The Logan County Home Extension Clubs were first started in l936, with a total of four clubs having 86 members. Mrs. A.E. Moore was the first County Chairman and Mr. W.F. Cozier, the County Agent. These County Agents also helped the clubs during the years: Everest Bindy, Bob Bruce, Fred Blummer, and Cliff Quick, The County Chairman over the years have been: 1936-38 Mrs. A.E. Moore..........1955 Mrs. Edgar Hubbel 1938-43 Mrs. Roy Ready............1956 Mrs. William Dudley 1944 Mrs. Harvey Raynard......1957 Mrs. Kelly Ambler Sr. 1945 Mrs. R. Joy (6 Mo.)..........1958 Mrs., Dick Ambler 1945-48 Mrs. Harley Birth............1959 Mrs. Lewis Wescoat 1949-50 Mrs. Charles Johnson....1960 Mrs, Robert McPherrin 1951-52 Mrs. Myron Bakewell......1961 Mrs. Mearl Moore 1953 Mrs. Orval Indra................1962 Mrs. Walter Rockwell 1954 Mrs.Lewis Kramer.............1963 Miss. Sharon Kramer One of the earlier Extension Training Meeting at Stapleton in 1939. LOUP VALLEY - NESBIT EXTENSION CLUBS Picture of the first extension club in Logan County organized by Anna Moore, mother of Mrs. Augus Delfs, about the year 1918. Mrs. Moore was county chairman at that time. This club was organized at the Moore home where the Wayne Salisbury's now live and was named The Loup Valley Extension Club. Those in the picture are from left to right: Vera Ambler, Ruth Reynolds, Mabel Merritt, Inez Lambert, Verna Anderson, Mabel Ambler, Ella Vickeroy, Ethel Bay, Anna Jenkins and Anna Moore. The Group was asked to come to the meeting topsy-turvy. 4-H IN THE NESBIT COMMUNITY (pg110) The first 4-H Club was started about 1910 in the Nesbit community and was a girls sewing club. The meetings were held in the second sod school house. Dust caps were the first project and Eunice (Brothers) Raynard and Pearl (Brothers) Johnson still have the dust caps. Tea towels were also made. The leader was Mrs. C.D. Kelly. Some of the 4-H members were the Brothers, Raynard and Cline girls. About 1938 County Agent Crozier started a boys' calf club with Harvey Raynard as a leader. Some of the boys were Raynard, Barner, and Wescoat boys. In 1946 Mrs. Harvey Raynard and Mrs. Myron Bakewell led a club. Learning to be a Homemaker was the project. Local girls were members. The Sunny Sewers had a club in 1950 and their project was Work and Play Clothes. Mrs. Bakewell and Mrs. Raynard were the leaders. Some of the other people who have helped with the 4-H Clubs in the Nesbit Community are Mesdames Orville Indra, Clifford Quick, Mervin Rogers, Robert McPherrin, Frank Lanka, Curtis Parker, Glen Dee Barner and Jim Beckius, and Messrs, Milton Starr, Elton Lanka, and Joe Leech. There may have been other leaders, and much help from the parents. Many boys and girls have been helped to better knowledge by these clubs. There were Junior leaders too, who lived in Logan County in the Nesbit community. Some of them were Viola Kemplin, Arlene Bakewell, Barbara Raynard and Barbara McPherrin. Today there are eleven clubs in Logan County with around 100 members. This includes boys and girls from the ages of 5 to 10. The clubs study sewing, conking, grasses, livestock judging, rope, livestock care, neatness, and other projects depending on the age and the choice of the members.
