Town and Country 4-Hers Look Toward Annual Outing
JOAN ISTAS reports Town and Country 4-H'ers extend the annual outing beyond the Franklin County Fair to a Lake Waubaunsee camp. The weekend includes cooking and swimming with separate groups, a Friday night sing, camp fire, Saturday breakfast and chores, and a Saturday noon barbecue. Sunburns, family campers, and a possible mid summer shift due to school conflicts are noted as part of the tradition since 1961.
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Lake Waubaunsee
Martin Brockway
Miss 4-H Barbara McWilson Crowned 1972 73
Barbara McWilson is named Miss 4-H 1972 73 after nine years in the program. She began when her parents enrolled her following her uncle’s presidency. she has pursued cooking photography sewing junior readers and woodworking with sewing as her favorite. Barbara, a senior, plans to major in psychology at KU next year.
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Barbara McWilson
Barbara
Reviews Years In 4 H By Carolyn Kissinger Town and Country
Carolyn Kissinger reflects on her long 4 H journey starting in 1962 with Town and Country 4 H. She recalls fellow members as siblings and highlights projects from foods to junior leadership and dairy. The piece praises community leaders sponsors and the value of 4 H for ages seven to 97.
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Carolyn Kissinger
Town and Country
4-H
Baxter School
Jeff and
Betsy Woods
Cloverleaf Club
Baxter
Terri Brunson
Loren Stewart
Jimmy Norris
Jenny Norris
Dana Smith
Yavonne Brunson
Kay Cates
Jeanie and Rodney Schamle Leave With Honors
Wellsville 4 H club honors Jeanie and Rodney Schamle for ten years of achievement and service. Jeanie led sewing and room improvement, won grand champion at Style Revue and county health award, and represented Franklin County at Hutchinson. Rodney held 4-H offices, showed livestock at state fairs, earned Key Award and Mr. 4 H 1968 honors. Jeanie attends Newman School of Nursing. Rodney is a K-State sophomore.
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Rhonda Miller
Wellsville
Jeanie
Rodney Schamle
Rodney
Franklin County
Hutchinson
Newman's School of Nursing
Emporia
Youth takes to entomology project at Ottawa farm
Andy Masenthin collected 58 insect specimens from lights at Albert Masenthin farm Ottawa RFD 1. He captured 10 orders and says mounting moths and butterflies is easier than beetles. Though reluctant at first, he plans to pursue entomology again next year despite finding it hard work.
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Andy
Albert Masenthin
Ottawa
RFD
Andy Masenthin
Do Well At Jr. Dairy Show
Franklin County 4 H and adults traveled to the All Kansas Junior Dairy Show in Salina after planning since July. Twelve youths and twelve adults showed seven heifer calves to three cows with five 4 H’ers returning for fitting and showing. County entries earned five blues eleven reds and four whites as they praised Franklin County’s banner and banquet before returning home.
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Jeff van Horn
Wellsville
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Salina
Rockers
van Horns
Franklin County
Vernon Stewart
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin
Fairgrounds
Cloverleaf 4 H cleans Baxter schoolhouse grounds
Cloverleaf 4 H members and nine leaders cleaned the Baxter schoolhouse and yard for a community service project near Ottawa. They scrubbed inside, washed furniture outside, painted new swings, cut brush, picked up trash, sprayed poison oak and ivy, and organized a tour ending with a potluck.
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Tammy Stewart
Cloverleaf
Cloverleaf 4-H Club
Baxter
4-H
Cloverleaf 4-H
Ottawa
Richmond 4-H baker nets purple for Chinese Almond Cookies
Karen Chandler of Richmond, active in 4-H cooking since age ten, wins a purple ribbon at Mid America Fair with Easy Chinese Almond Cookies. She switched ovens during a Topeka fair drought, baked at grandmother’s, and still produced uniform cookies.
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Joan Istas Richmond
Karen Chandler
Richmond
Karen
Chandler's
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