickman Creek; Mrs. Ralph
Bradley, Oak Grove; Claude
Roper, Mrs. George Gibson, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Bradley, and Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Penland, Iotla;
Mrs. Robert Parrish and Mrs.
Thurman Henry, Burningtown ;
Mrs. Ruth Carpenter and Mrs.
George Cleaveland, Highlands;
f<trs. Verco Watkins, Mrs. Gene
Bateman, and Bryant McClure,
Otto.
Today Macon County has more
than 1,100 4-H members. There
are 28 4-H clubs in our county.
Demonstrations
Are Of Value
To Two Sides
By ANN PENNINGTON
? Franklin Senior Club)
4-H club work is most often ex
plained by the traditional slogan.
"Learning to do by doing". This
can be readily applied to our dairy
foods demonstrations.
These demonstrations are of
value to two sets of people; the
one who gives the demonstration
and the one who sees it. It is ot
value to you who see it because
we stress the right way to good
health. Everyone knows good
health means drinking plenty of
good rich milk. Statistics and
common knowledge tell us we need
at least a quart of milk daily. We
dote on that point and show you
how to get that amount of milk
in your daily diet by various ways
If someone in your family doesn't
like to drink milk, we tell you
how to camouflage it in custards,
ice cream, cottage cheese, pies
and/or milk drinks. There are
dozen of ways you can put milk
in your meals and I am sure that
seeing' a demonstration would be
a lot more interesting way to
learn than trying to find them In
a cook book.
Olvlng demonstrations am of l
great value to us who give them i
SEE NO. 1. PAGE
4-H WORK IS A FAMILY AFFAIR
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Maddox, of. Cartoogech aye, pitch in and help their three children, Ann,
Mark, and Spike, with their 4-H record books. 4-H leaders say the best 4-H clubbers come from
homes where the whole family joins in and helps.
Through Recreation And Rural Arts
4-H Clubbers Develop Leadership
By BRENDA CUNNINGHAM
(Franklin Senior Club*
To me "Recreation and Rural
Aits" is the most Interesting of
all the 4-H projects. Through it
4-H club boys and girls learn to
develop leadership and achieve
the broad 4-H objectives of char
acter and effective citizenship.
We strive to develop a higher ap
preciation of rural arts in our
homes and communities. We
learn to lead recreational activit
ies as well as to follow. We make
friends by participating as a mem
ber of a recreational group.
Recreation is anything done for
its own sake. It ceases to be rec
reation as soon as it loses its vol
untary nature. Recreation is an
activity that may well fill a part
of the prog.am developed by every
4-H Club. It should, in most cases,
be a part of the program rather
than the only activity.
In our community we had a
series of meetings at which our
leaders taught us crafts. We learn
ed to make many articles, includ
irg various things with wood, At
4-H camp, we also learn many
crafts, as wefl as all sorts of new
games and dances.
I have had the opportunity to
go to state "4-H Club Week" in
Raleigh for the past two years.
It is really an experience to see
North Carolina State College, the
dormitories in which we live for
a week, and all the many other
buili'ngs on the campus. My first
j car I took the song leadership
course, which has been very help
ful in this project. Last summer
I jt.ir.ed the recreation leadership
course, which taught us many
types of games,, dances, and
crafts.
The Western District 4-H Lead
ership Conference, which is held
in Swannanoa. is also a wonder
ful place to learn recreation. It
is planr.ed to provide th? oppor
tunity to secure a broader vision
of the opportunities in 4 H c'.ub
SEE NO. 3. PAGE 12
Brenda Cunningham, Carson Club, Di -trict Winner In Recreation For Two
Years, Instructs Members Of Her Horn 3 Cub In Recreation.
4-H Is A Good Investment
We've been in the banking busi
ness for years, and we think we
know a sound investment when
we see one ? apid 4-H Club work
is such an investment. It will
pay off in better homemakinf,
more efficient farming, and la
titiiens who are alert to the
interests of their community,
county, state, and nation.
A 4-H Booster
The Bank of Franklin
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation