Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-03-24

Shall we do something worth while
for the youth of Orleans county to-
day, that they may be larger and bet
ter and more efficient men and women
tomorrow? Shall we neglect to offer
encouragement and help to our boys
and girls, and reward for achieve
ment? AS a county we are giving
aid to the promotion of better farm
ing, better stock raising and better
home making, but where do the chill
dren come in? What inducement is
there for them to learn to do things
and do them well?
Our best educators, business and
religious leaders believe much of the
trouble with present conditions has
arisen from a lack of practical and
tangible goals of achievement for the
young people. In cooking contests,
handicrafts contests, crop raising and
stock raising contests this lack is sup
piled, and when strife for leadership
in these things is guided, then is am
bition developed, adaptlbllity and
initiative invited.
This great need is being answered
in boys and girls club work under
competent leadership. While the plan
| is not new it is comparatively new to
Orleans cuonty. The government re-
cognized this great work In sub
stantial manner, and the publishers
believe so thoroughly in it, and learn
! ing that the work was failing of de-
velopment here because of lack of
| funds, has undertaken to inform the
people of the county of the work, its
needs and benefits, and ask them to
see the work started at once.
We therefore proposed to the Farm
Bureau executive committee that we
be allowed to present the matter
squarely to the public and ask for gifts
for the work. This is new plan,
never before tried out in the county
but has the approval of the Farm Bu-
reau, leading. educators and citizens
and is undertaken with a full appre-
citation of the size of the task and its
responsibility Nevertheless Gilpin,
Hunt & Co. Inc, stand ready to give
of its time and money to this work. 1t
stands ready to devote valuable space
in its three papers to the project and
by reason of the thorough manner In
which its papers, The Orleans County
Monitor, North Troy Palladium, and
The Newport News reach every nook
and corner of the county, has every
faith that the needs of the work will
be met. A detailed statement of the
needed budget will be presented to
our readers next week.
continuing through the month of Apri
the campaign will be in full swing
Everyone in Orleans county is asked
to come in. City, village and county
all want to be represented in this
work. Club work will take in the
. boys and girls from the southern point
of Greensboro to the most northern
point of Holland. 1t is county wide
1t will take in the youngsters of the
, towns and villages as well as those in
the rural districts. No one can say
I"Club work won't affect my boy OF
girl"
Plans are already under way to
give every boy or girl in the county a
big opportunity to achieve" some.
thing this year and win some liberal
, prizes. "A county boys and girls fan
exhibit, trips for boys and girls de-
monstration teams to the state fan
at White River and to the Eastern
States Exposition at Springfeld-al
these activities are now being plan
ned by the Farm Bureau for our boys
and girls in this county. Full details
will be given beginning in the next
issue