Understanding 4-H Clubs and Their Purpose
Gallia County 4-H Agent Russell R Priddy outlines what 4-H clubs are, who can join, and how they function. The article explains the four Hs Head Heart Hands Health and the role of leaders, junior leaders, and the national extension system. It also details the 4-H emblem pledge and how to get involved through local extension offices.
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Russell R. Priddy
Gallia County
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Federal Extension Service
National
4-H Week Proclaimed National Club Week
This week is National 4-H Club Week with the theme Learn Live and Serve through 4-H. 4-H teaches boys and girls better farming and home skills and builds character leadership and citizenship to serve the nation.
Four-H Busy Bee club founder recalls early work on food preservation
Mrs Irvin V Risch recalls organizing The Busy Bee Food Club in 1921 with girls learning canning using cold pack methods. She notes fair exhibitions, praise from a reporter, and pride in alumnae now mothers and grandmothers. She credits Hocking County commissioners for support. St John Island note adds historical Virgin Islands context.
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John A. Risch
Helen
Dick Mowery
M. W. Bailey
Hocking County
Busy Bee Food Club
Hocking
Josephine Beougher Bond
Quinette Shaw Risch
Minnie Bloom Nutter
Audrey Lake Walker
Josephine Beougher King
Esther Engle Campbell
Mabel Bloom Reinstettle
Irene Murphy Pavey
Edith Bloom Rotley
Mabel Walker
Blanche Walker Nihiser
Risch
Marcella
Sisters Mark Third Year In 4 H Work
Karen Clara and Joelyn Elliott complete three years with Hilltop 4 H Club of New Marshfield area. Club projects include Lets Sew, Articles to Use and Wear, and Lets Explore the Outdoors focusing on conservation and wildlife. They plant reforestation trees to aid soil and woodland conservation in Southeastern Ohio.
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Karen
Clara
Joelyn Elliott
Hilltop
New Marshfield
Elliott Sisters
Ohio
Cow as Mystic Wealth Drives East African Tribal Life
The piece notes that many East African tribes view cattle as a sacred possession central to identity and daily existence, with cow ownership shaping social status and meaning in their culture.
Langsville 4-H Poultry Winner Recalls Kansas City Trip
Langsville Go-Getters 4 Hy Club member recalls earning top 4-H honor for poultry work. He joined 80 4 H and FFA youths from 24 states at the Institute of American Poultry Industries Fact Finding Conference in Kansas City February 7 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville Go-Getters
Kansas City
Institute of American Poultry Industries
Ohio
Cecil
Donald
Carl Gorby
Clair Nelson
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Margaret) V. Risch
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