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THE RECREATION PROJECT is a favorite one among (Jayton
County boys and girls. In this picture, Warren Vaughn, Bobby
McLendon and Jimmy Elliot of the J. E. Edmunds 7th grade club
are shown in their favorite talent act—a pantomime of ‘‘lt's in
the Book.” This was one of the winning numbers in the county
wide 4-H talent show last year. The boys will entertain the
East Clayton Lions Club at their anniversary dinner on March 9,
and will be featured on the Stagecoach Civic Club Civicana on
March 18.
Parents Play Important
Role In 4-11 Club Work
By MRS. J. B. JOHNSON, Local 4-H Leader
Just about everyone who wants to help with 4-H Club
work can find a place and a job already cut out for him or
her. Each year, many men, women, and older young people
contribute valuable time, effort and money to help youth
to help themselves and to fur
ther the influence of 4-H Club
work. Some serve as volunteer
local 4-11 leaders, some belong
so 4-H Council or other advisory
groups which have a large share
in shaping and guiding 4-H pro
gram at state, county and com
^nunity levels.
Each group has its own set of
duties and all join in helping
4-H members learn to make the
most of their talents and abili
ties in improving farm i n g,
homemaking and family living,
to render better service in their
communities. Their goals are to
promote character and leader
ship development and to build
toward good citizenship.
Tills is all good and very
necessary to 4-H and we could
not get along without it, but
there is an important place for
parents in the program also
Four-H Club work is a home
centered program. The home is
the place where leadership can
get its start and where the
ground work is laid for success
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, ful living.
There were men like Dr. Sea
man A Knapp of the Depart
ment of Agriculture who once
, said, ‘‘The great force that
readjusts the world originates in
the home. Home conditions will
ultimately mold the man's life.
A country home, be it ever so
plain with a father and mother
' or gentle culture, is nature's
university and is more richly en
dowed for the training of youth
than Yale or Harvard.”
There are several ways for
• parents to help their children
gel a good 4-H foundation. First,
I when your boy or girl joins a
4-H Club and fills out their en
rollment card, help them select
I projects that they are interested
in and that will fit into the
family way of life. This will
make for happier and better
■ understanding if you do things
i together. This will bring about
a closer family relationship.
Parents must cooperate with
their boy or girl in club work.
Mothers must let the girl pre
s pare meals or separate dishes
without standing over her
telling her how. If she makes a
; mess she must clean it up. This
is how she learns. Dads some
; times think their way of doing
things around the farm is best,
; but he should let his boy try his
i way of doing things, too, as they
■ may show him a better and
easier way of doing the same old
I tiresome job. Be willing to ac
, cept new methods. Learning how
: to do the project is more impor
tant that the project itself.
Attend 4-H meetings to learn
more about the 4-H program.
I You may have a certain skill in
| which you excel and you could
] share this knowledge by showing
the group how to do it.
Be willing to furnish trans
portation to 4-H events when
. the need arises. Encourage your
I children to participate in all 4-H
I activities.
A very important way parents
| can help is in financing the
project ‘until the club member
i starts receiving a profit from
his project. For instance, maybe
your child is interested in the
poultry project. It takes money
to buy and feed out chickens
until broilers are ready for mar
ket or layers are producing eggs.
Have an understanding and
help him keep records and when
he has paid all expenses back to
you, then he feels the chickens
are his. This gives him a sense
of pride to know he has some
thing of his own and away to
make his own spending money.
Encourage him to save each
week and start a college fund.
Some of our 4-H girls and boys
are going to college on money
they made from 4-H projects.
When your child competes
with other 4-H club members for
prizes, ribbons, etc., teach him
to: "Keep your head when you
win, and your heart when you
lose.” “A blue ribbon 4-H boy
with a red ribbon pig is more
desirable than a red ribbon boy
with a blue ribbon pig.”
As you become more familiar
I with 4-H you could serve as a
■ local leader. It is a privilege and
| opportunity to serve as a vol
unteer local 4-H leader. The
: value of this work is really re
| warding as you watch former
members assume their roles in
our society as capable, respon
sible, and well adjusted citizens.
What parent or adult doesn’t
feel proud to have had some
small part in helping a young
ster develop into a responsible
citizen and leader in the com
munity. This is a part of our
democratic way of life and a re
: sponsibility that each adult
! must assume as his contribution
i to the next generation. It is not
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4-H Officers Set
Goals for Year's Work
Georgia 4-H Clubs conduct each year’s activities with
a definite set of goals in mind —goals selected by represen-
tatives of the members.
This year’s goals were selected,
as they are each year, by the
executive council in a meeting
soon after they were elected.
Back in August this commit
; tee, composed of all state officers
Four-H Clubs Provide
Opportunity For Growth
By WINIFRED MacALLASTER
I have been a 4-H member for
five years and it has helped me
in so many ways that they are
hard to number. When I began
4-H Club work I used to shudder
at the mere thought of getting
before a group and talking or
giving a speech. Now I enjoy
sharing what knowledge I have
with others.
My main interest is home im
provement. I have found it very
interesting as well as very use
ful. For instance, I never knew
anything about the correct
method of making curtains until
I undertook making them for
my own room. I found that I had
many things in my room that
could be changed for the better,
making only slight changes but
giving a great improvement over
the old. I learned to use space
wisely and practiced cleaning
habits which enabled me to live
in more pleasant surroundings
not only in my room but all
through our home.
I have been the leader of a
Junior club for three years and
this has enabled me to show
younger members what I know
by demonstrations and various
other activities. Our club, the
Lucky Clover, meets twice
monthly. We share our ideas,
experiences, mistakes and good
an easy job but we must give
special emphasis to the task of
developing the leadership tal
ents of our young people.
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and district presidents, met for
: two days at Rock Eagle 4-H Club
: Center near Eatonton to begin
planning for their leadership
during the coming year.
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In March it will be my privi
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in the Fruit Pie Bake-Off to be
’ i held at Rock Eagle. If I prove
1 to be lucky I may win and have
| a chance to go further. Even if
1 ,1 don’t win I will know that I
1 i gave my full effort and will
realize my error so I may erase
it and try again. Certainly every
’ 4-H’er knows that it is not the
' winning that counts but how
' much you've grown in knowledge
; as a result of earnest and sin
-1 cere effort.
, It is my firm belief that there
i just isn’t a better organization
; for the development and growth
of today’s youth than the 4-H
Club.
A salute
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* young farmers
Today’s agricultural spotlight is on Geor
gia's youth. Individually and under guid
ance of such outstanding organizations
as the 4-H Clubs of .America, these young
people today are building a better Geor
gia through their knowledge and use of
modern-day farming methods.
The Georgia Power Company is proud
of these young people—proud, too. that
it can give a helping hand through spon
sorship of such activities as annual 4-H
Hybrid Corn.
GEORGIA
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COMPANY
Pulaski County presiding for
the first time after her election
as president of the State 4-H
Club Council, the executive com
mittee adopted the goals to
guide the work of their admin
istration.
“These goals are important
because they set the pattern for
the State 4-H Club program,”
according to Miss Marian Fisher,
a State 4-H Club leader.
Goals for 1961 are:
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"In Atlanta Over 75 Years"
1. Live by our 4-H Club pledge,
thereby developing our heads,
hearts, hands and health.
2. Strengthen County 4-H
Club program by: (a) Encour
aging senior participation and
leadership in local achievement
programs, (b) Securing and
assisting adult leaders, (c) Pub
licizing 4-H achievement and
work.
3. Promote further interest in
Share and Care program by
In these and in similar activities, Geor
gia Power Company’s rural engineers
stand ready to encourage, advise, and aid.
These men can serve you, too. Their free
services are available to all who need help
in selecting and installing electrical
equipment on the farm or in planning
farm wiring ami lighting. If you need
the services of one of these rural engi
neers, simply call at your nearest Georgia
Power Company store.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1961
publicizing through county
councils the need to participate
on local level.
4. To promote a better under
standing of the “People to
People” program and to con
tinue urging complete state
wide participation.
5. To show a need for further
education'
6. Continue to live the 4-H
way, “To Make the Best Better.”