Tagged with: dubuque county
Posted on
08/08/2013
at 11:56 AM
Henry Kruse Jr. had been active with the 4-H program since he was 11 years old. In 1965 he represented Dubuque County 4-H at the State 4-H Conference and was the alternate in the state demonstration program. A year later he became the Dubuque County Fair King. Henry served as...
Posted on
07/18/2012
at 2:55 PM
Darlene Conrad began her 4-H career as a member of the Graf Go-Getters and later the Peosta Peppy Pals in Dubuque County. Her main project areas were food and nutrition, clothing, home improvement, and horticulture. She was 4-H club president and also elected Dubuque County 4-H Girl’s President. A highlight...
Posted on
08/30/2011
at 1:57 PM
Bernice Pancratz Schuster was the first club president when the Washington Wonder Workers 4-H club organized in November 1941. Over the next six years, she held all of the other offices in the club. She was named "Outstanding 4-H Girl" in Dubuque County. She was part of a demonstration team...
Posted on
04/21/2011
at 1:56 PM
LeRoy belonged to the first 4-H club in Dubuque County. The name of this club is the Washington Senators. The club still flourishes today. When he became old enough, LeRoy was one of many leaders to teach the next generation the many daily living skills needed to be a successful...
Posted on
04/19/2011
at 2:14 PM
Gladys Aitchison, leader of the Cascade Clever Clovers of Cascade, Iowa has contributed over 41 years of her time and talents to the 4-H program. She has served on Fair Committees, Extension Youth Committee, has done record book judging and has been a county, state, and national chaperone. Waving an...
Posted on
03/31/2011
at 3:03 PM
Charles has been a 4-H Leader in Dubuque County for 43 years. Prior to that Charles was a 4-H member in Dubuque County and the first 4-H King in Dubuque. Charles was superintendent for 4-H Beef for 25 years and is currently on the sheep, and record keeping committees. He...
Posted on
03/31/2011
at 12:01 PM
Linda Chmelar has been an extremely valuable leader in 4-H for 21 years. She has donated so many hours to the program that we cannot count them. She has been very instrumental in lining up judges, ribbons and trophies for the county fair and has served on many county and...
Posted on
03/24/2011
at 12:52 PM
Mable was a leader for the Asbury Juliens 4-H Club in Dubuque County for 50 years until her retirement in 1998. Mable was also a teacher, was active in the Dubuque County Farm Bureau Women’s Group, and received a “Mother of 4-H” award in 1972.
Mable was very particular about parliamentary...
