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4-H Boys toVisit Camp forConservation;iWednesday morning at nine o’clock a large trailer truck provided by Guy E. Basye of Bruner-Ivory Han- lt;die Company will transport more , than fifty 4-H Club boys from Hope j city hall to the annual Conservation j Camp to be conducted on the Gun-n ter farm about S miles southwest j of Columbus. County Judge tt. G. c Garrett, Cecil Bittle of the Experiment Station, and Odell Luik of r Gunter Farm will haul provisions to the Camp some 25 miles from Hope.Conservation and use of timber, Soil and water, fish, wild game, |[ self,, and the organization for sa-j« fety in Camp and recreation will a feature the two camps under the] direction of County Agent Oliver I L. Adams with the assistance of c older 4-H Club youth and Odell.s Luck of Gunter Farm.The Camp staff members are specialists in their field well trained S in working with 4-H Club youth and h other groups. Buster Denton of eionwpiH Delight and Curtis Pauiey of Ashdown,. foresters of the Arkansas Forestry Commission, will direct J the timber activities. Arkansas P Game and Fish Commission repre-( sontatives Gene Rush of Harrison,- Lester Wade and Dale Bonds of v Blevins, have charge of fish and b wild game activities which include! demonstrations in casting and fiyiH fishing, bank fishing, and catfish ;b fishing in well stocked private ;s]* ponds stocked, in 1948. D: 9 Rev. Edmond Pendleton,. Minister of the First Christ iaq Church of Hope, will direct human resources Or self conservation activities in- „ eluding recreation features. Troop-! Or Everett Eason of the Safety Di- rlt;j vision Arkansas State Police will] direct safety demonstrations and show new movies featuring safety, Extension specialists Woody Miley and Dean Wallace of Little Rock have charge of soil and water and% timber value determination activities.The Retail Merchants Committee Of the Hope Chamber of Commerce under the direction of Emil Kaden will present special achievement awards in the various camp activities as determined by camp staff members. The staff will select fit from the senior boys two representatives to the State forestry Camp de at Petit Jean State rPark July 11 pa r ..fo 18, and a delegate to the State an 4-H Club Week at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville July ag .25 to 29, | anThe 4-H Club group will camp re about a mile off the road in a roll- thi i, ing field mostly established In an we 1 excellent pine timbered area, The pr* boys 'will do their own meal serv-i 1 ‘ ing and will spread bed rolls under all ; the pines. Adequate buildings are ho•; available if needed-' The 'boys will To i-p.Uirn lo Hope around five o’clock frcevening.; wiI1
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Hope Star
Hope, Arkansas, US
Mon, May 30, 1955
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