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Club Founded on Snowy Night%One cold, snowy night in cember 1950, a group of ents and youth gathered at Purdin school house to organize a 4-H club. With the aid of Marvin Gamer, then county agent, one of the most active 4-H clubs of Linn County was formed. The name Purdin Pages was chosen. r‘The names of the charter members are listed as follows:. V * . W ff • vMartha Barrows, Betty Connelly, Bud Duncan, Helen Hoover, John Hoover, Dorothy Lee, Mary Beth Lee, David Long, Anella Murrain, Phyllis Murrain, Virginia Murrain.Sara Patterson, Clifford Seckington, Ronna Street, JeanWaltz, Joe Yagel, and Zelda Yagel.Mrs. Marjorie Murrain was the first community leader, and Mrs. Louise Hoover was assistant leader.From its beginning in 1950, the club, attracted new members from the community, and membership itose to as triany as 40.Through the years, the Purdin Pages have had winners on county, state, and national levels. There have been many trophies for championship livestock and hundreds of ribbons won for exhibitions from projects as well as by persons in grooming, style review, cherry pie baking contests, and judging teams. Many have gone on, to be top in state competition. ' nEssay writers have won gUts from county chains. Members also have won the Danforth awards, Key Awards, trip to the American Royal, and a coveted trip to the National 4^- H Con-' rress in Washington, D. C., to 1971 the club became active after several years of dormancy. There were 32 active members then. Doris Almond was the community leader and Pat Smith our assistant leader.Our first projects were: foods, clothing, knitting, gardening, home grounds, swine, crops, forestry, woodworking, poultry, rabbits, and outdoorsman.During the past five years several awards were won by club members. Sandra Almond won a chain gilt; John David Monroe was a ruqner- up for prince. The club has earned a Gold Seal each year.Each year members have taken part in the UNICEF drive, heart fund; and this year, members helped with the Arthritis Jrund Drive.In Outdoorsman activities members have helped clean the park and have planted trees, painted trash cans for the city and cleaned the roadways one mile in each direction from the city.The club helped with the drive to build Purdin's new community center.The new community center isi. now the club meeting {dace in winter and bad weather. In summer meetings are held in the park.During Purdin's Centennial the club had a soft drink stand and sold wooden nickels.Occasionally, still, the club gets requests from coin collectors for them.Jerry Litton, the U. S. Representative, was present to help make Purdin a bicentennial community. The Purdin Pages said the club was honored to lead the pledge to our flag that day in April of 1975. Rep. Litton made the members of the cliib feel very Important, members said, by Joking with them and having his picture taken with them.This year the community leader is Rita Moore. Doris Almond is assistant leader. Projects and leaders are as fol-* lows: **Foods — Dorothy Search* Linda Hall and Rita Moore. Garden-• tog — Linda Hall; outdoorsman— Ellis Hall; bicycle safety — Carolyn Moore; clothing— Doris Almond, Jane Head and Rita Moore. •: .yy \ v' ?;v”~ - • • •••. m :'.V‘ v . ?• *'•1 ’• •Discovery —Mary Moore; woodworking I — Ellis Hall andJim Bob Search; woodworking HI— Elgin Monroe; photography — Colleen Monroe; poultry — Rita Moore; crafts — Doris Almond; child care — Cathy Falconer.The Extension Club holds acarry-in supper each year for the 4-H members and their families. The members show mostof the articles made to their projects. The ages of members are primarily from' 8-13 years of age. kThe club exhibited and/or entered their float in the 4-H Fair,Browning Homecoming, Old Settlers at Linneus, Purdin Fall Festival and Pershing Days at Laclede. *The club also had five entries eligible for the State Fair. One hoy, John David Monroe^, has had-a** entry at the State Fair .for * v ie last three years in wood-. rking.Con da Maggart, Dean Martin, Tammy Head had entries in foods. Eddie Moore had an entry eligible in gardening.The club candidates at the 4-H Fair Ken Lisa Almond for prin- f cess and John Moore, prince. They automatically became Pur-din's prince and princess and were so honored in the parade at the Fall Festival.One highlight of the club year was a two-wky bicycle ride to the Tastee Freeze at Linneus with leader, Carolyn Moore.Previously the members had taken short rides. This was a new project in the club in which members practiced bicycle maintenance and safety.» \ *On Sept. 18, 1976, about 14 * members of outdoors man and leader, EUis Hall, took to the road. They were headed for theFloyd Waltz farm northeast of Purdin. Eleven members walked the full four one half miles. Later a wiener roast was\held. Most of the parents were present at various times. \Three sets of parents camped iout with the members. A *1 f # ’ ' \ . *There were hikes in the dark . to cemeteries, especially to the „ spot of the Meek's murder, a V snipe hunt and spook stories around the fire. \The next morning pancakes . were cooked over a fire. Some of toe child ren and parents left r for a few hours to attend church services. •‘ At noon there was another weiner roast and clean-up.A hay-ride and skating party are yet to come - this year.- Members this year are: Lisa Aim cod, Sandra Almond, Terry Hall, Tammy Head, Tina Head, Conda Maggart, Deon Martin, Billie Jon Martin, John DavidMonroe.«David Moore, Eddie Moore, Jane Moore, John Moore, Pete Moore, Shelley Moore, Neil Renshaw. Diana Tolly.I
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Brookfield Daily News Bulletin
Brookfield, Missouri, US
Thu, Oct 07, 1976
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