4 Hers Learn of German Farm Life From Visiting Leader
Maryland 4-H Club youths heard Miss Iva Mae Gross recounts from her Europe trip about German farms 50 to 75 years behind U S agriculture. She warned on Communist appeal in Germany and urged Marshall Plan support while noting land consolidation efforts and dispersed small plots. The program at University of Maryland Week draws nearly 1 200 youths with sem inars, talks, and recreation through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Germany
Europe
Iva Mae Gross
New York
United States
University of Maryland
Miss Gross
America
T. W. Thompson
National 4 H leaders urged fair judging in contests
Thompson warned 4 H leaders and extension workers to curb excessive competitive zeal, noting some youths have advantages. He cited a survey showing 57 percent of meat animal contest winners stay on farms to become operators, and listed blue and red ribbons won by Barbara Hager, Jean Merriman, Virginia Willis, Joanne Goodwin, Colleen Magruder, Mary Anne Miller, Judy Bucker, Mary K. Woerner, and Elizabeth Long among home management and records projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Jean Merriman
Clinton
Virginia Willis
Frederick
Joanne Goodwin
Lanham
Colleen Magruder
Mitchellville
Mary Anne Miller
Hagerstown
Judy Bucker
Grantsville
Mary K. Woerner
Adamstown
Adamstown, Blue Ribbon
Elizabeth Long
Route 1
Cumberland
Blue Ribbon
New Windsor
4-H Ribbon Winners Listed in Maryland Records
A county listing shows 4-H members with ages from 13 to 18 earning ribbons in home management and general records. Names include Mary Grace Gettings, Marjorie Hardy, Louise Leaverton, Joan Nerlinger, Barbara Padget, Corinne Huff, Barbara Hager, Joan Duke, Connie Groff, Cynthia Metzger, Jane Edwards, Myra Rieger, Peggy Wehland, and Shirley Wilson across towns like Fallston Mount Airy Centreville Eas ton Clinton Myersville Forest Hill and Highland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Grace Gettings
Fallston
Marjorie Hardy
Mount Airy
Louise Leaverton
Centreville
Joan Nerlinger
Easton
Barbara Padget
Clinton
Corinne Huff
New Windsor
Barbara Hager
Joan Duke
Connie Groff
Cobra
Cynthia Metzger
Myersville
Jane Edwards
Forest Hill
Myra Rieger
Peggy Wehland
Highland
Shirley Wilson
4-H exhibit winners list from The News
Secretary's record book entries show multiple youths from Maryland towns receiving purple blue red and white ribbons for home crafts and 4-H categories. The document notes names ages towns and ribbon colors with a concluding explanation of ribbons and the instruction to say you saw it in The News.
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Lord Calvert
Hamilton
Corkhill
B. Php
Ocean Fresh Seafood H. &G. Whitings
Kellogg’s
Musselman’s
Ood
Iles
Nancy Long
Betty Lou Snyder
Pearl King
Gaithersburg
Dorothy McBride
Middletown
Nancy Wayson
Davidsonville
Doris Fleming
Mary Anne Riley
Rising Sun
Miss Mert
Barbara Lifert
Jean Anderson
Gambrills
Barbara Hert
Flower
Barbara Butler
Greensboro
Janet Hobbs
West Friendship
Jeannette Hobbs
Gall Lette
Lillian Arnold
Monrovia
Jeannette Chilcoat
Sparks
Almyra Denny
Wye Mills
Marygaret Everett
Church Hill
Susan Monnett
Adeline
Virginia Loweth
Kay Jones
Chestertown
Katherine Bair
Alice Harlan
Dotty Wii
Hams
St. Leonards
Miriam Young
Ruth Ann _Dawson
Mayo
Janet Burges
Rockdale
Grace McCall
Futton
Janet Myers
Velda Petre
Rouwle
Dorothy Myers
Prince Frederick
Mary Alberta Parker
Salisbury
Judy Bueckel
Mary Ellen Wilson
Marriottsville
Joanne Cox
the News
Elkton
Eleanor Smith
Helen Townsend
Jack Hall
Sharon Emerson
Mabel Potter
Cambridge
Myra Rigor
Biche Furnishings
Nuancy Loweth
Barbara Lynch
Queen Anne
Joanne Brown
Jane Rogers
Alexander Enterprises
Unionville
Call Md
Airy
Is Ana
Rin
Neoples Drug Stores Service
N. Market ST
W. Patrick ST
Falcon
Peoples
Vitalis
Kilburn
Z.B.T
Dr. Lyons
Klingwell
Pers
Gite
Trosty Pirks
Phoenix
Abe
Kwik—_Ney
Tussy
Lown Catam
Pvs
Lady Esther
Hhel
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