W1L\T IS A SWCD LADIES' AmCILIARY ? 



Behind the Soil Conservation Supervi- 

 sors is a group known as the Auxiliary. We 

 stand ready to help when we are needed — 

 passing out Soil Stewardship material to the 

 various churches of the County, joining in 

 the Education Program of the Youth, serving 

 lunches to the men on our meeting nights and 

 helping to serve lunches on Research Field 

 Day. There are the "fun times" too. The 

 picnics, the steak dinners, conventions, etc. 

 We've made a scrapbook to tell the story of 

 our activities since we organized. We had 

 fun making favors for some of the state 

 conventions. 



Our resources are many, but we need to 

 conserve them as individuals, as families, 

 as communities and as a country. 



Let's paint a picture. "Let's go fish- 

 ing." "Okay I Mom get some lunch together 

 and we'll all go down to the pond." Do 

 you hear this at your home? We have tried 

 to make a place for family fun and recrea- 

 tion where we can be close to jv^ture and 

 hence close to our Maker who "entrusted 

 this land to our keeping." Here we have 

 water, wildlife, (the pond was stocked with 

 trout - and there may be some ducks swim- 

 ming if you approach quietly), some trees 

 have been planted which in time will make 

 cover for more wildlife, and though the 

 banks are not covered with graas yet, we 

 picture this in the near future. Our pic- 

 ture isn't complete without a fireplace, 

 and a picnic table with the family gather- 

 ed around, pausing to give thanks for this 

 great land of ours. 



Let's unite in our efforts to make 

 this a better land to leave to future 

 "Stewards". 



(The above article was taken from the 

 Roosevelt County SWCD Newsletter and 

 was written by Mrs. Harry Swank, Jr., 

 Vice-President of the SWCD Auxiliary of 

 Roosevelt County.) 



A CHALLENGE TO ALL INCUMBENT AND PROSPECTi^ 

 SUPERVISORS ^ 



We recognize the importance as well as 

 the difficulty of the Job of District Super- 

 visor. Wlien a Supervisor files his Oath of 

 Office, he assumes a legal and moral respon- 

 sibility in the conservation and orderly 

 development of the land, water and related 

 resources of his community and State. A 

 Supervisor holds a responsible and unique 

 position. A supervisor is a member of the 

 District governing body directing a legal 

 subdivision of the State, responsible to 

 landowners of the District. 



A District's success is dependent upon 

 what Supervisors choose to make of their 

 many opportunities. Supervisors can place 

 time and energy into the work and see the 

 entire area grow and prosper, or Supervisors 

 can slide along without much effort and be 

 Supervisors in name only. 



Supervisors receive no monetary reward 

 for services and efforts. At times, it 

 seems Supervisors are performing a thankleea 

 task, but reward comes in full measure frociL. 

 the personal satisfaction in realization c^B 

 the pleasure of the giving of time and tal- 

 ents to the community and State, and in the 

 knowledge of having helped to establish a 

 perpetually stronger base upon which a great- 

 er and more prosperous America may be built. 

 Supervisor's accomplishments will largely 

 determine the length of time our country 

 will endura as a land blessed with abun- 

 dance, prosperity, and a standard of liv- 

 ing unsurpassed anywhere on earth. 



Districts can and do receive invalu- 

 able assistance from many agencies, organi- 

 zations and individuals. How well Super- 

 visors make use of this assistance and how 

 well they are able to coordinate these 

 cooperative efforts in the building of an 

 effective District program will be reflected 



in the District's success. Courtesy 



of the Arizona Association of SWCDs Newsletter, 



Joe: "My wife dreamed she married a 



millionaire last night." 

 Jack: "You're lucky. Mine thinks tliat in 



the daytime. 



Small Boy to Chum: "So that's it. 

 I always figured tl>e stork had too ^ 

 short a wingspread to carry an elght-tcA 

 ten pound load." "*' 



