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Show I 1200 4-H Winners . k . veted Trips I ?.ti : A panel of 4-H'ers discusses Club Congress theme "Serving as Loyal Citizens Through 4-H' More than $750,000 in college scholarships, savings bonds, trips, leader training and other rewards is being contributed through the National 4-H Committee to promote the activities of 4-H the world's largest volunteer youth organization. Climax of a year of earnest 4-H Qub work for some 1,200 enthusiastic 4-H boys and girls will be the 31st National Na-tional 4-H Club Congress scheduled to convene in Chicago, November 30 De-cembe De-cembe These outstanding young people, selected from more than 2,000,-000 2,000,-000 4-H Club members in the 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, are winners in 4-H projects conducted through the Extension Service. For this select group of 4-Her's, the trip to the Congress is a coveted honor earned only through diligent effort. As Congress delegates, they receive various vari-ous 4-H awards arranged through the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, a citizens' group which lends support to the 4-H program. More than 40 business firms, foundations, founda-tions, and public-spirited individuals sponsor national and sectional 4-H award projects as their contribution to this sound, successful youth program. The donor organizations provide to the National Committee grants totaling more than $750,000 to be used for 4-H medals, trips, college scholarships, watches, savings bonds, leader training, and other aids. Among prominent citizens who provide pro-vide award funds to be administered by the National Committee as an impetus im-petus to 4-H accomplishment are Mrs. Charles R. Walgreen, Thomas E. Wilson, Wil-son, Edward Foss Wilson, Wm. Wrig-ley, Wrig-ley, Jr., and Gene Autry. Other sponsors spon-sors are: Westinghouse Educational Foundation, Ford Motor Co., Standard Brands, Kerr Glass, Sears Roebuck Foundation, Spool Cotton Co., Lederle Laboratories, Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, Carnation Co., Simplicity Patterns, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Hercules Her-cules Powder, General Motors, International Inter-national Harvester, Kelvinator, American Ameri-can Forest Products, Allis-Chalmers, Montgomery Ward, Kellogg Co., Dearborn Dear-born Motors, United States Rubber, Cudahy, Firestone, Standard Oil Companies Com-panies of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, i American Oil, General Petroleum, Pan- j Am Southern, Stanolind Oil and Gas, ! Utah Oil Refining Co., Pure Oil Co., the Santa Fe ajid Illinois Central railroads, rail-roads, Toni Co., Proctor Electric, and Spinnerin Yarn Co. "The awards presented at the 4-H Club Congress are bestowed for self-earned self-earned advancement," G. L. Noble, director di-rector of the National Committee points out. "To 4-H Club members they are priceless symbols of achievement achieve-ment and public recognition. That is why so many of our agricultural and industrial leaders are interested in providing pro-viding incentives that will help to build aggressive, sturdy citizens." Donors also sponsor educational tours, meal events, and entertainment, which make the National 4-H Congress a memorable experience. However, sober purposes of the meeting are not overshadowed by festivity. Forthright group discussions, addresses by prominent promi-nent speakers, exchange of ideas with youths from other countries, and other stimulating features- will stress the theme of the year: "Serving as Loyal Citizens Through 4-H." 1 |