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Show Dixie Forestry Boys Win Honors At Fair Other Groups From County Win Ribbons To Make Fine Showing For Dixie Bringing homo the ax has become a tradition with the Dixie junior-college, junior-college, and another wood-butchering tool also bids" fair to become be-come a local tradition as the St. George Forestry club makes its annual trips to the state metropolis. metrop-olis. For the past four years the State Fair prizes to Forestry clubs hav included a $15.00 cross-cut saw for the log-sawing contest. And for three of the four years this coveted trophy has been brought home by St. George boys, this year by Roger Pickett and Norman H a f e n , who, sawing against time, finished their task in exactly 24 seconds, three seconds sec-onds under their next closest competitor. com-petitor. And that is something to brag about, and a fact which brings great satisfaction to County Coun-ty Agent Anson B. Call Jr., and no doubt a small thrill to the team of young would-be Foresters. Mr. Call says he believes this is a topping state record. Different Team Must Enter Boys of the same club may enter the log-sawing contest each year, but not the same team. Last year the trophy was won by Ralph Hafen, a brother of Norman, Nor-man, and Beman Snow, and two years earlier by Earl Hafeh and his team-mate. All are members (Continued on page eight) Dixie Forestry Boys Win (Continued from first page) of the same Forestry club in St. George. Other honors also came to Dixie boys and girls this year in 4-H club work. The State Fair board decided this year to award blue, red and white ribbons, also to note fourth place winners, and Washington Wash-ington county brought home some of the ribbons. Only eight or ten blue ribbons were given and this county received a fair share, observes ob-serves Mr. Call. Beman Snow and Ralph Hafen took the blue ribbon for their demonstration of the snakes of Washington county, giving excellent excel-lent demonstrations and material on the vital uses of some types of snakes in connection with agriculture, agricul-ture, and showing why many of these snakes should not be needlessly need-lessly slain. These boys gave their lecture and demonstration by special spe-cial request at the Lowell and Longfellow schools following their presentation at the Fair. Miss Cox's 4-H Girls Win Leader Carol Cox accompanied her 4-H girls team to the Fair also winning blue ribbons. Miss Gae Graff and Miss Josephine Jones demonstrated, "Health of the Feet", taking first place. Miss Enid McArthur, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McArthur represented repre-sented the county in "Style and Dress", and Miss Carol Burgener, of Hurricane, with Norman Hafen of St. George were the "Good Health Team". Also attending with their leader, Miss Cox, were Sharlene Snow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rulon A. Snow, Erma Woodbury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David O. Woodbury and Olive Brooks, daughter of Mrs. George Brooks. Evan Earl was the St. George leader of the 4-H boys clubs and Miss Jean Riding was the leader in charge of the Hurricane representatives. The entire en-tire group from the county did excellent ex-cellent work, states Mr. Call, and even those who failed to receive blue ribbons were recognized for their demonstrations. Southern Utah counties were decidedly in the lead in this club work. Placing first in "Style and Dress", was a Miss Nelson of Iron county. This entitles her to a free trip to Chicago next month. And the Piute county team won for "Good Health". Kane county also brought home at least one blue ribbon. Trip To Portland County Agent Call is awaiting information regarding the possible trip to Portland, Oct. 4 for the winning Forestry log-sawers and the two girls who won in the "Health for Feet", contest. If the state should decide to send representatives, it will be these two teams to represent Utah at the Portland meet, provided the small portion of the cost of the trip can be raised locally, which in all probability can readily be done. Miss Cox's 4-H club proved what can be accomplished. The girls sold pop and ice cream at various functions during the summer sum-mer and collected the full amount for their expenses to the State Fair. The group of county contestants returned at 10 p.m., Tuesday, after the week-end in the state capitol, plenty weary, but thrilled with their successes, and determined deter-mined to carry on in their chosen lines of work. |