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Show Boost Awards on 3, Levels in 4-H Achievement Program Here's good news for every 4-H club boy or girl in this State! Announcement has been made y the national committee on Boys and Girls Club Work that county and sectional awards have been doubled, and eight college scholarships have been added on the national level in the 1952 4-H Achievement program, pro-gram, as follows: Gold-filled medals of honor to winners in participating counties have been increased from two to four, and sectional awards of educational trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago next November now number 16 instead of eight, as was the case last year. Also, $300 college scholarships scho-larships will be presented to 12 national winners, instead of two $300 and two $150 scholarships to the highest rating and second place winners, as heretofore. All awards are provided by the new donor, the Ford Motor company. Previous awards of a set of statues, symbolizing 4-H achievement, achieve-ment, for the State-winning boy and girl, and a silverware trophy for the national-winning boy and girl the latter presented in the name of the President of the United States, are being contin- i uedJ" ' Recognition In this program for top records of general achievement achieve-ment - either on county, state, sectional or national levels -- is considered one of the highest honors a 4-H club member can receive. County extension agents will furnish complete information regarding re-garding this program, which is conducted under the direction of the cooperative Extension ser- i vice. |