t. Joy Community
4-H Club Holds
Annual Round-up
Mt. Joy Community 4-H Club has been a leader in
Home Economics projects for many years and has
recently become an innovator of a myriad of new and
different 4-H projects.
Along with the usual selection of cooking and
sewing projects, members are now able to participate
in crocheting knitting, macrame and cake decorating
clubs.
Macrame is a craft that incorporates knot tying into
pocketbooks, belts, checkers, pillows and even bottle
covers.
The Mt. Joy Macrame Club is now in its third year
with Mrs. Sue Heinaman as instructor. The girls are
first asked to make samples following patterns and
then are free to choose a project that interests them.
Many of the girls made belts and bracelets;
however one especially interested member made a tie
for her father.
The Knitting and Crocheting Clubs are under the
direction of Katherine Darrenkamp. Mrs. Darenkamp
explained that she had bought a yarn shop in Mt. Joy
and was asked to teach the club members.
Her efforts gam much praise as her students
displayed beautiful assortment of articles from
afghans to animals. Sixteens members participated in
the knitting and crocheting class and created such an
interest that already many are waiting to take the
project next year.
Perhaps one of the most interesting and time
consuming projects is the Cake Decorating. The Mt.
Joy Cake Decorating Club is the first one in Lancaster
County and was begun by Mrs. Roy Sauder.
‘‘l took a course in cake decorating at the YMCA,”
Mrs. Sauder explained and after teaching at the
Kraybill school, I decided to teach a 4-H Club."
The girls in the cake decorating club have all had
several years of 4-H cooking experience and over the
past few weeks have learned to properly ice a cake
and make decorations such as scrolls and roses.
Wednesday evening the Club held its annual
Round-up at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Mt. Joy.
Imagination ruled the event with members and
leaders participating in original skits on cooking and a
fashion show.
Tables overflowing with oatmeal cookies, tote bags,
knitted scarves, crocehted hats and macarame items
lined the fellowship room. Nearly 200 parents,
members and friends came to view the work of 160 4-
H members and many dedicated leaders.
Miss Anne Hinkle, Assistant Home Economist, gave
a slide presentation on 4-H awareness and explained
Mrs. Roy Saude •, leader of the Mt. students display a cake molded into
Joy Cake Decorator s helps one of her the shape of a rabbit.
by: Melissa Piper
Associate Editor
Leading Club
Macrame Tie
Knitting and Crocheting
A Lot of Icing
Round-up
that 4-H has come a long way from the original far
ming and home economics projects.
"4-H is not limited to pre-planned projects," she
explained "today, if any one has an interest and is
willing to share some time with youth, a new club can
be arranged."
Mt. Joy is certainly an example of club where many
interested people have donated their time and efforts
to helping youth learn unique skills and hobbies.
Much credit goes to all the leaders and especially
Mrs. Ruth Nissley, who was the co-ordinating leaders
for the Community Club.
The first year cooking club members impressed the
audience with their know how on cooking brownies in
an original skit. The Club included the only boy
member.
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