Dorothy Newton Belle was a home demonstration agent who worked extensively with the 4-H Club, employed from 1946 to 1953. She was born in 1922 in Coquille, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science from Linfield College in the field of home economics and business administration. She completed graduate work at OSC’s 1946 summer session. Before coming to OSC, she spent two years as a home economics teacher at Newberg Union High School. She was hired to work with Washington County, at $2904 per year. In 1949, she was transferred to become senior home economics worker in Curry County, receiving a raise and promotion in rank to assistant professor. In 1951, she became the City Extension Agent in Portland, a new position created to work with the 4-H Club. For this, she received a raise and indefinite tenure. Throughout her time in Washington and Curry counties, she spent about one-half of her time working with the 4-H Club, and so was the ideal choice. In 1953, at a salary of $5,136, she resigned to be married.
Elizabeth Hedwig Boeckli was an assistant 4-H supervisor in Portland from 1941 to 1945. Boeckli was born in 1920, in Portland, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Science in home economics from Oregon State College in 1941. She was brought on to work after her graduation at an annual salary of $1,350. She was told that she would not receive any academic rank for her position. In 1943, she became a home demonstration agent in Deschutes County.