THE FARMERS' MONTHLY, JULY, 1928 



MY CLUB STORY 



Editor's Note: — The two stories given 

 below were written by two club members 

 who have been chosen as County Champi- 

 ons for 1928. Oranier is county clothing 

 champion while Charles Thayer is 

 champion in the Handicraft project. 



This year is my fifth year in the 4-H 

 Sewing Club. Wo-He-Lo is our club name. 

 We started out with that five years ago 

 and I guess we'll end with it too. There 

 are three other girls in the club. We're 

 all leaders this year. I have enjoyed my 

 leadership very much. I've learned as 

 well as had a good time. The 12 girls 

 that I have charge of are freshmen and 

 sophomores in school. They have done a 

 great deal this year. We held meetings 

 first in the domestic science room and 

 later in the year at each others homes. 



This year in my own club I have made 

 all silk underwear for my graduation out- 

 fit. I made my class day instead of mak- 

 ing my graduation dress as I prefer buy- 

 ing that. I haven't done as much as I 

 planned to do in sewing because the club 

 that I load has taken most of my time. I 

 expect to enter Normal in the fall, but 

 that won't stop me from going on with 

 4-H work. I would, I think, seem lost 

 without my sewing club. Next year when 

 clubs start again, I'm going to do more 

 work than I have ever done. 



Oranier Diamant, Huntington 



MY FIFTH YEAR 



IN 4-H CLUB WORK 



I was in the eighth grade and of course 

 I joined the handicraft club for the fifth 

 time. 



The first thing I made was a small 

 spotted dog with movable legs and tail. 

 I cut Doggie out of « wood and his legs 

 and tail of g. I screwed the legs right 

 on, leaving them a little loose and the tail 

 was pivoted in a slot. He can run, pace, 

 stand on his head and play dead. 



My second article was a pair of arrows. 

 (A pair in Archerj means three) Dowels 

 5/16 inches, were given to me for shafts 

 also bullett casings for heads. I had tur- 

 key feathers. I loaded each head with a 

 big buck shot and put them on the shafts. 

 I managed to feather the arrows after a 

 fashion. Then I sanded and varnished 

 them. While these aren't much for looks, 

 still they have shaved hair off" more than 

 one squirrel. 



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 tl:itn|isli ire < 'i>iint>'*.s Fir.st 4-H Cluli C'nnip 



Editor's Note: — The following write 

 up of Camp Howe is a copy of the Camp 

 News Paper which was written each day 

 by the members of a tribe. 



CAMP HOWE NEWS 



Tuesday Evening 



Hampshire County opened its first 4-H 

 Club camp at Greenwich Lake Tuesday, 

 .June 26, with 32 boys and girls registered. 



They were divided into tribes, Mo- 

 hawks, Oneidas, Cayugas and Pequots. 

 Each tribe elected a chief, captain and 

 lieutenant. Mohawks — Chief, Nellie G. 

 Shea of Bondsville. Captain, Anna Con- 

 nor of Amherst. Lieutenant, Dana Gol- 

 lenbush of Pelham. Oneidas — Chief, Rev. 

 Jas. Burckes of Worthington, Captain, 

 Diana Becker of Huntington, Lieutenant, 

 Chester Sawicki of Hatfield. Pequots — 

 Chiefs, Mr. H. A. Leland, and Mrs. J. H. 

 Burckes, Captain, Gordon Cook of Had- 

 ley. Lieutenant, Anna .Jolly of Hunting- 

 ton. Cayugas — Chief, Mrs. E. H. Nodine 

 of Amherst. Captain, Benton Cummings 

 of Ware. Lieutenant, Anne Donahue of 

 Huntington. 



After supper there were Sunset Ser- 

 vices in charge of Mr. Leland who ex- 

 plained the proper care of the flag. After 

 Sunset Services the camp met near the 

 lake for the Council Fire. Mr. Leland 

 explained the rules and regulations. 

 Around the fire four small fires were built 

 signifying beauty, fortitude, truth and 

 love. 



Contest were held scoring as follows: 



Boys strong hand, Cayuga 



Girls strong hand, Cayuga 



Girls posing contest, Oneidas 

 Witches Broom Ride, Cayuga 

 Program closed with taps. 



Wednesday 



Program for the day started with set- 

 ting up exercises. Breakfast was sei-ved 

 at 7:30. 



The assembly was held with singing of 

 club songs at which it was announced 

 that Pequots had 100% in room inspection. 



During the first Handicraft hour Mr. 

 Leland, the new Assistant State Club 

 Leader, took charge of boys and directed 

 them in the making of game boards while 

 the gills started the making of hooked 

 rugs under the direction of Miss Nellie 

 Shea of Bondsville. 



At 11:1.5 Mr. G. O. Oleson, Extension 

 Editor at the Mass. Agri. College in- 

 structed the camp members in writing 

 club news. Mr. Oleson will be back Fri- 

 day afternoon when he will discuss news 

 stories written by the members of the 

 camp. He is also assisting with the camp 

 paper. 



Dinner was served at 12:00 o'clock fol- 

 lowed by rest hour from 1:00-2:00. 



The main speaker for the afternoon 

 assembly was Miss Albertinc Parker of 

 the Department of Public Health, Boston, 

 Mass. Her talk was on good health and 

 good food. 



Ball games were played, volley ball and 

 recreation ball. In baseball the Mohawks 

 played against the Pequots, the .score be- 

 ing 5 to 1 in favor of Pequots. The 

 Cayugas played against the Oneidas, the 

 score being 15 to 6 in favor of Cayuga. 

 In volley ball, Cayugas again.st Oneidas 



