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VOL. 98— NO. 41
National 4-H Week, October 5-11
Opportunities For All
A View of the Foods
& Nutrition Project
BY ANTOINETTE BROWNLEE
Eating is an. important func
tion in everyone’s life; cooking,
in most cases, precedes this act.
The 4-H project, Foods and Nu
trition, gives a 4-H’er an insight
into foods and their nutritional
value. One may think—everyone
should participate in this project’s
work for it will teach you to cook.
The Foods and Nutrition project
will not necessarily teach one to
cook, but if you participate in its
many levels of project work you
will gain much experience in pre
paring dishes.
Foods and Nutrition project
leads one into many areas of
food preparation. Asa young
4-H’er, a Cloverleaf, one can be
introduced to making a corn meal
muffin. This beginner in cook
ing learns to measure accurately,
organize her procedures and
judge her product for a perfect
result. Snacks are important to
young people; a young 4-H’er
can also try her talent at pre
paring a between-meal snack. A
snack of nutritional value, attrac
tiveness and good taste is pre
pared and ever eagerly served.
This project teaches a 4-H’er
to gain helpful skills and then
leads one on to more difficult
preparations. The art of biscuit
making presents itself as a task
for a Junior 4-H’er. This project
requires much more accuracy and
a developed skill of your own.
After preparing this product, you
also judge it to decide what
makes a good biscuit. Contests in
many levels and home practice
sessions cause one to gain much
confidence and experience in
this project.
Progress in the project carries
a 4-H’er to Senior project ac
tivities. Asa Food and Nutrition
participant in the Senior division,
a 4-H’er could investigate the
area of Teen Fare or Yeast
Breads. What do these areas in
volve? Yeast breads carry one
into the world of breads made
with yeast, as its name implies.
A demonstration includes the
how’s and why’s of the work of
yeasts. The variety of styles of
bread can be shown in this, too.
Teen Fare, my present area of
Foods and Nutrition work, causes
a 4-H’er to prepare teenage foods
and study their nutritional value.
A participant can prepare a main
dish using poultry, corn meal or
a snack and beverage and many
other areas. A study for foods for
teenagers is involved for a part
of this activity is preparing a
week’s menu for a teenager. The
HAPPINESS IS A 1969 STATE WINNER! Pictured here at
the 1969 State 4-H Congress (L to R): Mrs. Yvonne Scott John
son, former Butts County Extension Home Economist; Ellen
Pinckney, 1969 State Frozen Foods winner; Mr. Julius Benton
representing the Savannah Sugar Refining Corporation, state
sponsor of the 4-H Food Preservation Project; Miss Nelle
Thrash, Extension Food Preservation Specialist.
4-H’er then thinks toward the
likes and favorites of teenagers
and how to fit nutritional value
into this.
To give a detailed look at the
Teen Fare activity of the Foods
and Nutrition project, some ideas
I used in preparing for my dem
onstration this past year will be
presented. To begin your work,
an area of preparation needs to
be selected. Preparing a main dish
for a meal presents many possi
bilities. Preparing a dish such as
Pork Chops Supreme using pork
chops, onions, potatoes, carrots
and mushroom soup is a tasty
way to begin. A table setting for
this dish was a decision facing
me. Casual china and silver with
an orange place mat, green glass,
and green, orange and rust-col
ored flowers in an arrangement
would be appropriate for this
dish. To present the week’s menu
for a teenager, I prepared a
booklet of menus and featured
one menu using the dish I pre
pared, Pork Chops Supreme. To
add a little variety and individ
uality, I have crudely published
a booklet called, “Antoinette’s
Answers.” It contains dishes to
serve a teenager, with publica
tion number two of this booklet
containing primarily main dishes.
These are just a few ideas that
can be used in an effective Teen
Fare display.
Practice makes perfect is a fa
miliar saying and a useful saying
in the Foods and Nutrition pro
ject. Gaining experience by using
skills you have developed gives
you confidence in a Foods and
Nutrition demonstration. Prepar
ing foods in a neat procedure and
realizing their nutritional value
characterize this project of Foods
and Nutrition, one of the many
projects that spread 4-H into far
reaching fields.
LAND JUDGING
On April 19 two Senior and
three Junior 4-H boys from But{s
County traveled to the Georgia
Experiment Station for District
4-H Land Judging competition.
One of these, Newton Maddox,
captured second place among the
147 Junior boys entered in the
contest.
Other county 4-H’ers partici
pating in the land judging ac
tivities included; Marion Reeves,
Ronnie Reeves, Doug Cawthon,
and Kenny Smith.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969
Summary Of
4-H Activities
For 1969
BY CARL BRACK
County Agent
The Butts County 4-H Club has
been very active in 1969. The
year began with an enrollment
of 983 boys and girls.
The activities participated in
by 4-H’ers included District
Project Achievement, Poultry
Judging, Dairy Judging, Live
stock Judging, Land Judging,
Horse School, District and State
Horse Show, Citizenship Short
course, 4-H Camp, Leadership
Camp, State Council, and Wild
life Camp.
4-H Camp was the big event of
the year in participation. Eighty
one 4-H’ers and leaders attended
Camp Chatham at Savannah.
District Project Achievement
had the second largest number
of participants of all the events
this year. There were fifty-two
boys and girls who went to Rock
Eagle and gave demonstrations.
Six first places were brought back
home by this group including
three seniors.
Butts County was no stranger
at State Congress this year. The
county was represented by Janice
Cook, Perry Ridgeway, and El
len Pinckney. Ellen was declared
a State winner and will go to Na
tional Congress.
Perry Ridgeway attended the
National Citizenship Short Course
in Washington, D. C. He was se
lected for this honor on past
achievement in 4-H.
The Northwest District Horse
Show was held near Griffin.
Three 4-H’ers from Butts County
participated. They were Joe Nor
ton, Susan Norton, and Joye Ad
ams.
To participate in the State
Horse Show a person had to have
won first, second, or third in the
District show. Susan Norton was
first in District Pole Bending and
Barrels. In the State Contest,
Susan placed second in barrels
and third in pole bending.
The Horse School held at the
Coliseum had three participants
from Butts County. They were
Jenny Saunders, Susan Norton,
and Perry Ridgeway.
County 4-H’ers entered four
judging events in 1969. These
events were dairy, land, livestock,
and poultry judging.
Twelve 4-H’ers entered poultry
judging. The Junior team won
1969 Georgia State 4-H Congress
BY JANICE COOK
Butts County was well-repre
sented at the 1969 Georgia State
4-H Congress by having a record
number of three 4-H’ers partici
pating. These participants were
Ellen Pinckney, Janice Cook, and
Perry Ridgeway.
In order to be able to go to
Georgia State Congress, a 4-H’er
has to win first prize in local,
county, and district competitions.
The 4-H’er is judged 50% on the
record book, a complete record
of all 4-H projects since joining
4-H, and 50% on the demonstra
tion.
Ellen Pinckney, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Pinckney,
demonstrated the methods of
freezing fish with the title "Put
Something Fishy in Your Freez
er.” Because she did such an out
standing job, Ellen was named
State Frozen Foods Champion
and will now represent Georgia
at the National 4-H Congress in
Chicago, Illinois. Ellen is also the
A 4-H Leader
BY VELMA MADDOX
Most of the time, those of us
who try to help 4-H members
seem to be able to give only
moral support. Our beliefs in the
4-H program and our willingness
to serve as a public relations per
sons are our basic services, I be
lieve. Just being around in case
we are needed helps the members,
but not nearly as much as the
pleasure it give us.
Of course, there are more defi
nite ways to be of service to the
4-H members. Attending some of
the meetings, helping secure
funds for 4-H work, helping with
individual project development,
and teaching particular skills are
some of the ways a leader may
help. Full cooperation with Ex
tension Agents in planning and
carrying out the 4-H program is
first in importance.
I am very proud to have the
opportunity to help in any way
that I can. Helping these unusual
ly fine boys and girls in very
rewarding to me. Just sharing in
their work, projects and achieve
ments gives me much pleasure.
Leaders are vital to our county
4-H program. They are needed
who are willing to devote a little
time in teaching and helping in
any way they can. I won’t try to
sell you on the 4-H program, the
members thomselves do that in
many ways. I have had the pri
vilege of observing some of the
finest boys and girls of our
county do an exceptionally good
job in the things they undertake
to do. I hope to be able to con
tinue to help and the other lead
ers in the county feel the same.
We are benefited by serving and
are glad to have the opportunity.
first place in the Northwest Dis
trict.
There were five Butts partici
pants in land judging. Newton
Maddox placed second out of
twelve participants in the North
west District.
Dairy Judging produced an
other second place team from
Butts County with Paul Rice the
high scorer from Butts County
and fourth high scorer of the dis
trict.
There were six 4-H’ers who en
tered livestock judging con
test. The Junior team placed 7th
out of twenty-eight teams.
Overall Butts County 4-H’ers
had a very successful year in
1969. Let’s hope 1970 proves to
be even more successful.
President of the Northwest 4-H
District of Georgia.
Janice Cook, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold E. Cook, gave
a demonstration on Money Man
agement with the title “You and
Your Checkbook.” She explained
the different kinds of checks and
the usefulness of them.
Perry Ridgeway, son of Mr.
and Mrs. David Ridgeway Sr.,
presented a demonstration on
Agronomy—Crop and Weed
Study with the title “Dodder Con
trol.” In his demonstration he ex
plained the control and preven
tion of dodder. Perry is also the
president of the Butts County
4-H Council.
Some of the highlights of the
Georgia State Congress were
started by a get-acquainted ban
quet and dance which was held
the first night. The C&S Bank of
Atlanta was the sponsor of this
event.
Wednesday was started off
great with a breakfast for the
Congress delegates given in the
honor of the canning and freez
JACKSON, GEORGIA 30233
4-H'ers, Agents Tell Local
Plans lor National Week
Proclamation
BY THE COUNTY COMMIS
SIONERS:
WHEREAS: Georgia’s 154,810
4-H members are observing Na
tonal 4-H Week, October 5-11,
1969; and
WHEREAS: The purpose of
4-H work is to give equal training
to the Head, Heart, Hands and
Health of Georgia Young people
and to help prepare them to be
better leaders and citizens who
will fit into the society where
their life’s work may take them;
and
WHEREAS: 4-H work is a part
of the educational program of
the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture, Cooperative Ex
tension Service, and is supervised
on the local level by County Ex
tension Agents along with the
help of 10,166 local volunteer
4-H leaders who are outstanding
men and women in the local com
munity; and
WHEREAS: Georgia 4-H mem
bers working with over 455,462
educational learn-by-doing pro
jects, apply the latest research
and scientific information to their
work, keeping records, arrang
ing exhibits and giving demon
strations to pass this information
to others; and
WHEREAS: The leadership
and citizenship training which
4-H members receive in this pro
gram is a valuable asset to our
Democratic way of life; now
THEREFORE: We, County
Commisioners of Butts County,
de hereby proclaim the week of
October 5-11, 1969, as “NATION
AL 4-H WEEK” in Butts County
and urge all of our people to sup
port and encourage the work of
this organization which has as its
motto, “To Make The Best Bet
ter.”
ALFRED D. FEARS
Chairman, Butts County
Commissioners
I). W. BAILEY
Member, Butts County
Commissioners
HAMMOND BARNES
Member, Butts County
Commissioners
ing champions sponsored by the
Savannah Sugar Refinery Cos.
Then, Wednesday evening, the At
lanta Journal-Constitution spon
sored a Leadership Banquet at
the Grand Ballroom of the Mar
riott Motor Inn. Leadership and
Scholarship winners were honored
at this banquet.
The banquet on Thursday eve
ning, which included the parade
and presentation of the 1969
State Winners and the State
Dress Revue, was sponsored by
the Agri-Business Club of the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Hampton L. Daughtry of Atlanta
and Jackson, President of the
Agri-Business Club, presented
Miss Sani Ison with an award for
outstanding achievement. Then
the 1969 State 4-H Congress
came slowly to a close with a
dance held after the banquet.
Even though the 1969 4-H
State Congress is literally over,
the memories of the most won
derful week ever spent will al
ways be in the hearts of every
4-H’er who participated.
Butts County’s more than 983
Four-H Club members are hav
ing a celebration this week. And
they aren’t the only ones, accord
ing to Mr. Carl Brack and Miss
Peggy Holland, County Extension
agents. The local 4-H’ers are join
ing more than 154,000 Georgia
4-H’ers and approximately 3 mil
lion others throughout the nation
in the observance of National
4-H Club Week, October 5-11.
What is the celebration all
about here in Butts County? Miss
Holland said the county’s 4-H’ers
will be participating in activities
all week to tell others the oppor
tunities available through the
head, hands, heart and health
club.
The county and national ob
servance has as its theme “4-H:
Opportunity for All.”
Opportunities in 4-H and the
opportunity to join 4-H are great
er now than ever before,” Mr.
Brack said. Young people be
tween the ages of 9 and 19 quali
fy for membership whether they
live on farms, in towns, cities or
suburbs.
To call attention to 4-H achi
evements during the past year
and point out some of the oppor
tunities 4-H offers Butts Coun
ty youth, the Butts County Com
missioners have proclaimed Octo
ber 6-11 as National 4-H Week
in Butts County. Butts County
4-H’ers will participate in 4-H
Sunday services at the First Bap
tist Church in Jackson.
Other special activities during
the week include: radio coverage,
posters in local stores, programs
at local civic clubs, and Butts
County fair activities.
One Butts County 4-H member
is observing the National Week
on more than just a local level.
Ellen Pinckney is President of
the Northwest District 4-H Coun
cil and is helping with plans and
programs districtwide.
In the modern 4-H program,
Mr. Brack said the major part of
the 4-H story is project work.
Members choose from nearly 100
projects dealing with everyday
learning experiences that fit them
and the places where they live.
Butts County boys and girls
were enrolled in over 1,000 edu
cational learn-by-doing farm,
home and community project last
year, Mr. Brack pointed out.
The Cooperative Extension Ser
vice of the University of Geor-
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Butts County Commissioners Alfred D. Fears, Dave W.
Bailey, and Hammond Barnes sign a proclamation proclaiming
October 5-11, as “National 4-H Week” in Butts County, and
then cut the “4-H Cake” as county 4-H’ers Perry Ridgeway,
Ricky Fletcher, Ellen Pinckney, Charlene Brownlee, Maralyn
Ridgeway, Dennis Cook, Robert Riddle, Janice Cook, Saralyn
Ridgeway, Cissie Haisten, Antoinette Brownlee, and county
agent Carl Brack and county Extension home economist
Peggy Holland look on.
$5.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
gia provides each 4-H Club mem
ber with the latest research in
formation and up-to-date meth
ods about the projects they select.
Using this information, the 4-
H’er develops his or her projects,
keeps records and prepares edu
cational demonstrations and ex
hibits to tell others what he or
she has learned in the project
work.
A total of 58 county project
champions were named this year.
These boys and girls attended the
district project achievement meet
ing at Rock Eagle in June to try
for area honors. Local 4-H’ers
winning nt district include: Tim
Todd, Horticulture; Kenny Smith,
Dog Care and Training; Rita
Smith, Canning; Janice Cook,
Money Is A Tool; Perry Ridge
wuy, Crop and Weed Study; El
len Pinckney, Frozen Foods.
Of these, Janice Cook, Perry
Ridgeway, Ellen Pinckney, were
senior members and went on to
compete for state honors at 4-H
Club Congress in Atlanta. Ellen
Pinckney was named a state win
ner and will represent Georgia,
along with other state champions,
at the National 4-H Congress in
Chicago.
However, projects aren’t the
whole story in 4-H, Mr. Brack
said. In 4-H, Butts County boys
and girls have fun, attend lead
ership, and citizenship programs,
go to camp, earn awards, attend
rullies, participate in area and
state fairs, work with younger
club members and learn new and
interesting ways to enjoy life
while living it, he pointed out.
Mr. Brack said National 4-H
Club Week is an excellent time
for boys and girls to join 4-H
and start sharing the world of
opportunites waiting for them.
His office is located in the base
ment of the Post Office Build
ing and his telephone number is
775-7031.
Livestock Judging
The University of Georgia Coli
seum attracted six Butts County
4-H’ers on May 17 for the Dis
trict 4-H Livestock Judging con
test. The Butts County team,
composed of Doug Cawthon, Joe
Norton, Kenny Smith, Auze Do
ver, and Bobby Browning, placed
seventh in a field of 27 teams
entered in the Northwest District
competition.