The Sidney herald., 1955-07-07
NATIONAL Al CAMP
A Week At The
Nations Capital
BY Irene Bradley, Al Member
Four Leaf Glover Club

BY Irene Bradley, Al Member
Four Leaf Glover Club
I would like to share with you
some of the inspiration I received
in Washington, D. c. at the 25th
national All camp held June Is
to %. I want to take this oppor-
tunity to thank each of Montana's
10000 All club members for the
privilege I had of representing
them at this event at our nations
capital. Two All club boys and
two club girls from each state in
the union and the territories of
Puerto Rico and Hawaii were
selected to take part in the
training of their heads for clearer
thinking, hearts for greater loyal
ty, hands for larger service and
health for better living. The Mon
tana delegation included Carol
Twedt of Dawson county, Eugene
Donaldson from Lewis and Clark
county, Walter Egged from Cas-
cade county, Geraldine Fem, as
sociate State All club leader, and
Rex Campbell, state extension soil
conservation specialist, both of
the Montana State College of
Bozeman.
The main objective of this All
lesson in democracy was learning
to know our government. Among
the ways we did this was by
hearing national leaders such as
General Lewis B. Hershey, direc-
tor of the Selective Service Sys-
tenn, and Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson discuss current
topics. A highlight of our trip
was a greeting given by Presi-
dent Dwight Eisenhower after we
had toured the White House.
When we actually visited the
memorials to the founders of our
country - Washington, Lincoln,
Jefferson - history and the men
who made it-became real.
We were given an opportunity
to see our government in opera
ton when we toured the capitol,
Senate, House of Representatives
and the U. S. Supreme Court. The
fact that most of a congressman's
work is done in committee meet
ings was brought out as we visit
ed in a Senate or House COM
mittee. On the afternoon set aside
for state activities we visited SEN
ator Mike Mansfield Of Montana,
and although Senator Murray was
abroad during our stay in Wash
ington, we were taken to see his
office by a Montana boy who is
a page in the Senate. We were
honored to have as our dinner
guests one evening Representa-
tive and Mrs. Orvin Flare and
Representative and Mrs. Lee Met
calf.
The programs were assemblies
at various times and places when
the entire two hundred delegates
plus adult leaders and campers
from the past twenty-four years
who were able to come back fo1
the 25th anniversary camp, met
together. The 1855 campers pre-
sided at all assemblies and took
part in all opening ceremonies
After an ddress entitled "4-H
and YOU, given by E. ". Pope
of Cornell University, N. Y, {
spontaneous discussion took place
as we answered "How are feel
ings of security created? What
can we as All members do tC
produce such a spirit of fellow
similar questions. At many Of
ship at home and abroad?" anc
these assemblies we had the priv
ilege of hearing several of the
armed services famous bands anC
orchestras. At one assembly en-
phasis was placed on the 25tt
anniversary of camp and the
former campers were honored
Two of them presented a pane.
on what National All club camp
has meant to them. Among the
challenging addresses delivered tC
US were those given by c. M
Ferguson, administrator Fedora
Extension Service; E. w. Alton
director of All programs, anc
DR.. friedrich Brown Harris, chap
lain of the United States Senate
The chaplain, as he took par
in the special program Sunday
evening at the Chapel of the Uni
versity of Maryland, entitled hi;
speech "In Such an Age. Dele
gates interviewed administrator,
of six parts of the Department o.
Agriculture, as an example Buror