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Show 4-H Clubs Active In Utah By Marie Carlson of Milford : State Foods Preparation Winner, Year'935v (The following article, appearing in the Utah Farmer, tells of the 4-H club work activities of Miss Marie Carlson, who recently enjoyed en-joyed a trip to Chicago as winner of the state food preparation contest, con-test, among 4-H club workers for 1935. Ed. note) In 1931 fourteen girls with our leader, Mrs. M. H. Pool, embarked on an adventure' very new to us. We were to take up our first year in preparing breakfasts. My first year of 4-H work was the first it had been introduced into our community. I didn't hardly understand what club work really meant. I joined the 4-H foods club because my. sister had joined the 4-H Home science. The year was a success as were our first breakfasts. At the close of the year a breakfast was served in honor of the .mothers' of the girls. The hostesses . !forT' the occasion were Selma Johnson and I. The first year I took part in four club demonstrations, preparing apples, oranges, muff iris . and setting the table. In the year 1932 our project was the one on luncheons. We learned how to plan a .luncheon that contained all the vitamines necessary for a balanced diet and perfect health. InaJuded in this were soups, salads and simple desserts. . .4. Two things ef interest happened happen-ed during this year. The first was a trip to the train in which pullman cars were explained to the club members. We were shown how a berth was made up . We were told what type of person is preferred to travel on a train, one that is cheerful and appreciative of what the porter tries to do for him or her, also one that has poise and knows how to behave while traveling. The second trip was to. the Milford hotel. Among some of the most helpful hints received were how to register, how to leave a hotel room and above other things, courtesy and cleanliness were stressed. Carol Smith, a fellow member, and I demonstrated the canning of raspberries and apricots, to the Second Year Home Science, with several parents present. That year Milford and Beaver had an achievement day at the Milford high school. After the articles had been judged, our club served a light luncheon to the visitors from Beaver and to the judges. My third year was one of much interest to me, because it brought into my 4-H life many new facts to be used in the preparing of foods. Some of them were how to make a smooth cream soup, a nourishing dessert and how to prepare pre-pare a crisp, cool, attractive salad. The project for the year was the preparing of dinners and of foods for canning. I learned how to select good vegetables, how to prepare them and how to cook them. During the year of 1933, the cooking class of Milford high school served the school lunches. Our domestic science instructor, Miss Verna Walker, gave most of the responsibility of planning, preparing and serving of the luncheons up to the class members. mem-bers. I benefited much by the experience ex-perience and it has also helped me with my club work. Also during the year of 1933 the Milford high school Home Science Eoonomics club Bervied two civic banquets. Tie members of our 4-H club who helped pie-pare pie-pare and serve these banquets felt quite well repaid for our efforts, ef-forts, when the doctor in our community com-munity commented upon the splendid planning and preparing of a meal so full of food value for 35 cents than he had previously spent on banquets not quite so rich in food value. To obtain enough funds on which to continue with 4-H club work, a Silver tea and candy sale was given. In place of breakfasts and j luncheons a dinner was served in honor of the mothers. j The fourth year also proved to , bo another interesting and beneficial benefi-cial one. The project was the planning of parties and party menus. Among some of the t parties planned and' given were I a swimming party to which each member invited a girl friend. After the party refreshments were served at the home of our club leader, Mrs. M. H. Pool. On August 7, the club again acted as hostesses to a childrens party. The games were planned before the party, theHeby doing away with much confusion. After the games were played ice cream and cookies were served. A party was given for the parents of the members at the close of the years work. Another thing that was impressed im-pressed upon my mind was the fact that not always were the most expensive meals as nutritious as a simple well planned, inexpensive inexpen-sive meal. . The fourth year was a combination combina-tion of three preceding years used in the project of parties. During all four years . of 4-H work, I had gained many varied point of view. One of the most important things accomplished by the 4-H work for me was its help to me in overcoming my shyness. At the end of the year I made a; poster for breakfast, luncheons and- dinners. My dinner poster was on exjbition in the domestic J science department at the Milford high school. The fifth year was one of ray most exciting and helpful years, because the club majored in clothing. Many useful facts were learned about such things as the pressing of clothes, cleaning of clothes ,and furs, types, of seams to be used on certain kinds of materials ma-terials and also the types of j clothes, necklines and colors for certain types of people. We also learned that above all i things in food preparations was i the sanitation in handling of foods , in the home. One of the most important im-portant factors was the advantage advan-tage of having cold storage available avail-able for the more perishable articles. My partner, Selma Johnson, and I gave a demonstration on the i cleanliness in handling food in thej 1 home which included: to clean vegetables by washing them before be-fore putting them in the ice box, to keep foods in jars so as to keep them from giving the ice box an unpleasant odor, by cleaning the ice box regularly, these few things mentioned help to keep the food sanitary and therefore keep the family in perfect health. Other topics were taken up such as personal grooming, health, etiquette and good literature. This summer, 1935, I have earned some of my spending money by making posters of all kinds and description for the churches, school, 4-H club and for individuals. From the fourteen girls that started out in 1931, six of the original club remained the 'past five years. Four new members joined the club in 1935. The 4-H work has been a practical prac-tical education, worthy of the time and effort'spent on it. It has proved itself worth while in the following ways: foods clothing, personal grooming, food sanitation, sanita-tion, courtesy, reading of better literature and the appreciation of better music. |