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Show Name Four Utah Top Ranking 4-H'ers ALL EXPENSE trips to the 31rt National 4-H Club Congress in Chicaps . were swarded four Utah club member for superior achievement in t I 1952 National 4-H Clothing, Farm and Home Safety, Health and Poult I programs. The state winners and summaries of their achievements folic t r--WsT- T'-w??F3r";J mrntm mm mm mm I L, 'jJ II J LLy j Join Pctry Ruby KtiUr Uu Wanna BunUr EUtn RIgtrup Joan Peery, 18, of Spanish Fork has an enviable record of achievement achieve-ment in the 4-H Clothing project. She has made, remodeled or repaired a total of 204 garments. As Utah winner in the clothing program, The Spool Cotton Co. made possible Joan's trip to Chicago. She modeled a taffeta and chantilly Lace gown, an original design of her own at State dress review. The simplicity of the desip, along with her per-- per-- sonality and poise, was a determining factor in her being selected the 1952 Sweetheart of the F. F. A. in Utah. Joan also fashioned a three piece velvet suit this year and was very busy constructing a college wardrobe. During her club career Joan has completed com-pleted projects in meal preparation, canning, leadership and home grounds. She served as junior leader of her club for the past three yean. She is now a student at Brighton Young University. Ruby Hester, 17, of Payson, received re-ceived statewide recognition in the 4-H Health Improvement program and will attend 4-H Congress as guest of the Kellogg Co.. of Battle Creek. With the help of her Club Leader. Ina Sheets, she studied her individual problems, planned appropriate actionand ac-tionand then followed through. Ruby has improved her own health habits, and by example, helped others to correct theirs. She has also assisted members with their health demonstrations. demon-strations. As member of a team demonstrating "How to Care for Simple Wounds," Ruby appeared at community affairs and at county and state fairs, reaching more than 2,000 persons with her demonstration. This year her knowledge of patient care and first aid came in handy when she took over the care of her invalid grandmother. She devoted 2,224 hours of efficient, devoted care to her patient. Ruby serves her club as secretary, treasurer and reporter. ' Leu Wanna Bunker, 18, Delta, has accomplished noteworthy results in the Farm and Home Safety program, for which she received the General Motors trip award. By means of surveys, sur-veys, demonstrations and other aids, she has helped to make her community com-munity more safety conscious. To this young 4-H'er, safety is a year round project. In a house to house survey, including her own home, she visited storage places, yards and machine ma-chine sheds to locate danger spots, and put signs up to help prevent accidents ac-cidents or fires on the local roads. After one canvass, the club cut down tree branches that were touching telephone wires, asked for three stop signs and suggested that 20 caution sigus be installed. She is now attending attend-ing U.S.A.C. as freshman. During her eight years in 4-H Leu Wanna has learned to practice safety daily, regardless of the projects or work involved. in-volved. She also served as mayor of club camp, chairman of County 4-H and president of local club for three years. Elaine Rigtrup, 16, Spanish Fork, state poultry winner, has made a pleasant and constructive 4-H project proj-ect pay off. By raising 100 Red Hampshire chickens each year, this teenager has gained a thorough knowledge of how to care for a poultry flock. She has learned to brood and raise chicks, to care for laying hens and raise poultry for meat. She and her father have about 100,000 baby chicks hatched each year. Elaine also gives a yearly exhibition and last year was on the county winning demonstration team. Even though many hours of painstaking effort went into the poultry program, Elaine also found time to serve her club as president and in various other offices. Her trip was awarded by Dearborn Motors. All these programs are conducted under the direction of the Cooperative I Extension Service.. I |