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Show Garfield Miss Wins National 4-H Honor A Utah girl, who used fabric scraps to make children's clothing, has been named one of eight national winners In the 4-H home management program. Lucinda Alvey, 18, of Esca-lante, received a $700 scholarship at the 52nd National 4-H Congress In Chicago November 25-29, 1973. Winners' scholarships and expense-paid Congress trips were donated with the winners being selected by the'Cooper-ative Extension Service, which supervises 4-H work across the nation. Miss Alvey, daughter of Mr. and Mrst Melvin Alvey, Is a freshman at Southern Utah State College with plans for a career as a home economics teacher. Sho said the phase of the home management project that she enjoyed the most was working with clothing. While sorting through a box of leftover fabric from clothing she had made for herself, she decided to make children's clothing to keep the remnants from going to waste. "I have tio smaller brothers or sisters, but my aunt gladly offered to let me sew Christmas gifts for her grandchildren," Miss Alvey said. Soon she had 16 little outfits, ranging from sl2e 1 to 8. "I had so much fun with this project that I hated to quit and all It cost was the prices of a few zippers, buttons and trimmings," said the Garfield County girl. Miss Alvey also learned to can and freeze produce from her 4-H garden, freeze meat from her 4-H project and how to prepare nutritious, tasty meals without purchasing numerous items from food stores. She also used 4-H knowledge to help her parents remodel two basement rooms at their home last winter, and she helped with the planning and choice of materials. Valedictorian of her high school class, Miss Alvey believes It Is especially Important for a mother to have a college education to be better able to raise children. In nine years of 4-H, she has won 49 blue rib bons In county, district and state competition and was a finalist in the 1973 state dress revue. |