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Show Ute Indian 4-H Have Banner Year 1945 has proved to be a banner year in the annals of the Indian 4-H clubs of the Uintah and Ouray Ou-ray Indian Reservation. During the organization period, 19 clubs were- organized with a total membership mem-bership in all clubs of 207 Indian boys and girls. These were divided divid-ed into clothing, foods, home furnishings, fur-nishings, gardens, calves, horses, chickens, and heifer clubs. So far over 100 children have successfully success-fully completed their work, and it is planned that over 75 will complete their projects this year, while 27 boys and girls enrolled in calf and heifer projects will not complete their work until next year. During the summer, the two garden clubs at the agency have supplied the Indian Hospital with fresh vegatables from their gardens, gar-dens, using the surplus over and J above those vegetables used by families of the club members. The value of all vegetable crops grown by the 4-H members is well in excess of $5,000.00; a valuable val-uable contribution to the economic econ-omic and physical well-being of the families concerned. Among the many group activities activ-ities entered into by the clubs were two of primary importance; the Utah State Fair and the Utah Indian Days Exhibits at Roosevelt, Roos-evelt, Utah. An exhibit of Indian 4-H produce and handicraft was gathered and displayed at the State Fair, causing considerable favorable comment and telling the story of Indian 4-H clubwork to all who saw the display. During Dur-ing the exhibits at the Utah Indian In-dian Days Celebration, a special 4-H club division displayed work in cooking, sewing, handicraft, project books and garden produce. pro-duce. One hundred sixty one individual in-dividual enteries were made by the Indian boys and girls and their excellence is attested by their winning 86 prizes and a-wards. a-wards. Two 4-H club camps were held in Uintah Canyon for the girlsj and the boys. The girl's camp was held on August 22, 23, and 24, and 48 girls were in camp under un-der the supervision of Mrs. Ellen j T. Brown, assisted by Mrs. Mil-' dred Dillman. Eighteen boys attended at-tended the boy's camp in the can yon on September 5, 6, and 7, under the supervision of Extension Exten-sion Agent Nevins and Farm Agent Odekirk. The camp featured featur-ed demonstrations on first aid, sanitation in camp and around the home, fire fightin gand prevention, prev-ention, and camy cookery, while games, contests, hiking trips, fishing fish-ing and campfire programs added zest to the trip. Four foods clubs prepared and served breakfast for their parents par-ents and friends with a total attendance at-tendance of 98 persons. At these breakfasts, balanced meals featuring feat-uring new and unusual dishes were served and admirably served serv-ed their purpose of demonstrating demonstrat-ing dishes that were healthful and nutritious as well as appealing appeal-ing to the taste and the eye. These 207 boys and girls have produced by their clubwork, a total value of over $7,000.00 with their sewing, handicraft, garden-work garden-work and with their livestock. But they have gained far more than this through acquiring skills, knowledge, ideals and ability to work through to 4-H standards that cannot be measured measur-ed in terms of dollars and cents j alone. They have contributed to the bettered welfare of their homes, families and communities and the knowledge gained with this contribution will aid materially mater-ially in making them better citizens cit-izens for the tomorrows to come. The work was carried forward under the supervision and direction direc-tion of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, assisted by Mrs 'Idred Dillman, State 4-H Specialist |