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Show Annual 4-H Encampment Rated 'Best Ever' As Happy Youths, Leaders Return to Homes The annual Iron County 4-H Club camp, help at Duck Creek Recreation camp Thursday, Friday Fri-day and Saturday, Aug. 4, 5 and 6, proved to ba the most successful success-ful in the history of the event, with 387 club members and leaders' lead-ers' participating. A total of 55 separate camps were set up at the recreation area with all club members registered kept thoroughly thor-oughly occupied throughout the three-day period, according to I Miss Emma Neilson, home dem-I dem-I onstration agent, and Wallace Sjoblom, county agent, who were in charge of the event. They were assisted by Stephen Brovver, former form-er Iron County Agent. Registration began at 10 a. m. Thursday, with continuous activities, acti-vities, including contests, games, hikes and programs, until camp was broken up at noon Saturday and the youngsters returned to their homes. Parents Attend The peak of activities was reached Friday night when parents par-ents of the children and other visitors joined with the club members for a campfire program, pro-gram, with more than 700 people in attendance. Cora Lee Gibson of Enoch was elected Mayor of the camp at the first meeting held and acted as official administrative head of the camp during the three days. Janine Bauer of Cedar City was ejected scribe. Rain hampered the meetings and other activities during the first day, but for the remaining remain-ing time the weather was reported re-ported to be ideal. Emphasis in the handicraft department de-partment was placed on making bracelets and many very attractive attrac-tive ones were completed by the 4-Hers. Awards Presented During the campfire program 32 skits were presented by the various 4-H clubs, with the Over and Under Club of Cedar City winning first place with a Mother Moth-er Goose skit. The Junior Kitchen Kitch-en Maids of Parowan won second with a record imitation and the Happy Gardners of Paragonah came in third with a lazy farmer farm-er skit. The Lucky Five Club of Cedar City walked off with top honors in the clean camp contest, the V t mA nnnn'nMitlirA tVllt tVltc 11 Hi U V, UlttC JtUi VUUb uno group has won the honor. In second sec-ond place was the Seven Clovers Club of Cedar City and third pjace went to the Lucky Farmers of Paragonah. Top honors in the best improved camp contest went to the Top Notch Club of Cedar. Ce-dar. Wlnnig first place for signs used to Identify the camps was the Small Fry Cooks of Enoch, with the Crepe Suzettes of Summit Sum-mit placing second. Winners in the log sawing contest, con-test, always one of the most popular pop-ular events at the camp, were as follows: Under 14 years, girls, Judy Ann Mathesor " ' Sandra Daly; boys, Gary and Richard Grimshaw. Over 4 years, glrjs, Colleen Cox and Jolleen Vandenberghe; boys, Jack Moyle and Carl Holland. Leaders, w-men, w-men, Delia DelVecchio and EdilB Hunt; men, Jim Anderson and Bill Boardman. Kathryn Cox won the prize in the Lummy Stick contest. Her winning sticks' were decorated like totem poles. |