HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



CLUB WORK 



GRANBY BOYS EXCELL 



AT ACTING 



Make Over $36.00 



Much enthusiasm has been shown and 

 much good work done by the Granby boys 

 in Handicraft during the past winter. 

 Their tools were scare and so with the 

 help of Miss Haines, their teacher and 

 leader, Mrs. Randall and some club girls, 

 they put on a play last Friday evening I 

 and cleared over $36.00. More than 150 

 people saw the play which was extremely ', 

 well done. The girls of Mrs. Mosely's 

 sewing club sang and young Mr. Gosselin 

 of South Hadley Falls played twice on 

 his violin. Mrs. Worthington read once. 



With this amount in the treasury the 

 handicraft work of next winter is assured 

 and the making of useful articles is made | 

 even more possible. 



In 4th year work Earle Martin was 



first. 



In the Cooking Club fir.st year Dana 

 Gollenbush was first and in third year 

 work Dorothy Martin was first. 



Each of the clubs received their gold 

 seal and each member received their 4- 

 leaf clover. 



PELHAM CLUBS 



GET-TOGETHER 



Have One Big Exhibit at West Pelham 

 Club Presents Oirls with Quilt 



Pelham has had five clubs this winter. 

 They were Pelham Plucky Pu.shers Cook- 

 ing, Handicraft, and Clothing Clubs, the 

 All Round Girls of West Pelham and the 

 Handicraft Boys of West Pelham. The 

 clubs all came to the Community House 

 at West Pelham for this exhibit. One 

 hundred and thirty-five were present. 

 All of the clubs took part. The Plucky 

 Pushers Clubs put on "Clubs are Trumps" 

 and the All Round Club put on "Hiring 

 A Maid". One of the best things in the 

 program was the presenting of a large 

 quilt to Ruth and Mildred Longueil of 

 Packardsville. The girls house burned 

 down last winter. Each club girl made 

 a 1.5 inch square in the quilt. In the 

 middle was a large square on which were 

 four 4-leaf clovers and the signatures of 

 the club girls. The clothing e.xhibit was 

 splendid. 



Miss CoUis' little girls of Packardsville 

 made a patch work quilt for the Webb 

 baby of that community. 



In 1st year .sewing Dorothy Wheeler 

 was first. 



In 2nd year sewing Frances Boyden 

 was first. 



In .3rd year sewing Evelyn Kimball 

 was first. 



The Hanidcraft exhibit also .showed 

 good work. 



In 1st year work Everett Rand was 

 first. 



In 2nd year work Arthur .leffer.son 

 was fir.st. 



In 3rd year work Dana Gollenbush 

 was fir.st. 



SOME OF THE BANNER 



CLUBS FOR 1924 



The Busy Six (Clothing) of Amherst. 



Bay Path Clothing Club of South Am- 

 herst. 



Bay Path Handicraft Club of South Am- 

 herst. 



Pelham Plucky Pu.shers Cooking Club. 



Pelham Plucky Pu.shers Handicraft Club. 



Pelham Plucky Pushers Clothing Club. 



All Round Club (Clothing— West Pel- 

 ham ) . 



Handicraft Club of West Pelham. 



Beaver Club (Handicraft — Southampton). 



Busy Bees — Westhampton. 



Needleeraft Club (Clothing — Worthing- 

 ton). 



Wood Workers (Handicraft — Worthing- 

 ton). 



Wo-He-Lo (Clothing — Huntington). 



Busy Bees (Clothing — Huntington). 



■Jolly .Juniors (Handiciaft — Huntington). 



Westhampton Food Club. 



HUNTINGTON CLUBS COME 

 THROUGH STRONG 



ISO People See the Exhibit 



Thei'c has been club work in Hunting- 

 ton for 6 or 8 years. Mr. M. .J. West, 

 Superintendent of Schools, has en- 

 couraged it for the past six years of his 

 school work in Huntington. The teachers 

 have worked with the boys and g-iils in 

 this line of work with much success. 

 First Miss Beulah Snow, then Miss Alice 

 Cady and this past year. Miss Annie 

 Parker. Mr. O. .1. Rhines has worked 

 with the boys in handicraft work for the 

 past three years. 



On Wednesday evening, May 21st, the 

 Busy Bees and the Wo-He-Lo Clothing 

 clubs and the Jolly Jjiniors Handicraft 

 Club held their exhibit. Miss Murdock 

 judged the clothing' woik and thought 

 Ruth Besaws work was about the best 

 in the Wo-He-Lo Club and Ruth Schapero 

 had the best work in the Busy Bees. In 

 Handicraft Work Stanley Pavlica excell- 

 ed. He made these things: a step ladder, a 

 fern stand, baby swing, paper rack, wash 

 bench, milking stool, broom rack (one 

 hole), broom rack (2 holes), footstool, 

 seed corn dryer. This is Stanley's first 

 year too. He can certainly handle tools. 



The clubs not only did a lot of fine 

 work but each was a banner club and all 

 the members got their 4-H club pins. 



The leaders, Mr. Rhines and Miss 

 Parker, helped the clubs with quite a 

 long entertainment. Mr. West announced 

 the acts. The girls sang club songs and 

 the Wo-He-Lo Club presented a play 

 "Hiring a Maid". The boys gave a play 

 entitled "Our Last Club Meeting". 



About 150 people saw the exhibits and 

 the enthusiastic group of club members 

 in action. 



EGG LAYING CONTEST 



Here's some of the higher production 

 of the Boys' and Girls' Egg Laying Con- 

 test : 



Eggs 



Name Birds per bird 



Viola Albee 10 24.8 



Dexter Beals 42 20.6 



Philip Ives 17 20.7 



Dorothy Martin 28 20.2 



Samuel Adams 22 19.7 



Herman Andrews 24 19.4 



Stearns Belden 19 18.4 



Helen Parker 23 17.3 



Bronislaw Lebiecki 30 16.5 



Albert LaGrand 27 14.2 



THE BAY PATH CLUBS 

 BOTH WIN GOLD SEALS 



14 Boys do Handicraft 

 17 Qirls Take Sewing 



The Bay Path Clothing Club and 

 Handicraft Club in South Amherst con- 

 sisting of twenty-eight girls and boys 

 who have been sewing and working with 

 tools have proved that they were .success- 

 ful. Their exhibit which was on Monday 

 evening. May 19th, was attended by about 

 thirty-five grownups and as many more 

 youngsters. 



Miss Dorothy Murdock judged the 

 clothing and the Club Agent judged the 

 handici'aft work. The prizes were as 

 follows : 



First year work — Vera Alfieri — 1st. 



Second year work — Nellie Ames — 1st. 



Third year work — Eva Alfieri — 1st. 



The boys' prizes went as follows: 



First year work — Earl Allis — 1st. 



Second year woik — Libero Alfieri — 1st. 



Third year work — Reno Smith — 1st. 



The work was all very well done. It 

 was hard to decide in both sewing and 

 handicraft who .should be awarded first. 



The girls made 17 dresses, 11 aprons, 

 3 petticoats, 3 nightgowns, 1 chemise, 3 

 waists. They made over 8 garments with 

 a saving of $13.10. They mended 169 

 articles. They did the dishes 830 times, 

 beds 412 times, swept 115 times, dusted 

 62 times, cleaned silver 17 times, and 

 ironed 22 times. Eva Alfieri leports she 



