The Sidney herald., 1955-07-07

T. Shaw of the Agriculture Re-
search Service and P. v. Kepner
of the Federal Extension Service.
In this way we learned the func-
tons and services rendered by
each branch.
The departmental auditorium on
Constitution Avenue was also the
scene of a special assembly hon
oring friends of All club work
such as Stewart w. Pettigrew of
the Sears-Roebuck Foundation.
The Foundation financed our trip
by donating $1,000 for the Mon
tana delegates. This amount was
supplemented by donations from
our home counties.
Although our headquarters for
camp were the Raleigh Hotel with
meal service and information at
the Departmental Auditorium of
the Labor Building, the name
camp is additionally still used.
When the camp was first held in
1927, the delegates pitched their
tents on the Department of Agri-
culture grounds with the tower
ing Washington Monument in full
view. Arlington Farms have been
a site for the camp, but when
the camp was held again after
World War II, the Raleigh hotel
was chosen. Plans are for future
camps to be conducted at the Ma
tional All club center which is
located at Chevy-Chase, Mary
land. This is a former junior col
lege which has been purchased by
the All club foundation. AS we
visited the center, now being
rented from the Department of
Defense, several of the states
presented checks to fill their quo
ia. Montana had previously paid
the set amount.
We had a choice of twelve COM
mitteeS to discuss and recommend
changes including Home Manage
ment, Citizenship, Forestry, Con-
%servation, National All events,
uniforms and supplies, spiritual
emphasis, leader recruitment, pro-
gram for older All members,
farm and home unit approach,
market emphasis and clothing.
The group on clothing recon-
mended more training in care.
selection, economical purchasing.
with emphasis on style, color and
new fabrics. Since boys as well
as girls r interested in a we'll
groomed appearance, the boys
participating felt with these adj
ditions they would consider it &
more profitable activity.
Six buses took the delegates
to tour points of interest in anC
around Washington. At the Fed
eral Experiment Station located
at Beltsville, Md, fifteen miles
northeast of the capital city, J
found the time saving kitchen
demonstrated on the home eco
nomics tour especially interest
ing. On the poultry tour 1 learn
ed of a machine that can sort egg.
by shell color. The plan is to per-
feet this instrument as combined
with a mechanical grader anc
sizer device.
The crypt of John Paul Jones
who established the earliest u. S
naval traditions of heroism anC
victory, was one of the memoir.
able spots visited on our tour o.
the naval academy at Annapolis
Md. The pilgrimage to Noun.
Vernon, famed home of our frs
president, was made one Afternoon
by boat on the Potomac river
A tribute was also paid to the
American soldiers who have dice
in the fight for freedom, as two
All members placed a wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington cemetery
We were very impressed by thu
beauty of the Washington Cathed.
raj which is the only one of it
kind in North America. It ha
been under construction for a
years and is three-fifths com
pleted.
Each camper toured a foreign
embassy while in Washington
where more than rs such embas
sizes and legations are located.
was interested to hear abou
modern Egypt because like S,
many others I found mysel
thinking of the ancient Egyptian
civilization with kings and pyra
mids.
The responsibilities other thai
helping with one meal, whicl
every state did, the Montan.
group had other duties at camp
Gene was a page during an as
sembly and also gave the Invoca
ton at the banquet served a
Carvel Hall in Annapolis. Walt
as member of the recreation com
mittee, led a group game at tn
Evening of Fun at Beltsvill
and announced the special enter
tainment program at Carvel Hal
I took part in the flag ceremon,