Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-08
ANN GREENFIELD
TELLS OF TRIP
HELENA GIRL WAS DELEGATE TO
NATIONAL Al CLUB CAMP
AT WASHINGTON
Those In Attendance Put in Busy Days
with ReveiIle At 6 in the Morning
and Programs Filling Forenoon, ATT
ern0on and Evening Hours.
By ANN GREENFIELD
Lewis and Clark County
One of MOntana's Delegates to


I was fortunate enough to be
chosen as one of the four delegates
from Montana--twO boys and two
girls-t0 attend the 18th National
All camp held i'm Washington
ID. c., june 16 to %. Every state,
save California, Arizona and Idaho,
had a like delegation
Miss Pauline Bunting, assistant state
All leader, accompanied us. Washing
ton was a most inspiring and broaden
ing place for the delegates to gather
1t gave us all an opportunity to be-
come personally acquainted with Off
cials of the department. of agriculture
and extension service of whom we have
read and heard so much during our
All years. Even more valuable, per-
haps, TO the delegates was the ex-
change Of viewpoints and experiences
among themselves. They might have
been exaggerated little, too, because
1t was easy to assume the other fellow
didn't know much about the life in
your part of the country.
This point was brought out by Mrs.
Roosevelt In her informal talk to us.
She stressed the fact farmers are in
clined to take narrow view when 1t
came to national affairs of other sec
tions Of the country. 1t was one reason,
she added, why farmers have so far
not been successfully able to organ
ize.
Making the Most Of Opportunities
at Home" was the theme Of the camp.
That delegates were doing this was
evident from the fact q majority of
them were putting themselves through
the state college, the girls maJoring
in home economics and the boys in
agriculture. A boy from the state Of
Washington carried q All dairy prof.
ect and so successfully he made enough
money to buy a farm adjoining his
fathers where he still runs his dairy.
A girl from Pennsylvania stated the
knowledge and experience gained in
All work was the only thing that en-
abled her family to remain together,
following her mothers death.
The week In camp was one OF the
busiest I have ever known. Reveille
sounded at 6 o'clock, breakfast was
served at and the rest Of the morn
ing was devoted to conferences Of va
rious kinds Afternoon and evening pro-
grams were varied with tours about the
nations capital and talks by people Of
national prominence. The two most
tours to me we're the trip
to Mount Vernon and the visit to the
L.atvia embassy where DR.. Alfred Bill
maris, minister from Latvia, enter
tanned us and served us some OF the
native foods Of his country.
Sandwiched In between conferences
and tours were home industry projects
which were carried on In the tents
where we slept. Delegates could choose
the project they wished to know more
about from clay work, leather work,
wood carving and weaving.
After meeting and talking with many
Of the officials of the department Of
agriculture and the 4-H leaders and
the boys and girls from over the coun-
try, I was even prOuder than had
been before that I belonged to this
wonderful All organization Tor rural
growth. It Is such q splendid move
ment that I hope some day to follow
that line of work In the extension
service Of the department Of agricul-
lure.