The Coolidge examiner., 1946-11-01
County 4-H Work
Shows Big Increase
After Start of School


All work In Pinal county for
the school year OF 1861 shows a
large increase over the previous
year. according 10 Bill Brechan
county club leader. The month OF
October has been given over en-
tirely to organizing clubs in and
out OF schools. Many new clubs
have been started and enthusiasm
among members indicates that
good work will be accomplished
by fair time next spring.
Casa Grande Southside school Is
going all out this year In All club
work. The largest girls clothing
club ever 10 be formed in this
county is being boasted by the
southsiders. 76 members COM
prise this organization Mrs. Beu-
lah Williams has undertaken the
job by herself and has the girls
divided into four groups. From the
interest among the girls so far
this year. there should be plenty
OF good work exhibited at the All
fair next spring. John Bendixen
has organized a boys handicraft
club and he too has large group.
The boys will make planes and
other toys from hobby kits until
shop material arrives. Woodwork
will be the chief work done by
this club.
A very successful and enthusi.
astic club has been started In the
Casa Grande community by q
group OF local high school and
grammar school youngsters. This
club has a mixture OF projects
such as beef. dairy pigs. rabbits.
poultry. and garden. The group
has decided not TO have a definite
leader. but TO let all their parents
act as leaders. Some of the par
ents who have been verv active
in starting this ciuD include Mr..
and Mrs. A. Peters. Sr.. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Colvin. Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. King, Mrs. Claude Wells, Mrs.
Kennedy. and William Walls.
Still another club is TO be start
ed in Casa Grande around the first
Of the year Mrs. A. b. Waldrep
who led a very successful foods
club last year will start a second
year foods club about the first Of
January. All the old members plus
many new ones will be on hand at
the first meeting.
A new type OF club will be start
ed in the Stanfield school very
shortly The school Is very much
in need OF landscaping for their
school ground, consequently the
kids out that way have undertak-
en- home Identification as their
projects. Miss Shipley will lead
the club and with the assistance
of II. Tate, extension horticultur-
list, IL is hoped that the work will
get underway by the first of the
year.
Eloy grammar school will have
girls clothing work again this
year. Miss Ethel r. Wolf and
Miss Dorothy Price, both of Eloy,
will lead the girls in their work.
This club was very active last
year and some good work is ex-
pected from the girls again this
year. Horace Chesley, school prin-
cipal. will try and start a boys
artcraft club by the first of the
year provided he can locate the
material TO work with.
After an absence from All work
since the beginning of the war,
Picacho grammar school will
again have club work on their
school calendar. Miss NJ. l.. Moore
will take charge of the girls first
year clothing club while Hugh
Crawford will take charge of the
boys in aircraft. Crawford is
known for the fine work he has
turned out in All leather work,
woodwork. and metal work.
The 11-Mile Corner area will
have three clubs this year. In the
11-Mile school, the girls will have
a first year clothing club. Mrs. l..
c. Meeks and Mrs. John F. Hall
berg. both Of the camp will lead
the girls. Dan Peart will lead
boys in handicraft. The third club
will be led by Earl Watson, and
this club will be formed out OF
school. Projects will include rab-
bits and dairy.
Kenilworth school, 2 miles east