Public Speaking Champ Recalls State 4-H Round Up Glory
Mason County 4-H member recounts entering the county speech contest with a blue ribbon, advancing to the Roane County region, and winning the regional blue ribbon. She then competed against five other girls at Jackson’s Mill for the State 4-H Public Speaking Championship, earning the top score to represent the region.
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Mason
Roane County
Jackson’s Mill
W. Va
West Virginia
College Students Review 4 H Club Experiences
Two upperclass students review their Meigs County 4 H Club work from basic homemaking projects to leadership in clothing and dairy cattle. One pursued home economics and teaching, the other gained skills for self sufficiency, with state round up public speaking culminating in first place.
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West Virginia
Meigs County
Marion Farmers 4-H Tackles Personality Development
Thirteen of seventeen members in the Marion Farmers 4-H club are doing a winter project titled Personality Discussion. The group, including three girls and ten boys, explores social customs manners personal appearance and other facets of a pleasing personality. Each member records plans to improve appearance health behavior and eating habits as the session concludes.
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Sarolin Palmer
Marion Farmers 4-H Club
North Carolina Farmers Shift Cotton to Pimento Peppers
Farmers in North Carolina are diverting portions of their widespread cotton acreage to grow more profitable pimento peppers, signaling a shift in crop focus for higher returns.
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North Carolina
Language studies at Michigan expand as student numbers grow
The University of Michigan doubles its Russian language enrollment from last year to begin study this term. Researchers note orange juice provides vitamin C and Purdue experts say frozen juice and fresh juice offer similar vitamin C content.
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University of Michigan
Purdue University
Mother praises 4 H clubs value for children
Mrs Everett of Hocking County urges parents to support 4 H club advisers and the extension office. She says 4 H activities build leadership, character and speech skills, requiring parental sacrifice to ensure meetings and project completion.
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Everett
Hocking County
4-H Work Rewarding For Hocking County Youth
Clayton Stahr describes a five year 4-H dairy journey in Hocking County. He highlights dairy calf, dairy heifer, and dairy production projects, blue ribbons for the final project, showmanship placing third, and a trophy for the best Holstein female at the 1957 county fair. He notes the value of time with animals and the profit records from dairy production.
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Roger Rose
Meigs County
Roger
Better Livestock Club
Hocking County
Hawaii Mount Waialeale Receives Record Rainfall
Mount Waialeale in Hawaii averages 489 inches of rainfall annually. Nearby areas receive about 20 inches, showing dramatic regional contrast in precipitation.
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Hawaii
Mount Waialeale
Venezuelan iron ore output climbs past eleven million tons
The report notes Venezuela exceeded eleven million tons of iron ore production in 1956, nearly quintuple the 1950 total. It mentions historical facts about William Henry Harrison’s short presidency in 1841 and summarizes Alaskan brown bears’ keen senses.
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Venezuela
William Henry Harrison
United States
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