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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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