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Four women in a kitchen preparing food, from l to r: Woman working on a counter, another holding a carton, a third using an egg beater, a fourth at a stove.
Four women in a kitchen preparing food, from l to r: Woman working on a counter, another holding a carton, a third using an egg beater, a fourth at a stove.
Females learning the art of square dancing; chairs stacked up in background.
Two females from Rocanville, Saskatchewan, wearing white blouses with the 4-H emblem on their pockets and dark skirts standing at each end of a display each holding a large button. Sign on wall in background reads "Button Button Who's Got The Button".
4-H Clubs - Grain Club - Speers
Display of grain in bags and bunches of straw tied with the grain heads intact. Signs in the background, "Speers Junior Grain Club", in the foreground, "Speers Junior Grain Club, sponsored by Speers Board of Trade & McCabe Bros. Grain Co."
4-H Clubs - Grain Club - Speers
Display of sheaves of grain and smaller bunches tied together. Trophies and awards lined up on a table with F. Fasnacht, leader, sitting on the right side with a club sign in front of him.
4-H Clubs - Grain Club - Speers
Display of grains fastened to a wall in the background with trophies sitting on a table below. Signs, flags, emblems and pictures also shown in the photo.
[Farm Boys' Clubs] - Calder Potato Show
Walter Eftoda, age 12, of Torsk School, standing before a building and holding potatoes. Eftoda (1933-2019) was the winner of the grand championship.
Bio/Historical Note: As early as 1913 Agriculture Societies were sponsoring organizations for the youth the "Farm Boys Club and the Farm Girls Club". The Saskatchewan Agricultural Extension Department promoted the idea of separate classes for the juveniles to exhibit and judge their produce or livestock at local fairs. The "Farm Boys and Farm Girls Clubs" were combined and the name changed to "4-H Clubs" in 1952 and the motto became, "Learn To Do By Doing".
[Farm Boys' Clubs] - Calder Potato Show
Second prize school exhibit from Torsk School at the Calder, Saskatchewan, Potato Show; sign above display.
Bio/Historical Note: As early as 1913 Agriculture Societies were sponsoring organizations for the youth the "Farm Boys Club and the Farm Girls Club". The Saskatchewan Agriculture Extension Department promoted the idea of separate classes for the juveniles to exhibit and judge their produce or livestock at local fairs. The "Farm Boys and Farm Girls Clubs" were combined and the name changed to "4-H Clubs" in 1952 and the motto became, "Learn To Do By Doing".
[Farm Boys' Clubs] - Calder Potato Show
First prize exhibit from Calder School and winner of Bank of Montreal Cup at the Calder, Saskatchewan, Potato Show. Banner hangs over display.
Bio/Historical Note: As early as 1913 Agriculture Societies were sponsoring organizations for the youth the "Farm Boys' Club and the Farm Girls' Club". The Saskatchewan Agricultural Extension Department promoted the idea of separate classes for the juveniles to exhibit and judge their produce or livestock at local fairs. The "Farm Boys and Farm Girls Clubs" were combined and the name changed to "4-H Clubs" in 1952 and the motto became, "Learn To Do By Doing".
4-H Homecraft Clubs - Round Plain First Nation
A group of five Indigenous girls holding their sewing projects on their Achievement Day at Round Plain First Nation, later called Wahpeton Dakota Nation, near Prince Albert.
4-H Homecraft Clubs - Girls Club Week
Group doing calisthenics indoors during activities at the University of Saskatchewan. Piano player and flags in the background.
4-H Homecraft Clubs - Dress Revue
Group photo of three participants standing in front of runway. Location unknown.
4-H Homecraft Clubs - Dress Revue
Group photo of participants standing in front of the runway at the Regina Exhibition. Thelma Howard, Supervisor of Girls' Work, speaking at microphone.
4-H Clubs - Provincial Interclub Competitions - Visit to Ottawa
Winners standing in a doorway at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. M. Hartnett and Lynn Biggart of Wilbert represented Saskatchewan.
4-H Clubs - Provincial Interclub Competitions - Visit to Ottawa
John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, meets with winners in his office; members holding certificates. Alvin Hamilton, federal Minister of Agriculture, at extreme left.