State 4-H Week
Proves to Be
Wonderful Event
By JENNY LYNN GARNER
Newport Senior 4-H Club
. Each year Slate 4-H Club Week
is held al State College In Raleigh.
All district demonstration winners,
county dress revue winners, health
kings and queens, and two dele
Bates from each Senior 411 Club
are allowed to attend.
I attended 4 II Club Woek last
July as a delegate from Newport
4-11 Ciub. We left Carteret County
early Monday morning. July 22.
with two cars loaded with eager
4-ll'ers and mountains of luggage
Ariving on the campus at State
College, wc went to the Coliseum,
where we were divided into groups,
assigned to our dormitories, and
had our questions answered
Carteret's girls were assigned to
the top floor of Owen, the very
last two rooms
at the end of the
You should
us
lugginR our suit- J
tp those
flights of stairs.
W e averaged
climbing them
at least five limes a day, and
most of us spent more money for
band-aids (for our heels) than wo
did for colas.
All our meals were served in the
college cafeteria. Three busses ran
to and from the dormitories and
cafeteria, but some of us still
saved time by walking.
RevaiUe at 6:30!
At 6: SO every morning, some
fallow stood in the square between
the dorms and "blasted out" Re
veille. He was the most unpopular
guy on the campus.
Our days were so well planned
that every minute was put to good
use. Demonstrations were given In
every field and state winners were
selected. 4-11 talent winners per
formed at every assembly. Dr
Hoffman led group singing, and
we made almost as much noise In
the Coliseum as they do at ball
games there.
Many important men spake to
us while we were at State. I know
they inspired us, and perhaps
looking down into the faces of
over 1.200 young folks inspired
them. too.
Carteret County can be proud of
Gordon Uecton, who placed In the
top ten among the State 4-H county
health kings. Peggy Cannon and
Gordon looked wonderful In the
State Health Pageant.
Models Drns
Signa Faye Roberts modeled b*r
dress professionally in the dress
revue. Some of the most beautiful
outfits I've ever seen were shown.
Paul Wade's district winning
livestock conservation demonstra
tion was given on Thursday. Al
though he wouldn't let any of Car
teret's crowd attend, we know he
did a good job.
Ann Davis said that it would
have been worth her trip just to
have been In Dr. Hoffman's music
classes. Ann was a member of
the 4-H Chorus, which sans on tv
during 4-H Club Week.
1 attended special recreation
leadership classes led by i. W.
Thompson. Square dancing and
group games ware taught. We
learned a lot, got to know each
, other better, and bad loads of fun.
Our daya war* so very fuU, that
North Carolina 4-H Facts
1. North Carolina has 2,613 organized 4-H club* with
a total membership of 164,438 boy* and girl*.
2. Last year, North Carolina 4-H members completed
160,000 projects under the supervision of farm and
home agents.
3. The 4-H .Club program provides opportunities for
6,000 boys and girls to nttend an organised 4-H cqmp
annually.
4.Because ot the many awards offered to 4-H mem
, bers by business groups and individuals, a large num
ber of 4-H members receive state and national scholar
! ship awards.
6. The 4-H Club ?p0n?ors the International Farm
Youth Exchange program. North Carolina has partici
pated in the IFYE program since its beginning and has
I received 45 delegates from 27 foreign countries and sent
29 4-H members to 23 different countries.
County Dress Revue Winner
Tells of Sewing Projects
By SIGNA FA YE ROBERTS)
Newport 4-H Oub
To me, clothing m a very im
portant and helpful project. Every
girl nerd* to know something
about *ewlng, since we will be the
homemakers in the future.
The clothing project can help
; you and your family now. It will
cut your clothing bill in half and
save more money for the family
I to put in needed places. Yoii can
i help by making clothe* for other
, member* of the family.
If you sew well enough, and you
can, you can eun a large amount
{ of money just sewing for your
friends and relatives. A big pari
of clothing i* not making new
clothes, but making old clothes
fashionable.
Altering is also important. If
your clothes are _
, not well fitted
and neat, they JMnk
! do not look nice
I even If tbey are 7
this
project you also
learn to wear
clothes, com
bine colors, hnd change a costume
with a few simple accessories.
Last year 1 was fortunate enough
to be the county dress revue win
ner. Thi* entitled me to represent
I Carteret County In the state dress
I revue at Raleigh. Beside* being
in the dress revue, I got the full
| advantage of 4-11 Club Week. 1
! learned a lot about 4-H, Its mean
I can only highlight some of the
activities here: A tour of Raleigh,
swimming in the pool, snacks at
Student Union, the box supper at
Doak Field, the campaign and
election of state officers, the Dress
! Revue, the Health Pageant, the
. candle-lighting ceremony, and so
many, many more activities
Really, though, the nicest thing
i about our week at State Was all
: the wonderful people we met. Most
all the boys and girls were very,
very friendly and wonderful Reo
{ pic, and we *11 had a good time,
together. ' ?
4-H Club Weefc was a wonderful
experience for me, and the others
who attended Irom Carteret Coupty
slur* my feelings and dplnlon. I do
Hope Out more of tbt clubs In
Carteret will lie Vebrelehted ii
State 4-H Out) Wed this, r?ar,
i and also that We have more ?U
' trlet winners to eartf out county
to fame.
ins, ?nd its helpfulness during,
that week.
Of course, it was not all work
and no play. We enjoyed twiin
tit rig, games, and a full evening
of planned entertainment. We also
had the pleasure of meeting lots of
people our age and probably made
lifetime friends there.
Meeting people it one big thing
you do during that week that will
help you more in life than any
thing I can think of. Many times
you will realize the good this one
week brought you.
1 would like each 411 member
who is interested in clothing to
have the opportunity to enter the
dress revue. Of course, we can
not all wih, but it Is fun to com
pete and the experience will be to
your benefit.
In this county, we want to en
courage clothing entrances more
than ever before. The contestants
will be given a much better oppor
tunny to enter. The senior 4-11
members are the only ones eligible
to enter the state dress revue. The
counties do have junior dress re
vues. The earlier you can start
sewing tbe better chance you will
have of winning.
We would like very much to en
courage the junior girls. At the
county revue, expert seamstresses
will examine the garments and
eliminate the contestants down to
ooe girl. The county winner will
participate in a district elimina
tion contest. This will be the first
year a district "run-off" will be
held.
One thing that holds many girls
back Is the thought that they must
mak* some expensive garment to
enter or win. This Is definitely not
true. A simple but changeable and
useful garnent that Is nicely made
hit a better chance thap an ex
pensive ooe.
However, If you can tew some
thing harder as pice as something
simple, by hU meant do It. Econ
omy It alto considered In select
Log the winner.
1 hope all of you will put forth
an effort to make a garment to
enter ln your county dress revue. I
You will be glad you did. U cloth
in| U not your project, make It
yqirt next year.
*-H 'Sub work Is conducted by
th* extension Service of each (Ute
agricultural college or university,
la cooperation with tbe United
of Agriculture
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INVESTMENT
We're been in the kukb| butiaeM for jntn, and w? tfelolt we Iqjow
? lound inTNlmnl when we tee MM. 4-H Club work U such u ipmit
meat. It will pajr off la better hnwiiet !?<??, mere efficient far mint,
and in cltiiena who are alert to the bUerett* W their community, con
tjr. atate and nation.
imercial National Bank
TtOf
Frank UqWfte lNlice Hogs
^ ' - - f?l,ot^^by H. k. William*
Frank Millis of Newport is raining a ho* as his 4-11 Club project. Frank keeps the animal In a clean,
sanitary pen and feeds it the proper food. He hopes to have 9 prize-winning project before Ihe year Is
oyer.
4-H Enriched My Life Before
? And After - High School
(Editor's Note: The following article wis written by Sadie Louise
Harris, a senior at East Carolina College. She was active In Car
teret 4-11 work during high school and for the past three years at
tended 4-H camp as an adult leader).
"4-H" ? just a number and a
letter ? but they have a wonderful
meaning to me and thousands of
boys and girls everywhere. Have
you stopped to really think and
realize all the outstanding oppor
tunities which it has to offer to
you ? especially you who live in
our rural areas?
4-H is like anything else you do,
How 4-H Clubs
Are Organized
By PAUL WADE
Smyrna Senior 411 dab
Aj president of the Carteret 4-H
County Council, I would like to tell
something of how 4-11 is organized.
All 17 of the 4-H Clubs here in
Carteret County elect officers to
serve one year. These officers
make up the 4-H County Council.
The County Council has four
scheduled meetings a year. At the
first meeting, officers are elected.
This year I was elected president;
Ann Davis of the Smyrna Senior
4-H Club, vice president; Linda
Hardesty of the Beaufort Senior
CI 14b, secretary; Donna Bell of the
Camp Glenn Intermediate Club,
historian; Eetty Green of the New
port Senior dub, treasurer; and
Peggy Cannon, also of the New
port Senior Club, song leader.
The purpose 0 i the County Coun
cil Is to promote 4-H work and to
develop leader
?hip. The lead
era, represent
ing their clubs,
h? lp to plan the ^
4-H program in
the county.
They decide
hoW oui- 4-H'ers
will participate in various national
programs such as 4-H Churck Sun
day (.id National 4-H Club Week.
It la our duty to plan the County
Achievement Program and other
special events, such as the recrea
tion meeting we have planned for
members la to promote 4-H In
their various club* and schools. By
Are Organisation, Pg. j, gee. 2
you get out of it what you put in.
The harder you work, the greater
the reward. Don't think that it is
all work; it's not. We have our
fun in 4-H. In fact, your work can
be fun if you go about it in the
right way. The old laying,
"There's a little work in all play
and a little play in all work" is
very true In 4-H Club work.
You might ?ay, "Well, I like 4-H
OK until I have to fill in those old
records". 1 expect everyone feelj
that way at some time or other in
their club work. I know that 1 did.
But, I found that if you will fill lit
your recorda a little all along, that
it will be much easier to complete
them at the end of the year.
Records Speak
Your records are a proof of what
yuu have done and accomplished
during the year. When these rec
ords go beyond the county office'
and get into the handa of district,
state, or ev?n national officials,
you, as a person, are Judged by
tbem. Would you want the records
you turned in this past fall to get
into the hands of any of the above
officials? Would you be proud or
(shamed if they did?
Some of my first records were
very poor, but 1 began to work on
them and becapie better pleased
with them. I realize now that I
could have done better, and maybe
If I had, 1 might have beeo a state
winner Thus, won't you please
i strive to do better work and keep
Better records, so "ai to rtceive
more advanced awards tfc?a 1 did?
T know you can tf you will Juat try
and try again. Feel free to call
upon your home and farni agents,
they are willing to help you.
4-H U alio like other things in
th? respect that it if made up Of
followers a?d Meiers To be I
leader, you must first have been a
follower. Are you ? good follower?
Are you willing to say, "Yes, t'U
try", instead of "No, 1 can't"?
Everyone cannot be a leader, but
tveryont can be f f9ll#W*r.
Experiences Grow
I am now approaching college
graduation, but my <41 experiences
still continue to gro^r. It fll began
back In 1949. 1 was only U years
old. but I knew tten that 4-H and
I were going to work band in hand
and be the beat Of friends. That
sumiqcr I attended my fli>t 4-H
tamp and just loved it. C?wp that
yetr pas at White Lake. .
To top this first camping experi
ence, I was presented with the
"Best Housekeeping Award" for
girls at the close of that week. You
ran imagine how happy I was; my
first year in 4-H work and t had
won an award.
The following year a rule was
passed in our school that only high
school students could be in the Ml,
therefore I was counted out. How
ever, I was determined that 1
would rejoin the next year when 1
was a freshman. This I did and
that year of 1950-51 started things
rolling for me in 4-H.
1 was elected vice-president of
the local club which gave me the
opportunity to be a member of the
County Council. The highlight of
that year was being elected County
Dress Revue winner and represent
ing my county in the State Dress
Revue In Raleigh ? an unforgetta
ble experience.
Heads Club, Cornell
The next year, 1951-&2, I was
elected president of my local clut)
and the County Council. These Of
fices gave me * keener sense of
responsibility. My work tills year
was rewarded by being second
place winner in tbe County Dress
Revue and county winner in Cloth
ing and Frozen Foods.
In the year 1(52-53 I was re
elected president of my local club
ahd County Council This year
gecmed to be my most profitable
one. I received four county awards.
They ware: Frozen Foods, Food
Conservation, Girl's Records, and
Achievement.
My last year in high school, 1953
$4, I wss elected secretary treas
urer of ray local c(ub Mid was
chairman of our county fair ex
hibit. My on|y award this year was
for Frocea Foods '
Some of Mw other 4-H activities
during these four years were work
ing with four county fair exhibits of
which tlfrto woo first DUce and
floe woo second prize; save several
dairy foods demonstrations in Car
teret and craven Cdtibtleti; assist
ed in two Achievement (lay pro
grams, presided over one; attend
ed two district meetings in Wash
ington. N. C.; was a page at one
of the assemblies at '4-H short
course week ip Raleigh; partici
pated In a radio program; and
have written several newspaper ar
ticles. I have had some of my
records go in lor stftf competi
tion for three jwi.
Pride is Achievement
I am very pro??4 of all my
achievements and bows 14 my
4-H work and most of all (or all
'? ' ? . Jii. > '!
W?, Parents . . .
fltntta. H. C.
A* parent! of three teen age
girls, ull 4-H'ers. we are often
asked Jtaat what we thirflt of IhH
particular organiiation, and how
our children have benefited from
being a part of it. We (mil* and
try to put into words just *?w im
portant we think the knowledge
they obtain it to them now? and
will be as they grow into a<hilt
citizens.
it is difficult to fully express
ourselves on this subject, because
of the extensive influence 4-H Club
work has had and is having on
our lives.
4-11 has affected every phase of
our children's lives. To begin with,
they have become conscious of
, their personal appearance; be
havior as ladles; speech; self -con
fidence; table manners; the desire
tp not just do things well, but bet
ter; to analyze themselves; to ex
press themselves, rtot only by
word, but by deed; to accomplish
various feats; to take part in
group activities; and so many
other things that we, as parents,
feel are important.
The girls even have a better un
derstanding and appreciation ?f
their religion, and in their hearts
is a thankfulness to God for his
many blessings.
The 4-11 instructor are patient
and helpful at all times, not jivst
with 4-11 work, but with personal
problems affecting the children.
They are always interested, and
give of their time and patiencf,
and knowledge. To them we Say:
"Thank you, and God bless you
for what you have done and are
doing for our girls and us."
As a family, we are very in
terested in discussions and de
bates. Each is privileged to his
own opinion. The girls have con
tributed mifrvelously to these dis
cussions, with knowledge and in
formation, obtained through their
4-H experiences, it's something we
all are interested in.
Most of all, these discussions
are lively and challenging, and
therefore hold a certain amount of
fascination and intrigue.
Because of the broad and varied
range of knowledge and activities,
available through the 4-H Club
program, the 4-H'er has an oppor
tunity to learn and progress and
develop In most any field of en
deavor he might choose. He or
she has the privilege of choosing
whichever project he feels best
suited for, and enjoys doing most.
Though some of the 4-H'ers' pro
ject work may look like play to
an adult, the child is at tu iame
time acquiring knowledge and
skill. Perhaps at Us Time, It isn't
apparent, but^at some unexpected
moment, you will see the child
the wnoderful friends I have ac
quired from ail over the state. All
of my achievements wefe not
brought about by the alone ? with
out the help of my parents, agents,
and fellow club members, 1 could
never have done as much as I did.
But whit, this isn't the end of my
4-H life I For you who have be?i
to camp durifig the last three years
Set Enrichment, Pg. 1, See. 2
1 ? I .M.-ll 'I I I t I |
applying the knowledge tod
! "know-how" obtained through a 4
H protect, and you, a> a parent,
are proud that jrou gav? (he child
1 the bacfcng and ibnlldeirfe ncces
?*ry to his progress, u'l oot only
gratifying and elating To the1 child,
but to you at well.
Knowledge is like food to the
hraip- -and if we have a little, we
want more. 4-H awakens and nour
rishes this want.
If some of you people, with or
without children, would but attend
Just one of the 4-H Achievement
programs, to observe for your
selves what the 4-11 boys and girls
have accomplished, then you could
better understand our feelings
about 4-H. and how happy and
proud we are that our girls belong
to 4-H.
We are proud not only of OUR
children, but also of the other boys
and girls and their parents; of the
boys and girls for their accom
plishments, and of the parents for
encouraging these young people to
develop mind and character. They
will be fine men and women of
the future, because they were
given such a chance.
We sincerely hope we have ex
pressed ourselves clearly and full
enough for you to realize and un
derstand how thankful we are to
all the 4-H instructors, for the
help they have given us in helping
us rear our children to be better
Citizens.
Also for the helpful hints and
ideas we, as adults, have received
from them. Words cannot fully
express the deep gratitude within '
our hearts. Thank you ? 4 11!
Happy Hands
Maka Happy Homes
4-H boys and girls take an
eager interest In making their
homes attractive and comfort
able . . . cut as a result bring
)oy to their parents and them
selves. Through 4-H CI ah work
they learn skills of lasting
value In later life.
During 4-H Club Week,
March H, we salute them for
their ma ay accomplishments
I* the home, ou the tarsi, and
U leadership aad citizenship.
Lockhart
Mi 1 1 work Co.
Highway II West
Morehad City
Good News
About
By Harry Venters, t-ll AJrtior |i
Watch for this headline each Friday
in THE NEWS-TIMES. Under it ap
pear? pews about Carteret's 4-H
members and whtf they're doing.
Happy Hands make Happy Homes
4-H boy* umI girt* take u ?|er in thfir borne* at
tractive and comfortable . . . mm! m a result bring joy to tljeir ^rft|*
and them*el*e*. Through 4-H Club **T fam fUMf *??*??
value in later life.
During 4-H Club Week, March 1-jJ, yr? lalyfe tkeir tofn*
accomplubmenU in the home, on tbf? fffm, pnjl in leadership and
citixemhip.
Friend of AM
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MUWTIBVS
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