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Show National 4-H Club Week Observance Planned About two and a quarter mil-' Hon boys and girls and 382,(XX) volunteer leaders throughout the Unite,! States will join in observ-, ing National 411 Club Week from Feb. 28 to Mar. 7. These young people, between 10 and 21 years of age, are members of the Nation's 90,7(X) 411 Clubs. Iron County's 3C7 4 II Clubs will take part In the week's activities, ac-tivities, says Wallace Sjoblom, county extension agent. They will share with other 4-; 4-; Hers In recognizing "i ll alumni" I the 20,000,000 men and women throughout the country who have participated In the 4-H program in the past 50 years since the movement started, and who are now benefiting from this training train-ing and experience. According to Mr. Sjoblom, club enrollment will begin in Iron County during this special week and continue until May 15, when all clubs should be enrolled. Projects Pro-jects available include: foods, clothing, home Improvement, entomology, en-tomology, gardening, poultry, beef, sheep, swine dairy, crops, tractor maintenance, forestry, corpentry, horse project, home grounds, and soil conservation. Nationally, 4-H Club Week will be highlighted In Washington, D. C, when six members chosen as delegates will present the annual 411 Club "Report to the Nation." The report will summarize In stories and pictures outstanding 4-H accomplishments and pay tribute to the thousands of former form-er 4 Hers whose success and at-talnr at-talnr ents now exemplify the high ileals of 4-H in achievement, achieve-ment, leadership and good citizenship. citi-zenship. For more information contact ' Mr. Sjoblom, Miss Mabel Merrell. or 4-H Community supervisors in jthe county. |