Growth of Cheyenne County 4-H Through The Years
County Agent Ivan Liljegren notes 500 youths in 4-H with about 40 projects as the 4-H program expands. History spans from 1926 when seven girls and 30 boys started, through county fairs, beef and pig clubs, livestock judging, and clothing contests. By 1962 trips to Washington and Citizenship Tours, plus new fair facilities, mark growing participation and ambition for 4-H youth and agricultural science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
The
Telegraph
Ag Club
Huntsman Hustlers Pig Club
Sidney Dairy Club
Dalton Poultry Club
Mitchell
Legal County Fair Board
4-Il
Lemoyne Johnson
Carl Kurz
Robert Rexroth
Lloyd Talich
FFA
Washington, D. C
Grain Market Exchange
Chicago
Nebraska
Toup
New York City
48 Youths Work Towards Citizenship Tour In June
Since 1962 the 4 H youth group has run bake sales coffee and doughnuts and other fundraisers to finance a June 7 13 trip to Washington D C. Barbara Kurz of Sidney heads the delegates with many youths from Sidney Dalton Gurley Lodgepole Potter and other towns listed as delegates.
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Washington, D. C
Sidney
Barbara Kurz
Dalton
Donna Allen
Diana Aurich
Gurley
Kathy
Linda McNurlin
Kaye Sinsel
Jim Higgins
Verle Lessig
Jill Ludeman
Lodgepole
Bernie Dail
Washington D. C
Washington Trip
Homemakers Seek Better Family Life
Nebraska Extension Service highlights the 1960s homemaker role focusing on family, community, and self. It notes shifts toward paid work, supermarket shopping, and consumer choices while emphasizing education via Home Extension Clubs, workshops, and media outreach reaching over 70,000 homemakers annually through clubs and county staff.
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Nebraska
Home Sewer
College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Outstanding 4-H Leaders Cited for 4-H Club Work
Mrs Leonard Benzel and Carl Kurz are honored for decades of service to 4-H in Cheyenne and South Divide areas. Benzel led Busy Body and Kitchen Maids clubs and mentors Wee Willing Workers, while Kurz directed the T-Bone 4-H Club since 1958, focusing on livestock projects and rope halters. The Home Extension program is praised as highly valuable for homemaking education and community work.
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Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
Extension Club
Leonard Benzel
Claire Belle Koester
Carl Kurz
Benzel
Kitchen Maids
Wee Willing Workers
Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Kurz
Arvin Livingston
O. A. Olson
John Kurz
J. C. Swinbank
South Divide
James Beyers
Mr. Kurz
Ant
Stanley Krueger
Elwell Motors
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A-H
Gayle Sample
Stan Fraass
Pat Huff
Milton Campbell
Potter
Debbie
John Thurston
Jeanne
Jeri Mathewson
Jeanne Woten
Cindy Mueller
Alicia Herboldsheimer
Ellen Sanders
Nancy
Greg Sprenger
Lee Spiker
Paul McMillen
Jeanne McMillen
Kent Brauer
Roger Luehrs
Greg Lafler
Barbara
Ernestine Childers
Janice Treinen
Bob Runge
Nicky
Jim Anderson
Jim Swanson
Ann Holloway
Paul Hutchison
Kathy Spearow
Nancy Jones
Priscilla Cox
Ruth Ann Dorman
Seanna McFadden
Colleen Gorman
Susan Morris
Pam Schmidt
Larry Talich
the Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Lith Ave
Claire Belle Benzel
ERS
Cheyenne
Farmers Produce CO
WHEEL
Merlin Maas
Foland Farm Machinery
Minneapolis
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