Show J Sanpete County Hers 4 h Join In Special Week t By KAY Sanpete Home Heme Deme n Agent This week is national H 4 week Every state in the Union is is' passing on information about 4 H 4 H to everyone they can In our nati nation n and Puerto Rico there are over 2 2 million million million mil mil- mil mil- lion H 4 members Thousands of dedicated leaders help give our youth between 9 19 years of age many opportunities that they otherwise may not have had Sanpete County has over SOO members registered I As a supplement to the training training training train train- ing our youth receive at home in church and at school the H 4 program makes leisure time a constructive experience H 4 is also very rewarding Much joy comes conies from accomplishing accomplishing g whether it is a lovely article of clothing freshly 7 baked bread collecting the required required required re- re number of insects or 11 training a horse to go through its paces 4 H 4 H members are also rewarded rewarded rewarded re re- re- re warded with ribbons and premiums premiums premiums pre pre- at the county fairs Some get to send their work to the state fair an additional reward The H 4 program offers offers offers of of- fers demonstration n public sp speaking aking style dress revue and judging contests which enables m many ny youth each eadi year to receive receive re re- receive re- re trips to vari various us parts of f th the nation Schol Scholarships are available to help deserving z members through college We are very proud of our H 4 youth They learn responsibility maturity and skill They become better citizens too as they practice parliamentary procedure on holding meetings and as they dedicate their time money and energy to beautify our communities and donate to schools churches hospitals and many other or or- This year has been teen exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- profitable A group from Axtell with the help of parents and business constructed their own ri riding ing arena from a weed infested piece Apiece of land They Ibey held th l oW show and raised money to make further improvements Another group from Centerfield Centerfield Center Center- field helped clean up the SanPete Sanpete Sanpete San San- in pete County fairgrounds preparation for the fair Groups from Manti have donated donated donated do do- a quilt to the Prim Primary Primary m mary ry Hospital in Salt Lake City raised money at bake sales and donated it to the school for the tennis courts and band uniforms and garbage garbage garbage gar gar- bage cans are being donated to the city Alan Lee Peterson from fromi i Sterling won a trip to Camp for his outstanding H 4 work He has truly learned the values of responsibilities friendliness and service Marnie Mamie Sorensen Axtell Sue Jorgensen a and n d Elizabeth Inouye Gunnison have learned learne skill in clothing construction personal cleanliness personality personal personal- ity it development and modeling as they won a trip to the state Styles Dress Revue contest in Logan where they were blue ribbon winners Dana Smith Manti is extremely extremely extremely ex ex- skilled in putting imp imp important im im- p information out to an audience She was a blue ribbon ribbon ribbon rib rib- bon winner at the state demonstration demonstration demonstration dem dem- contest at Logan this year with a technical and scientific scientific scientific demonstration of fabrics Jack Anderson Ephraim is currently in Bolivia South America as an International Farm Youth Exchange student He will be touring that country country country coun coun- try for six months broadening his hig understanding of people customs and language There are many oth other r outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing accomplishments of our 4 We feel 4 every H 4 H member is a winner from his first year on because he is trying trying try try- ing to improve himself through worthy means Throughout the remainder of this week remember that our youth are capable of many mapy ac ac- Please encourage encourage encourage age your own children to join H 4 and share in the fun Offer Of Offer Of Of- Offer fer to be a leader and help your children There are 34 different different dif dlf- ferent subjects that are offer offer- ed More than one possible to take in a year Here is a list of the subjects Select the ones youre you're interested in taking and enroll anytime from now until next July Art beautification tion beef child care clothing dairy cattle disaster preparation preparation preparation tion dog training electricity entomology field crops fix it projects flowers foods forestry forestry for for- estry gardening Health home improvement horse junior leadership knitting knitting knit knit- ting outdoor cookery pho photography poultry rabbits range management safety sheep and swine tractor trac trace tor veterinary science and woodcraft If yo you want additional information information mation call or write your com corn community supervisor or the Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete County Extension Service in the Sanpete Courthouse in Manti ManU |