-Lancasttr Farming, Saturday, January 18,1986
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BY SALLY DUNMIRE
Staff Correspondent
McCLURE - For 1985, Vivian
Mowery received a 4-H diamond
pin, after 20 years of dedicated
service as a volunteer leader.
“I 'got started in 4-H, after
someone asked me to be a leader
for flower gardening, in the local
Decatur club.” She has been in it
ever since.
“I just love the kids. I get more
enjoyment out of them every year.
It’s just great to see the gleam in
their eyes, when they have ac
complished a new skill. I think it’s
important that we teach kids to be
self-sufficient, and to have prin
ciples and values. The overall
growth and development of each
member is the most important
thing. It’s great to see them
mature and grow.”
“We meet in the old Belltown
school right now, from early spring
until the end of summer. You can
Washington Co, Sheep and Wool
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WASHINGTON - Washington
County’s Sheep and Wool Field
Day will be held June 7 at the
Fairgrounds in Washington. This
will be the first year an Open
Jackpot Lamb Show will be held.
The lambs will be classed by
weight, and no lambs under fifty
pounds will be entered. Cash prizes
will be awarded.
This show is open to anyone who
pays a $lO per head entry fee.
Other events will include a
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always tell when the weather
breaks in the spring, the kids start
calling up to find out when the first
meeting will be,” she said with a
chuckle.
On a more serious note, she
stated that “our building is in sad
need of repairs. It’s not always
occupied and vandals have done
some damage. Occasionally, we
find a mouse or snake in there.
They come through holes in the
walls. We’d like to make it a
special club project to raise repair
money to fix the old schoolhouse
up. With repairs, the building could
be heated. Then, the club could
meet in the winter too. We are also
in desperate need of chairs,
especially folding ones.”
She is the mother of two grown
children and one teenage
daughter, Linette, who lives at
home. Vivian and her husband,
Kenneth, raise beef cattle on a 100
acre farm.
Ladies’ Lead Contest, sheep to
shawl demonstrations, sheep
shearing contest, colored sheep
and white sheep shows, a fleece
exhibit and sale, and working
sheep dog demonstrations.
There will also be commercial
and craft booths as well as lots of
good food.
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contact, Gretta Mac Intyre, Rd #3,
Box 326, Eighty Four, Pa. 15330,
phone 412-941-3290.
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They grow much ot their own
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DOVER, DE - The Delaware
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process of gathering information
for the 1986-87 Delaware Farm
Markets Directory.
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Six days a week, the family also
does custom butchering, mostly
beef and especially deer.
“We were kept real busy this
past deer season.” And, in March,
she plants 500 tree seedlings,
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mostly for game cover. “I’m a real
busy woman, but I always find
time for 4-H because I enjoy it so.”
said Vivian. The 4-H program, in
Mifflin County, is lucky to have a
volunteer leader like Vivian
Mowery.
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