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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
4
4 H projects teach nutrition as a core for health fitness and appearance linking food choices to grooming clothing and recreation. Demonstrations build speaking planning and organization skills, while County Club Days prep aids youth in presenting and sharing what they learn.
The article promotes practical lunch packing for children emphasizing easy to eat foods, small portions, and supplemental items like fruit, containers, spoons, and napkins. It also shifts to carpet selection guidance, advising tight loops, solution dyed fibers, color, and moisture resistant backings for kitchen and bathroom areas.
EHU notes a January meeting with guest speaker Mrs Dottie Wellington who spoke about herbs and her hobby of growing them in her yard. Eighteen members and three guests attended including Mrs Dora New Mrs Marguerite McCurdy and Mrs Ruth Rader. Reports on News Magazine and Home Economics Day at Manhattan were given.
The Extension crops school opens at Memorial Auditorium at 10 a.m. on February 3 with Howard Wilkens detailing profitable crop production, including varieties and costs. A Beef Production and Pasture Management session follows February 7 with Keith Zoellner and Dr. Bob Hyde discussing feeding, rations, and grass management. Dr. H. Leroy Brooks warns of corn rootworm concerns for 1969 and outlines rotation and chemical controls, plus notes on insecticides and application techniques.
Darlene Rice highlights county 4-H leaders once called old timers. She notes their roles as organizers, bankers, engineers, and trustees shaping today’s 4-H youth. Projects span dairy to forestry and housing. County events like Club Days and Achievement Night foster community. even a future president may have started as a 4-H member.
AP reports a new communist led front in Thailand north of Bangkok, possibly controlled from Peking, with 4,000 guerrillas and 100,000 troops. Western experts warn US aid under SEATO may be needed to prevent a Vietnam like spread. Authorities doubt Thai forces can hold if insurgent strength doubles.
The Franklin County Soil Conservation District notes that about 95 percent of farms and more than 90 percent of US agricultural land fall under soil conservation districts. Each district, state created and federally supported, governs local plans via a supervisor board and working agreements with public and private partners to address soil and water problems.
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