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^oosier Girl ^ins (Contest<br />

Edna Bowling pul ls wi l iantty<br />

through the sea <strong>of</strong> contest letters<br />

OUR How-We-I-.arned-Money con- On election day last November we<br />

test is over! What a time we have sold lunch to the voters, and homemade<br />

had try ing to decide which were the candy and popcorn balls to the children.<br />

best <strong>of</strong> the "oceans" <strong>of</strong> letters that you When there is a public sale in the<br />

sent us! We know that you want to community we serve lunches. Some-<br />

read them too, not all six piles, but some times our expenses are greater when we<br />

<strong>of</strong> them! This month we publish the serve large amounts, but we always<br />

letter written by Mabelle Crandall , an make a pr<strong>of</strong>it. It is lots <strong>of</strong> fun.<br />

Indiana high school girl. Mabelle won Throughout the term wc have filled<br />

the first prize <strong>of</strong> SI0.00 because her special orders for cakes, ginger-bread ,<br />

letter was well written , the plans she raisin bread , persimmon puddings, and<br />

presents are practical and give evidence pies. We had many such orders during<br />

<strong>of</strong> thoughtful effort by the group. the Christmas holidays and at Thanks-<br />

Second prize (SS.00) goes to Ruth giving time.<br />

Howard <strong>of</strong> the Willing Winning Workers,<br />

a Kentucky 4-H Club; third prize AT<br />

Thanksgiving we served a four<br />

($2,00) has been sent to Maxinc Bright, course dinner to the public and<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Live Wire 4-H Club <strong>of</strong> Ambrosia , earned nearly twenty dollars. We also<br />

West Virginia. Dan Wakefield , Wis- served dinner to a number <strong>of</strong> guests at a<br />

consin; Wynona Hays <strong>of</strong> Iowa , and house party, and we are planning to serve<br />

Ruth Hughes <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania wrote the a nice dinner to all <strong>of</strong> the teachers in the<br />

letters which won "Honorable Mention" county at the teachers Joint Institute,<br />

with a prize <strong>of</strong> $1.00 each.<br />

which will be held at our school in April.<br />

Mabelle Crandall's letter follows: A class from a neighboring school gave<br />

a play in our auditorium and we earned<br />

DEAR Club Friends:<br />

part <strong>of</strong> the proceeds by decorating the<br />

When school began , we girls and stage for them.<br />

our Home Economics teacher decided We solicit subscriptions for good<br />

to earn money to pay the expenses <strong>of</strong> magazines.<br />

our class to Purdue <strong>University</strong> for the Last year the girls <strong>of</strong> the Home<br />

Round-up in May this year.<br />

Economics class made articles <strong>of</strong> cloth-<br />

We began by canning fruits , vegeing such as dresses, aprons and undertables<br />

and tomatoes. As some <strong>of</strong> the clothing and had a bazaar in April. At<br />

girls <strong>of</strong> our class live in the country, we this they also sold cakes, pies, canned<br />

took most <strong>of</strong> what we canned from home, fruits , and loaves <strong>of</strong> Boston Brown bread ,<br />

and it did not cost much to can. Our besides pretty paper bouquets and many<br />

teacher let us do the work at school for other little articles. From the sale <strong>of</strong><br />

our lessons in canning.<br />

these things they obtained the rest <strong>of</strong><br />

During the winter we served hot the necessary money to finance their<br />

lunches on Thursday each week to the trip.<br />

teachers and pupils <strong>of</strong> the school , and Those who live where holl y, ever-<br />

to others in the town such as the mergreens and bitter sweet grow can sell<br />

chants' wives who help in the store, the such for Christmas decoration.<br />

banker and many others. For these Early vegetable seeds may be planted<br />

lunches we used the things which we in boxes, if there is a warm basement<br />

had canned in preparing soups, fruit in the school house, and the plants sold.<br />

salads and hot vegetable dishes. Our Last <strong>of</strong> all wc share our ideas to other<br />

parents also donated canned fruits and club workers through this contest in<br />

vegetables. This enabled us to serve THE FARMER'S WIFE.—Mabelle E. Cran-<br />

the lunches without much cost.<br />

dall, Nabh, Indiana.<br />

THIS is the way the<br />

4-H Club girls will<br />

look at the first National<br />

4-H Club camp<br />

to be held at Washington,<br />

D. ('., this month.<br />

The knickers are for<br />

camp and the skirt<br />

will be worn on the<br />

trips about the city<br />

which will be such an<br />

interesting part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

camp program. The<br />

hat is <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t white<br />

felt , and the uniforms<br />

are <strong>of</strong> jade green poplin<br />

with detachable<br />

collars and cuffs <strong>of</strong> the<br />

same material.<br />

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