Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
I’m rather discouraged
this morning when I consider
the attendance we’ve had at
our 4-H meetings. I’ve tried
to analyze why the children
don’t come.
They’ve gotten a sheet
listing all the meetings
during the summer. There
are a variety of activities to
try and suit their interests.
And, they had a hand m
planning visits to
greenhouses, veterinary
clinics, and museums. One
thing that causes ab
senteeism is their taking two
and three week vacations
with their families. Another
is simply forgetting about
the meetings as other things
like baseball and swimming
seem more important. Also,
I feel that the parents must
be interested m 4-H too.
We had a bit of bad luck in
that the Wildlife group had
their hike ramed out and the
Craft leader broke her ankle
and had to cancel several
meetmgs. The Sewing group
felt very rushed m com
pleting their projects. As
they use the school facilities,
they can only start after
school is over for the year. A
few more mothers helping
would have made a big
difference.
Even our Cooking club,
which is usually quite
popular, has suffered. Only a
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few show up and have
various excuses for not
coming. And when they
come for a session we find
that they are finicky eaters.
A whole meal is cooked
and some do not eat chicken,
some no fish and some no
meatloaf. I almost feel that
they are raised on ham
burgers and frankfurters.
The other night a little girl
was left at my door on a
Thursday we always meet
on Monday. One little girl
without any supper. She
informed me the phone was
off the hook at home so that I
couldn’t call her mother.
What to do 1 We cooked a
meal of baked chicken, a
carrot and cheese casserole
and fruit dumplings. It
really wasn’t too bad but I
didn’t really need a second
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meal as our family had eaten
earlier.
Our own children are the
opposite of the lackadasical
ones I’ve been talking about
and always ran to so many
meetings on the local, county
and state level that we, their
poor parents, found it dif
ficult to manage without
them. Surely somewhere m
between there must be a
happy medium.
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year during the past decade,
and in 1979 was down 12.5
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