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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1982
Page
1
Janet McNabb discusses five decades as Excella 4-H Club leader noting 4-H's appeal lies in working with youth. She recalls joining in 1929, watching changes with sports, transport, and media, and embracing urban rural cooperation while adapting to modern distractions.
In a quiet farmhouse Miss McNabb recalls being swept into 4-H officer roles 53 years ago after a talk and a nomination. She notes the program’s core is steady though it expanded from farm youth to city kids and now serves ages 8 to 19 with similar requirements, reflecting gradual changes over decades.
The Commodity Credit Corp reports fiscal year 1982 purchases totaling 1.8 billion pounds of dairy products. Butter 379.4 million pounds, cheese 610.4 million, and nonfat dry milk 949.5 million. Milk equivalent reaches 13.6 billion pounds, a 9.2 percent rise and all time high. Cheese purchases set a record, while butter and nonfat dry milk hit 15 to 20 year highs.
Pierce County neighbors raise a cash fund at Bank of Spring Valley-Plum City and organize a weekend benefit for James and Joyce Herbison, who lost about 140 cattle to suspected poisoned silage. Four local families solicit replacement cattle and coordinate free transport, a Sunday benefit dance, and in-kind support as the community backs the farmers.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service in the Twin Cities predict partly cloudy skies and no precipitation Thursday through Saturday. Highs reach mid-60s on Thursday, cooling to around 60 by Saturday. Lows remain in the upper 40s to mid-40s across the period.
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