Japanese American field worker, Ontario, Oregon. In May 1942, Malheur County became one of the first areas to recruit Japanese- American evacuees for farm work. Some of the evacuees remained in Eastern Oregon after the order excluding them from the West Coast was lifted in January 1945.
Photo shows Glenn Klein, 23, of Aumsville, Oregon. He was Oregon's delegate in the 1951 International Farm Youth Exchange Program before leaving for New Zealand. Glenn was president of Mu Beta Beta and a member of the campus 4-H Club.
Esther Taskerud became the Assistant State 4-H Club Leader in November of 1947. Taskerud later served as the head of Home Economics from 1963-1969, retiring in 1970.