The Sidney herald., 1960-07-20
Trainee Tells OF
Experiences AT
Extension Office
by Nancy 10 Mitchell.
Extension Service Trainel

1Nd1Cy 10 MITCHELL WOULD Like TO
share with you the experience she
has had for the past two weeks
as student trainee in the County
Extension Office.
Nancy found out that agents are
working every day. Her first Sun
day meeting, she had the oppor-
tunity to visit the Timberline
Workers All Club for practice
judging. She felt it to be an ed
ucational day for Alters and
parents. There were about seventy
people present. Monday, June 27,
Nancy learned how to prepare a
radio broadcast by herself. The
operation of tape recorder and
preparation of material were in
cluded.
Later the same day, she met Mr..
Woods of the Chamber of Com |
merce. This was an ideal way she
feels to learn about the Sidney
community.
The Happy Stitchers All Club
town group, had Mrs. Redgren
and Nancy to assist them with
practice judging. Nancy noticed
that this club reads the All letter
at their meetings. That was some
I thing she hadn't seen clubs she
belonged to do.
Nancy learned that the Home
Demonstration do this, too. Mrs.
Redgren sends out a monthly
Home Demonstration newsletter to
! all members. Not all counties have
z a special paper.
, The 28th of June we travelled to
the East Side Eager Beavers All
: Club, for a All project tour. We
visited the Rau, Blodgett, Smart,
and Hamburg homes, viewing and
: discussing the projects that Alters
81 are carrying @out. At HamburgS'
B we had a picnic lunch and contin-
D ued the tour. At the Scheetz home,
the girls who brought sewing had
a chance to show it. The tour con-
tinued to the Albert, Vester, and
Koenig homes. Later that evening,
we met with the All Camp COM
mittee to tie up loose ends for
camp the next week. Pauline
Deem, County Extension Agent
from Plentywood, was passing
through and Nancy had a chance
to renew their acquaintance.
On Wednesday, the 29th, Nancy
helped Alters organize demon
strations. She had the opportunity
to meet another neighboring
81 County Extension Agent, Hazel
q Hinman from Dawson County. In
the afternoon, Mrs. Redgren and
Nancy attended a clothing work
| l0Ac
Club near Savage. Working with &
plaid was a special problem by
one of the girls. A bulleting board
about All Camp activities was fur
for Nancy in her spare time.
Nancy said working on color
# lesson for All groups was work
a but certainly taught her a lot abou
: color. She gave this lesson to the
- Timberline Workers and East Side
T., Eager Beavers All girls and thei
40 mothers. Film strips, color samp
=. les, a flannelboard, blackboard, ;
a. u montage activity, color judginl
1e class were all used in this lessor
u to help understand color. The wee
" VI quickly ended with visit to tn
- Sioux Pass Go Getters All Clut
g This group took special time t
dl have a health report. This agail
ly was a new idea for Nancy. Tim
Gu was spent on their club idea for
~ fair display and at the next meet
,eeoo ing. members will prepare the eX
90 hibit.
'l- After the All meeting, thi
IS group practiced judging HON
Economics and Livestock. Name
gave the official reasons for tn
home economics placings. She fe
lT' that she was on a different end {
j. things and realized what a stan
III a judge takes. This was hard fC
% her to see as All member.
zee After the 4th of July activitie
oh' Nancy returned to the office
work on All Camp. Nancy, comm
at from Red Lodge and the mour
IS tains, wasn't sure if she'd lik
Us. camping at the Fairgrounds.
'cn She said it was an ideal location
ort There were about 90 people a
- together at camp. She had chars
20 of recreation and singing. NanC
oOl had the opportunity to work wit
Oh the nine Junior Leaders who a
per tended camp. They were Rose Sw
CART, Arlene Henderson, Jeanr
Hillman, Kay Albin, Cathie Vic
IN Jean Willoughby, Aron King, De
,. ford Milne, and Wayne Swigad
t1y Experiment Station work, Ge
ply logy, Wildlife, and Highway Cou
er- tesy and Safety were camp class
that Nancy attended with the re
pre- of the group. Making leather be
mo in crafts will be another speci
remembrance for her. Nancy sho1
me ed slides on the National All Co
ing ference in Washington, D. c. at o.
of the evening programs. The 9th
evening program was Wildli
movie.
hoe The Camp members are all wis
ing Caryn Vanderhoof a spec
,nis recovery from her injury while
--'- camp. Caryn was taken to
met Sidney hospital after a fall. S
',1~ rr' missed the last days activities
Wa camp. The County All Picnic "
held the last evening at can
Gil After the pot luck dinner,
guests were entertained by stu
-lIy of the different camp families
Camp concluded with campf
-l program.