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BY JUNE STREET
Home Economics Extension Agent
I pledge:
My 'head to clearer thinking;
My heart to greater loyalty; My
hands to larger service; and
My health to better living for my
club, my community and my
country.
4-H club meetings are opened
by repeating the pledge to the
American flag and the 4-H pledge.
Many times when words are re
peated together they come auto
matically and there is no thought
behind them. During your lives
you develop ways of doing things
and ways of saying things so
that by the time you are a teen
ager or younger your family and
your friends know pretty well
what to expect of you. They
know whether or not they can
count on you to do something you
promised to do, or whether you
will thank them for their help.
These actions are generally re
ferred to as habits.
The growth of your habit can i
be compared to te growth of trees.
When a tree is young and it’s
roots aren’t set very deep, it cart
be pulled up easily; but after it
continues growing and the roots
develop, it cannot be pulled up.
While people are still young their
habits aren’t set firmly and they
can be swayed or pulled up with
very IMe effort; but later their
habits become a part of the per
son and .it is a hard job to get
rid of them.
Let’s take stock of your habits
and see if they are what they
should be and if we have let
them become a part of us.
A pledge is a promise and is
not to be taken lightly. What does
it mean when you pledge your
head to clearer thinking? Are you
a dependable person and prove
that you are by finishing what you
will start? get your jobs done
without being reminded? coming
home when you say you will? and
by keeping /your project up to
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elateDo you discuss clifferenc*
of opinion in family matters witl
out “blowing up”? Hold, yoi
tongue when you want to say u
kind things? Willingly take yoi
discuss your 4-H project wil
other members of the family
These questions may help you I
decide if you are car’-yimg out tl
pledge.
If you pledge your heart i
greater loyalty, do you thar
members of your family f<
tilings they have done to help you
Praise members of your fami
and friends more than you cril
cize them? Remain loyal to yoi
friends or are you just kind whc
you want something from ul.em
Do you treat the friends of otlv
members of your family as yc
want them to treat your friends
Have respect for persons old<
than you?
Are you using your hands f<
larger service? Do you offer i
do someone else’s work when yc
know they don’.t feel well? Clea
up any mess you have made
Offer to help other members <
the family when they need he
or encouragement? Keep yoi
I'oom and clothes tidy and
order? Do you strive to comple
your project to the best of yoi
abilities?
Are you using your health fi
better living? Do you practii
good health habits? Look ne
and clean? Eat the proper food!
Go to bed at the hour agreed u
on by you and your parents? I
you work with your family ai
community to help improve sat
tary and safety conditions of yoi
home and community?
Let us each take inventory at
see if we are carrying out tl
promises we make when we se
the 4-H pledge and also tl
pledge to the American fia
Even though saying the pled)
at meetings may became a hab
the things that are said can b
come a great part of u* aod
will all strive to the fullest
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to 'Mrs. Halsey Miller (left), former Arbuckle Club leader.
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E u °, r All Projects Related To Health
iiy by Virginia McMahan
iti- My health project in 4-H holds
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“ FROZEN FOODS
>er BY PHYLLIS McMAHAN
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I have carried the 4-H frozen
, s ’ I foods project for three years. I
i have enjoyed it very much.
The easiest foods for home
for , freezing include uncooked vege
-101 tables, fri ts, meats, fish and
ou poultry. Packaging ‘has a lot to
1311 do with the quality of frozen
le? foods. They must be packaged
°ff properly to preserve the flavor,
color and food; value.
>ur The packages should be sealed
111 tightly so that the foods Will not
lose their moisture.
mr Cellophane, aluminum foil and
plastic film provide the best wrap
for ping for meats and poultry,
ice Fruits and vegetables can he
eat preserved in plastic or aluminum
Is? foil containers, or in waxed con
up- tamers.
Do Most foods make good frozen
ind .products and can be stored for a
ud- year at zero degrees farenheit if
xu- properly prepared, packaged and
frozen.
nd Vegetables should be picked
-he while young and tender and at
ay their peak in flavor. Meats should
•h e also be selected with care,
as- Freezing is growing more and
ige more popular as a way of preserv
t>it. tag foods. It also helps out on the
be- food budget for the family. It is
w® also a real pleasure to see my
'To family enjoy some of the foods I
have frozen.
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a special meaning to me because
I think good health .is important
to everyone. I have enjoyed the
health project very much and I
am glad that health is a required
project in 4-H Clubs. A health pro
ject encourages good health hab-1
its for all those who take it.
i I have taken the 4-H health
.project all of the six years ]
have been in 4-H. The project re
quires that certain improvemests
in personal, family and commun
ity health be made. In the process,
some things are discovered .that
!we might not even know harmed
bur health.
All of the other projects are in
some way related to health. Thej
all point out some important as
pects of a good health plan. For
instance, a cooking project em
phasizes the importance of eating
three "square meals” per day.
One of the H’s on the 4-H dovei
stands for health and we pledge
to improve our health. We do this
by practicing good health habits
Jbr both our minis and. biur
bodies. 4-H Club members also
help wiith family health by en
couraging good health habits for
.the whole family. In community
health, 4-H’ers help by doing such
things as distributing rat poison
In drives to eliminate the disease
carrying rodents.
I have won the COUhty d\ampk»v
s ship in health for two yeors, once
» in the. iunior-rluUnUw onrf anao. an
’ the sender division. This past
t summer I win a trip to State 4-H
Club Week in Raleigh.
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A LITTER
TO THE
EDITOR
Dear Sir;
Young people between the ages
of 10 and 21 have a reliable _ and
proven means of transportation.
This vehicle is known *s a 4-H
Club.
Many of our present successful
business and professional 'men,
as well jvs farmers, in Yan
cey County have ridden this 4-H
vehicle to success.
We hear a lot about juvenile de
linquency and problems brought
an by school dropouts. Law offi
cials report teenagers hot rodding
and seeking thrills in other de
sirable ways. Few of these are
ever 4-H members.
The project is the center of the
4-H program. The 4-H boy or girt
learns the fundamentals of work
ing with livestock and crops.
They also receive training in re
cord keeping and planning, along
with opportunities for leadership
and citizenship development.
| Local leaders serve as the con
; necting links between the 4-H
Club members and the Extension
Agents who 'train, the leaders and
furnish subject matter materials.
There are now 10 Community
4-H dubs active in Yancey Coun
ty, with a membership of 160. Any
community that would like to
acquire a 4-H Club should contact
the County Extension Office for
details.
E. L. Dillingham
County Extension Chairman
Burnsville
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I ADS ARE,
Tricky
You Advertise Garden Tools (We Have Them)
And Find you Need Snow Shovels (We Still
Have A Few).
Or you advertise Lawn Mowers (to cut the
grass—if it- rains) and you need heaters (we I
have them) We advertise Fishing Tackle (we I
stock a nice iine of Rods, Reels and Lures) and I
the weather is too bad for anything except to I
sit by the fire and read (we can fill those empty
light sockets to make reading and studying
easier on the eyes).
To play Safe I Guess I Will Advertise Revere I
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THE YANCEY RECORD j§fl§
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2S, 1963
Canning Is Becoming Simpler \
BY SHARON McMAHAN
I have carried the 4-H project
Cf xiing feu- three years. I have
enjoyed it very much.
Canning was a hard task, but
with the new methods and equip
ment, it is almost simple. After
T work in the summer I feel great
'.satisfaction when- my food is open
ed and complimented. Sometimes
instead of compliments I receive
criticism. But this makes me J
more alert and prevents my mak
ing the same mistake again.
Os the two methods of preparing
the food, I prefer the hot pack.,
I ha ve found of all ithe methods I
of canning I like the pressure
earner best.
Successful home canning de
pends on the 'selection of fresh
food in perfect condition. Over-j
ripe or damaged food should not
be canned. Food should be spread |
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out and stored if it mart 'be kept
; over two hours.
) Cleanliness is very important in
home canning. Foods should be
washed several times to remove"
all dirt and grit.
441 Ims taught me how to can
and canning will be a great help
to me in the future. Canning has
saved me a lot of money. I have
| learn to can many things alone,
[ although I still need help with
I some things.
I have exhibited several cans
in local and county exhibits.
| Some day I hope to exhibit some
canned food in a county, or maybe
even a state fair.
In the future I hope more girls
will take canning and enjoy it aa
i as much as I have. Even if you
| aren’t always a winner, canning
is a iot of fun.