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Show 1 4-H'ers look After Time, Money, Skills New Management Project Shows How "Work smarter ... not hard-er," hard-er," advises Mary Ann Dean, home economist. "Think, plan ahead, compare, evaluate your time, talents and cash before you take on any major projects around the house." Miss Dean's comments are directed to 4-H Club members about to embark on the new 4-H Home Management program announced by the National 4-H Service Committee in cooperation coopera-tion with the Extension Service. The practical home-based program pro-gram was designed to fill a need of older club members, and was a couple of years in the planning stage. Miss Dean, a staff member of the 4-H Service Serv-ice Committee, also disclosed that a national sponsor has been secured to provide awards and other assistance to the program. Tupperware Home Parties of Orlando, Fla. is the new sponsor. spon-sor. Annual awards will consist of eight $500 scholarships (national (na-tional winners); one expense-paid expense-paid trip per state to the National Na-tional 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, and four gold-filled medals of honor per county. Winners will be announced next fall by the Cooperative Extension Service. Miss Dean urges girls, and boys too, to take up home management man-agement now. The idea behind this modern program for the older teen-ager is to learn to make the best possible use of your resources, energy, knowledge knowl-edge and ability. "When about half of today's A 4-H girl explains to her mother how much she expects to save in hard-earned hard-earned cash by signing up for the new 4-H Home Management program. Linda Lopez, 17, a 9-year 4-H'er, is particularly interested in the program because she will enter college next fall with plans to major in home economics. Her mother, Mrs. Jesse Lopez, is an eager listener because she is a volunteer 4-H Club leader. homemakers are young (under 28) it is imperative that home-makers home-makers and parents of tomorrow tomor-row be ready to spend wisely," she adds. Through the 4-H Home Management Man-agement program, high school-age school-age students will better understand under-stand the many aspects of shopping, banking, financing and decision-making. This knowledge can be put to good use in college, on a job or in the home, Miss Dean remarked. Information on how to take part in the 1966 program can be obtained from the county extension 4-H office. Lung cancer killed 47,000 men and women in 1965. About 75 per cent of these deaths could have been avoided if the patients had not smoked cigarettes, according to the American Cancer Society. |