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and Kay Honeycutt attended the Sixteenth Annual District 4-H Leadership Conference
at Swannanoa 4-H Camp, August 9-14. During the week the 4-H members participated
in a number of workshop sessions and special interest groups on such topics as junior lea
dership, ecology, governmn et, family relations, crafts, outdoor camping, art & recreation.
Club Has Worthwhile Activities
By Charles Hopson
4-H Leader
Why do I take time to work
with 4-H boys and girls? This
is the question I sometimes
ask myself when there
are always so many demands
on my time.
First of all, I have four
children enrolled in 4-H Club,
work and lam interested in
my children developing into
good citizens. There are maiy
worthwhile activities for 4-H
members.
4-H is an informal educa -
tional youth program guided
by the North Carolina State
Extension Service and sponsor
ed by local, state and federal
governments.
In 4-H, young people learn
to work and plan together un
der the guidance of an adult.
The young people with the
help of their "leaders" choose
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what they want to learn. The
leaders get help in the form
of literature, assistance and
training from Extension A^nts.
4-H work provides the op
portunity for youth to belcng
to a group and be a part o f
what the group is doing. Boys
and girls learn from each ether
when they work together in
small groups. What a boy or
girl learns in 4-H is tied to
real life situations. They
learn "uhy" as well as "how"
of what they do. All learning
is planned to bring about de
sirable changes in head,heart,
hands and health or four-fold
development—head, things
known; heart, things felt or
attitude and spiritual growth;
hands developing useful and
creative skills; and health,un
derstand and practice good
mental and physical health.
Each group with the guid -
an ce of an agent or leader
decides what it wants to learn.
Boys and girls can gain know
how and skills in special in
terest groups. This group will
be made up of youth near the
same age who live close to
each other and who want to
learn the same things.
Much of what a boy or girl
does in 4-H is centered around
the home. Parents need to
have an understanding of 4-H
and what the members are
learning and doing. They can
and should help to keep the
4-H'ers interested, enthusias -
tic and encourage them to
take an active part. Parents
will benefit also. After a
4-H'er learns something at a
meeting, he practices it at
home.
In a good 4-H member you
will find a good citizen.
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4-H Biflds Good Citizens
By Patrick Guyer
"Just w hat does the 4-H
Club do?" This is a question
we hear asked almost every
day. Our answer would be
very long and boring if v« were
to try to ennumcrate all the
activities of the 4-H Club. Yet
we could give an answer that
would sum up the joint pur
pose of all these activities.
This is the forming of good
material for world leadeiship
tomorrow out of the material
at hand today. In simpler
form the building of good ci
tizens out of today's youth.
If I were ranking the or
ganizations that contribute the
most to building good citizen
ship, 4-H would be ranked
second only to the church and
a good 4-H member makes a
good church member.
James Russell Lowell once
said "Once to every man and
nation comes the moment to
decide". He also emphasized
the fact that our decisions rule
our lives. One decision that
has much to do with our lives
is when we decide whether or
not to join the 4-H club.
To explain why this deci -
sion is so important TH just
list some of the ways the 4-H
Club helps to build good citi
zenship.
1. It helps our personal
outlook on life. It does this
by giving us a broader view of
life. It changes our mode of
thinking. It causes us to be
come less self-centered and to
begin to notice the things
around us. It causes us to see
in most of the things which we
have been just taking for gran
ted a chance for improvement.
In short, 4-H truly makes us
Tribute From
"4-H Mother ”
By Mrs. Paul Buck
It's pretty wonderful to be
a 4-H mother.. to see our
youth grow into better citizens,
working toward a better future,
helping themselves and their
fellow men.
4-H work takes them to the
outdoor world. It imp roves
their health and minds. ft
improves their talents and
skills. They learn to appre -
date the beauty that surrounds
them and get experiences to
treasure all the years to come.
4-H'eis learn to stay on
schedules and abide by rules.
They show more appreciation
of their work and play and
learn to be more independent.
They become better students
and better boys and girls in
the home.
The youth of today make
the future of tomorrow. They
are improving in our commu -
nity and learning, through the
4-H Program, to be better,
more dependable boys and girls.
The youth of our commu
nity are enjoying the 4-H
and are very proud to be mem
bers of the club. Much
thanks goes to Mr. Pat Guyer.
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want "to make the best better."
2. 4-H also helps our out
look toward others. This is
our main reason for most of
the group activities carried out
by the 4-H club.
3. It teaches us conserva -
tion in all phases of life. First
the 4-H club is teaching today*
youth to appreciate and to con
serve our natural resources. It
teaches us to make the most
of what we have and to waste
nothing we can use. The 4-H
Club teaches us that conserva
tion is not only practical, but
as applicable in our every day
life as it is on a broader scale.
4. 4-H encourages us to
go forward in the world today
with our head high and our
shoulders square. It encoura
ges us to use our head, heart,
hands and health for better liv
ing, which will in turn strengih
en the world. 4-H encoura -
ges us to set ideals that to the
faint-hearted of the American
youth would seem great feats
if they are reached.
5. ft helps build in us a
competitive spirit. A spirit
that gives us a will to win.
6. Through the Internatio
nal Farm Youth Exchange,the
(IFYE) Program it gives us a
chance to laam what life is
like in other countries. It also
breaks up prejudices that grow
up toward people in other
countries and different nation
alities.
7. The 4-H club teaches
us to do things for ourselves
that heretofore we have been
having others to do for us. We
learn these things through our
various projects. Sorm phases
of 4-H gives us a means of
making money which enables
to stand on our own two feet.
8. 4-H develops personal
character traits such as honesty
and dependability through out
contact with others. 4-H d©*js
a lot for us in all its activities
and all that it does only helps
"to make the best better. "
Picnic Held
About thirty 4-H'ers,leaders
and adults attended the county
wide picnic on Wednesday af
ternoon, July 21st at Briarbot -
tom, part of the Black Mountain
Campground. 4-H'ers and
adults alike had much fun in
the softball game. We all en
joyed the food.
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