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Asbury Jr. 4-H Dairy Club Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary
The Asbury Jr. 4-H Dairy Club was started in June of 1928 with 10
members from the Montana/Asbury area. Over the past 85 years
this club has had approximately 400 members and has seen four
generations of families come through its door and worked with 14
County Agents and had 16 different volunteer leaders.
Anna Sigler Sodtalbers currently an active leader of the club has
carried this club for 49 of its 85 years; she was a club member for ten
years prior to becoming a leader thus being involved with this club
for a total of 59 years. Her husband Erich Sodtalbers Jr. has been a
leader of the club for 47 years. The second generation has helped to
keep the club thriving and growing with their daughter Tracy
Sodtalbers Smith who has been an active leader for 24 years as well
as her brothers Erich R., William and Michael. Another leader and
family member in addition to the Sodtalbers family with the club is
Shirley Sigler, who has been a leader for 42 years.
Up until 1985 this club was strictly a dairy cattle club, but with
declining dairy farms in the county and a growing interest of other
large animals we diversified to include Sheep and Beef Projects. In
1987 we expanded into the poultry industry, in 1998 we added swine,
in 2000 goats and last year llamas and alpaca projects were added to
our 4-H Club portfolios. The Asbury Jr. 4-H Dairy club while the primary
interest was on dairy animals, the raising and care of them,
members wanted to increase their knowledge and interest about the
dairy industry by preparing and participating in such state events as
Dairy Quiz Bowl, Dairy Management, Dairy Judging, as well as that
on other project animals. Through the diversity of the many projects
in the club it has helped to open the eyes of the youth to what opportunities
are out there for their future endeavors.
The club has helped our members in careers such as veterinarians,
lawyers, accountants, teachers, farmers, paramedics, correctional
officers, secretaries, journalists, health department workers, truck
drivers, welders, dairy cattle fitters, engineers, architects, construction
workers, woodworking/cabinet makers, landscapers, business
managers, security guards and politicians just to name a few. The
Asbury Jr. 4-H Dairy Club has helped to build futures for the past eight
decades and hopes to empower more youth for generations to come.
If you are a current or past member of the Club please come and
share in our 85th Anniversary Celebration at the Warren County
Farmers’ Fair on Thursday August 1, 2013 in the red and white Show
Building at 7:00pm.
For more information or to donate towards the celebration
please contact Tracy Smith at (908) 887-2630 or email –
bdtsmith@gmail.com
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