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4-H exhibits showed a marked
increase in a new 28,000 square
foot 4-H and Home Arts building
this year at the 100th Maryland
State Fair in Tlmonium. Entries
were more numerous than in
previous years in almost every
class.
. The largest increase came in the
arts and science division, where
the art and crafts sections were 54
percent 1960 figure.
Over-all, entries in the division,
were up 35 percent.
The greatest increase in the
home economics division came in
the home' furnishings section,
which had a 47 percent rise in
number of entries. Other sections
showing increases Were: child
care, up 43 percent, and food
preparation, up 37 percent. Over
all, home economics entries were
up 29 percent.
Larger entry lists in both of the
indoor exhibit divisions were at
tributed to growing interest in the
4-H program from both urban and
rural nonfann sectors ' of the
Maryland population. The
psychological lift furnished by a
new building to house the exhibits
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Maryland 4-H’ers win
may also have been a contributing
factor, according to Claudia H.
Payne, a state Extension 4-H
program leader at the University
of Maryland in College Park.
YOUNG CHAMPIONS
Among the younger champmos
selected in August’s judging was
Kelly Mazor, 10, of Manchester.
She was a winner in the
photography section with a
pastoral landscape titled “Misty'
Meadow-”
Equally- impressive was a
championship in the entomology
section by 12-year-old Jill Hudson
of Gaithersburg. Her collection of
more than 250 insects featured an
insect Ufe-cycledisplay.
Other 4-H Indoor exhibit sec
tional champions at the 1981
Maryland State Pair were:
HOME ECONOMICS
Child care - Thirteen-year-old
Audrey Boyles of Sudlersville was
awarded a championship ribbon
for her attractive handmade
scrapbook ■ collection featuring
quilted pages with numbers, let
ters, and pictures to entertain
small children.
Clothing -i Junior champion -
' Eleven-year-old Debbie Darastreet'
Intermediate champion - Linda
'Poole, 14, of Jarrettsville won with
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of Frederick won top honors. Not to
be outdone, her sister. Sherry
Damstreet, 13, took home a
championship in the crocheted
clothes classes with a baby blue
infant outfit consisting of hat,
sweater and booties. ,
intermediate champion
Michelle Cobery, 12, of Middletown
was the top prize winner in this
category with a three-piece outfit.
Senior and grand champion. -
Cheryl Belsey, 19, of Fairland
sewed a tailored jacket and skirt
for the prize-winning entry. She
won the same honors at the 1978
state fair with a three-piece
tailored suit.
Knitted clothes - Last , year’s
champion was back. Janice
Scihpoti, 18, of Woolford won again
with a sweater, using a variety of'
stitches.
Food preparation • Junior and
grand champion Gayle Miller, 11,
of Phoenix. Her prize-winning
entry was sponge cake without
icing. She won the grand cham
pionship in competition with the
intermediate and senior age
category winners.
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Senior champion - Diane Bean,
15, of Elkton. Her winning entry
was plain rolls.
Food preservation - Junior
champion - Laurie Miller, 12, of
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