Show i Utah Junior Vegetable Growers Take Four A Awards wards in National Competition on UTAH Junior vegetable growers were named winners of ot one regional and state awards In Inthe Inthe inthe the 1051 1951 production marketing contest of ot the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association as the concluded Its seventeenth seventeenth seventeenth seven seven- annual four day four day convention at Cleveland 0 O. today Regional honors went to Donald Wendel 17 11 son of Mr and Mrs George Wendel 1 of ot BrI Brigham ham C City I t y He fie re received to re- a prize from the I scholarship scholar scholar- ship fund provided pro pro- vided each yearby year yearby yearby by A P Food Stores as part Donald Wendel of ot Its national program to encourage en ens courage better production and marketing mar mare hating of ot vegetables by farm tarm youth State wide State honors went to Flor Flor- encl O Orden Gene n o Chantry Wellington and Arch Bartlett Springville Also announced by Dr E E. Milton Andersen Extension V Ve Vegetable e g get e t a b l I e Crops Specialist at Utah State Agricultural College Logan and Vest Western rn Regional chairman was the awarding of the national championship cham and the top scholarship scholarship scholar scholar- ship to Albert B B. Bishop year 20 old grower of Guilford Conn Donald Wendel regional champion champion cham pion farmed 11 acres of tomatoes corn and melons at a profit of nearly 1000 In his winning effort A high school senior at Brigham City he harvested and sold 80 tons of ot tomatoes to a cannery and marketed the rest of ot his crops through roadside stands He has spent four lour years In work and now serves as president of the local chapter His Kis favorite school chool outside of ot agriculture are subjects chemistry and botany In his spare time Don likes to hunt fish and ski sId I Florence 18 year 18 A old high school schoot senior and an on student started her gardening work because because she realized realized the need in inthe Inthe Inthe I for tor maximum food tood production the present national situation The Thet I state winner raised 20 different vegetables valued at t on her bed I half acre acre plot Florence has been In 4 H 4 H work for tor seven years is a I past president of ot her club and noW now of ot the serves as vice Ice president Future Homemakers of ot America at Ogden Last year Gene Chantry started his garden project and was progressing pro pro- grossing gressing well until he fell tell from a apony apony I pony and broke his leg Gene 15 was forced to abandon his contest entry but resumed this year and I won a state award His small garden garden garden gar gar- garI den produced a dozen vegetables which were used at home and given to fellow 4 H 4 H Club members for lor use In n demonstration contests Gene learned a alot alot at lot and next t year expects to tomake tomake make his project project a p paying a 1 n g S proposition At Att t present he Is a w. w 4 H 4 H Club president president dent Is active activeS S In Sunday SundayS S School c h 0 0 I work and takes part partIn Gene Chantry In many judgIng judging judg judge ing and demonstration demon demon- contests Arch Bartlett 16 of ot Springville specialized in corn production in his winning project Arch harvested harvested harvested har har- vested 1200 dozen ears of corn from his two acres and sold them for lor a a. net profit of ot He has been a a. Future Farmer of or America member for three years |