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ANN PATTERSON SHOWN CAMPAIGNING FOR DISTRICT OFFICER
...when she was a 4-H Club member in early 1970’s
4-H Continues To Grow Strong
By NANCEE THOMAS
4-H! What does that mean
to you? Well, it means a lot
to about five million kids and
adults in this country.
In Georgia, the 4-H pro
gram is sponsored by the
University of Georgia Coop
erative Extension Service.
Cooperative Extension pro
grams began formally in
1914 with the passage of the
Smith-Lever Act. Agricultu
ral societies were in exis
tance in Philadelphia as
early as 1743 with Benjamin
Franklin being one of its
long-time leaders.
4-H clubs sprang up be
tween 1902 and 1909 in Ohio,
Illinois, lowa, Minnesota,
Mississippi, South Carolina
and Texas as boys’ corn
clubs and girls’ canning
clubs. The yearly program
in one of those early clubs
consisted of growing com,
planting a garden, testing
soil, club meetings and visits
to club members’ plots and
exhibits. The early youth
clubs grew out of an effort
not only to take information
to young people, but to teach
them agriculture and food
preservation to take home to
their parents who might be
hesitant to got to meetings
themselves.
Most of the clubs were
organized at schools. But
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there were some non-school
clubs organized and they
were the most prevelent.
Farm men and women
trained by county extension
agents acted as volunteer
leaders in these clubs. This
volunteer program is one of
the most important things to
come out of the history of 4-
H. These volunteers are very
valuable today in not only 4-
H programs but other areas
of extension work.
The early com and can
Thanks Go To Helpers
Forsyth County 4-H is
lucky to have lots of support
ers, donors, and friends.
During National 4-H Week it
is only appropriate that we
take time to say thanks to:
Sawnee Wildlife Club
who donates rifles and am
munition to the 4-H Rifle
Club.
Forsyth County Home
maker’s Council and North
Georgia Rendering Com
pany who paid the way for 34
girls to attend District Pro
ject Achievement last year.
- VFW Post No. 9143 sup
ported the 33 boys attending
District Project Achieve
ment this year.
This special was written , sold and organized by Forsyth 4—H members in
observance of National 4—H Club Week.
ning clubs around the coun
try became known as 3-H
clubs in 1907 and 1908. The
three leaf clover stood for
“head, heart and hands”. In
1911, there was talk that a
fourth “H” was needed. O.H.
Benson, who was involved in
early club work in lowa,
suggested that the H’s stand
for: head-trained to think,
plan and reason; heart
trained to be true, kind and
sympathetic; hands-trained
to be useful, helpful and skil
Hansard Insurance
gives six SSO savings bonds
each year to the 4-H’ers of
the Year.
Forsyth County Farm
Bureau sponsored our first
Dairy Dessert Contest held
last spring.
Mr. and Mrs. James
McConnell loaned the
County Council their trailer
for the 4th of July Float, and
Phillips Feed Mill loaned the
truck used by the Square
Dancers in the parade.
Herbert Castleberry,
Patsy Holbrook, John Green,
and Barbara Cowart our bus
drivers.
By Loca[ 4 ~ H Clubs
Special Events
Are Scheduled
In observance of National
4-H Week, some special ac
tivities are being planned for
Forsyth County 4-H’ers.
On Tuesday, Oct. 5, Bill
Barnett, newly-elected Dis
trict 10 State House Rep
resentative, will speak to the
Forsyth County High School
4-H Club. Barnett will dis
cuss his past role as county
commissioner and the recent
election.
Also on the sth, the 4-H
Arts and Crafts Club will
meet at 4 p.m. in the commu
nity room of the courthouse.
This club meets monthly to
leam new crafts for their
personal use and for an up
lful; and health-to render
ready service and develop
health and vitality.
In 1921, the National 4-H
Service Committee was
formed in Chicago to set up
scholarship and awards pro
grams and conduct the Na
tional 4-H Congress, which
was first held in 1922. The
National 4-H Foundation was
founded in 1949 and its pur
pose was to establish and
conduct the International
Farm Youth Exchange Pro
Eddie Stowe, Vanessa
Cowie, and Greg Little for
the support from the Forsyth
County News.
Phil Castleberry, Joyce
Jordan, and WHNE Radio
for their support.
Quincey and Shirley
Holton, Buck and Virginia
Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Pee Wee
Miers, and Jack Fitzgerald
for their work with the
Square Dance Club.
Dr. Lanier Orr, Dr.
Henry Muller, Dr. Bill Avra,
and Dr. Larry Gilbert for
their work with the annual
Rabies Clinic.
Ms. Dean Jones, Par
sons, and Ramey’s for their
coming crafts fair. At the
September meeting, the
Club made salt dough
Christmas ornaments which
will be painted at this
months meeting.
On Oct. 7th and Bth, 4-
H’ers will be in Gainesville
participating in the Home
Federal Homesteader’s
Curb Market. 4-H’ers an
nually sell sweet potatoes at
this event.
“4-H a World of Opportu
nity” will be the theme of the
4-H exhibits on display at the
Tri-County Plaza, Oct. 9th
from 9 a.m. til noon. In addi
tion to the exhibits, 4-H’ers
will also have a cake sale
gram, as well as conduct
leadership and citizenship
education. In more recent
years the National 4-H Foun
dation and the National 4-H
Service Committee have
merged and become known
as the National 4-H Council,
in order to strengthen their
support of the 4-H program.
Since those early days,
some of the most dramatic
changes and additions to the
4-H program have come
about in the 60’s and 70’s
support of Cotton 801 l last
spring.
Superintendent Amsler,
School Board Members,
School Principals and Tea
chers, and County Commis
sioners for their support of 4-
H.
City Officials for the use
of City Hall for council meet
ings.
Perhaps the biggest
group of 4-H supporters is
the PARENTS. From mak
ing backdrops and floats,
teaching classes, typing, and
transportation the parents
do it all.
To all the friends of 4-H,
we say THANKS!!!
and crafts sale from the arts
and crafts club. Proceeds
from the sales will be used
for Citizenship Activities.
Sawnee Mountain Square’s
the local 4-H square dance
club, also will perform
At Rock Eagle 4-H Camp,
local volunteer leaders will
be participating in Southern
Region Leader Forum. 4-H
leaders from the Southern
States will spend the week in
workshops on communica
tion, leadership, and child
development to enhance
their skills in working with
local 4-H’ers.
Come join us and be a part
of 4-H this week.
when 4-H television series
were introduced by Michi
gan and picked up by various
other states. Some of these
porgrams are: a series on
photography, nutrition se
ries called Mulligan Stew.
Locally, for the past 25
years, the 4-H Showcase has
been sponsored by WAGA
TVS in Atlanta. This pro
gram enables boys and girls
to give demonstrations and
share their projects with a
vast TV audience throughout
Georgia.
The 4-H pledge was writ
ten by Otis Hall in 1927. It
was introduced at the 1927
National 4-H Camp. The
pledge was updated in 1973 to
include “my world” as a
result of the recommenda
tion of National 4-H Confer
ence delegates. The pledge
is:
“I pledge my head to
clearer thinking, my heart to
greater loyalty, my hands to
larger service, and my
health to better living for my
club, my community, my
country and my world.”
The future of the 4-H pro
gram and its continued im
portance to the development
of youth for a better commu
nity, country and world
hinges on the relevance of
the program to youth and
their communities.