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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1959
Page
16
Carol Phillips describes her first year in Hocking County 4-H as an associate member in 1958. She explains not being 10 years old limited participation but details sewing projects, all day sews, a Style Revue at Rockbridge, and hopes to attend 4-H camp next year.
Athens County Junior Fair Queen from Merry Stitchers 4-H Club joined Scott Burdette as escort at the Athens County Fair and led the Junior Fair Parade. She joined the Ohio State Fair court after selection among 87 counties based on personality appearance carriage and 4-H work.
Pam Davies and Darlene White of Athens Merry Stitchers 4 H Club earned invitation to model at the Ohio State Fair by winning the Athens County Style Review. Davies entered a tailored wool chemise and White wore a pastel blue empire princess dress in the dress up class.
Robert Harless describes choosing electricity as his 4-H club project after consulting parents and leaders. He notes exhibition at the Ohio State Fair for his lamp and explains learning to tie the underwriters knot wire a lamp finish the wood base and build a 25 foot extension cord trouble lamp and a toy electric motor.
Syracuse social notes report Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sellers and sons Larry and David plus Mrs. Carrie Sellers of Columbus visiting the Sellers home and the A. L. Flanagan family. Also recent guests Miss Reva Kegley and Charles and O. H. Main of Portsmouth with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Leadingham. The piece cites more than 30,000 teenage members of rocket clubs in the United States.
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