4H YOUNG FOLKS DOING JOB OF ADULTS 



THEY call them 4-H club boys and 

 girls, but the records revealed at the 

 22nd National 4-H Club Congress 

 showed that many are doing a man or 

 woman's job on the home front in food 

 production and conservation. 



Illinois had four national champions 

 to its credit at the Congress, three boys 

 and one girl. They were: Calvin Meyer, 

 18, Peotone, Will county, national 

 dairy champion; Wallace Deeke, 18, 

 Arlington Heights, Cook county, na- 

 tional victory gardener champion; 

 Glenn Eisenbrandt, 18, Lockport, Will 

 county, national rural electrification 

 champion, and Esther Elaine Finley, 19, 

 Bridgeport, Lawrence county, national 

 champion in 4-H girls' record contest. 

 All were 1943 state champions. 



Here are thumbnail sketches on the 

 champions: Meyer, son of Clarence S. 

 Meyer, spent eight years in club work, 

 during which he handled 62 dairy ani- 

 mals. He now has a herd of 12 cows. 

 Five of his cows produced 59,980 

 pounds of milk, ana had an average 

 butter-fat production of 430 pounds. His 

 dairy animals are valued at $4,339.92. 



Deeke, son of Edwin Deeke, starting 

 in 1937 with a quarter-acre plot, in- 

 creased his garden each year until this 

 year it included two acres. During the 

 seven-year period the value of produce 

 he raised amounted to $1,334.81. When 

 farmers were called upon to plant more 

 crops this year, he put most of his land 

 into tomatoes and carrots — the two 

 most important vegetables listed. 



Eisenbrandt, son if Mr. and Mrs. E. 

 C. Eisenbrandt, a club boy for nine 

 years, gained his electrical experience 



through wiring a nine-room house, 

 barn, milk house, and garage; making 

 a yard light and reflector out of dis- 

 carded materials, and a lamp out of 

 a funnel, socket and an old lamp shade. 

 He also did electrical repair work 

 about the farm and home and exhibited 

 a brake for testing the efficiency of 

 fractional horsepower motors and a 

 light electric welder. 



Miss Finley, daughter of Mrs. Bessie 

 E. Finley, a club member for 10 years, 

 has served five years as assistant and 

 junior leader. She completed 21 proj- 

 ects, which include sewing 71 gar- 

 ments, baking 43'/^ dozen quickbreads, 

 and 23 dozen cookies, preparing 35 

 dairy dishes, and 1285 meals, canning 

 321 quarts of foods, and makipg four 

 room improvement articles. She also 

 made 31 demonstrations and 55 talks 

 before club and community groups. 



Deeke received a $100 War Bond at 

 the Congress and the other three cham- 

 pions received $200 college scholar- 

 ships. 



Illinois 4-H club scholarship contest 

 winners were James Litchfield, McDon- 

 ough; Donald Stengel, Ogle, and Robert 

 Worrell, Scott. 



Other state winners in 1943 are: 

 Rosemary Sharp, Woodford county, 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis S. Sharp, 

 state canning champion. During 3 years 

 of food preservation work she has canned 

 or helped to canned 1300 quarts of fruits 

 and vegetables. 



Wayne Bates, 18, Macoupin county, son 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Byron C. Bates, is state 

 champion in national 4-H achievement con- 

 test. Farming 22J1/2 acres of land, he has 

 carried six projects, served as 'assistant 4-H 

 leader and been active on judging teams. 



Charles J. Kinsey, Marion county, is the 

 state champion in the national 4-H meat 

 animal contest. Starting eight years ago 

 with a litter of Hampshires, he has built 

 up a $2S,000 swine business. He is active 

 in community a£Fairs, a Farm Bureau mem- 

 ber, and a wartime educational leader. 



Edgar C. Gabel, 19, Kendall county, was 

 selected to represent Illinois in the na- 

 tional 4-H leadership contest. Leader of 

 the Future Farmers' club for the past three 

 years, he has 69 Hampshires, 22 baby 

 beeves, and 270 laying hens and pullets. 



Ruth Walker, Champaign county, daugh- 

 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carle Walker, was 

 named to represent Illinois in the na- 

 tional leadership contest for 4-H girls. 

 During 11 years of club work she has been 

 county and state project honor member, 

 county and state outstanding member, and 

 state leadership champion in 1942. 



Geraldine Clark, Scott county, daughter 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Clark, is Illinois' 

 representative in the national 4-H club 

 achievement contest. She has been in club 

 work for nine years and president of her 

 club the last three years. 



Elaine E. Devereaux, Kendall county, 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Devereaux, 

 is state 4-H clothing champion. She has 

 just completed her ninth year of club work. 



Three Illinois 4-H club girls have been 

 awarded $100 college scholarships for their 

 excellent 4-H club work, high school rec- 

 ords and leadership in their communities. 

 They are Virginia E. Hagen, Grundy coun- 

 ty; Marian E. Healy, Kankakee, and Elea- 

 nor J. Icenogle, Cumberland. 



Three Illinois 4-H boys have been named 

 state winners in the national victory achieve- 

 ment contest. They are Bruce Mowery, 

 Pulaski-Alexander county; T. Richard 

 Lacy, Edgar, and Wayne Canterbury, Sang- 

 amon. 



Three girls whose contributions to the 

 victory effort have been ranked outstanding 

 by state 4-H club officials are Ruhama L. 

 Walling, La Salle; Helen M. Risley, Wa- 

 bash, and Louise E. Lock, Jersey. 



Marjorie F. Lofftus, Warren county, 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lofftus, 

 is the state winner in home beautification. 



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Illinois delegates to the 4-H Club Con- 

 gress gather for a group picture. First 

 row, left to right, Monita Morrison. Rock 

 Island countr; Margery Farley. Ford; Ruth 

 Jacques, Peoria; Beulah Moeller, Eiiing- 

 ham; Anabel HordT. Scott; Evelyn Burger. 

 Macoupin; Ruth Purdue. Macon. Second 

 row. Frank L. Mynard. associate in boys' 

 4-H club work. U. oi L; Mary A. McKee. 

 associate in girls' 4-H club worlc Laura 

 Eichhorst, Pulaski; Marjory Ann MulL 

 Union; Raymond Thompson. Kendall; Ken- 

 neth Wilson. Montgomery: Wallace Deeke, 

 Cook; Lois Terpening, Henry; Esther Fin- 

 ley, Lawrence; Elsie R. Butler. 4-H club 

 adriser. U. of L: H. D. Triplett Ford county 

 iarm adviser. Third row, William L. Heinx. 

 Peoria; Glenn Eisenbrandt. WQL' Kenneth 

 Engeling. Madison; Calvin C. Meyer, WilL* 

 EIroy E. Golden, Tazewell; Ward C. Pete- 

 fish. Morgan: Donald SiengeL Ogle; Frank 

 Snyder. DeKoIb, and John Irwin. Songa- 



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