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Show Medals of honor are given to County winners. Miss Shelley Roberts won this medal in Beaver County this year. Contact the Beaver County Extension Office for information. informa-tion. Adults who have an interest in-terest in. home decorating and furnishings can receive satisfaction satis-faction as volunteer leaders in the program. TF.OPLE NEED A PLACE OF THEIR OWN TO DREAM Each person needs a special place that is their very own, especially the teenager. To help young people between be-tween 9 and 19 years of age dream, plan and then create their special "very own" space at home, the 4-H Home Improve Im-prove program is excellent. The cooperative Extension Service, along with the National 4-H Service Committee and the S & H Foundation, Inc. provide publications, ideas, direction, .and methods. The 4-H Home Improvement program encourages boys and girls to use 'what they have around them as they make something beautiful out of worthless objects and new tilings from old. In buying a finished product or in purchasing materials and creating a decorative object, 5 -Hers learn to shop wisely, another feature of the Home Improvement program. They learn the principals of good design de-sign and to reflect their own individual tastes and personalties person-alties in their creations. To these young people the S & H Foundation provides $600.00 scholarships as National lecognition and an expense paid trip to National 4-H Congress, in Chicago for State Winners |