Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
4-H CLUB NOTES


Doris Price of the Wild Cat Club
Beatrice Moore Of Fraziers Club and
Betty Prettyman of the Houston An
Cardinals. These three young wo.
men will be attending the National
All Club Congress in Chicago, with
all expenses paid as reward fol
excellence In All records.
Doris Price was chosen last June
as the state champion in the All
Girls Style Dress Revue Contest
This contest open to all clothing club
members in the state draws more
contestants than any other National
contest Miss Price planned and made
three piece wooden suit consisting
OF skirt, a short and a rs length
coat. With this she wore a blouse
of red and blue plaid taffeta and the
accessories. hat, gloves. pocket-bo
and shoes were blue. The suit, blouse
and underwear were made and the
accessories selected by Miss Price.
In addition to being judged on work
manship, the outfit was scored as to
general appearance, suitability to in
dividual and to purpose and the eco
nomic factors-the durability OF ma
terials and design. the value in rela-
tion to cost, the Judgment shown in
distribution of cost among various
articles and the cost of upkeep. Miss
Price has completed five years OF
clothing club and as result OF the
excellence of her workmanship has
won many county and state honors.
In addition to the trip to Chicago, she
received a silver bracelet. This con-
test is sponsored by the Chicago Mall
Order Company.
Beatrice Moore of Fraziers Club by
achievement i'm canning club work
has won the honor Of representing
the state at the National Club Con-
gress with canning champions from
the Nation. This past year whicn is
Miss Moore's sixth year OF club work
she canned So quarts of vegetables,
232 quarts of fruits, AZ quarts OF meat
Is quarts and 80 glasses OF pickles.
Jams and jellies. In addition. she
has completed projects in clothing
and food preparation work. Miss
Moore receives an additional award
of a gold medal of honor. These are
given to each OF the three county win
ners in the state. The Kerr Glass
Manufacturing Company are spon-
sors of this contest.
The third Kent County girl to spend
a week in Chicago is Betty Pretty
man of the Houston Cardinals. In
statewide Health Contest sponsor
ed by physicians and various state
health agencies. Miss Prettyman
was chosen as the health representa-
tive not alone because of health per-
fection, but because of her efforts to |
a perfect score. To quallfy !
a club member had two physical ex-
made by the local physl- !
clan, one at the beginning and one at |
the end of the time set for the con- |
test. Following the first examina-
tioas the contestant on the advice OF
the physician endeavored to correct
any faults and to follow out health |
rules and the final examination was
a yard stick of results.
The award was made by the Anti I
Society of Delaware.
Annabelle Passwaters of Houston
was second in the county and re-
ceived scholarship to the Junior
Short Course.
An interesting fact about these
.hree young women is that each had
ried in past contests and failed, short
If the coveted state award, but un-
Haunted had come back for anotherf
try"
The girls have not been the only
Kent County Club members to carry
,ff state honors-the boys have been
too. Emil Kielbasa OF
he Houston All Cardinals is state
vinner in the National All Rural
Program and Erwin
5oshell of FELTON, was state winner IN
he National Meat Animal Livestock
contest.
Last year Emil carried off honors
n All Farm Accounting Contest and
vas again successful this year on his
,lans for electrifying his home and /
arm buildings. For this he receives
gold medal of honor as county win
er and a $4,000 merchandise certi- ,
cate for anything manufactured by
he Westinghouse Electric ManuIac-
uring Company which sponsors the
ontest.
Erwin Voshell has completed three
ears of swine club work and because ,
[ completeness of records kept. :
arms a gold medal of honor for the ;
ounty award and Is jewel watch /,
alued at $4,000 which are given by .
Ir. Thomas R. Wilson. :
These awards represent coneentra-
on efforts on the part of club mem /,
ers to do carefully and thoroughly
lie work which they undertake each !
ear while enrolled in club work. I
hey are won by boys and girls who
D not hesitate to carry two and three
rejects a year. When only one is
,quired and who strive to Make
le Best Better"
The Houston All Cardinal Club
ho claims as members three of the q
,ove winners, Betty Prettyman, An
.belle Passwaters and Emil Kiel- n
lsa has for the second year been c
losen to receive the award given for
e National All Program on Social z
rogress. This takes into considera- Il
On the project achievements of the n
ub members, the social progress s.
tivities of the club such as plays, II
dio presentations, lectures. religi- 81
IS meetings. parties, camps and pic e
cs held ;the music appreciation of a
e club members: community enter
ises: social service, group discus N
ms and personal growth opportu- di
ties utilized by members. The le
ard for this is a $4,000 RCA Victor n
Idio given by that company. =,
Second place in the state in this te
ntest was won by the Oak Grove Ia
ue Hens Chicks Club. In writing :,
ado script which was one require