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An old house transformed by a 17-year-old girl, a series of profitable meat animal projects on the part of a 20-year-old boy, plus dozens of other outstanding achievements, have resulted in trips for the two to National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, 111., November 28-December 3.
The two are George Cather of Winchester and Lelia Gentry of Flint Hill in Rappahannock county, state winners in meat animal and home improvement projects, respectively.
* . When Miss Gentry took over the job of 'remodeling her family’s very old home, she. found that some of the rooms had never been painted, the paper was peeling, and the floors were in bad condition. She did a complete face-lifting job in those departments, then branched out into making curtains, laying linoleum, tying springs and refinishing and upholstering furniture. She also has been active in such projects as cheese making, planning and preparing meals, canning and clothing. Her trip is sponsored by the Sears Roebuck Foundation.
In a different field, Cather has been equally successful. His meat animal projects in baby beef, sheep, _broilers, dairy cattle, swine and rabbits, plus field crops, has brought him an income of over $7,000 during his nine years in club work. Adept at showing champion animals, he has won some $435 in prizes. He was a 1953 delegate to National 4-H Camp in Washington, D. C., and is an active participant in county 4-H and FFA fairs.
He has been a sweepstakes -winner for two years, an accomplishment no other Frederick county club member can claim. He also had a perfect score of 300 points in the district livestock judging contest in which 35 teams participated—an-, other unmatched record in the district. His trip is sponsored by the Plant Food Institute of Virginia and North Carolina.
4-H work in Virginia is conducted by the VPI Agricultural Extension Service.
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