The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-08-09

me the satisfaction of a Job
well DONE However, everybody
cannot always win and if l do
not win a tangible prize, l will
be richer for the experience,
profit by my mistakes, and will
try little harder the next time
around" Katherine stated.
Joined in 1854
1--we just got to join All SO I
can be in on the fun everybody's
talking about having These
words. Katherine said. started
her on her All career in March
1854. She had no conception of
the many wonderful opportuni-
ties awaiting her in this work
She joined the All Club in EN-
poria and completed her first
year clothing project in time to
go to Camp Farrar. That sum-
mer they moved to Buckingham
county where they bought an old
home that had possibilities. Her
home improvement prof c 5
have helped to make these pos
sibilities realities.
After moving here, the first
thing she did was to Join a All
club. Since then, Katherine has
carried, completed, and won,
first and Secord place awards in
an amazing variety of projects
ranging from clothing, safety,
better grooming, electric, meal
preparation. h o me beautifica
ton, food preparation, and
home improvement to career
exploration. leadership, an d
other activities. Clothing and
leadership have been her major
projects.
Katherine became Interested
in sewing when she was a little
girl. She has always planned
her wardrobe and makes many
of her clothes. She uses a pat
tern as her basis and changes it
to suit herself and then acces-
sorizes it. She did this to win
the state dress revue.
The 4-H'er has been in 20
dress revues receiving eight red
ribbons. the rest have been blue
ribbon winners. She has a col
lection of suits. and dresses,
ranging from school to sports
clothes, that emphasize simplici-
ty. to real dressy dresses. They
are all evidence of her talent.
Places in Projects
She has earned county mad
district placing ever stree she
has been in All work. Other
awards carried have been il
public speaking. handicraft, cx-
hibits, dress rev ues, baked
goods. floral arrangement. III
Share-the- Fun program, citizen
ship. home ground beautifica-
ton, girls home &c onom ic S,
home improvement, recreation
and rural art.
Katherine has held o..lce in
local and county All organiza-
tons ard has served on numer-
Gus committees. She has done a
great deal to promote All work
in her county. She has helped
plan special All events. such as
achievement programs. Rural
Life Sunday. and exhibits for Ma
tional All Week and helped with
fair booths. She interviewed two
International Farm Youth Ex-
change students on a radio pro
gram ard has participated in
numerous other radio shows.
Through her talks to nuns
Der of county organizations. she
has helped others to gain a bet
ter understanding of All work
For three years Katherine
served as junior leader. and
conducted summer probe
groups in sewing for young 4
Hers. She conducted a modelins
course at Holiday Lake distric
camp one summer. She also at
tended all county project group,
and taught modelling to the 4
Hers another summer. Through
her junior leadership, Katherine
has helped younger 4-Hers be
come moro efficient in carIy,ng
out Stheir own projects in tht
propM way.
The most reWarding thir.s
! about nv project work has hanr