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Show 4-H Home Improvement Program Continued For Utah Club Members The National 4-H Home Improvement Im-provement program, first offered three years ago in response to State Club leaders who desired recognition for girls enrolling in this phase of 4-H work, has again been accented by Utah, according to G. L. Noble, director,, direc-tor,, National Committee on Boys and Girls Club work. The activity is under the direction di-rection of the cooperative Extension Exten-sion Service. 4-H girls who have imagina tion, are handy with a needle, paintbrush and yes, hammer and saw, too find the 4-H Home Improvement program a natural for their talents. Supervised Sup-ervised and encouraged by their County Extension Agent and local lo-cal 4-H Club leader, the young homemakers plan improvements for beauty, comfort, health and safety. They also learn to know what is enduring in old as well as new furnishings, and are given an opportunity to develop their skills. Through demonstrations demon-strations they show what can be accomplished. "Every home cannot be richlv I furnished, but it can reflect good taste," Club leaders point out. As an added incentive toward to-ward this goal, the Sears-Roebuck Foundation is again providing pro-viding merit awards amounting to nearly SIO.OOO. These include four sterling silver medals for winners in each county; an all-expense all-expense trip to the National Club Congress, Chicago, for state winners, and eight $300 scholarships schol-arships to be presented to a blue award group selected from the state winners. The scholarship scholar-ship is increased $100 over last year. |