Full O'Pep Girls Explore 4-H Program
Four young 4-H participants Karolyn Madden Connie Masenthin Sherri Vulgamore and Tammy Finch join Franklin County 4-H Exploring Project led by Michele Dunlap. They study plants electricity and home crafts while visiting hosts homes as meetings move from Dunlap to Vulgamore and Finch homes.
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Joanistas
Connie Masenthin
Sherri Vulgamore
Tammy Finch
Franklin County
4-H
Susan Verdoorn
R “4-Hers
Michele Dunlap
Dunlap
Vulgamore
Finch
Connie
Karolyn
Reams Garden Team In Their Retirement
Mr and Mrs Russell Reams garden at their Ottawa retirement home at 1162 N Cherry. They plant a mixed plot with cucumbers melons beans peas tomatoes strawberries and turnips while Mrs Reams tends flowers including salvias strawflowers marigolds and petunias She cans vegetables and already stored 20 quarts of beans Tomatoes Big Boy and Early Girl show promise though late this year The couple moved dirt from the farm to improve soil and continue tending their plot after retirement.
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Herald
Joan Istas
Russell Reams
N. Cherry
Reams
Ottawa
Ladies Day At The Fair Promises Fashion And Craft Prizes
The Franklin County Fair features open class home economics awards including sewing, quilting, baking, and canning with gifts, money, or plaques. Ladies Day July 29 at Celebration Hall offers a Bicentennial Style Show at 9:30 AM and a quilting talk by Enola Gish Baldwin at 10:15 AM, inviting all to attend.
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Sue Dondlinger
Franklin County
Ehus
Enola Gish
Baldwin
Tree Farm At School In Tacoma Opens Nature Careers
Lincoln High School's Tree Farm in Muck Creek watershed 17 miles south of Tacoma grows into a top vocational forestry program. Sixty to eighty youths a year log five acres, harvest 60,000 to 80,000 board feet, and plant to sustain a 70 year cycle. students build a Bicentennial log cabin for outdoor education, with half later moving into forest trades.
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Muck Creek
Tacoma
Donald
Christian
David Trier
Lincoln High
Tacoma High School
The Other Half Of The Animal
The piece explains that livestock yield more than meat with byproducts like fats and gelatin. It notes 60 percent of a steer and 50 percent of a hog become meat and mentions a rummage sale by 4 H members at the North American Hotel to fund an August Washington trip, running Friday 9 am to 6 pm.
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Washington D.C
Weighing Eggs to Find the Best Price
The text explains comparing egg prices by weight rather than dozen counts. It defines weight per dozen for Extra Large 27 ounces, Large 24 ounces, and Medium 21 ounces, then shows calculating price per ounce and per pound, using an 86 cent per dozen example to show Large eggs can be cheaper per pound than Extra Large.
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Karolyn Madden
Mrs. Russell Reams
Tacoma, Wash
Lincoln High School
Massey-Ferguson Inc
Kansas City
Kansas
G.E. Flynn
Courier '76
Ford Dealers Now
Ford Courier
Dees
Srown Ford Sales, Inc
Ottawa, Kansas
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