FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



their first meeting under the leadership 

 of J. A. Sturges. Those elected were: 

 President, Adolf Wilier; Vice— President, 

 Joseph Sena; Secretary, Francis Leitl; 

 Treasurer, Albert Czajkowski. 



Granby Road, South Hadley: — The 

 second judging contest of the year was 

 held by the Wirthmore Poultry club Feb- 

 ruary 17 at the home of Mr. Ittner. This 

 time they judged Rhode Island Red utili- 

 ty hens and pullets and at the end found 

 that Elmer Ittner was leading with an 

 average score of 90 with several others 

 tied for second with a score of 80. 



Bondsville, Belchertown : — Forty-two 

 boys and girls are enrolled in two clubs, 

 a clothing club of 14 girls lead by Miss 

 Helen Keyes and a handicraft club of 28 

 boys led by Miss Nellie Shea. This was 

 oneof the first communities in the state to 

 start club work. In 191.5, when the work 

 first became known. Miss Shea organized 

 her first 4-H club and without a break 

 has continued ever since. If any club or 

 club leader can lay claim to any longer 

 record we would like to hear from them. 



West Chesterfield: — Miss Marion Tem- 

 ple, teacher in the West Che.sterfield 

 school, has organized a mixed clothing 

 and handicraft club among her pupils. 

 Due to the small number of boys and girls 

 there will be only four members taking 

 each project, but what they lack in num- 

 bers they hope to make up in quality. 



Granby: — Twelve girls have joined the 

 sewing club led by Mrs. A.shley Randall, 

 who has so successfully led the same club 

 in the past. At the fir.st meeting they 

 elected the following officers: President, 

 Sylvia Bardwell ; vice-president, Mae 

 Breen ; secretary, Elizabeth King. The 

 secretary, Elizabeth King, was county 

 champion in the cooking project last year 

 and attended the Champions' Camp 

 (Camp Gilbert) at Amherst la.st .July. 



Worthi7igton:— The "Needlecraft 4-H 

 Club" has organized with Miss Helen 

 Dennis, teacher of the grammar school, 

 as leader; Dorothy F. Bartlett as presi- 

 dent; Mary Brown as vice president; and 

 Anita Bernier as secretary-treasurer. 



The Boy's Handicraft club has elected 

 Lawrence Mason, president, and William 

 Gagnon as secretary-treasurer. Their 

 leader is Rev. James H. Burckes. 



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This last year while at the Exposition 

 a showman's contest was held in which 

 every one took part. In this contest Wal- 

 ter walked off with first prize and the 

 showman's halter given by the State 

 Dairyman's as.sociation. 



One of the newer ideas that several of 

 the dairy members are trying out is the 

 growing of Soy beans. Walter has grown 



then for two years and last year had one 

 and one-half acres of as good beans as 

 anyone could wish to see. 



Not only has Walter won the highest 

 county honor that a club member can 

 strive for, but he will be invited to attend 

 Camp Gilbert at M. A. C. in July, 1927, 

 which is a week's free trip to the county 

 and state Champions' Camp. 



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