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Show In conjunction with National 4-H Iub week Mrs. Beryl Callister, Sherman Talbot, Howard 'Nielson and Leona Rickenbach, Millard bounty 4-H leaders, attended Utah's 29th annual 4-H Club Leaders Lead-ers Conference at Logan from March 1st to March 6th inclusive. The theme of the conference .was "Creating better Homes today for a more responsible citizenship of tomorrow". Each leader assisted in the development de-velopment of special phases of the 4-H club program acting on committees com-mittees in development of a 4-H Club Handbook the first of its kind for Utah. Two guest speakers gfTve interesting inter-esting talks to the 200 4-H Club leaders in attendance. Miss Eurnie Nelson of Chicago, representing the National 4-H Committee Com-mittee and James Gray of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, 4-H field agent for the Western States. . Dr. G. F. Knowlton, Extension Entomologist stated that Utah Produced Pro-duced in 1947, Honey valued at $520,000 and in addition $20,000 worth of beeswax. These cash figures fig-ures show a income of more than one-half million dollars for Utah beekeepers, however the beekeeping beekeep-ing industry means more farm income in-come for Utah fruit growers, alfalfa alfal-fa seed growers and vegetable seed growers. Kenneth G. Pierson, son of C. O. W. Pierson, who was cashier of the Oasis State Bank for many years, visited in Delta Tuesday, calling at the Chronicle office. It has been 28 years since the family moved from Oasis to Sandy, where Mr. Pierson died about ten years ago While here Kenneth also visited his uncle, Enoch Gillen, at Oasis. He is in business selling visual education edu-cation aids, especially to schools and churches. |