el. 4-H Agent Retires
NEWARK, Del. When Marion
MacDonald came to Delaware in
1953, she didn’t expect to stay long.
Her husband, Ronald, had to be
here temporarily on business, and
she maiitly came along for the
ride.
But all that changed when she
met Dr. Samuel Gwinn, director of
the University of Delaware
Cooperative Extension Service. He
had been looking for an en
thusiastic young 4-H agent for Kent
County, and was impressed when
he met MacDonald. The daughter
of an Extension plarit pathologist,
she had earned a B.S. in home
economics two years previously at
Oregon State University. After
that she had worked as an Oregon
Extension home demonstration
agent with 4-H responsibilities.
MacDonald accepted the job in
Delaware, and her husband found
work here, too. She filled the
position for the next 30 years, until
her retirement in December. In all
those years, she never lost the
enthusiasm that first won her the
job
MacDonald says her 12th trip to
the National 4-H Congress in
Chicago was every bit as exciting
as the first, because she was
always able to experience it
through the wide eyes of the
Delaware teens who had never
been there before. She also never
tired of watching timid youngsters
blossom at Delaware State 4-H
Camp.
When McDonald joined the
University of Delaware Extension
service, she was the only female 4-
H agent in the state, and from a
non-farm background to boot.
Though agricultural production
was not her strongest suit, when
that sort of work needed doing she
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pitched right in and learned on the
job. At the same time, she ex
panded the Kent County 4-H
program to embrace non-farm
youngsters and non-agricultural
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the number of youngsters par
ticipating in public speaking
contests and the annual fashion
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Two generations of youngsters
enjoyed MacDonald’s humorous
poems and learned all manner of
handicrafts under her wing. Many
grew up to be volunteer 4-H
leaders.
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on behalf of youth have not gone
unrecognized. In 1971 she was the
first woman in the nation to
receive the Distinguished Service
Award from the National
Association of Extension
Agricultural Agents. In 1976 she
was given a similar award by the
National Association of Exteftsion
4-H Agents. In 1980 she was
presented with the Community
Citizen Award by the Capital
Grange of Dover.
Now that she has retired,
MacDonald has no thought of going
back to the West Coast. “Delaware
has made a home for us,” she says.
“We love it here and plan to stay. ”
She is looking forward to
relaxing, doing needlework,
working with ceramics and other
crafts, and spending more time
with her husband. But her fellow
Extension professionals will not let
her sit idle for long. Already
they’re pushing her to become a 4-
H volunteer. As everyone knows
including MacDonald herself
she won’t be able to stay away for
long.
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HARRISBURG State Grange
Master Charles Wismer and
several State Grange officers will
meet with local Grange members
in southeastern and southcentral
Pennsylvania Jan. 30 - Feb. 2 for
county membership meetings.
Carrying the theme “Penn
sylvania Grange We Serve
You,” the round of meetings are
for the purpose of discussing
membership drives, Grange
services, legislative involvement,
the Junior Grange program for
young children and youth ac
tivities. Sandy Westover, state
junior director; Fred Suloff, state
membership director; Warren
Harnish, representative for the PA
Grange Insurance Agency; and a
youth representative will ac
company the State Master at all
meetings.
Wismer said the State Grange
this year has realized a net gain in
membership for the first time in
many years and has initiated five
new subordinate chapters. A key
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Tyco Grange Hall.
Lehigh County, Jan. 30,7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall, Germansville.
Berks/Schuylkill, Jan. 31,1 p.m.,
Shartlesville Grange.
Montgomery County, Jan. 31,
7: 30 p.m., Keystone Grange.
Chester County, Feb 1, 1 p.m.,
E. Lynn Grange.
Lancaster County, Feb. 1,7 p.m.,
Willow St, Restaurant (in
tersection of routes 272 & 222).
York County, Feb. 2,1 p.m., Red
Lion Grange.
Perry County, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.,
Rose Glen Methodist Church.
meetings will be the conducting of
a statewide membership drive in
the spring with specific goals set
for each county.
With a membership totaling
42,000, the State Grange is the
largest rural farm organization in
the state. Local granges can be
found in every rural county in
Pennsylvania.
Dates, times and locations for
county meetings are listed below;