Francis Dinkel, 4-H
Club Winner, Leaves '
On Trip to Chicago
Francis Dinkel of Wasilla, win
ner of a trip to Chicago as a ter
ritorial award for his work in 4-H
£lub work, left the Valley last
week end on his way to the mid
western metropolis.
Things looked pretty black all
last week for Francis, though, as
he didn’t seem to have much
chance of making the trip then.
He had the trip coming all right
but no provisions had been made
for his transportation between
here and Seattle. Francis was
rumed last month as one of the
winners of the territorial awards
of a trip to the 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago. Two other young peo
ple from the Valley who also won
trips to the Congress as 4-H Club
awards were Betty Blunck and
Kent Sandvik. But they were
both Outside attending school
and the all-expense trips would i
take care of theif traveling ex
penses to and from Chicago.
Some one had neglected to tell
the sponsors of the 4-H Club win
ners that Palmer is approximately
2500 miles from Seattle, Wn.,
which had been named as the
Parting point for Francis’ round
trip expenses when he received
the award.
But Frances never gave up
hope. He packed his suitcase
early last week in the belief that
somehow the money for the plane
trip to and from Seattle would
show up. That hope and belief
was rewarded five and one-half
hours before he left Anchorage
on the plane for Seattle on the
first leg of his trip to the Con
gress.
At 2:30 p.m. last Saturday,
Parker Lester drove up to the
Dinkel home and told Francis to
“grab that suitcase and let’s go.”
At 7 p.m., the young 4-H Club
member was aboard the plane as
it took off for Seattle.
Credit goes to Mrs. Zelma Hei
degger, secretary of the Anchor
age Extension office, Mr. Parker,
Agricultural Agent for the Exten
sion service here, said this week.
When he told Mrs. Heidegger
about the dilemma, she went right
out and solicited her friends in
dividually for the money to buy
the plane ticket.
Contributions for the necessary
$140 totaled $90. That amount
was added to a contribution to
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ward the plane fare of $50 from
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Francis won the trip for his
work in a dairy project. His spon
sors were the Dearborn Corpora
tion, one of several companies and
individuals in the states which
form the National Committee on
Boys and Girls Club Work.
This is the first trip Outside
for seventeen - year - old Francis,
whose parents came here when he
was a three-year-old child.
Other young folks of the Valley
to win territorial awards in the
4-H Club work were Genevieve
DeLand of Palmer and Donald
Dinkel of Wasilla, each of whom
are to receive a gold watch.
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