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4-H CLUB WEEK

JULY 20-25, 1959

N.C. State College, Raleigh

July 24, 1959 CLOVER LEAVES Page

KINGS AND QUEENS OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY —-The first king and queen pf health wereon hand Thursday night to congratulate the 1959 king and queen, Ernest Neel Overman andKathryn Lee Counts, center above. The first queen was Mrs. Ruth Coleman Jeffries and thefirst king was Rev. Boyce Brooks, now pastor of the College Park Baptist Church in Greens—

ISSUING THE NEWS--Twelve selected 4—H’ers worked hard this week getting this dailynewspaper to you. The circulation staff is shown above assembling a day’s issue.

Jilly 2"" .v 1959 CLOVER LEAVES Page 2

PHILLIPSTELECTED V'EEPIN THURSDAY '8 ELECTION

Two of four positions in the list ‘ofState 4-H Club officers were settled ,Thursday in primary elections at State,”‘3 Club Week.

Bruce Phillips of Lenoir County isthe new vice president. He drew mmballots to 383 for Preston Cornelius ofIredell in a two-man race.

Neita Stout of Rowan won the histor-ian post in a close battle over Ola MaeBundy of PasQuotank, lL38 to 1L03.

Judy Brown of Iredell and Mary AnneBoles of Stokes will be pitted againsteach other in the race for the presidencyin Friday's final election. Judy collect-ed 35% votes to 302 for Mary Anne.

Sue BishOp of Beaufort polled 83votes in the race for the t0p Job, whileJanice Pope of Wilson drew 112.

In the contest for secretary-treas-urer Felix Hart of Caldwell attracted 328,ballots. Charles Lm“of”Nash drew 266.Stephen Cobb ran third with 2%. Friday'srunoff will put Hart against Lamm.

VIRGINIA u-H'ER VIsIIsN. c. CLUB WEEK

By William Warren, Beaufort County

Again this year we are pleased tohave with us at Club Week a h-H delegatefrom Virginia. Our guest. this year isJoey Stanby. '

"I certainly do appreciate the NorthCarolina #41 Clubs inviting me to your}Club Week," Joey said last night. "SinceI have been here everyone has shown methe true spirit'of h-H friendship. Mythanks ‘ go out to'izea0hici’pyquzwwho havehelped p' me ' 'getd'adju'sfted ~ to your club week. "I

. “We as North Carolina and Virginiah-H Club members need an opportunity tounderstand more fully our respective

Club programs. Through the process ofviewing other delegates we have the op~portunity to pledge ourselves togetherin carrying out the ideals and Objectivesof our h-H pledge," the‘Virginia h-H'erdeclared.

Joey has noticed many similaritiesbetween the North Carolina nd VirginiaClub Weeks. In his home state, Joeypointed out, Club Week is referred toas the "Short Course." '

Joey is a good friend and a wonderfulperson and we are honored to have him withus to help celebrate our Golden Anniver-sary. If you haven't met him, try to.

The beautiful green ties worn bythe boys were provided through the ‘courtesy of Hudson-Balk Company ofRaleigh, N. C.

CLOVER LEAVESPublished Daily During

h-H Club Week

AdvisorsJoe Hancock, Asst. EditorBarbara Stephens, Asst. Hartford AgentFlorence Sherrill, Macon AgentR. E. Black, Allegheny Agent

, Editorial StaffWilliam Warren, Beaufort; DorothyWarren, Sampson; Dona Fagg, Durham;Jiminy Stephenson, Johnston; DorothyHostettler, Iredell; Melvin Merrill,Transylvania.

‘ Circulation StaffMartha Melton, Onslow; Eddie Justice,Burke; Nancy Crocker, Vance; MichaelMcLaurin, Cumberland; Larry Roberts,Orange; Mary Jo McJunkin, Transylvania.

July 21+, 1959 CLOVER LEAVES Page 3

HEALTH KING, QUEENCROWNED THURSDAY NIGHT

By Dorothy Hostettler, Iredell Co.

Neel Overman of Wayne County andKathryn Lee Counts of New Hanover Countywere named 1959 "King and Queen of Health"to climax the colorful State Health Page-ant presented Thursday night.

As State winners in health improve- 'ment , Kathryn and Neel will attend Nation-a1 h-H Club Congress this fall. They werecrowned by the 1958 king and queen, DelorisLee, Anson County, and Jimmie Jones,Union County.

Jones County lt-H’ers were in chargeof this year‘s pageant, which was writtenby J . Gaskill McDaniel, editor of theNew Bern Mirror.

Kathryn, l7 , pretty brown-eyeddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Counts Jr.,Wilmington, began to realize the import-ance of good health after Joining theh-H Club. Kathryn says, "I began to re-alize that good health is a God-given assetbut that it needs assistance from the

Person. I began to work onmy personalhealth, to make needed improvements andacquire good health habits." This yearshe worked as a volunteer helper at thecounty health department one afternoona week.

More than 100 health improvementshave been made by Kathryn in personal,family and community health since thebeginning of her health project work.Her projects have varied from havingSalk Polio Vaccine shots herself to help-ing raise $130 for an overseas milkprogram.

Ernest Neel Overman, 17, son of Mr.and Mrs. E. C. Overman, Goldsboro, Rt. 1,

has compiled record of outstanding achieve-

ment in MB project work. Health improve-ment has proved to be a project of greatvalue and importance to Neel.

He has completed more than 75 healthimprovement projects, varying from plant-ing new vegetables in his family garden,thus helping improve the family diet, tohaving regular physical Check-ups. Neelsays that through his health improvementprojects he has also improved his poise,self-confidence, and leadership ability.

The pageant started with a skit ofMother Goose Land, enacted by the JonesCounty lh-H'ers.

As depicted by the Jones h-H'ers, thekingdom had fallen to poor health. KingCole sent h-H'ers around to help remedythe situation. They visited such well-lmown persOnalities as Little Boy Blue,Mother Hubbard and Little Bo Peep, to givethem suggestions to improve their health.The result? There’s a great improvementinhealth and King and Queen Cole abdicatein favor of the new king and Queen.

The 1959 king and Queen were escortedin by the first winners of the pageant,m9. Paul Jeffreys and Morris Brooks.

The gala event ended with a waltzpresented by the Health Court.

Records of boys and girls representing86 counties were Judged on self improve-ment , family health improvement and com-munity improvement . Their records in—clude a doctor's certificate proving thatthey are in good health.

Judges were Mrs. Rachel Ferguson,Miss S. Virginia Wilson, and Miss JoEarp, N. C. Agricultural Extension ServiceNutritionists.

Girl winners in the blue ribbon groupincluded; Diane Patrick, Currituck;Jane Sink, Davidson; Nancy Mitchem, GastonPatricia Blalock, Henderson; Rita SueStradley, Iredell; Carol Jean Stroup,Mecklenburg; Kathryn Lee Counts, NewHanover; Ola Mae Bundy, Pasquotank;Shirley Ann Gurganus, Pender; CarolynFaye Rogerson, Perguimans; Brenda Payne,(Continued on next page. )

July 2A, 1959 ‘ CLOVER LEAVES Page h

(Continued From page 3.)Rockingham; Jewell Whitaker, Surry; NancyCrocker, Vance; Jean Holtzman, Warren; andLinda Ann Gardner, Wayn .

Boy winners included: Sherrill Tray-wick, Anson; F. Gordon Becton, Carteret;Norman Nifong, Davidson; Melvin Guy Wil-liems, Duplin; Stephen Russel Cobb, Guil—ford; Gene McGaha, Haywood; Frank Knox,Iredell; Woodrow Wilson Lowery Jr. , Jones;Tommy Rhyne, Lincoln; Harold Vick, Nash;Donald Blake, New Hanover; Cecil FranklinHakins, Pender; Wayne Byrd, RandOph; DonC. Chaplin} Tyrrell; and Neel Overman,Wayne.

IVDRE DEMONSTRATION WINNERS

Additional state demonstration con-test winners announced include:

Ve stable u i adi and id-entification~-Barbara Ann Wrenn, Jean and

George Break, Edgecombe, first; AndySondey, John Lorek and Tony Schlegal,New Hanover, second.

Peanut production—Dene Clark, Bertie,first; Roy Cottle, Onslow, second.

girl's public speaking-EvelynWilkins, Duplin, first; Betty Futrelle,Northampton, and Fay Morriss , Washington,second (tie).

Forage Crops-~Jimmy Ferrell andDanny Allen, Alemance, first; Jimmy Perdue

and Ben Parrish, Franklin; second.

Poultry marketig-’Jean Westerbeekand Lou Bishop, Beaufort, first; Melvin

Merrill and Charles Taylor, Transylvania,

second.

Savings-Rebecca Ann Parker, Johnston,first; Ann Carole Helderman, Rowan,second.

Cotton-~J. Z. Little, Stanly, first;

Gene Burkett, Hartford, second.

' Vegetable and 1 Fruit Marketigg-«.10er

Madonna and'Jan’IEeerMer-eedy of DudeCounty, first; «Kittie Bernhardt, of DavidsonCounty, second.

ANN BETTON WINSEECTRIC DEMONSTRATION

By Dona Fagg, Durham Co.

Ann Benton, a PerQuimans Countyl+--H‘er, was named best in the Stategirls’ Electric Demonstration Thursday.

"Outdoor Lighting Pays Off" was thetitle of Ann' s award-winning demonstra-tion. With numerous demonstrationmaterials, Ann showed how lighting forbeauty, safety and convenience adds toeveryone's way of living. A unique idea

of making an outdoor fixture from a dis-carded hula hoop and a piece of plasticwas a special touch to Ann's demonstration.

Mary Lou Perry of Forsyth County was

runner-up. Mary Lou gave many helpfulhints on home electrical systems with

her demonstration, "Take a Measure of

Your Wiring System."

TRIP FOR LEADERS

Volunteer h-H leaders came in forconsiderable attention Thursday at a

luncheon in their honor.

F. M. Mitchell of Charlotte, branch

manager of Frigidaire Sales Corp. , an-

nounced sponsorship of expense-paid trips

for one man and one woman leader to Net--

ional h-H Club Congress in Chicago next

fall. On a district level there will be

two trips to state h-H Club Week, or two

$25 Savings Bonds.

At present there are more than 8,600

volunteer h-H leaders supporting a h—Henrollment of l6h,000--the nation'slargest.

HOE SMITH HAS BESTWEDLIFE DEWNS'IBATION

By Dorothy Lou Warren, Sampson Co.

Hoke Smith of Randolph County is thenew State winner in the Wildlife demon-

stration. The title of his winning effort

was, "Planting a Food Patch for Wildlife."The runner-up in this demonstration was

Charles Ray Knight of Jackson County.

July 24, 1959 CLOVER LEAVES

SOME OF THE EXCITING ACTIVITIES OF 1959 4—H CLUB WEEK

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